WACO, Texas - The senior duo of Taylor Barnes and Anna Breyfogle added to their list of postseason awards when they were named to the CVU.com Stellar Spikers Team as announced on Friday. They were each named to the honorable mention team.
Barnes and Breyfogle, who became the program's first All-Americans earlier this year, are also two-time all-Central region and two-time all-Big 12 performers. The duo also helped lead the Bears to their third NCAA Tournament appearance and the first-ever Sweet 16 in program history with defeats of Georgia Tech and eighth-seeded UCLA in the first two rounds. Baylor then fell to ninth-seeded California to finish the season with a 24-10 record. The win total marks the fourth-highest in a single-season in school history.
Barnes, a setter from Arlington, Texas, racked up 10 double-doubles and two triple-doubles on the season, while also leading the Bears in assists in every match. She ranked sixth in the league with 10.72 assists per set, while also having Baylor's second-highest hitting percentage of .325. Barnes ranked third on the team in digs with 2.45 per set, while also tallying 60 block assists.
She also broke two of Baylor's longest standing records. Barnes surpassed Dana Chuha's all-time Baylor assists record of 4,955 set in 2001, becoming the first in program history to top 5,000. Later, the talented jump-server broke the BU and Big 12 all-time record for career services with 205. The previous Baylor record of 195 was set by Cory Sivertson in 1994.
Breyfogle, a middle blocker from Buda, Texas, continued her legacy as one of the best blockers in Big 12 history, leading the league in blocks per set and being named the conference's Defensive Player of the Year. She averaged 1.39 blocks per set, and broke the Baylor rally-era record with 620 blocks in her career. Breyfogle is one of the just two players in program history to amass more than 1,000 kills and 600 blocks.
WACO, Texas - Baylor's volleyball team will host its awards banquet on Sunday, Feb. 7 at 1 p.m. in the Stone Room inside the Ferrell Center. Tickets for the event are $15 and can be purchased by e-mailing an RSVP to assistant coach Candice O'Brien at Candice_Obrien@baylor.edu.
The Bears (24-10, 11-9 Big 12), who reached as high as 17th during a school-record nine-week stretch of earning a top 25 ranking, finish the season ranked for just the second time in program history. Baylor's NCAA Tournament run to finish the year included a sweep of Georgia Tech and an upset of eighth-seeded UCLA in Los Angeles, before coming to a halt against ninth-seeded California.
BU began the season with a school-record 11-match win streak, going on to win 17 of its first 18 matches. The stretch included a 3-0 sweep over Iowa State, who finished the season ranked sixth in the nation. At the time, ISU was ranked 11th, which stood as the highest-ranked win ever for BU, until the Bears pulled off the upset of ninth-ranked UCLA. The Bears defeated four Top 25 opponents during the season, also including No. 24 Purdue and at No. 23 Texas A&M.
Individually, senior setter Taylor Barnes and senior middle blocker Anna Breyfogle became the first All-Americans in program history when they were named to the AVCA All-America Honorable Mention. Both earned all-Big 12 and all-region honors, while Breyfogle was named the Big 12's Defensive Player of the Year. Freshman middle blocker Torri Campbell was named to the All-Big 12 Freshman Team.
WACO, Texas - Capping a historic season, Baylor's volleyball team was ranked No. 20 in the final poll released on Tuesday by the American Volleyball Coaches Association.
The Bears (24-10, 11-9 Big 12), who reached as high as 17th during a school-record nine-week stretch of earning a top 25 ranking, finish the season ranked for just the second time in program history. Baylor's NCAA Tournament run to finish the year included a sweep of Georgia Tech and an upset of eighth-seeded UCLA in Los Angeles, before coming to a halt against ninth-seeded California.
BU began the season with a school-record 11-match win streak, going on to win 17 of its first 18 matches. The stretch included a 3-0 sweep over Iowa State, who finished the season ranked sixth in the nation. At the time, ISU was ranked 11th, which stood as the highest-ranked win ever for BU, until the Bears pulled off the upset of ninth-ranked UCLA. The Bears defeated four Top 25 opponents during the season, also including No. 24 Purdue and at No. 23 Texas A&M.
Individually, senior setter Taylor Barnes and senior middle blocker Anna Breyfogle became the first All-Americans in program history when they were named to the AVCA All-America Honorable Mention. Both earned all-Big 12 and all-region honors, while Breyfogle was named the Big 12's Defensive Player of the Year. Freshman middle blocker Torri Campbell was named to the All-Big 12 Freshman Team.
