| Becky Shaffer |
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Freshman (2007)
Played in all 35 matches a year ago...Split time with Christine Bach at both the libero and defensive specialist positions before settling in as the everyday DS...Team's most reliable server...Led the team with a 97 percent accuracy from the service line...Served up 21 aces and made just 13 service errors in 431 serves...Also one the Tigers' top passers, passing at a 90 percent success rate...Finished her rookie campaign fifth on the squad with 265 digs (2.15 d/g)...Made 10 or more digs in 12 matches, including accomplishing the feat in five of the first eight contests she played in...Notched first double-digit digs performance with 13 digs vs. Eastern Illinois (8/31/07)...Posted 15 digs to help Memphis to a sweep of Loyola-Chicago (8/31/07)...Equalled that outing with 15 digs in a four-set win over UCA (10/2/07)...Made a career-high 16 digs in a U of M win over Nicholls State (9/7/07)...Added 15 assists on the season.
At Ursuline Academy
Had a stellar prep career at Ursuline Academy in Cincinnati, Ohio...Was a three-year letterwinner for head coach Jenni Case...Played both defensive specialist and libero as a senior...Helped direct UA to a 20-7 mark as a senior...Logged 275 digs and 42 aces in her final high school season...Was selected to the Senior Showcase.
Personal
Daughter of Chris and Bruce Shaffer...Played club volleyball for the Northern Kentucky Volleyball Club...Helped NKYVC to a Silver Medal finish in the American Division of the 2006 17-U National Tournament...Chose Memphis over Ohio University, Kent State, East Tennessee State and Southern Illinois...Majoring in chemistry with a concentration in biochemistry.
