| Christine Bach |
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Sophomore (2008)
Earned team's Captain's Award...ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV First Team honoree...2008 C-USA All-Academic Team member...Three-time C-USA Libero of the Week (9/9, 9/22, 10/27)... Named to the MSU Bulldog Club Invitational All-Tournament Team...Played in all 119 sets as a sophomore...Led Memphis in digs in 25 of 31 matches and paced the club with 4.44 digs per game...Her 528 digs rank second on the Tigers' single-season ledger...Led Memphis and C-USA with a career-best 47 aces...Second on the team with 57 assists...Recorded double-figures in digs in 26 of Memphis' 31 matches...Posted 20 or more digs 13 times...Recorded a program-best 37 digs in a five-set contest versus IUPUI (9/5/08)...Scored 53 points...Served up a career-best five aces and added 24 digs in a 3-1 win at UAB (9/18/08)...Made 25 digs to help Memphis past FIU (9/20/08)...Also totaled six kills and 53 points.
Freshman (2007)
2007 C-USA All-Academic selection...Split time with Becky Shaffer at both the libero and defensive specialist positions before taking over as the starting libero...Played in 33 matches (119 games)...Led Memphis and ranked ninth in Conference USA with 4.11 digs per game...Set a U of M single-match record when she picked up 35 digs in a 3-1 win at SMU (11/2/07)...Became the fourth Tiger to record 30 or more digs with that performance...Hauled in C-USA Defensive Player of the Week honors on Nov. 5 after combining the 35-dig effort at SMU with a 22-dig outing at Tulsa (11/4/07)...Her 489 digs was good for second on Memphis' single-season records ledger...Was third on the team with 31 aces and served at an 89 percent accuracy rate...Added seven kills on the season for 38.5 points...Was second on the squad with 53 assists...Made 20 or more digs six times and totaled double figures in digs in 28 contests...Posted 23 digs at Louisville (8/24/07) in her collegiate debut...Put together a stretch of 15-straight matches with at least 10 digs...Made 25 digs in a win over Houston (10/21/07)...Recorded 23 digs vs. Mississippi State (9/8/07) to help Memphis capture a co-championship in the Tiger Invitational...Logged 23 digs at ECU (10/12/07).
2006
Redshirted the 2006 season.
At Royal High School
Lettered for one season for Coach Ruth Leitzke at Royal High School in Elroy, Wis., where she spent the 2003-04 school year as a foreign exchange student...Played setter and middle hitter at RHS...Was tabbed conference MVP as well as earning all-state recognition...Selected to play in the Wisconsin Senior High All-Star Game in 2004...Played club volleyball for the Wisconsin Power 17-1, the top team in the club...Also played setter and libero for the Power, helping guide the club to a 10th-place finish in the 17U National Tournament...
In Germany
Played club volleyball for Dresdner Sports Club and helped her team to a German Championship in 2000...Played for Beach Volleyball Club Dresden in Germany in 2005...BVCD plays in the Regional League, one of the top leagues in Germany....Helped guide BVCD to a second-place finish in 2005-06.
Personal
Daughter of Uwe and Elke Bach...Has one brother, Christian (19)...Graduated in May, 2009 with a degree in international business...Minored in French...Currently working on her master's degree in business administration.
