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2012 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Amy Braun
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- North
- Hometown:
- Lakeville, Minn.
2011: First-team all-Missouri Valley Conference selection ... also earned first-team MVC scholar-athlete status with a 3.71 grade point average in elementary education ... started all 35 matches and played in all 125 sets ... ranked second on the team in digs with 451 (3.61/set) ... ranked fourth on the team in kills with 300 (2.40/set) ... named to the Asics Invitational All-Tournament Team after leading UNI to wins over No. 25 Florida State, UC Irvine and Delaware ... earned MVC player of the week honors after securing 10 kills and 17 digs in a win over Drake (10/14) and 17 kills and 14 digs in a victory over Creighton (10/15) ... secured a season-best 17 kills in the 3-0 win at Creighton ... registered a triple-double in a 3-2 win at Missouri State (10/28) with a season-high 25 digs, 13 kills and 10 assists ... named to the MVC All-Tournament team for the second straight season ... notched 10 kills and 13 digs vs. Florida (12/3) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament ... had 14 double-digit kill efforts ... tallied 26 double-digit dig matches ... registered 11 double-doubles on the season.
2010: Started all 33 matches and played in all 119 sets for the Panthers ... named to the MVC Championship All-Tournament team ... averaged 2.47 kills per set ... second on the team with 3.74 digs per set ... earned MVC Player of the Week honors after averaging 4.17 kills and 3.67 digs per set in UNI's wins over Southern Illinois and Evansville (Oct. 29-30) ... set a career high with 17 kills against Evansville (Oct. 1) ... notched a career-high 24 digs against No. 20 Dayton (Sept. 3) and matched that mark against Missouri (Dec. 3) ... earned a place on the Kansas Invitational All-Tournament team ... recorded double-digit kills in 12 matches ... notched 10 double-doubles on the year.
2009: Named Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year...posted 276 kills, ranking her third-best on the team...finished the season with 2.58 kills per set...tallied 36 blocks in addition to 19 service aces...named MVC Freshman of the Week twice (week of 9/28 and week of 11/9)...recorded a season-high 16 kills against Missouri State (10/17)...recorded double-digit digs 17 times, recording a season-best 19 digs at Illinois State (10/10).
High School: Five-year letterwinner in volleyball ... named 2008 Minnesota Volleyball Coaches Association "Miss Volleyball" ... two-time PrepVolleyball.com High School All-American ... 2008 AVCA High School All-American ... three-time first-team all state selection ... racked up 1,589 career kills and 2,014 career digs at Lakeville North High School ... team was state runner-up in 2004 and 2006, and finished third in 2005 and 2007 ... graduated Magna Cum Laude ... three-time Lake Conference Interscholastic Award.
Personal: Daughter of John and Pat Braun ... full name is Amy Kathleen Braun ... has a sister, Jennifer, and a brother, Thomas ... majoring in elementary education ... favorite book is "Dear John" by Nicholas Sparks ... favorite historical figure is Abraham Lincoln ... favorite song is "Slide" by the Goo Goo Dolls ... born February 26, 1991 in Burnsville, Minn.
CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 18 vs. Illinois State (10/21/11)
Aces: 4 vs. George Washington (8/25/12)
Blocks: 4 at Missouri State (10/28/11)
Digs: 25 at Missouri State (10/28/11)
Assists: 10 at Missouri State (10/28/11)
Points: 19.5 at Creighton (10/15/11)
