NDSU

The 2005 Season (Junior): Started nine of 34 matches played...Fourth leading blocker on the team with 0.62 per game...Had four or more blocks in six matches...Season-high eight kills at Wisconsin-Green Bay and in the win over Centenary...Also had seven digs in the victory...Made five blocks in an exhibition win over Brandon (Manitoba).

The 2004 Season (Sophomore): Started 11 of 33 matches played and saw action in 105 games...Named to the all-tournament team at Wisconsin-Green Bay, where she helped the Bison to a 1-2 record with a pair of standout performances...Recorded her first career double-double with 14 kills and 12 digs against Temple (9-10) and followed it with 16 kills in the 3-2 win over Green Bay (9-11), hitting .452 (16k-2e-31att) in the match...Had four blocks in both matches.

The 2003 Season (Freshman): Played in 24 matches and 38 games during her freshman year...Hit .067 (17k-13e-60att), and added seven blocks, four digs and three assists...Collected season-high three kills against Florida Tech (9-20), Winona State (9-12) and Emporia State (8-29)...Hit .750 (3k-0e-4att) in the season opener against Emporia State...Recorded a pair of block assists twice, vs. Winona State (9-12) and Nebraska-Kearney (8-30).

High School: A 2003 graduate of Hopkins High...Earned all-conference honors after hitting .317 during her senior year...Played all three front row positions in high school...Led team with 102 blocks as a junior...Played for the Wayzata J.O. club team...Academic all-state...Also played first base for the Hopkins softball team, which ranked first in the nation during the 2002 season and was fourth in 2001...Batted over .400 and had a .995 fielding percentage during her career...All-state, all-section and all-conference performer...Played for Hopkins traveling team.

Personal: Daughter of Jim and Dawn Kaufmann...Has two sisters, Jenna and Lindsey...Majoring in civil engineering...Plans to graduate in the fall of 2007 and begin her engineering career...Interned for Stonebooke Engineering last summer...Prep coaches were Vicki Seliger-Swenson (volleyball) and Anne Campbell (softball).

  Season                GP-MP      K    K/G     E    TA    Pct     A   A/G    SA  SA/G    SE
  2003................  38-24     17   0.45    13    60   .067     3  0.08     0  0.00     2
  2004................ 105-33     76   0.72    56   239   .084    37  0.35     5  0.05    15
  2005................  84-34     83   0.99    54   247   .117    16  0.19     5  0.06    10
  TOTAL............... 227-91    176   0.78   123   546   .097    56  0.25    10  0.04    27

  Season                 DIG   D/G    RE    BS    BA    TB   B/G    BE   BHE  Points Pts/G
  2003................     4  0.11     4     0     7     7  0.18     0     0    20.5  0.53
  2004................   128  1.22    35     1    19    20  0.19     3     9    91.5  0.87
  2005................    56  0.67    16     0    52    52  0.62     2     1   114.0  1.36
  TOTAL...............   188  0.83    55     1    78    79  0.35     5    10   226.0  1.00