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2013 Volleyball Roster
Sep 17 (Wed)
6 p.m.
Laura Avila
- Position:
- Setter
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Yorktown
- Hometown:
- Yorktown, Ind.
2013: CoSIDA Academic All-District and Academic All-MAC … Ranked 10th in the MAC in assists in conference matches only … Played in 24 matches, starting 11 times … Had 492 assists, 6.39 per set, and added 141 digs, an average of 1.83 per set … Finished her career in fourth place all-time at BGSU in assists with 3,394 … Had at least 40 assists in four consecutive matches late in the year … Posted 50 assists at Toledo and followed that up with a season-high 56 against Miami the next match before 48 against Ohio … Had five double-doubles, posting at least 10 assists and 10 digs in a match … Had a season-high 22 digs at home against Ohio to go with her 48 assists.
2012: Started all 33 matches for the Falcons, playing in all 130 sets … Team’s setter who posted 1,333 assists, third-most in a season in BGSU history … Also ranked third on the team with 359 digs and had 45 blocks and 15 service aces … Named to the all-tournament team at the Purdue Active Ankle Challenge … Ranked fifth in the MAC and among the top 75 nationally in assists per set at 10.47 … Had 17 double-doubles on the season including two MAC Tournament matches and the win over Yale in the NCAA Tournament … Posted a career-best 36 digs in a win over Oakland, just two shy of the single-match program record … Finished her junior campaign ranked fifth in BGSU history in career assists … Had at least 50 assists seven times, including a string of three consecutive matches … Set a career-high with 64 assists against Utah and followed that up with 60 against UAB in the team’s next match … Had 59 assists, along with 15 digs in the squad’s win over Northern Illinois in the MAC Championship … Had a career-best five aces at home against Western Michigan.
2011: Named Academic All-MAC ... Started all 31 matches and played in all 112 sets … Led the team with 773 assists, an average of 6.90 per set … Had double-digit assists in every match and posted at least 40 twice … Had 45 assists in back-to-back matches against Buffalo and Miami … Recorded five double-doubles on the season in assists and digs … Picked up back-to-back double-doubles against Wright State and Akron … Second on the team with 32 aces, ranking seventh in the MAC with 0.29 per set … Had a career-high 17 digs, as well as a career-best five kills, at Miami … Had a career-high three aces three times, reaching that total against Canisius, Coppin State, and Miami … Named to the USF Invitational All-Tournament team.
2010: Played in all 32 matches, starting 17 times … One of only two players to play in all 111 sets … Took over the starting setter role midway through the year and led the team with 796 assists, an average of 7.17 per set … Also had 13 aces and 198 digs, third-most on the team … Second on the team with five double-doubles … Had a season-high 54 assists in a three-set match against Western Michigan, the most by a BGSU player in a three-set match in the rally scoring era (since 2001) … Had at least 40 assists in four other matches and had 30 or more assists 12 times, including each of the final four matches … Had six matches with double-digit dig totals, including a season-high 13 against Albany … Picked up a career-high five blocks in a three-set sweep at Cleveland State.
High School: Led team to a 37-2 record as a senior, including a perfect 7-0 mark in the Hoosier Heritage Conference, ending as sectional and regional champions, and the state runner-up ... Named the Indiana Class 3A State Mental Attitude Award Winner, along with being selected first team all-state, all-conference, all-Delaware County, and all-state academic honorable mention ... Posted 1,154 assists as a senior, along with a team-high 60 aces, 106 kills, and 261 digs ... Also named All Hoosier Heritage Conference and All-Delaware County as a sophomore and junior ... Earned eight varsity letters at Yorktown, four each in volleyball and tennis ... Awarded the Academic Award of Excellence as a sophomore, junior, and senior, and was selected to National Honors Society ... Was an all-conference performer in tennis as well ... Named salutatorian of the Yorktown class of 2010.
Personal: Full name is Laura Emily Avila ... Born April 5, 1992 ... Daughter of Ramon and Terry Avila ... Father Ramon played men's volleyball at Ball State ... Three sisters, Sarah, Anne, and Kate, and one brother, Ryan ... Majoring in applied health science/pre-physical therapy ... Plays club volleyball for Munciana.
