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  Brittany Born

Brittany Born

Player Profile

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Ellicott City, Md.

High School:
Archbishop Spalding

Height:
5-6

Position:
Libero

Birthdate:
07/28/1989

2007 (Freshman): Played in all 34 matches, and 120 games, and led the team in digs with 626 during her first season on the Evergreen campus... Averaged 5.22 digs per game, third in the MAAC and amongst the top-60 in all of NCAA Division I volleyball... Set the school single-seaosn digs record, breaking the mark of 550 set by Marilyn Percoco in 1992... Recorded a season-high 35 digs against Saint Peter's (10/14), tying for the second-most in a match in school history... Had only five games that she did not top the 10-dig mark... Earned MAAC Rookie of the Week honors on September 17 after turning in performances of 33 and 19 digs at Niagara (9/15) and Canisius (9/16), respectively... The Niagara match was the first of four times during the season that she would reach, or top, the 30-dig plateau... Pulled up 30 digs in consecutive three-game matches against Navy (10/2) and Manhattan (10/6)... Also had an even 30 against Canisius (10/27)... Recorded 27 digs in back-to-back matches, at La Salle (9/1) and against Towson (9/4)... Had 20 digs and a career-high six assists against Lafayette (9/1).

High School: Earned seven varsity letters at Archbishop Spalding High School in Severn, Md., for Volleyball Coach Scott Rombach... Captained the team as a senior... Helped her squad to the IAAM A-Conference Championship title in 2006... Named The Baltimore Sun All-Metro Player of the Year, Anne Arundel County Player of the Year, All-Baltimore Examiner team, Washington Post honorable mention, ASHS MVP, first-team all county and IAAM conference all-star as a senior... Also holds the Anne Arundel County highest all-time career assist record with 1,226... Named second-team all-county and to the conference all-star team as a junior... Also earned second-team all-county as a sophomore... Set numerous high school records including setting percentage, most sets attempted, most sets made, most assists, highest passing percentage... A member of the National Honor Society... Played club volleyball for the Columbia Comets and Coach Marc Moore.

Personal: Brittany Patricia Born... Born July 28, 1989, in Columbia, Md.... Daughter of Lori and Michael Born... Has one brother, Brendan... Majoring in elementary education.