2009 SEASON ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Reached Sweet 16 for the first time in school history
- 1st All-Americans in school history: Taylor Barnes and Anna Breyfogle.
- Big 12 Defensive player of the year: Anna Breyfogle
- Earned third NCAA Tournament berth in school history
- Highest ranking in school history at No. 17
- Ranked for a school-record nine consecutive weeks
- Finished the 2009 season ranked #20 in the nation
- 24-10 overall, 11-9 Big 12
- Win total (24) marks the fourth-highest in school history
- Most Big 12 wins (11) since 1999, and second-most ever
- Beat two highest-ranked teams in BU history with wins over No. 9 UCLA and No. 11 Iowa State
- Defeated four Top 25 teams, the most in a season since 1999 and second-most ever
- Broke single-match attendance record with 3,022 vs. Texas A&M
- Set single-season attendance record with a total of 11,407 fans
- Set single-season average attendance with 815 per match
- Tied a school record winning 17 sets in a row from Sept. 19-Oct. 7
- Tied a school record winning 11 straight matches from Aug. 28-Sept. 12
- Set school record for wins to open a season with 11
- Set school record for Big 12 win streak with 6 in a row from Sept. 19-Oct. 7
- Best start to season in school history winning 17 of first 18 matches
- Two first-team all-Big 12 and all-Central region selections for the second year in a row
- Big 12 all-freshman team selection (first since 2007)
- Two Academic All-Big 12 selections
- Broke or tied five single-match individual tournament records
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Taylor Barnes
- Honorable Mention All-American
- Two-time All-Big 12 Selection (2008, 2009)
- Two-time All-Central Region Selection (2008, 2009)
- Broke Big 12 and BU record for career service aces (205)
- Broke Baylor record for career assists (5,120)
- Four career triple doubles (2 in 2006, 2 in 2009)
- First player in BU history with 5,000+ assists
- Had triple-double in 3-0 sweep of then-No. 11 Iowa State
- Recorded 10 double-doubles, including a 50-assist/20-dig match at No. 9 UCLA
- One of two players in BU history with 4,000+ assists and 1,000+ digs
- Comcast Lobo Challenge Most Valuable Player
- Baylor Classic All-Tournament Team
- Second on team in hitting percentage (.325)
- Ranked first on team and sixth in Big 12 with 10.74 assists per set
- Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 28)
- Two-time All-Big 12 Preseason Selection (2008, 2009)
Anna Breyfogle
- Honorable Mention All-American
- 2009 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year
- Two-time All-Big 12 Selection (2008, 2009)
- Two-time All-Central Region Selection (2008, 2009)
- Led Big 12 in blocks per set with 1.37
- Broke rally-era career blocks record (620)
- Led BU in hitting percentage at .326 on the season
- Set record for blocks in a three-set match with 12 at Houston
- Named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Aug. 31)
- Second player in BU history with 1,000+ kills and 600+ blocks
- Has recorded at least one block in 92 consecutive contests dating back to Nov. 18, 2006, her freshman season (one block in 119 of 121 career matches)
- Named to the Comcast Lobo Challenge All-Tournament team
- Set career-high with 21 kills at New Mexico
- Had 13 matches with at least 10 kills, and 17 matches with at least five blocks
- Three-time Academic All-Big 12 Selection (2007, 2008, 2009)
- Two-time All-Big 12 Preseason Selection (2008, 2009)
Katie Sanders
- Led Baylor in kills (378), kills per set (3.18) and attacks (1,146)
- Second on the team in digs (348) and digs per set (2.92)
- Became just the seventh player in BU history with 1,000+ kills/1,000+ digs
- Broke BU rally-era record for career kills (1,547) and career attempts (4,365)
- Ranks third all-time in kills, just one behind Stevie Nicholas (1999-02)
- Had at least 10 kills in 23 of 33 matches, leading Baylor in kills 22 times
- Ranks fourth in rally era and 10th all-time in career digs (1,119)
- Recorded a team-high 15 double-doubles on the season
- Had 10-plus digs 19 times on the season
- Recorded a season-high 20 kills against No. 24 Purdue
Torri Campbell
- Third player in BU history to earn an All-Big 12 Freshman Team selection
- Recorded at least one block in all 31 matches played
- Earned Big 12 Rookie of the Week honors (Nov. 2)
- First among Big 12 freshmen and second on team in blocks with 1.00 per set
- Had a career-high nine blocks on two occasions (at No. 9 Iowa State, at No. 23 Texas A&M)
- Set a career-high with 18 kills at No. 9 Iowa State
- Fourth on the team in kills (252) and hitting percentage(.265)
- Second among Big 12 freshmen in kills
- 30th-ranked recruit by Prepvolleyball.com
- Recorded at least one block in every match played
Allison King
- Broke BU all-time single-season digs per set record (4.46)
- In just two seasons, ranks fifth in rally-era career digs (980)
- Led team in digs with second-highest single season total in BU history (535)
- Only BU player to play every set of all 34 matches
- Ranks first all-time in career digs per set with 4.21
- Recorded a career-high 32 digs at No. 9 Iowa State, the fifth-highest single-match total at BU
- Recorded 20-plus digs six times, and 10-plus digs 28 times on the season
Wednesday December 16, 2009 8:21 PM Posted by staff
LEXINGTON, Ky. -Senior setter Taylor Barnes and senior middle blocker Anna Breyfogle added to their list of accomplishments becoming the first All-Americans in Baylor volleyball history, as announced by the American Volleyball Coaches Association on Wednesday. Barnes and Breyfogle were named to the Honorable Mention team.
