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Nittany Lions Seniors 2009 Season Highs Kills: Attacks: Hitting Percentage: Assists: Digs: Blocks:
7, 2x, last at Michigan State (10/17) 14 vs. Robert Morris (9/5) 1.000 (5-0-5) vs. Buffalo (9/4) 4 at Purdue (11/20) 2, 3x, last at Florida (12/11) 12 at Ohio State (10/7)
Kills: Attacks: Hitting Percentage: Assists: Digs: Blocks:
7, 2x, last at Michigan State (10/17) 14 vs. Robert Morris (9/5) 1.000 (5-0-5) vs. Buffalo (9/4) 4 at Purdue (11/20) 2, 3x, last at Florida (12/11) 12 at Ohio State (10/7)
Opp. Miami (OH) Alabama Saint Louis Buffalo Robert Morris Pittsburgh Loyola Charleston Duke Temple St. Francis Temple Northwestern Illinois Iowa Wisconsin Ohio State Minnesota Michigan Michigan St. Indiana Purdue Ohio State Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa Illinois Northwestern Purdue Indiana Michigan St. Michigan Binghamton Pennsylvania Florida California Hawaii Texas
E 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Career Highs
2009 Match-by-Match
Personal Born Fatima Noheli Balza Alvarado on April 1, 1988 in Merida, Venezuela ... parents are Argimiro Balza and Zonia Alvarado de Balza ... has one sister, Astrid (22) and one brother, Arturo (16) ... plans on majoring in Communication Arts and Sciences ... names listening to music, watching TV and surfing the internet as hobbies, “e Me Nobody Knew” by Shannon McLinden as favorite book, e Pussycat Dolls as favorite entertainer, “Friends” as favorite television show, “e Green Mile” as favorite movie, Giba (Gilberto Amaury de Godoy Filho) as favorite athlete, Johnny Depp and Jim Carrey as favorite actors, steak, chicken and arepa as favorite foods and Cameron Diaz and Angelina Jolie as favorite actresses.
Quoting Russ Rose “I thought Fatima hit the ground running last year and did a great job in a tough situation playing with new people and veteran, demanding teammates. I thought she did more than an admirable job. is year she’ll have to be more of an offensive player, continue her good blocking and seeing if she can make some contributions in other areas. She’s a mature and experienced player and we’ll have to depend on that more this year with the youth around her.” Balza’s Expectations “My goal for this year is to give everything I have. I want to be focused in every practice, give my best every day on and off the court, work hard at every practice and help my teammates. It is going to be my last year playing for Penn State and I want this year to be the best. Winning a national title has been one of the best experiences of my life and I want to repeat it.”
Year MP-SP 2009 38-116 Career 38-117
K 101 101
E 23 23
TA 206 206
Pct. .379 .379
Balza’s Career Stats
Assists 13 13
Aces Digs 0 12 0 12
BS 13 13
K 3 4 1 5 7 2 5 6 1 3 0 3 2 0 3 2 4 1 4 7 2 6 0 0 2 3 3 0 4 3 1 0 1 2 1 3 4 3
BA 158 158
TB 171 171
TA 5 5 6 5 14 5 8 8 3 4 3 7 4 4 3 3 7 6 7 9 4 11 3 3 7 5 5 1 7 3 6 3 3 3 4 6 8 8
Pct. .200 .800 .167 1.000 .500 .400 .625 .625 .333 .500 -.333 .143 .500 -.500 1.000 .667 .571 -.167 .571 .778 .500 .545 -.667 -.667 .000 .400 .400 -1.000 .571 1.000 .167 -.667 .333 .667 .250 .500 .500 .250
KPS APS 0.87 0.11 0.87 0.11
1999, 2007, 2008 & 2009 NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, 29 CONSECUTIVE NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES
A 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
SA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
TB 5 3 4 4 3 5 4 3 5 0 1 3 4 2 2 6 12 4 7 2 7 6 3 3 4 4 4 0 8 6 7 5 3 5 4 5 9 9
SAPS DPS BPS 0.00 0.10 1.47 0.00 0.10 1.47
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