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2008 Volleyball Roster

17 Kate Corbett

17 Kate Corbett

  • Position:
    Outside Hitter/Middle Blocker
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • High School:
    Mother McAuley
  • Hometown:
    Chicago, Ill.

Summary

Biography



2009:  Played in 35 sets in 12 matches ... hit .217 with 12 kills, an assist and two block assists against Ohio State (9/12) ... season-high six total blocks against Milwaukee (9/11).

2008:   All-MAC Tournament Team after posting 2.64 kills, 1.09 blocks and hit .414 over three matches ... WMU Co-Most Improved Player (Courtney Seiler) ... played in 118 sets with 30 starts in 30 matches ... second on the team with 95 blocks, fourth in attack percentage (.240) and fifth in kills with 219 ... posted career-high 11 kills vs. Toledo (10/10), Akron (10/17), at Northern Illinois (10/30), vs. Bowling Green in the MAC Tournament (11/22) and vs. Valparaiso (11/29) ... hit .450 with 10 kills and four blocks vs. Tulane in second round of NCAA Tournament (12/6) ... hit .409 with 10 kills and five blocks vs. Ohio (11/23) in the championship match of the MAC Tournament ... hit .450 with 11 kills and seven blocks vs. BG in semifinals of MAC Tournament ... blocked career-high eight shots at Ohio (10/25) ... finished with eight kills and seven blocks vs. Delaware (9/13) ... earned first letter.

2007-WMU:
   Redshirted.
 
2006-Pacific:   Played in 14 matches in 2006 for the perennial Big West Conference contenders ... compiled 16 kills and 20 digs.

High School:   Corbett prepped at Mother McAuley High School in Chicago with current Bronco Caitlin Strimel ... helped lead the Mighty Macs to a two-year record of 81-8 as a junior and senior, including a state championship in 2004 and third-place finish in 2005 ... named Illinois High School Association First Team All-State as a senior and Second Team All-State as a junior ... two-year member of the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times and Daily Southtown All-Area Teams ... named a Senior Ace by Prepvolleyball.com and was ranked as one of the top 150 high school seniors in the country ... played club volleyball for 1st Alliance with Strimel and three other current Broncos (Jillian Mitchell, Jaime Gotham and Katie Eberling) ... started on the 1st Alliance Club Team that finished 10th at the USA Volleyball Junior Nationals in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2005 and finished second at the USA Volleyball Junior Nationals in Houston, Texas, in 2004 ... nominated to the AAU All-America Team after earning a Bronze Medal at the AAU National Championships with the 2nd City Volleyball Club in 2002.

Personal:   Daughter of Thomas and Susan Corbett ... has an older brother, Tom, who graduated from Illinois-Chicago in 2006 and is currently a corporal in the United States Marine Corps Reserve ... majoring in special education ... born May 20, 1988.

CORBETT CAREER STATS

YEAR MP-MS SP K K/S E TA % A A/S SA SE SA/S RE DIG D/S BS BA TB B/S BE BHE POINTS
2008 33-30 118 219 1.86 86 555 .240 5 0.04 0 0 0.00 0 19 0.16 9 86 95 0.81 4 2 271.0
2009 12-5 35 50 1.43 36 165 .085 1 0.03 0 1 0.00 0 7 0.20 2 22 24 0.69 1 0 63.0
TOTAL 33-30 153 269 1.76 122 720 .204 6 0.04 0 1 0.00 0 26 0.17 11 108 119 0.78 5 2 334.0

CORBETT'S CAREER HIGHS

Kills:
12 (vs. Ohio State, 9/12/09)
Total Attacks: 30 (at Dayton, 12/5/08)
Attack % (min. 10 att.): .571, 8-0-14 (Northern Illinois, 9/25/08
Assists: 1 (multiple times)
Aces: N/A
Digs: 2 (multiple times)
Block Solos: 2 (twice)
Block Assists: 7 (twice)
Total Blocks: 8.0 (at Ohio, 10/25/08)
Points: 15.0 (at Northern Illinois, 10/30/08)
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  • 17

    2007Sophomore

    Outside Hitter
    6'0"
    17
  • 17

    2008Sophomore

    Outside Hitter/Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    17