9  Kaila Thomas Class: RS Freshman Hometown: Murrieta, Calif. High School: Calvary Murrieta Height: 6-1 Position: Outside Hitter Experience: RS Club: Laguna Beach VBC

2011 (Redshirt): Granted a medical hardship waiver after missing the final 19 matches with a head injury... Prior to getting injured, played in 14 sets, averaging 1.14 kills per set... Totaled 14 kills and 15.5 points over a four-match stretch (Sept. 3-22), including five each against Albany (Sept. 3) and Air Force (Sept. 22)... Had a breakout game vs. Nebraska (Sept. 2), recording four kills on .375 hitting in three sets... Recorded her first career kill in her collegiate debut at Arkansas (Aug. 26).

High School: Graduated from Calvary Chapel as a four-year letterwinner and two-time captain... Recognized as one of Volleyball magazine's top seniors by being named to the 2011 Fab 50 list...Ranked No. 35 on PrepVolleyball.com's "The Senior Aces"...Earned all-league honors all four years of high school...Selected to 2010-11 Under Armour Girl's High School All-America Watch List...As a junior, was named league MVP, Scholar Athlete, first-team all-valley and second-team all-CIF...League MVP as a sophomore in 2008...Led the Warriors to three league championships and two CIF titles...Four-year Scholar Athlete...Played club volleyball for Laguna Beach Volleyball Club.

Personal: Born July 8, 1993, in Mission Viejo, Calif. ... Born to Kevin and Darci Thomas...Dad graduated from UCLA...Mother played college volleyball at Cal Poly...Has two brothers, Anthony (19) and James (15), and one sister, Hannah (12)...Relative, Candice Reavis, played collegiately at Maryland...Political science major at CSU.