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2009 BULLDOG RETURNEES
ANGELA BYS #13 Junior 6-1 Outside Hitter Marion, Iowa Marion High School
Sophomore Year (2008): Led the team at the net with 397 total kills and 3.31 kills per game…started all 32 matches…second on the team with 26 service aces (0.22/ game) and fourth with 239 digs (1.99/game)…named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete first team…ranked sixth in the MVC in kills per game, 10th in points per game (3.46)…15th in services aces per game…in conference-only matches ranked seventh in kills per game (3.18)…recorded a season-high 23 kills against Southern Illinois, the fourth-best season mark in the MVC…recorded seven double-doubles in kills and digs…had a career-high six block assists against UMKC …had 14 kills, 14 digs and four service aces against Western Illinois...397 kills ranks sixth all time in single-season kills...along with Drake standout Brandy Ossian (1995, 1996), she is the only other person to be ranked twice in Drake’s record book for single-season kills...enters 2009 season 83 kills away from breaking into Drake’s top-ten all time kills list. Freshman Year (2007): Turned in one of the more dominating single-season performances in school history, averaging team highs in kills (463), kills per game (4.13), total attacks (1,265), service aces (37) and aces per game (0.33) in appearing in all 30 matches, including making 23 starts...set a single-season school record in kills, while ranking second in total attacks and came up one ace shy of cracking the Bulldogs’ single-season top-10 list...named to the All-MVC freshman squad...finished third in the MVC in kills (4.13) and points (4.62) and seventh in aces (0.33)...in league-only affairs, ranked second in kills (4.59) and points (5.01) and fifth in aces (0.38)...surpassed double-figures in kills on 24 occasions, including being the only player in the MVC to net 30 or more kills in a contest during the 2007 season, accomplishing this with 30 versus Iowa and a career-high 33 against Bradley...recorded three of the top five single-match point efforts in the league as a freshman...deposited a career-best five aces in a 3-2 victory over Bradley...had seven double-doubles, including her first with an 18-kill, 11dig effort in a 3-2 setback to Creighton (Sept. 11)...notched a career-high 16 digs versus Evansville. Prep: Guided Marion High School to a 39-12 mark, including a berth in the state semifinals as a senior...her 2,135 kills ranked seventh in the National Federation of State High School Association career record book at the time of her graduation...a first team all-state selection as a junior and an all-elite honoree as a senior, she was a Wendy’s High School Heisman Award Finalist in Iowa and holds school records for career aces (334), blocks (412) and digs (700)...ranked among top 10 academically at Marion High School and was member of National Honor Society and four-year academic letterwinner...two-year President’s Student Service Award for volunteering. Personal: Born Sept. 11, 1989 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa...daughter of Jim and Diane Bys...secondary education major...has one brother, Greg (17)...recipient of Drake Presidential Scholarship...named to Dean’s List.
Bys’ Career Stats
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Year 2007 2008 Totals
GP 112 120 232
MP-MS 30-23 32-32 62-55
CAREER HIGHS
2008 HIGHS
Kills 33 vs. Bradley (10/20/07) Attempts 80 vs. Evansville (11/2/07) Attack Percentage .409 vs. UMKC (8/28/07) Assists 3 (Three Times) Digs 16 vs. Evansville (11/2/07) Aces 5 vs. Bradley (10/20/07) Solo Blocks 2 (Two Times) Block Assists 6 at UMKC (10/29/08)
Kills 23 vs. Southern Illinois (10/17/08) Attempts 52 vs. Southern Illinois (10/17/08) Attack Percentage .350 vs. Bradley (11/21/08) Assists 3 (Three Times) Digs 14 vs. Western Illinois (9/2/08) Aces 4 vs. Western Illinois (9/2/08) Solo Blocks 2 (Two Times) Block Assists 6 at UMKC (10/29/08)
K E TA Pct. 463 252 1,265 .167 397 171 1,117 .202 860 423 2,382 .183
Ast. 12 17 29
SA 37 26 63
Digs BS BA 191 4 27 239 5 32 430 9 59
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