#12 Alex Graves

Sophomore season (2007) – Averaged 2.34 digs/game and 1.88 kills/game ... Helped Whitman win an early season tournament in Las Vegas ... Played her best match in that tournament against NWC-rival Whitworth, combining a team-high 15 digs with eight kills and four blocks ... Finished with 13 kills, 17 digs and two service aces in a 3-2 win over George Fox in Whitman's conference opener ... Suffered an ankle injury against Whitworth on Oct. 3 that left her sidelined for five straight matches and limited her playing time the rest of the season.

Freshman season (2006) - Made an immediate impact in her first college season, averaging 2.04 kills per game, joining four older teammates in contributing at least two kills per game ... Used a jump serve to collect 37 service aces, the second-highest total on the team ... Also ranked second on the squad in digs, averaging 2.96 per game ... Posted a strong all-around effort in her first college match, combining a match-high 20 digs with eight kills, four aces and three blocks as Whitman downed George Fox in four games ... Keyed a three-game sweep of Lewis & Clark with 12 kills (.476 hitting percentage), nine digs, four blocks and three aces ... Helped Whitman hand Pacific Lutheran its first NWC loss of the season in late October, hitting .409 with 10 kills while contributing 15 kills, six blocks and three aces ... Added 15 kills, 14 digs, five blocks and three aces in a season-ending victory over Pacific.

Prep - After sharing in a junior varsity league title as a freshman, played three seasons of varsity volleyball for the "Titans" and coach Matt Hoffman at Henry Gunn High School ... Earned all-league honors as a junior and senior ... Served as a co-captain and received the Coaches Award as a senior ... Named team MVP as a junior, leading the Titans in kills, digs and aces ... Beginning in the seventh grade, played for a handful of volleyball clubs that posted a cumulative win-loss record of 86-8 ... Played the past two seasons for coach Jason Dupler and the Vision Volleyball Club, which twice advanced to the Junior Olympics ... Also played for coach Mary Olks and the City Beach power club ... Competed at the U.S.A.V. High Performance Nationals in Austin, Texas, in July 2004 ... Also competed in gymnastics for eight years and figure skating for five.

Academics - Interested in business, biology and Spanish ... Spent one month (summer 2007) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, taking classes in Spanish, famous Argentine women, art, poetry and cooking while also volunteering with a nonprofit organization that supports under-privileged women and children ... As a high school student, was named Outstanding Freshman in Science, Outstanding Sophomore in Mathematics, and Outstanding Junior in Chemistry ... Also a member of the Spanish Honors Society ... Volunteered for a beach clean-up and at the Great Harvest food bank ... Has helped with an elementary school Spanish-immersion reading program through the Whitman Student Athlete Advisory Committee.

Personal - Alexandria Harlow Graves was born on July 26, 1988, in Palo Alto, Calif ... Daughter of Susan and Robert Graves (played football at California Lutheran University his freshman year in 1972) of Palo Alto ... Competed on an intramural bowling team for one season … Enjoys cooking, baking, and practicing Spanish every day with the cook at her café ... Plans to study abroad in Spain during the 2009 spring semester ... After Whitman she plans to either do biology research or teach English in Spain.

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