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2004 D-I Independent Player of the Year
Arguably the greatest volleyball player in school history, if not the best female athlete ever ... two-time athletic All-American and also an Academic All-American ... played first three seasons at the Division II level (leading UNC to the Elite 8 in 2002 and winning AVCA National Player of the Year honors) before injuring herself and missing the 2003 season ... returned in 2004 to help the Bears play against their first full Division I schedule and earned D-I Independent Offensive Player of the Year honors ... finished career ranked No. 1 in NCAA history in career attempts (6,465) and No. 3 in NCAA history in career kills (2,529); her stats were "grandfathered" into Division II because she played her first three seasons at that level ... 5.13 kills/game average ranked No. 6 in NCAA history while her 13.11 attacks/game ranked No. 3 in NCAA history ... started every game (493) of every match (135) of her career ... the 493 consecutive sets played unofficially ranks fifth in NCAA history (not official due to redshirt season in 2003) ... finished career ranked No. 1 in school history in kills and attacks and No. 2 in digs (1,819) ... led her team to a 100-35 record during her career ... had 131 double-figure kill matches and 57 matches of 20-plus kills ... failed to get double-digit kills in only four of 135 career matches ... had 102 career double-doubles and 105 double-digit digs matches ... hit .300 or better in a match 59 times, .400 or better 29 times and .500 or better 10 times including a career-high .564 versus Colorado Mines on Oct. 8, 2002 ... team had a 44-13 record when she had 20-plus kills in a match and UNC lost only once (Dec. 5, 2002 to Tampa at the Elite 8) when she had 20-plus kills hit above .300 in a match; team was 23-1 in 24 matches in her career when she accomplished that ... Bears were 58-13 over Deffenbaugh's final 71 career matches ... team had a 38-4 record at home with Deffenbaugh in the lineup ... became 18th UNC athlete to earn the prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.
2004: Division I Independent Offensive Player of the Year ... five-time Division I Independent Player of the Week during the season (Sept. 7, Sept. 18, Oct. 12, Oct. 19 and Nov. 9) ... first-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American (University Division); became Northern Colorado's first-ever, first-team Academic All-American selection at the Division I level ... named Northern Colorado Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year for the second time in three years ... named to D-I Independent Championships All-Tournament team after averaging 4.96 kills and 3.67 digs/game and leading UNC to a 5-1 record and tie for first-place ... Colorado Sports Hall of Fame College Female Athlete of the Year award winner (also won award in 2002) ... Sportswomen of Colorado Collegiate Volleyball Player of the Year (also won the award in 2002) ... led the team with 621 kills (4.74/game), the second highest total of her career and the fourth most in a single-season in school history (she set the record with 743 as a junior) ... 1,675 attacks were the second most ever in a single-season in school history, trailing only the 1,736 attacks she had as a junior in 2002 ... led the team with 23 double-doubles including one in each of her final five matches and in nine of her last 10 matches overall ... averaged 5.18 kills and 3.53 digs/game and hit .283 in 15 matches against Division I Independents, leading the Bears to a 13-2 record in those matches ... had three 20 kill/20 dig matches during the season ... accomplished that feat first against Metro State (Sept. 21) when she had an amazing 21 kills and 20 digs in only three sets ... next hit that mark with 24 kills and a season-high 21 digs in a five-set victory at Utah Valley State (Oct. 27) ... ended season and career with a season-high 27 kills and 20 digs once again against Utah Valley State (Nov. 13), this time at the D-I Independent Championships ... had 25 or more kills in four matches, 20-plus kills in 14 matches and hit .300 or better in 12 matches including a season-high .525 in a 3-0 win over Utah Valley State on Senior Night (Nov. 6); had an amazing 22 kills in that match in only three sets ... named MVP of the Comcast Lobo Invitational after registering 25 kills in two of three total matches and averaging 4.79 kills and 2.29 digs/game and hitting .277 in leading Bears to a tie for first-place ... named MVP of the Best Western Regency Northern Colorado Classic after leading Bears to tournament title at Butler-Hancock Hall by averaging 5.30 kills and 3.60 digs/game and hitting .352 in three matches ... named to All-Tournament team at Portland State Viking Volleyball Showcase after averaging 3.50 kills, 2.36 digs and 0.71 blocks/game in three matches ... finished career by being named to All-Tournament team at each of the last eight tournaments she played in ... won Student-Athlete of the Month award a school-record three times during her career (Nov. 2004, Oct. 2002 and Sept. 2001) ... set NCAA record for career attacks with her sixth swing of the match against Utah Valley State (Nov. 6) on Senior Night, breaking the five-year NCAA record previously held by Ronda Price of North Alabama (6,091) ... became UNC's all-time leader in attacks on Sept. 11 at Portland State when she passed former teammate Teale Goble (5,137 attacks) and not only became the UNC all-time leader but moved into 10th place in NCAA history ... failed to get double-digit kills only once, at Utah (Sept. 18), when she had five kills and hit -.030, the first and only time in her career she hit negative for a match ... had a career-high 82 attempts in a 3-2 victory over North Dakota State (Nov. 12) at the Division I Independent Championships ... matched her career-high with three aces in four matches during the season ... scored a season-high 27.5 points at Utah Valley State (Nov. 13) ... hit .516 (18-2-31) with 18 kills and eight digs in three-game sweep at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Oct. 16) ... hit .441 (17-2-34) with 17 kills and 20.5 points in three-game sweep of North Dakota State (Oct. 8) ... had 25 kills in season-opener versus New Mexico (Sept. 3) while hitting .290 (25-7-62) ... also had 25 kills versus Montana (Sept. 4) while adding 14 digs and scoring 26.5 points and at South Dakota State (Oct. 7) while hitting .292 and adding 16 digs and three block assists ... D-I Independent All-Academic pick ... earned first-team CoSIDA Academic All-District honors for the second time in her career on her way to Academic All-American honors ... won NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.
