Katie Bruzdzinski

Class:
Junior
Position:
OH
Height:
6-0
Hometown:
Naperville, Ill.
High School:
Naperville North

At Michigan... Two-time AVCA All-America Honorable Mention (2006-07) … Two-time AVCA All-Mideast Region team (2006-07) ... Two-time All-Big Ten team (2006-07) ... AVCA honorable mention All-Mideast Region (2005) ... Three-time team captain (2005-07) ... Only the 10th player in conference history to earn back-to-back Big Ten Player of the Week honors (Nov. 6 and 13) ... Three-time Big Ten Player of the Week (Michigan record) ... Michigan all-time leader in kills (1,895) and attempts (5,097) ... Third on the all-time U-M digs (1,152) and aces (177) lists ... Fastest player to 1,000 kills in U-M program history (76 matches) ... Second-fastest player to 500 kills in U-M history (42) ... U-M single-season record for kills (595 in 2007) ... U-M single-season record for kills by a freshman (355 in 2004) ... U-M record for most aces in a single match (8) ... Second-most single-match kills in program history (33) ... With Lyndsay Miller, the first sophomore captains in U-M volleyball history ... Big Ten All-Freshman team (2004) ... Big Ten Player of the Week (Sept. 19, 2005) ... Big Ten Player of the Week (Nov. 6, 2006) ... Big Ten Player of the Week (Nov. 13).

Senior (2007)... AVCA All-America Honorable Mention … AVCA All-Mideast Region team … Unanimous All-Big Ten team selection … MVP of the Michigan/Nike Invitational and the Michigan/Pepsi Challenge … Had double-digit kills in 33 of 35 matches … Had 10 kills and two blocks in her final NCAA match in the NCAA Regional Semi-finals at Penn State (Dec. 7) … Had 14 kills, 10 digs and two aces against No. 21 Colorado State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament (Dec. 1) … Had 19 kills, 13 digs and two aces vs. Miami (Ohio) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (Nov. 30) … Had 26 terminations against No. 1 Penn State in the regular-season finale (Nov. 24) … Had 26 kills at No. 11 Wisconsin in a close 3-2 loss (Nov. 9) … Broke the U-M all-time kills record with 11 terminations vs. Northwestern (Oct. 7) … Had a season-high 32 kills against Xavier in a come-from-behind five-game win (Sept. 7).

Junior (2006)... AVCA All-Mideast Region team (2006) ... All-Big Ten team honors ... Had 16 kills and nine digs vs. No 14 Cal Poly in the NCAA Tournament (Dec. 1) ... Had 20 kills and nine digs vs. Iowa in the regular-season finale (Nov. 25) ... Had her streak of consecutive matches with double-digit kills snapped at 44 with eight terminations vs. Michigan State (Nov. 22) ... Tallied 18 kills vs. No. 5 Penn State (Nov. 18) ... Big Ten Player of the Week (Nov. 13) ... Had 20 kills and five aces in a three-game sweep of Indiana (Nov. 11) ... Hammered 24 kills and hit .571 in a three-game sweep over No. 16 Purdue (Nov. 10) ... Big Ten Player of the Week (Nov. 6) ... Michigan Daily Athlete of the Week (Nov. 6) ... Hammered 21 kills, dug 10 balls and served three aces in an upset win over No. 12 Minnesota (Nov. 4) ... Had 16 kills vs. No. 10 Wisconsin (Nov. 3) ... Had 17 kills, 18 digs and five service aces vs. Northwestern (Oct. 28) ... Tallied 17 kills, two digs and two service aces against Illinois (Oct. 27) ... Had a double-double with 13 kills and 11 digs vs. No. 24 Ohio State (Oct. 22) ... Hammered 15 kills vs. No. 2 Penn State (Oct. 20) ... Double-doubled with 13 kills and 12 digs vs. Iowa (Oct. 13) ... Hit 17 kills in three games vs. Michigan State (Oct. 11) ... Had a season-best 16 digs and four aces vs. Illinois (Oct. 8) ... Had 14 kills and 14 digs vs. Northwestern (Oct. 6) ... Tallied 14 kills vs. No. 14 Wisconsin (Sept. 30) ... Recorded her 1,000th career kill against No. 11 Purdue (Sept. 23) ... Tallied a season-best 25 kills vs. Indiana (Sept. 22) ... Michigan/Nike Invitational MVP ... Hit a season-best .480 with 13 kills vs. New Hampshire (Sept. 16) ... Michigan/Pepsi Challenge MVP ... Tallied 15 kills and fell one dig shy of the double-double with nine vs. Pacific (Sept. 9) ... Had a season-high and team-best 22 kills, while adding 12 digs for the double-double (Sept. 8) ... Had 16 kills and a pair of aces vs. Marquette (Sept. 8) ... UC Irvine Nike Invitational Tournament MVP ... Had 11 kills and nine digs vs. UC Irvine (Sept. 2) ... Tallied 17 kills and 10 digs for her first double-double of the season in a win over Iowa State (Sept. 2) ... Tied a season high with 18 kills and hit .432, adding nine digs vs. No. 20 San Diego (Sept. 1) ... Rocket Volleyball Classic All-Tournament Team honors ... Had a season-best 18 kills and three blocks vs. Binghamton (Aug. 25).

