14   Candice Woods Class: Sophomore Hometown: Moosomin, Saskatchewan High School: McNaughton Height: 6-1 Position: Middle Hitter

Has a great deal of national and international experience ... will make an immediate impact in the middle ... solid blocker ... good role model for the team.

2001 [Freshman]: Led the Sooners in hitting percentage all season ... hit a season-high .588 (11K, 1E, 17 TA) against Texas Tech ... recorded a second-best 208 kills while averaging a third-best 1.91 kills per game ... also led the team in blocks with 0.85 bpg ... recorded 15 solo blocks and 78 block assists ... named the team’s Offensive Player of the Year and was given the Sooner Strength Award ... collected six service aces and 40 digs in limited time in the back row ... named to the Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational All-Tournament team ... played in all 33 matches and 109 games.

High School: Was a starter on the Canadian Junior National Team that finished fourth at the 2000 NORCECA Volleyball Championships in Cuba … a member of Club West Midget Team which won the 1999 Midget Canadian National Open … played for the Saskatchewan Midget Volleyball Team that won the Western Canadian Midget Elite Volleyball Championships (1997-98 and 1998-99) … led high school team to the bronze medal at the 1997 SHSAA Provincial Volleyball Championships ... competed three years on the Langenburg Laserwinds Club team ... also competed in track and field ... won a gold medal in the girls triple jump at the SHSAA Track and Field Provincial Championships in 1999 and captured a bronze medal in the same event (10.42) in 1998 … was named the QVDA Top Midget Track Athlete award in 1998 … the QVDA Top Junior Track Athlete in 1999 … was the recipient of the top high school junior girl athlete award in 1996 and 1997 … was an honor roll student for six straight years.

Personal: Born April 20, 1983 in Moosomin, Saskatchewan … daughter of Garth and Lorna Woods … has three younger sisters: Melissa, Rebecca and Brandy … undecided on a major.