Player Profiles HONORS & AWARDS • 2010 Academic All-Big West Selection • 2010 Big West Scholar Athlete
: en proved to • 2010 Pacific 2010 (Sophomore) cond season, Cowd se r he in s er Tig e ng role for th The top net Scholar Athlete Moving into a starti matches for Pacific. 30 all d rte sta d an she played in est 111 blocks be up to the task as y produced a team-b bb Ga ar, ye nd co se ers in her then tied her career defender for the Tig Twice she set and ts. or eff lo so 13 th week, first tale way wi matches in a single including leading th o tw in s ck blo ht eig ly as she picked up llerton on Nov. 6. best mark defensive against Cal State Fu ain ag d an 2 v. No cramento State on as she recorded 194 lying eight against Sa sive season to date en off t es fin r he d s, cking, Gabby ha 32 assists and 103 dig In addition to her blo ar. Adding 27 aces, ye e th on ts or eff l seven 10+ kil ason of action. kills including posting on in her second se siti po le idd m r he points from Cowden posted 283 ches for the Tiaction in eight mat 2009 (Freshman): w sa y bb Ga , all yb on of collegiate volle improved steadily Playing her first seas en squad, Cowden lad r nio se a d hin be two starts. Playing d five digs for 10.5 gers while earning ht kills, five blocks an eig th wi on as se e as she finished th e posted four kills, throughout the year erence play when sh nf co in e m ca on as Tigers match of the se , to help push the points. Gabby’s best a on November 14 ar rb Ba a nt Sa UC cks against four digs and two blo 3-0 sweep. conference play in a in s ho uc Ga e th st pa s a four-year , Calif., Cowden wa High School/Club: ille nv Da in ol ho Sc m Monte Vista High r, Gabby earned A 2009 graduate fro League Team membe tic hle At y Ba t as l-E ngs. A two-time Al 07-08 team MVP starter for the Musta e was named the 20 Sh . 06 20 in am te y 2007 and second finish in the East Ba first team honors in and a 10-1 first place rd co re all er ov -8 ustangs to a 26 sion, Cowden has led after leading the M teams in the area, Vi b clu st be e th of e s. Gabby middle for on the past three season of ch League. The starting ea g rin du s ympic d for the USA finish in the Junior Ol uits and also playe cr her team to a top-10 Re 0 15 p To 09 ’s 20 lleyball High PrepVolleyball.com d earned the USA Vo was named one of ua sq e th d an en wd A2 Training Team. Co Volleyball National Medal. Performance Silver s Jack Cowden. She ha Personal: ughter of Helen and da e th is en wd Co m fro Calif., Gabrielle t University. Coming Born in Templeton, at Florida Gulf Coas all yb lle vo ys pla o e co-captain ueline, wh her, William, was th at one older sister, Jacq df an gr y’s bb Ga level, ar at Pacific, nce at the Division I team. In her third ye ll a tradition of excelle ba et sk ba l ina rd Ca l champion Stanford of the 1942 nationa ications major. Gabby is a commun
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