2003: Received a medical hardship after missing the season with a knee injury. 2002: AVCA Division II National Player of the Year and First-Team All-American... Daktronics All-American selection and top vote-getter ... AVCA and Daktronics All-Region teams ... North Central Conference (NCC) Player of the Year ... UNC Female Athlete of the Year ... Colorado Sports Hall of Fame Female College Athlete of the Year ... Mile High Sports magazine College Athlete of the Year ... Sportswomen of Colorado Collegiate Volleyball Player of the Year ... NCAA Elite 8 All-Tournament team ... NCAA North Regional All-Tournament team ... Grand Canyon Court Classic Tournament MVP ... Premier Challenge All-Tournament team ... three-time AVCA/Sports Imports National Player of the Week (Sept. 9, Oct. 21, Nov. 11), marking the first-time in AVCA history a player at any level won the award three times in the same season ... led Division II with 6.14 kills per game ... 743 kills were the third most and 6.14 kills per game average was fourth most in a season in NCAA history since switch to 30-point scoring format ... 1,736 attempts and 14.35 average during season was second most in NCAA history since switch to 30-point scoring format ... six-time NCC Player of the Week during season, which set a conference record; won award nine times for her career, another NCC record ... set NCC records in conference-only matches for kills (6.16) and attacks (14.80) per game in a season and career records for kills (1,028), kills per game (5.52), attacks (2,608) and attacks per game (14.01) ... set UNC records for kills in a match (39), season (743) and career (1,908) during season ... averaged 6.30 kills and 4.07 digs while hitting .320 in 15 matches against nationally ranked opponents ... posted 20-plus kills 22 times, 25-plus kills 11 times and 30-plus kills twice ... recorded 25 total double-doubles and six matches with 20-plus digs ... recorded 28 kills in first round at NCAA Elite 8, the best individual total during the entire 2002 Elite 8 Tournament ... set UNC record for kills in a match with 39 in amazing five-set match against Minnesota State (Oct. 5) ... had only one game all season with single-digits kills ... hit a season-high .564 (23-1-39) against Colorado Mines (Oct. 8) ... UNC Student-Athlete of the Month for October after averaging 6.96 kills, 4.33 digs and hitting .370 ... co-captain along with Teale Goble ... second-team CoSIDA Academic All-District VII and Academic All-NCC selection ... invited to U.S. National Team Tryout held in December in New Orleans.
2001: AVCA Second-Team All-American ... started all 34 matches and played in all 121 games ... led team in kills (591), total attacks (1,604) and second in digs (491) ... ranked first in the NCC in kills per game (4.95) which was 18th nationally, and third in digs per game (4.10) ... had a season-high 28 kills and 20 digs at North Dakota (Oct. 5) ... had 27 kills and a career-high 29 digs at South Dakota (Nov. 9) ... UNC Student-Athlete of the Month for October. 2000: Gained Freshman of the Year (NCC and North Central Region), All-NCC selection as well as All-Region member of the 2000 All-Tournament squad at the NCAA II North Central Regional ... named NCC Player of the Week on two occasions (Sept. 18 and Oct. 30) ... led the squad in kills (574), total attacks (1,450) and digs (446) ... ranked third in the NCC in kills per game (4.73), sixth in digs per game (3.74) and eighth in hitting percentage (.280) ... set two NCC records (conference games only) for attacks in a season (855) and attacks per game (13.36). Prep: Earned first-team all-state and all-Colorado honors from the Rocky Mountain News, along with first-team all-state honors from the Denver Post at Strasburg High ... high school coach was her dad, Larry Deffenbaugh ... previously held the Colorado State High School Athletic Association record for kills in a season (all classifications) ... also holds school records for kills in a season, match and game. Personal: Born June 17, 1982, in Akron, Colo. ... daughter of Larry and Mary Deffenbaugh ... majoring in interdisciplinary language arts (IDLA)/English ... UNC Scholar Athlete.
Career Highs Kills: 39 vs. Minnesota State (Oct. 5, 2002) Attacks: 82 vs. North Dakota State (Oct. 12, 2004) Assists: 3, twice, last vs. Minnesota-Duluth (Sept. 7, 2002) Aces: 3, done 12 times, last vs. TAMU-Corpus Christi (Oct. 16, 2004) Digs: 29 vs. South Dakota (Nov. 9, 2001) Blocks: 5, done 3 times, last vs. Augustana (Nov. 2, 2002) Hitting: .564 (23-1-39) vs. Colorado Mines (Oct. 8, 2002) Deffenbaugh's Career Statistics Years GP K E TA Pct. Ast SA D BS BA K/G A/G D/G B/G 2000 120 574 173 1450 .277 19 26 446 1 32 4.78 0.16 3.72 0.28 2001 121 591 189 1604 .251 10 27 491 4 37 4.88 0.08 4.06 0.34 2002 121 743 174 1736 .328 20 29 461 8 32 6.14 0.17 3.81 0.33 2003 Redshirted 2004 131 621 201 1675 .251 17 38 421 8 43 4.74 0.13 3.21 0.39 Totals 493 2529 737 6465 .277 66 120 1819 21 144 5.13 0.13 3.69 0.33
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