USD Volleyball 1997

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RETURNING PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES #5 Maria Bowden Outside Hitter Ht: 5-10 Yr: Senior Los Alamitos, CA (Los Alamitos HS/Magnum Club) 1996 Notes: Broke record for attack percentage in single match with a .615 against UC [rvine...Played in all thirty matches.. . Ranked third on the team in digs (241 )... Recorded double figures in digs ten times and averaged 2.4 digs per match. 1995: Played in all 33 matches... Had six-kill, seven-dig performance against Massachusetts at NIVC... Recorded career-high 11 kills in win over Portland on November 11 ... Recorded career-high 11 digs against Santa Clara on October 28. 1994: Appeared in three matches at the NIVC. .. Came off the bench to compile nine digs against Sam Houston St. (9-2) and Portland (I 0-8)... Had eight digs Versus Cal St. Fullerton... Made appearances in 29 of35 matches. Prep/Club: Led Los Alamitos High to the CIF-Southern Section Division II title as team captain... Earned Most Valuable Player honors in the Empire League.. . Named All-CIF Second Team during junior and senior seasons... Member of Magnum Club that won the Chicago Invitational. Personal: Majoring in Communications... Parents are Lu and John Bowden...Chose USD for its size and location...Recruited by Santa Clara and Georgia Tech...Born Nov. 2, 1976 in Long Beach, CA. Bowden 's Career Statistics Year MP/GP A1T KIIL ATT¾ A SA DIG BS BA TB 1996 30/101 391 124 .174 7 16 241 4 20 24 1995 33/106 149 53 .175 20 16 122 1 22 23 1994 29/58 85 21 .012 9 5 (f) 0 7 7 Total 92/265 625 198 .152 36 37 432 5 49 54 #8 Sara Gunsaulus Middle Blocker Ht: 6-2 Yr: Senior Long Beach, CA (Millikan HS/Magnum Club) 1996 Notes: Selected All WCC First Team for second time... Voted to Cal Poly SLO All Tournament Team... Broke record for kills in a three game match with 23 vs. St. Mary's... Broke record for block solos in a three game match with six vs. St. Mary's.. . Recorded triple double vs. St. Mary's with 23 kills, 10 digs and 10 total blocks... Moved into third place on all time block assist list with 290 in career... Ranks third all time for career total blocks (387)... Ranked eighth in WCC in hitting percentage, sixth in block average (1 .1) and seventh in kill average (3.89). 1995 Notes: Named to WCC Second Team... Led team in blocks with 131 and was ranked second in WCC in block average.. . Had 16-kill, 10-block and .382 hitting percentage performance in five-game win over Butler at NIVC... Recorded career-high 21 kills in win over Michigan at NIVC. .. Missed four matches due to injury toward end of the year... Recorded I0 or more kills in 19 matches. 1994: Named All-WCC First Team...WCC All-Freshman Team... Finished second in overall WCC block average (1.28 bpg) and ace average (0.36); sixth in attack percentage (.294)... Block total (140) is second highest ever by a USO freshman and the seventh-best single season total in school history.. . 112 block assists was third-best in USD history... Shared team lead in service aces (39, fourth-best all-time and a new USD frosh record) ... Recorded double-figure kills in 13 matches.. .Put away 19 kills versus Portland (ty- ing school record for a three-game match) and San Jose St. at NIVC ( 12-4). Prep/Club: Paced Millikan High to state Division II quarterfinals...Voted MVP of Moore League...All-State selection...All-CIF First Team.. .Teammate ofMaria Bowden in the Magnum Club program. Personal: Sociology and Psychology double major at USD .. .Sister, Liz, played two seasons ago while younger sister, Hillary, plays at UCSB...Parents are Joanne and Ron Gunsaulus.. . Born Nov. 24, 1975 in Long Beach, CA. Gunsaulus' Career Statistics Year MP/GP A1T KIIL ATT¾ A SA DIG BS BA TB 1996 30/ I05 983 408 .279 21 26 163 37 79 116 1995 28/ I05 794 321 239 10 10 112 32 99 131 1994 35/109 700 311 .294 14 39 175 28 112 140 Total 93/319 2477 1040 .270 45 75 440 97 290 387

Career Highs Kills- 11 vs.Portland, 11-11-95 Attempts- 27vs. UCLA, 9-7-96 Digs - 15, three times - latest vs. BrighamYoung,9-28-96 locks- 5 vs.SanDiego St, 9-25-96

Career Highs Kills-29vs.Pepperdine, l0-26-96 Att.-56 vs. Pepperdine, I0-26-96 Att. %- .545vs.Gonzaga, l0-6-94 Digs - 14 vs. Idaho State, 9-1-95 Blocks- I 1,vs. Portland, 10-18-96 Aces - 6 vs. Portland, I0-8-94