Samford University Athletics

2012 SoCon November Defensive Player of the Month
SoCon Defensive Player of the Week (9-10-12)
2012 Bulldog Invitational All-Tournament Team
2011 SoCon Tournament Most Outstanding Player
2011 SoCon November Defensive Player of the Month
SoCon Defensive Player of the Week (10-10-11)
Most Valuable Libero at 2011 Georgia Tech Tournament

2012 (Senior): Played in all 32 matches at libero … led the team with 591 digs and ranked second with 82 assists … her 591 digs is a Samford single-season record … ends her Samford career with a school-record 1,968 career digs … tied single-match highs with five aces vs. Alcorn State (Sept. 14) and six assists vs. Elon (Nov. 2) … was named SoCon Defensive Player of the Month in November after leading the team to a 5-1 record with 105 digs, including 30 vs. UNCG (Nov. 3) … was named SoCon Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 10 … earned Bulldog Invitational All-Tournament Team honors.

2011 (Junior): Played in all 34 matches at libero ... led the team with 532 digs, the second-highest single season dig total in Samford history ... moved to second all-time at Samford in career digs with 1,377 ... named the SoCon Tournament Most Outstanding Player as she led the defense with 52 digs over the weekend's three matches, averaging 5.2 per set ... earned SoCon Defensive Player of the Month honors for November, averaging 4.93 digs per set during the month ... named SoCon Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 10 after leading the defense with 52 digs in three wins the previous week ... earned a match-high 27 digs in a four-set loss at Appalachian State on Sept. 24 ... named Most Valuable Libero at the Georgia Tech Tournament ... earned at least 15 digs in 20 matches throughout the season and at least 20 digs in seven matches ... led the team with 19 digs in their NCAA Tournament match versus Cincinnati.

2010 (Sophomore): Resumed her role as the Bulldogs' starting libero...the only player to play and start in every match for the Bulldogs...posted a season total of 442 digs which ranks her second on the all-time single-season digs list ... ranked third in the league in digs in conference-only matches with 4.95 assists per set...ranked sixth in the league in digs in all matches with 3.91 assists per set...named to the all-tournament team for the Arkansas Invitational and the Magnolia Invitational...posted 3.00 digs per set and 29 digs overall in the Arkansas Invitational, helping the Bulldogs to a 2-1 record in the tournament...averages 3.91 digs per set in the Magnolia Invitational, posting 18 digs against Louisiana and 16 digs against Ole Miss, and led Samford to a 1-2 record in the tournament...notched 25 digs twice, first against Furman (Oct. 23) and again in the SoCon Tournament against the College of Charleston (Nov. 19)...named SoCon Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 8 after posting back-to-back 20-dig performances against Appalachian State and Western Carolina.

2009 (Freshman): Came in as a true freshman and took over the role as Samford[apos]s starting libero...played every game of every match during 2009...led her team in digs with 403 (3.50 dps), just nine shy of Sarah Gardner's 2006 single-season record and 13 shy of Courtney Gay's and Brook Skinner's 2008 and 1994 single-season record...notched a career-high 28 digs against UAB in the Memphis Tiger Invitational (Sept. 19)...posted a .500 hitting percentage twice --first against SEMO at the Belmont Tournament (Sept. 5), scoring three kills on four attempts with one error and then at UNC Greensboro (Nov. 1), scoring one kill on two attempts...posted a career-high six assists versus Elon (Sept. 27) and a career-high five aces versus ULM (Aug. 28)...named to the Belmont Invitational All-Tournament Team after averaging 3.55 digs per set throughout the tournament...also named to the Memphis Tiger Invitational All-Tournament team after averaging 4,27 digs per set throughout the tournament.

Club: Played for KIVA (Kentucky Indiana Volleyball Academy) for 10 years...part of the 2004, 2005, and 2007 AAU Gold winning teams and the 2003, 2006 and 2008 AAU runner-up teams with KIVA... also won gold in the Open Division at the 2004 and 2006 Junior Olympics and silver at the 2005 Junior Olympics...named the 2004, 2005 and 2007 AAU Most Valuable Player...earned the AAU All American status in 2006 while also being named the Junior Olympic MVP.

High School: Played on the freshman, junior varsity and varsity teams as a freshman in high school and joined the varsity team exclusively her sophomore year...the Sacred Heart volleyball team was ranked 16th in the nation in 2008...was named to the All-Region and All-State teams...named to the Academic All-State team from 2005-08.

Personal:Born October 24, 1990...daughter of David and Angela Bauer...majoring in exercise science.