2008: Averaged 1.31 kills per set, playing in 83 sets and 31 matches ... tallied 106 digs for a 1.28 average ... matched her career-high of 10 kills in a five-game loss to Carnegie Mellon ... notched a season-high 14 digs in a 3-1 loss at No. 18 Haverford ... served up a career-best seven aces in a sweep of Rutgers-Newark.

2007: Stepped on the court for 77 games and 31 matches ... registered 93 kills (1.41 per game) ... career-highs of 20 digs and 10 kills in 3-0 sweep of Roanoke ... notched 34 service aces with a season-best six in a 3-0 sweep of Eastern Mennonite.

Sherwood HS: Two-sport athlete (volleyball, softball) ... VOLLEYBALL: three-time All-Montgomery Gazette selection, including a first team nod as a senior ... second team All-Met in 2006 ... 81 kills, 36 digs, 10 aces as a senior ... SOFTBALL: four-time All-Gazette and two-time All-Met at catcher ... batted .475, scored 25 runs, and had 25 RBI as a senior.

Personal: Katie Renee Obal ... born October 20, 1989 in Olney, Md. ... daughter of Karen Roberts and David Obal ... her father, David, was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the ninth round of the 1973 MLB Draft ... her older brother, Kyle, was a catcher for the Temple University baseball team.

Why St. Mary's?: "Because of volleyball and the school's good reputation."