2  Dana Cranston Class: Senior Hometown: Fort St. John, B.C. High School: North Peace Height: 6-3 Position: Opposite Hitter Experience: 3V Club: FSJ ICE

Awards & Honors:

• Academic all-Mountain West (2011)
• Mountain West Volleyball Championship all-tournament team (2011)
• All-Mountain West team (2011)
• Mountain Capital One Academic District VII second team (2011)
• Arkansas Invitational all-tournament team (Aug. 26-27, 2011)
• Competed with the Canadian A national team (2011)
• CoSIDA/ESPN Academic District VII all-district second team (2010)
• Academic all-Mountain West (2010)
• Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2010)
• Trained with the Canadian B national team (2010)

2011 (Junior): Led all Rams with 36 service aces, and ranked second with 2.46 kills per set and 2.54 digs per set... Also added 52 total blocks on the season... Played in all 107 sets, recording a start in each match... Led CSU in service aces a team-most 13 times, and led in kills three times and digs on five occasions... Posted double-digit kill totals 11 times, including six of the final eight matches of the season... In the second round of the NCAA tournament, against No. 3 Hawaii (Dec. 3), tallied 14 kills and 12 digs, her fifth double-double of the season... Against San Diego State (Oct. 27), recorded five service aces, the most by a CSU player in two seasons... Set a career high in kills at Wyoming (Oct. 8), with 16... Named to the all-Mountain West team for her performance during the season (Nov. 17), and three days later, after winning the Mountain West Volleyball Championship, earned all-tournament honors... Notched 19 kills in the final two matches of the Arkansas Invitational (Aug. 27), earning all-tournament honors... Selected to the academic all-Mountain West and Capital One Academic District VII teams.

2010 (Sophomore): Started 21 matches for the Rams, and appeared in all but one during sophomore season...Ranked seventh on the team with 62 kills (0.58 per set)...At UNLV (Oct. 9), recorded a double-digit kills total for the first time in her career with 10...That night was a career night for her, as she finished with a .346 hitting percentage, 11.5 total points and her first career double-double with 10 kills and 10 digs...Her 46 assists ranked second on the squad...Recorded 25 service aces (0.24 per set) and a 199 digs (1.88 per set), both second on the team...Overall, led the Rams in aces 11 times, the second highest total...Tallied 10 or more digs six times, including a career-high-tying 12 at BYU (Sept. 24)...Was the team-leader in digs three times...Was in on 25 total blocks on the season, including three solos...Honored for her 3.93 GPA by being selected as a 2010 Mountain West Scholar-Athlete and to the Academic All-Mountain West and CoSIDA/ESPN Academic District VII All-District teams...Spent the summer after her sophomore season competing with the Canadian national team.

2009 (Freshman): Played in 27 matches, appearing in 83 total sets as a true freshman...Showed her versatility by averaging 0.39 kills, 0.49 assists, 1.53 digs and 0.23 blocks per set...Notched a season-high nine kills, while adding three blocks and tying a season-high with 12 digs, vs. Wyoming (Oct. 30)...Also posted 12 digs vs. Ohio State on Sept. 4, her first of three double-figure digs matches on the season...Recorded a season-best four blocks vs. Marshall (Sept. 11)...Recorded a season-best six assists in CSU's victory over No. 6 Washington (Dec. 4) in the second round of the NCAA tournament...Also posted a personal-best three service aces against the Huskies...Overall, led the team in aces three times, and blocks once...Trained with the Canadian B national team during the summer following her freshman season.

High School: Captain of high school team for three years (2007-09)...Selected as the North Peace High School Athlete of the Year her senior year...Second-team Provincial All-Star in British Columbia...Played for Team British Columbia in the 18-Under Nationals in Canada...Was named National MVP for Team BC in 2009...Also named National Team Challenge Cup MVP in 2009...Honor roll athlete at North Peace High School...Also participated in track & field.

Personal: Born Dec. 5, 1991, in Fort St. John, B.C. ...Daughter of Karen and Arley Cranston...Has one brother and one sister...Full Name is Dana Margaret Cranston...Is a business administration major at CSU.