#8 Kaitlin Beaver, Outside Hitter

2007: earned first team all-conference honors...named to the NAIA National Tournament All-Tournament team...averaged 2.7 kills and 2.7 digs per game...led team with 62 ace serves...recorded 77 blocks. High School: 1^stteam all-state in 2006; earned 2^nd and 3^rdall-state honors as a junior and sophomore; three year all-conference player. Van Den Bosch: “Kaitlin is such a natural athlete who performs all the skills in volleyball very well. She is going to be used as a force all across the net for us this season.” Academic: chemistry major...biology/spanish minor…earned academic all-state honors two years. Personal: daughter of Paul and Pam…sister to Rees (15), Madison (11)…enjoys spending time with friends and being involved in sports…worked in her dad’s Optometry office and played softball last summer.

      Season Stats:

         2007: played/started all 43 matches, 149 games...averaged 2.7 kills per game, third best on team...second on team with .266 hitting percentage...73 assists, led team with 62 ace serves and served 89%...averaged 2.7 digs per game and totaled 77 blocks, third best on team...1st team all-conference....2007 NAIA National Tournament All-Tournament team.

      Career Highs: .538 attack percentage vs SUNY Canton (7/13, no errors), 19 kills vs Morningside (5 games), 17 kills vs U. of Texas-Brownsville (4 games) and 13 kills vs Hastings (3 games); 17 assists vs Waldorf; 25 digs vs Dordt; 5 ace serves vs Central Methodist; 7 blocks vs Columbia