12 - Gena Hlavinka
| Height: | 6-0 |
| Year: | Jr. |
| Hometown: | Gaithersburg, Md. |
| High School: | T.S. Wootton |
| Position: | MB |
| Major: | Biology |
2009: Saw action in all 32 matches and 128 sets ... third in kills/set with 2.14 ... career-best 17 kills in 3-1 win vs. DeSales ... second in total blocks with 79.0 ... career-highs of 5 block assists and 6.0 total blocks in loss at Salisbury ... career-best three block solos in sweep of FDU-Florham ... matched career-high of five digs in five-set win vs. Stevenson.
2008: Played in 19 matches with two starts ... averaged 1.23 kills per set ... season-high nine kills in a 3-1 win at Randolph-Macon ... five kills and career-best five digs in four-set victory vs. Stevenson ... served up career-high three aces in sweep of Bryn Mawr.
T.S. Wootton HS: 2008 graduate ... excelled under Mary Malinauskas ... 2007 All-Montgomery Gazette Player of the Year ... first team Washington Post All-Extra and second team All-Met as a senior.
Personal: Gena Marie Hlavinka ... minoring in environmental studies and educational studies ... hopes to become a teacher and complete a master in ecology ... born May 31, 1990 in Owattonna, Minn. ... daughter of Paul and Mary Hlavinka ... has an older sister, Katie.
Why St. Mary's?: "Loved the campus, interesting major offerings."

