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- Height:
- 5-11
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- Year:
- Sr
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- Hometown:
- Miami, Fla.
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- High School:
- Palmer Trinity
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- Position:
- OH
Bio
Member of team’s Leadership Council, with a focus on team compliance ... 2007 graduate of Palmer Trinity School ... is majoring in management, with a finance minor ... is in her second season as an outside hitter this season after spending a year at middle and one at right side ... three varsity letters ... 2009: averaged 1.65 kills and 0.37 blocks while playing in 97 sets ... production in conference matches included a .240 hitting percentage and 1.89 kills per set ... hit .522 (13-1-23) against Adelphi Oct. 16, the team’s best all season with a minimum of 12 kills ... also had 10 kills against Adelphi in the opening round of the NCAA regional ... 2008: was limited to 43 sets over 19 matches as illness and injury limited her availability ... averaged 1.37 kills and 0.37 blocks ... had a season-best 11 kills at St. Mary’s (Texas) Oct. 13 ... hit .533 with 10 kills against St. Michael’s Sept. 20 ... 2007: had a solid freshman year, averaging 2.11 kills, 0.96 digs and 0.36 blocks ... was named the Northeast-10 Freshman of the Week Sept. 24 after averaging 4.13 kills and hitting .343 in three matches ... 10+ kills six times, including 14 vs. Queens Sept. 22 ... first career double-double came that same day, with 11 kills and 12 digs against New York Tech ... was credited with seven blocks against Bryant Oct. 17 ... was named to the NE-10 Weekly Honor Roll once ... HIGH SCHOOL: was the volleyball team MVP, and a second-team All-Dade County selection ... two-year team captain ... helped team to state semifinals as a junior ... earned a total of seven varsity letters (four in volleyball and one in lacrosse, basketball and track) ... PERSONAL: received Kodak Young Leadership Award, Citizenship Award and the Ambassador Award at Palmer Trinity ... Student Government Association senior class secretary ... member of Junior Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society ... speaks fluent Spanish ... involved with the Bentley Green Society ... daughter of Maria Lara and Marcos Garcia ... age as of Sept. 1: 21 ... CLUB TEAM: Miami Storms Volleyball Club.