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Monika
Tortorici
6-0
Senior Middle Hitter
Birmingham, Alabama
# 5
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Monika Tortorici
competes in her fourth and final season of
competition with the Lady Falcons. She
will compete for playing time as a
middle hitter. 2007... appeared in 36
matches...led team and was fifth in the
Gulf South Conference in service aces
per game...led team in blocks and blocks
per game...collected double-doubles
(kills and digs)in eight matches...had a
season-best 19 kills against Valdosta
State...had double figures in digs in 15
matches, including a season-best 21
against Valdosta State. named to the
Gulf South Conference All-Academic Team
for the second consecutive season...also
named to the GSC Honor Roll. 2006... led
the team in service aces, along with
service aces per game and tied a
single-match record of 13 aces against
Miles...second on the team in
kills per game, blocks, and blocks per
game....named to the GSC All-Academic Team and GSC Honor
Roll...named to the All-Tournament Team
in the University of West Florida
Regional Crossover and Christian
Brothers Tournaments..named Gulf South
Conference Defensive Player of the Week
for the second time in her career.
2005... named 2005 Gulf South Conference (East)
Freshman of the Year and a Second Team
All-GSC selection. had a team-high 453 kills,
averaging of 3.21 kills per game, along
with a team-high hitting percentage of
.252...led the team in
total blocks, averaged 1.15 blocks
per game. High School... First Team All-State
selection, AVCA 6A First Team All-State,
Most Valuable Offensive Player,
All-County and All-Metro selection at
Oak Mountain High School. Personal...competed for Magic City Thunder
Volleyball Club....team was the 2005
South Region champs and USA Junior
Olympic Volleyball championship
participants in Salt Lake City, Utah...involved with the Fellowship of
Christian Athletes and was a member of
the Key Club and the National Honor
Society...at UM, participates in
Campus Outreach, Fellowship of Christian
Athletes, Alpha Lambda Delta and Sigma
Alpha Pi leadership honorary...an
Education major at UM, Monika is the
daughter of Kristina and Marc Tortorici. |
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