USD Volleyball 2009

#10 • freshman • 5-6 libero • los gatos, calif. los gatos high school

#12 • freshman • 5-6 setter • upland, calif. upland high school

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four varsity letters in volleyba ll while playing at Los Gatos High School. ..was a three-time first-team AI I-CCS selec– tion ... was named the LGHSStand-Out Player of the Yea r as a sen ior... in her senior season she was a Osh Scholarship award winner through Cal High Sports .. .as a junior she was earned a citizenship award from Cal High Sports ... also played club volleyba ll for Vision. PERSONAL: Ashton Nicole Senner was born on Febru ary 8, 1991 ... she is the daughter of Dean and Tam i Senner... she was also recruited by Pepperdine and Sa nta Clara ... chose to attend USD because of the team, coaching staff, location, and educational opportunities.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three varsity letters in vo lleyball wh ile play– ing at Upland High School... as a sen ior, helped lead her team to the second round of the CIF playoffs after being named a Basel ine Leag ue Outstanding Senior ... in her senior season she set the all-time single– season assist record with 772, is ranked second all-time in career assists with 1759, moved into the all-time lead in career aces with 120, No. 4 al l-time in career digs with 293, and set the single-season record with aces and assists ... she was named first-team All-Baseline League as a jun ior.. .helped lead her team to back-to-back League championships as a sophomore and junior... helped lead her team to the quarterfinal of the CIF playoffs in both her sophomore and junior seasons... she is a three-time Baseline All-Academic team selection ... is a member of the Club West Volleyball club team, where she helped lead her team to the Junior Olympics from 2006-08. PERSONAL: Erica Laine Taylor was born on December 2, 1990... she is the daughter of Suzanne and Mark Taylor... her brother, Clay, swam at UNLV ...she was heavily recruited by George Washington, University of Chicago, St. Johns, Arizona State, Dartmouth, NYU and Emory...chose to attend USD because of the outstanding vo lleyba ll program.

CARRIE BAIRD #11 • freshman • 6-1 outside hitter • green village, colo. cherry creek high school

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SHELBY STAAB #16 • freshman • 6-4 middle blocker • bakersfield, calif. garces memorial high school

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four vars ity letters in vol leyba ll while playing at Cherry Creek High School ... was a three-time first-team All-Centennial League selection... as a sen ior she helped led her team to a perfect 31- 0 record and a SA state championship ... she broke the schools 12-year old career kills record, and how sits atop the record books with 963 ca– reer kills ...as a senior she recorded 335 kills,while hitting at a .335 clip... she recorded 93 blocks, 69 solo, as a senior... she was named first-team All-Centennial League and named to the All-State tournament team in her senior season,whi le also taking home MVP honors of the state tour– nament .. .she was named an ESPN Rise Fab 50 player as a senior... she was named an AVCA All-American as a sen ior... she plays club vol leyba ll for the Front Range Volleyball 18-1 Black team ... wh ile playing for the Front Rage, she helped lead her team to 14 top-5 finishes in national club tournaments in open ... she was a USA High Performance A2 Team member, and played in Global Challenge Tournament in Europe... she helped her team qualify fo r the Junior Olympics by taking a Gold medal in the Big South Qualifier in 2008. PERSONAL: Carrie Alyssa Baird was born on August 3, 1991.. .she is the daughter of Robert and Patricia Baird ... was heavily recruited by Michi– gan, Illinois, Texas A&M, Notre Dame, Duke, UC Berkeley and Washing– ton ... chose to attend USD because she wa nted a school with challeng– ing academics, a very competitive vo lleyball program, and a vo lleyball team that felt like a family.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four varsity letters whi le playing at Garces Memorial High School .. .she is a three-time All-Southeast Yosem ite Leag ue selection ... ended her career as the schools all-time leader in kills (1,060) and blocks (365) ...as a senior she had 173 kills,while hitting at a .533 clip...as a senior she was named the US Marine Corps Female Ath lete of the Year and was name a Prep-Volleyball 2009 senior ace ... as a junior she hit for a .583 clip and had 111 total blocks ... played club vo lleyball for Club Jamba,where the teams she has played on have con– sistently ended-up in the top 20 of the national festivals ...while playing both club and in high school, whe was named to numerous all-tourna– ment teams. PERSONAL: Shelby V. Staab was born on August 24, 1991 ... she is the daughter of John and Vinda Staab ... was heavily recruited by Long Beach State,Ca l Poly, Loyola Marymount,Texas, UC Berkeley, Hawaii and several others ... chose to attend USD becau se of the outstand ing vo l– leyba ll program w ith an amazing coaching staff, strong academics, it's a fa ith based university and because of the location.