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04/11/2012 Volleyball spring prospectus: Rams host spring tournament SaturdayUpdated roster, news included 01/26/2012 CSU garners 36 academic all-conference awardsRams presented with honor in four sports 12/19/2011 CSU's Plourde finishes 2011 as nation's best blockerJunior's 1.71 blocks per set leads NCAA 12/03/2011 Volleyball recap: Hawaii powers past Colorado StateRams end season in NCAA quarterfinals 12/01/2011 Volleyball recap: Rams stomp Ducks, advance to regional quarterfinalsPlourde's double-double eliminates No. 13 Oregon 11/20/2011 2011 Mountain West volleyball touranment championsCSU vs. UNLV in the 2011 MW Volleyball Championship finals. CSU won its fifth tournament championship. 11/18/2011 CSU volleyball vs. Air Force (MW quarterfinals)CSU's sweep over Air Force Friday evening in Albuquerque, N.M., in the opening round of the MW championship. 10/13/2011 CSU volleyball vs. New MexicoPhotos from CSU's 3-0 sweep over New Mexico on Oct. 13. 09/24/2011 CSU-Boise StatePhotos from CSU's 3-0 sweep over Boise State - 9-24-11 09/09/2011 CSU vs. Nova KBMCSU volleyball vs. Nova KBM - 9-8-11 Awards & Honors:
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. 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. |
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