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Carly Babin
Position: MB
Year: Senior
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
High School: Bishop Gorman HS
Height: 6-3
Experience: 3V
General Capsule: Continued her development as a versatile middle... enjoyed a career offensive year as a junior after a strong defensive sophomore campaign... appears poised for a big career finale.
Miscellaneous: Enters senior season with 282 career blocks, good for a share of ninth place on the all-time list... ranks 10th in career solo blocks with 43.
At USF (2007): Turned in a strong junior season and established career highs in most offensive categories... surpassed kills and attempts totals from her first two seasons combined... ranked fourth among West Coast Conference attack percentage leaders (.335) and was fifth in blocks (1.18)... ranked third on the team in kills (2.82) and was fourth in service aces (22)... recorded a season-high 20 kills on .429 hitting against Cal State Northridge (8/25)... tallied 12 kills on .500 hitting with nine blocks against Oral Roberts (8/31)... turned in a pair of 17-kill nights against Idaho (9/7) and Boise State (9/8)... smacked 15 kills with a career-high three aces and four blocks at Pepperdine (10/13)... added 15 kills on .481 hitting with a career-high six digs and four blocks in a home match against the Waves (11/8)... turned in 15 matches with double-digit kills and recorded five or more blocks 10 times... hit .400 or better 12 times and attacked at .500 or better in five contests... led the Dons in blocks in 17 matches and paced the squad in kills seven times... named MVP of the USF Asics/PowerAde Challenge... named all-tournament at the Husky Classic and at the UC Davis Hallmark Aggie Invitational.
Sophomore Miscellaneous: Recorded 143 total blocks during sophomore season, the second highest tally in program history and the most since USF 20th Anniversary Team member Tracy Harrison (1982-85) recorded 186 in 1985.
At USF (2006): Broke through as a sophomore, posting one of the most dominant seasons by a middle blocker in program history... led USF and ranked second among West Coast Conference leaders in blocks (1.31)... rated second on the team and fifth among WCC attackers (.309)... shattered career-highs in virtually every category... recorded career-high 11.0 blocks to go along with six kills in USF's first-ever win against UC Santa Barbara (9/3) - tied for the fifth highest tally in single-match history... set a season-high with 14 kills on .522 hitting against Bay Area WCC rival Saint Mary's (11/4)... recorded 11 kills on .391 hitting to go along with six blocks (two solo) against No. 9 Santa Clara (9/30)... hammered 11 kills on .524 attacking with six blocks (three solo) in leading USF to its first win at Loyola Marymount (10/14) since 2001... turned in 10.0 block performance at Sacramento State (9/8)... recorded five or more blocks in 16 matches... tallied 10 or more kills in five matches... hit .400 or better nine times, .500 or better eight times and .600 or better three times... hit a career-high .857 (6/0/7) against Stony Brook (9/16) at the Marquette Challenge.
At USF (2005): Showed flashes of brilliance in first season in the Green and Gold... turned in solid night against San Jose State (9/6) setting season-highs with five kills, three digs and three blocks... also reached five kills against Pepperdine (10/7)... two four-kill outings against NCAA Final Four participant Santa Clara.
Prep/Club Career: Played four years of varsity volleyball at Bishop Gorman High School... two-time Sunset Region and Southwest Conference MVP, following her junior and senior campaigns... three-time All-Southwest Conference and All-Sunset Region selection... also played two seasons of basketball for the Gaels... played club volleyball with Nevada Juniors.
Personal: Carlyn Alexandria Babin... goal for the season is to help the team succeed... chose USF for the ideal atmosphere... best advice is "Stay true to yourself"... brother Vance, played football at Tuskegee University... favorite sports hero is Keri Walsh... parents are Rex and Devon Babin... born December 10, 1986 in Henderson, NV.
Coach Doron on Babin: "We have high expectations for Carly this season. We fell she has matured both mentally and physically in the past year and has worked herself into a position where she can be a force at the net for us during her senior year"