5 Chrissy Schurla Class: Senior Hometown: Chicago, Ill. High School: Evergreen Park Height: 6-1 Position: Middle Blocker Birthdate: 09/28/1980

2000: Finished the season with the best career hitting percentage in UWM history...was named First Team All-MCC for the second time...was a team captain in 2000, appearing in every game of every match...had the best hitting percentage on the team and the second most kills, blocks and digs...had thirteen kills September 2 against Furman at the South Florida Tournament, then recorded thirteen digs against the host Bulls later the same day...had ten digs and ten kills in the home opener against Wyoming September 8...recorded a .440 hitting percentage, scoring fourteen kills on 25 total attacks against Portland September 9...put down fifteen kills on 38 total attacks for a .316 percentage and added 16 digs against Austin Peay September 9...put away sixteen balls on 35 total attacks at against cross-town rival Marquette on September 12, adding eleven digs...recorded thirteen digs and eleven kills against Ball State at the State Farm Illini Tournament September 15...had fourteen digs, nine kills and a .365 hitting percentage against Butler October 6...recorded 15 digs, ten kills and a .364 hitting percentage October 13 at Cleveland State...scored on 15 of 31 total attacks against UWGB in the Klotsche Center October 20, recording a .419 hitting percentage in the process...came up huge against a powerful Cincinnati team October 21, killing 21 out of 37 with only two errors (.514 hitting percentage) and digging out ten to beat the Bearcats...was named MCC Player of the Week October 23 on the merit of her performances against Cincinnati, Green Bay and DePaul...started a season-ending six game string of ten-plus dig games against Wright State November 3, saving 24 balls against the Raiders...dug out 20 and scored kills on 20 of 40 attacks (.400 hitting percentage) at Butler November 4...had fourteen digs and 21 kills in the MCC Championship Game against Butler, scoring a .341 kill percentage...Chrissy tamed the Bulldogs in three 2000 meetings, recording 50 kills, 48 digs and a .368 hitting percentage against BU alone.

1999: Improved her overall game, posting better numbers and competitively making an impact for the Panthers...named to the MCC All-Conference first team...averaged 3.50 kills per game for the season, second on the Panther squad...lead the MCC with a .329 hitting percentage...accumulated a team-high 95 total blocks...had 15 solo blocks...racked up 24 kills in the match against Marquette, placing her tenth on the kills in a match list at UWM...was named the MCC Player of the Week on October 11 after a big Chicago road trip against UIC and Loyola...earned AVCA All-District VI team...received UWM Scholar-Athlete Honors With Distinction in the spring.

1998: Made an immediate impact on the front line as a middle blocker, earning her All-Newcomer Team honors in the MCC...was second on the team and tenth in the league in blocking, averaging .90 blocks per game...played in 113 games and all 31 matches...was fifth on the team in kills, averaging 2.42 KPG.

High School: Was named Top Area Player by the Daily Southtown, the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune...recorded 352 kills, 76 aces and 178 digs in her final year as a Mustang...was also named All-State Honorable Mention by the Tribune, was named Suburban Prarie Conference MVP, and earned All-Conference honors three times...also lettered three years in basketball...earned All-Conference Academic honors three times...was named to the honor roll every semester.

Personal: Daughter of Paula and Thomas...would like to be a Certified Public Accountant for a major business someday...helped her Windy City Volleyball Club team, which also included fellow Panther Moira Coughlin, to four national tournament appearances.

Chrissy Schurla's Single-Match Career Highs

* - at Brion's Grille/Patriot Invitational (George Mason University)
# - at University of Wisconsin Tournament

Chrissy Schurla's Career Statistics