Sophomore (2005)... Earned AVCA honorable mention All-Mideast Region honors, becoming just the third Wolverine and the first U-M sophomore to earn AVCA accolades ... Finished her sophomore season with 16 kills vs. No. 2 Penn State (Nov. 26) ... Had 15 kills and four digs vs. No. 19 Ohio State (Nov. 25) ... Tallied 16 kills and nine digs vs. Northwestern (Nov. 19) ... Had 16 kills at No. 15 Wisconsin (Nov. 18) ... Had 12 kills and 13 digs vs. Michigan State (Nov. 9) for her ninth double-double of the season Recorded 12 kills and 13 digs vs. Iowa (Nov. 5) ... Had 11 kills and nine digs vs. No. 17 Minnesota (Nov. 4) ... Had 13 kills at Illinois (10/29) and 11 at No. 13 Purdue (10/28) ... Led the Wolverines with 26 kills and added 10 blocks in an upset win over No. 7 Wisconsin (Oct. 22) to knock off the highest ranking opponent in Michigan volleyball history (equaling Michigan's win over No. 7 BYU in 1999) ... Tallied 16 kills and seven digs vs. Northwestern (Oct. 21) ... Had 15 kills in back-to-back nights at No. 18 Ohio State (Oct. 15) and No. 4 Penn State (Oct. 14), adding 11 digs against the Nittany Lions and eight vs. the Buckeyes ... Tallied eight kills and 11 digs vs. No. 22 Purdue (Oct. 8) ... Had 11 kills, five kills and three aces vs. Illinois (Oct. 7) ... Had 13 kills and 12 digs at Iowa (Sept. 30) for her third-straight double-double ... Tallied 22 kills and 10 digs for her third double-double of the year, at Indiana (Sept. 24) ... Had 11 kills and a career-best 18 digs at Michigan State (Sept. 21) ... Big Ten Player of the Week (Sept. 19) ... Voted to the Georgia Invitational All-Tournament team (Sept. 16-17)... Had 17 kills in three games vs. Georgia Tech (Sept. 17) ... Connected for a career-best 33 kills at Georgia (Sept. 16), recording the second-most single-match kills in program history -- just one shy of tying the record ... Had 18 kills, 10 digs and a career-high eight blocks vs. Eastern Michigan (Sept. 13) ... Named Michigan Pepsi/Nike MVP after leading Michigan to wins over Illinois State, Cleveland State and Akron (Sept. 9-10) ... Tallied 12 kills, nine digs and two aces against Illinois State (Sept. 10) ... Had eight kills, five digs, two blocks and two aces against Cleveland State (Sept. 9) ... Had 11 kills and seven digs vs. Akron (Sept. 9) ... Led U-M with 19 kills on 51 swings (second-most in her career), while adding eight digs at Notre Dame (Aug. 27).

