San Diego Athletics

2003 & 2004 West Coast Conference Defender of the Year

Junior in 2004
Named the WCC Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight season... Essential in USD[apos]s undefeated (14-0) WCC Championship campaign and San Diego[apos]s run of 16 consecutive victories to close out the 2004 regular season... Named an All-WCC Honorable Mention player... WCC leader in service aces 27 (.52 p/g) within conference play- with the next best player having 17... Served a team-best 37 aces during the course of the season... 2nd overall during WCC play in digs per game (5.35)... Totaled a team-high 448 digs (4.48 p/g) on the year... Led the USD defense in holding opponents to league-low .154 hitting percentage... Had just 15 receiving errors during the regular season, and just four over USD[apos]s last 16 regular season matches (all wins)... Had a career-high 32 digs twice both vs. regionally ranked Pepperdine (10-22 & 11-20)... Had 20 or more digs eight different times... Had 10 or more digs 23 times, and had 10 digs in all but one match in which she played at least three games... Had three or more aces on five different occasions, including serving a career-high six vs. nationally ranked Santa Clara (10-9)... Helped San Diego achieve its highest ranking in school history- No. 11 by the AVCA USA Today/CSTV Coaches Poll (12-6).

Sophomore in 2003
Named the 2003 West Coast Conference Co-Defender of the Year, only the second player in San Diego school history to receive such an honor... Ranked third in the WCC with 3.53 digs per/game... Her 378 total digs through regular season play ranks seventh all-time for a Torero in a single-season... Played in all of San Diego[apos]s 30 matches helping USD reach the NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive season... Served 18 aces on the year... Posted a season-high 24 digs during a five-game match with San Francisco (11-14)... Had a four-game high of 23 digs vs. Loyola Marymount (11-21)... Registered 18 digs for a three-game season-high vs. San Francisco (10-18).

Freshman at the U. of Texas in 2002
Helped Texas post a 22-8 record and advance into the NCAA Tournament[apos]s Second Round... Started in eight matches... Appeared in all 30 of UT[apos]s contests on the season... Averaged 1.73 digs per game, totaling 176... Played in all 10 games during the postseason... Served nine aces and passed out 23 assists.

Prep/Club
Highly accomplished prep player at Centennial High School... Four-time All-Southwest Y. League selection... League MVP as a senior... All-Area selection as a sophomore, junior and senior... Coached by Brooke Roberts at Centennial... Competed for the Bakersfield Club Jamba program.

Personal
Born on July 7, 1984 in Bakersfield, California... Daughter of Jacque and Patty Bernardin... Recruited out of high school by Texas, Baylor, Ohio State, Oregon, UC Santa Barbara and Northwestern.