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Explosive athlete that started 29 of 31 matches as a freshman for the Yellow Jackets in 2005 ... Suffered a knee injury during spring drills in 2006, causing her to miss the entire 2006 fall ... An intelligent student that has been named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll ... Participant on the 2002 and 2003 USA Youth National Teams, helping the United States to the NORCECA Championship in 2002 and a third place finish in 2003 ... Was a member of the talented Colorado Juniors club team that advanced to the 2004 Junior Olympics National Division ... One of three Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 recruits from the 2005 freshman class that was ranked eighth in the nation by Prepvolleyball.com ... Is the older sister of Chrissy DeMichelis, an outside hitter beginning her second season with the Georgia Tech volleyball program.
2006: Received a medical redshirt after sitting out the entire season recovering from a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee.
2005: Played in 109 of the Yellow Jackets' 119 games in her rookie season ... Finished second on the team with 346 kills ... Led Georgia Tech in kills in eight matches, including posting career highs of 21 kills against Duke (9/24) and Clemson (10/18) ... Also posted a career-high .444 hitting percentage in the match against the Tigers ... Notched double-figures in kills 19 times during the season ... Recorded a career-high five blocks against Long Island (9/10) and matched that feat against Miami (10/2) ... Posted a career-high six digs on two occasions, first against North Carolina (11/12) and then against Clemson (11/15) ... Tallied a career-best two service aces against NC State (11/11) ... Played stellar volleyball in late October, averaging 3.81 kills per game from Oct. 15 through Nov. 4 ... Finished the season second on the team with 3.17 kills per game.
High School: Four-year letterwinner at Overland High School as an outside hitter ... Was the team captain in three of her four years at Overland ... Led the team to a fifth-place finish in the Colorado 5A state championships in 2003 after helping Overland to the regional championship in 2002 ... Tabbed first-team all-district, all-conference and all-state in 2003 ... Also received Rocky Mountain News all-state honors in 2003 ... Selected first-team all-conference and all-district in 2002 ... Named second-team all-state that same year ... Participant in the 5A all-state all-star game in 2003 ... Member of the Pre-Med Club in high school ... Five-year volunteer in the Hall of Live at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
Personal: Laura Anne Rose DeMichelis is the daughter of Bernard and Ramona DeMichelis ... Born October 15, 1986 ... Has two younger sisters, Chrissy and Gracie ... Chrissy is a sophomore on the Georgia Tech volleyball team ... Dean's list student majoring in public policy and minoring in pre-law ... Enjoys yoga, traveling, reading, art and shopping in her free time ... Mother ran the 400 meters and father was a pole vaulter at the University of Arizona ... Cousin Dennis Norman is a center for the Jacksonville Jaguars.
OVERALL
Season GP MP K K/G E TA Pct A A/G SA SA/G SE DIG D/G RE BS BA TB B/G
2005 109 29 346 3.17 219 992 .128 4 0.04 3 0.03 9 78 0.72 8 11 34 45 0.41
2006 Did Not Play - Received Medical Redshirt
TOTAL 109 29 346 3.17 219 992 .128 4 0.04 3 0.03 9 78 0.72 8 11 34 45 0.41
ACC ONLY
Season GP MP K K/G E TA Pct A A/G SA SA/G SE DIG D/G RE BS BA TB B/G
2005 83 21 261 3.14 164 751 .129 4 0.05 3 0.04 7 57 0.69 6 9 22 31 0.37
2006 Did Not Play - Received Medical Redshirt
TOTAL 83 21 261 3.14 164 751 .129 4 0.05 3 0.04 7 57 0.69 6 9 22 31 0.37
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