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Bowling Green State University Athletics
2002 Volleyball Roster
Nov 7 (Fri)
6 p.m.
Laura Twyman
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- S.F. Austin
- Hometown:
- Sugar Land, Texas
- Prev School:
- S.F. Austin
2002: Played in all 30 matches, starting 25 ... saw action in a total of 107 games ... named to the Verizon Academic All-District Second Team ... also named to the Academic All-MAC Team and the MAC Honor Roll ... finished second on the team with a .228 hitting percentage (228-96-578) ... led the Falcons with 97 total blocks (10 solo) ... compiled 83 digs, which included a nine-dig effort vs. Western Michigan ... her 228 kills included a 14-kill match vs. Ohio.
2001: Named to the Verizon Academic All-District Third Team ... also earned Academic All-MAC accolades, and was named to the MAC[apos]s Honor Roll for the second-straight year ... played in 28 matches, starting seven ... saw action in 105 of BG[apos]s 112 games ... was second on the team with 1.01 blocks per game ... hit .242 on the year, with 176 kills ... had three matches with double-digit kill totals ... had a career-high 13 kills in wins over Akron and Western Michigan, with the latter coming in the MAC Tournament ... had 11 kills and hit a career-best .579 (11-0-19) in season-opening win over Tennessee ... had at least five blocks on 11 occasions, including a season-high seven at Ball State ... had four set assists on two occasions ... career-high four digs came at Northern Illinois.
2000: Saw action in 18 matches, earning four starts ... had 28 kills and 26 total blocks on the year ... made her presence felt immediately ... had four block assists in her collegiate debut, vs. Indiana ... then, in her second match, had 10 block assists in a win over Cincinnati ... that tied the school single-match record for block assists in a five-game contest ... had a season-high six kills vs. both UC and Western Michigan ... her lone service ace of the year clinched the match vs. Oakland ... named to the MAC Honor Roll ... also shared the team[apos]s Academic Achievement Award for having a perfect 4.00 GPA in the fall semester.
1999: Sat out the season, her first on the BGSU campus, as a redshirt ... shared the team[apos]s Academic Award after posting a perfect 4.00 GPA during the fall semester.
High School: Earned a pair of letters at S.F. Austin High School ([apos]99) ... named to the All-District 20-5A First Team both years ... was the team MVP for the Bulldogs as a senior after earning most-improved-player laurels the previous year ... also earned two basketball letters as a small forward ... captained that team and earned all-district recognition as a senior ... earned academic excellence honors every year ... graduated Cum Laude (top 15% of class) ... attended Findlay (Ohio) High School as a freshman before moving to Texas.
Personal: Laura Elizabeth Twyman was born Aug. 20, 1981 ... daughter of Larry and Cathy Twyman ... has an older brother and a younger sister ... an accounting major with a team-high 3.96 GPA ... member of Beta Alpha Psi national accounting fraternity ... worked as an accounting intern at Marathon Ashland in the summers of 2001 and 2002.
TWYMAN[apos]S YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS:
YEAR MP-MS/GP K- E-TA PCT. AST SA DIGS BS-BA 2000 18- 4/ 35 28-18- 89 .112 5 1 5 1- 25 2001 28- 7/105 176-68-446 .242 35 0 23 7- 99 2002 30- 25/107 228-96-578 .228 22 11 83 10-87 Career 76-36/247 432-182-1113 .225 62 12 111 18-211
TWYMAN[apos]S CAREER HIGHS:
Kills: 14 vs. Ohio 10/11/02 Hitting %: .583 (8-1-12) at Central Michigan 10/25/02 Assists: 5 vs Indiana State 9/06/02 Aces: 3 at Ohio 9/27/02 Digs: 9 at Western Michigan 11/22/02 BS: 2 at Michigan 9/10/02 BA: 10 vs. Cincinnati 9/2/00 TB: 10 vs. Cincinnati 9/2/00