Freshman (2004)... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement ... Michigan Daily Athlete of the Week (12/6) ... Set a new Michigan record for most single-season kills by a freshman ... Also holds the U-M record for most aces in a single match (eight) ... Had 12 kills and 13 digs against Texas in the second round of the NCAA Tournament (12/4) ... Recorded a career-high 24 kills against Rice in her first NCAA Tournament match against Rice (12/3), adding 16 digs ... Notched her seventh double-double of the season at Wisconsin (11/19) with 11 kills and 15 digs ... Recorded the sixth double-double of her career with 16 kills and 17 digs (tying a career high) against No. 5 Minnesota (11/12) ... Had a career high 23 kills on 55 attempts, including the match-winning ace in a five game win at Purdue (11/6) ... Had back-to back 20-kill matches (tying a career high) against No. 21 Illinois (10/30) and at Michigan State (10/27) ... Had 18 kills, a career high 22 points and a career-high 49 attempts at No. 8 Ohio State (10/16) ... Recorded a career high 20 kills at No. 24 Illinois (10/8) ... Had consecutive double-doubles against Purdue (10/1), Indiana (10/2) and Michigan State (10/6), leading U-M in kills in each match ... Set a new career high for digs in consecutive nights with 17 vs. Indiana (10/2) and 17 against Michigan State (10/6) ... Set a new career high for kills in consecutive nights with 17 vs. Purdue (10/1) and 19 vs. Indiana (10/2), leading Michigan both nights ... Tied a career-high for digs with 15 against Notre Dame (9/28) ... Had a career-high 15 digs and her first career double-double with 13 kills at Iowa (9/24) in her first Big Ten match ... Earned all-tournament team honors at the Michigan/Nike Invitational ... Had 11 kills, six digs and three blocks in the tournament final against No. 22 Tennessee (9/18) ... Broke a school record with eight aces in a 3-0 win over Virginia Tech (9/17) ... Had a team-high 13 kills and seven digs in a 3-0 sweep of Oakland University (9/11) ... Had two aces in the championship match against American University (9/4) in the Manhattan College Invitational … In her collegiate debut at Valparaiso (9/1), fell just short of a double-double by leading U-M with 14 kills, nine digs, three blocks and two aces.

Prep... Naperville North High School (2004) ... Four-year High Honor Roll ... Four-year All-Academic Team ... Daily Herald All-Area First Team (2000-03) ... Dupage Valley All-Conference First Team (2000-03) ... Naperville Sun All-City First Team (2000-03) ... Chicago Sun Times All-Area First Team (2002-03) ... Chicago Tribune First Team All-State (2002-03) ... Daily Herald All-Area Captian (2003) ... Daily Herald All-Area Volleyball Player of the Year (2003) ... Chicago Sun Times Volleyball Player of the Year (2003)... Gatorade Volleyball Player of the Year (2003 - Illinois) ... Holds all-time kill record (1,334) ... Holds all-time single season passing record (2.54) ... Ranks seventh in Illinois for all-time kills.

Club/Junior Team... Sports Performance Volleyball Club ... Participated for six years ... Youth National Team (2001-03) ... Norceca World Champions (2002) ... Placed fourth in U18 World Championships (2003) ... Member of Junior Olympic U18 National Championship Team (2003) ...AAU U18 All-American Team (2003) ... AAU U16 All-American Team (2002) ... Member of AAU U16 National Champioship team (2002) ... AAU U15 All-American Team (2001) ... AAU U14 All-American Team (2000) ... member of Junior Olympic U14 Club National Championship team (2000).

Personal... Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts ... Majoring in general studies ... Birthday: May 15, 1986 ... Full name is Katie Nicole Bruzdzinski ... Daughter of Joe and Mary Bruzdzinski.

Statistics

Year	MP	GP	K	E	TA	Pct.	A	SA	Dig	BS	BA	TB
2004	32	115	355	95	895	.291	35	40	286	5	33	38
2005	29	102	408	153	1200	.213	22	30	246	5	36	41
2006	34	116	537	172	1374	.266	35	48	287	8	37	45
2007	35	128	595	241	1628	.217	34	59	333	2	32	34
Career	130	461	1895	661	5097	.242	126	177	1152	20	138	158