2010: Team captain.

2009: CAC All-Academic Team ... CAC Player of the Week ... saw action in 119 sets and 31 matches ... third in CAC with team-best assist average (9.45) ... second on team in service aces (37) and aces/set (0.31) ... fourth in digs (248) and digs/set (2.08) ... notched six matches with 50+ assists, including career-high 60 in five-set win over Bridgewater (Va.) ... season-best four aces twice ... season-high 18 digs twice.

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: 2007 graduate ... 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 ... education minor ... Dean's List (F '09, Sp '10) ... born October 20, 1989 in Olney, Md. ... daughter of David Obal and Karen Roberts ... her father 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 Owls baseball team.

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