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Senior
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| Hometown:
New Braunfels, Texas
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| High School:
New Braunfels
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| Last College:
Incarnate Word
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| Height:
5-10
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| Position:
Outside Hitter
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| Birthdate:
08/10/1980
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2003 (SENIOR)
Senior co-captain led the defensive efforts as starting libero ... Played in team-high 117 games ... Only sat out one game all season ... Recorded double-digit digs in 13 of 32 matches ... During second half of conference season, team's gameplanned to attack away from her ... Second on the team with 2.45 digs per game average ... Recorded double-digits in digs in the final two matches of her career against Iowa State (15) and Colorado (11) ... Finished season with 287 digs, which is the second best mark by a Sooner since the beginning of rally scoring ... Despite slow start, rallied to total 14 digs at No. 21 Texas A&M (11/8) ... Tallied 16 digs in five game victory over Texas Tech (11/5) ... Turned in team-high 16 digs at No. 11 Nebraska (11/1) ... Consistent with nine digs against Baylor (10/29) ... Turned in match-high 10 digs against Texas Tech (10/22) ... Coach Mahi felt her eight dig performance against No. 21 Texas A&M (10/17) may have been the best match of her Sooner career ... Had just two digs in first two games against Oral Roberts, only to rebound with 10 in the third game and 16 in the match.
2002 (JUNIOR)
Saw time as defensive and serving specialist ... collected eight plus digs over a four match span from Oct. 26-Nov. 9... dug career-high 17 balls against Iowa State (11/9) and collected 14 digs against Missouri (11/2) ... finished the season with 99 digs, sixth best on the 2002 team ... accumulated 14 service aces with two aces in four different matches ... played in 25 of 28 matches ... averaged 1.27 digs per game, tied for fourth best on the team ... one of three seniors on 2003 squad.
2001 (SOPHOMORE - INCARNATE WORD)
Redshirt.
2000 (SOPHOMORE - INCARNATE WORD)
Helped lead team to second-place finish in Heartland Conference.
1999 (FRESHMAN - INCARNATE WORD)
Second team All-Heartland Conference selection ... named Player of the Week once.
HIGH SCHOOL
Helped New Braunfels High to Texas state semifinals as a junior, along with former OU teammate Jessica Barney (2000-02) ... named both all-district and academic all-district during her sophomore, junior and senior years ... Texas Coaches Association Academic All-State performer as a senior ... Won U.S. Marine Corps' Athlete of the Year honors for state of Texas her senior year ... New Braunfels High's Female Athlete of the Year as a senior ... member of National Honor Society ... hometown newspaper is the Herald Zeitung.
PERSONAL
Born September 10, 1980 in New Braunfels, Texas ... daughter of Ray and Ester Villanueva ... has an older brother, Ray (26) and an older sister, Lydia (25) ... majoring in marketing.
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