Barnes and Breyfogle, both two-time all-Central region and two-time all-Big 12 performers, earned their first All-America honors after a record-breaking season.
Barnes, a setter from Arlington, Texas, racked up 10 double-doubles and two triple-doubles on the season, while also leading the Bears in assists in every match. She ranked sixth in the league with 10.72 assists per set, while also having Baylor's second-highest hitting percentage of .325. Barnes ranked third on the team in digs with 2.45 per set, while also tallying 60 block assists.
She also broke two of Baylor's longest standing records. Barnes surpassed Dana Chuha's all-time Baylor assists record of 4,955 set in 2001, becoming the first in program history to top 5,000. Later, the talented jump-server broke the BU and Big 12 all-time record for career services with 205. The previous Baylor record of 195 was set by Cory Sivertson in 1994.
Breyfogle, a middle blocker from Buda, Texas, continued her legacy as one of the best blockers in Big 12 history, leading the league in blocks per set and being named the conference's Defensive Player of the Year. She averaged 1.39 blocks per set, and broke the Baylor rally-era record with 620 blocks in her career. Breyfogle is one of the just two players in program history to amass more than 1,000 kills and 600 blocks.
Breyfogle also hit the second highest percentage on the team at .326, while ranking third on the team in kills with 284 on the season.
Barnes and Breyfogle helped lead the Bears to their third NCAA Tournament appearance and the first-ever Sweet 16 in program history with defeats of Georgia Tech and eighth-seeded UCLA in the first two rounds. Baylor then fell to ninth-seeded California to finish the season with a 24-10 record. The win total marks the fourth-highest in a single-season in school history.
WACO, Texas - Baylor volleyball head coach Jim Barnes announced the signing of Kate Harris to a financial aid agreement for the 2010-2011 academic year. Harris, who recently finished her freshman season at Missouri, was the third-ranked setter and 23rd-ranked overall player in the 2009 recruiting class, according to PrepVolleyball.com.
"To get a player of Kate's caliber is huge for our program after losing the all-time assists leader in Taylor Barnes," Jim Barnes said. "Kate is the highest-ranked player we have ever signed, and she has All-American potential."
Harris, a 5-9 setter from Lee's Summit, Mo., comes to Baylor as the highest-ranked setter in program history. During her high school career, Harris helped Lee's Summit West to the Missouri Class 4 state championships in 2007 and a runner-up finish in 2008, while also earning all-state honors twice.
"She is an extremely fast player, and has a great knowledge of the game," Jim Barnes said. "Kate comes from a lineage of volleyball, and loves being in the gym. She is a player that is extremely smart, and takes great pride in her level of fitness. Along with being a great student, Kate is the total package."
Harris played in 17 sets in 2009 as a freshman for Missouri, chalking up 92 assists and 16 digs, while adding a kill and three block assists. She had a season-best 28 assists in just two sets in a win over Fairfield, then had 10 assists in the final set against then-No. 17 Utah.
Harris joins incoming freshman Courtney Windham and Sam Skryd for the 2010-11 season. Windham is a 6-3 middle blocker from Cypress, Texas, ranked in PrepVolleyball.com's Top 115, while Skryd is a 5-9 setter from Naperville, Ill., ranked in the Top 150.
Baylor's volleyball team recently finished a historic season with a 24-10 record, and its first-ever trip to the Sweet 16 after knocking off the highest-ranked team in program with a 3-1 win at No. 9 UCLA.
