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Nicole Poquette

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Position:
RS
Height:
6-2
Hometown:
Grand Haven, Mich.
High School:
Grand Haven

5th Year/Senior (2003)... Team tri-captain ... Named to the Michigan/Pepsi Challenge All-Tournament Team ... Received Toyota LV Classic All-Tournament Team laurels ... Started in 30 of the 32 matches she played, missing one due to injury ... Tied for third in U-M history with a .263 career hitting percentage ... Hit .400 or better in five matches, including a career-best .600 (10-1-15) at No. 14 Michigan State (Oct. 1) for her first match with a .600 or better hitting percentage ... Posted 10 or more kills on seven occasions ... Recorded a career-high 19 kills at Tennessee (Sept. 13) while taking a career-best 35 attempts ... Notched 10 or more digs 10 times, including a season-high 14 at No. 25 Minnesota (Oct. 24) ... Recorded three straight 10-dig efforts on two occasions --from Oct. 17-24 against Northwestern, Illinois and at No. 25 Minnesota and in her last three matches at No. 22 Wisconsin (Nov. 7), at No. 16 Penn State (Nov. 14) and at Ohio State (Nov. 16) ... Notched first double-double (kills-digs) of the season with 10 kills and 14 digs at No. 25 Minnesota (Oct. 24). Added another double-double with 12 kills and 10 digs vs. Purdue (Oct. 31) ... Averaged a career-high 0.97 blocks per game to rank third on the team ... Ranks fifth among U-M’s career blockers with 11-352-363 totals ... Listed third in career block assists at U-M with 352 ... Tied a career high with four block solos, equaling her mark from the 2002 campaign ... Posted a season-high seven blocks -- all assists -- at Ohio State (Nov. 16) ... Notched a career-high two block solos at Purdue (Oct. 11) ... Recorded a season-high two service aces on two occasions -- at Indiana (Oct. 10) and at Purdue (Oct. 11) ... Tallied a career-high eight assists against Illinois (Oct. 18) ... Tied a career high with 20 service aces, equaling her total from the 2002 campaign ... Registered a season-high three service aces against Colorado in the first round of the NCAA Tournamanent (Dec. 5).

Senior/Junior (2002)... Third at U-M in career hitting percentage with .265 (547-201-1,308) ... Posted 11 kills, 13 digs and four blocks and hit .588 (11-1-17) in NCAA Tournament First Round at #22 Kansas State (Dec. 6) ... Served a career-high four aces against #15 Wisconsin (Nov. 29) ... Recorded career-high 17 kills and had fourth of the season double-double with 13 digs at Purdue (Nov. 22) ... Posted double-double with 12 kills and 11 digs vs. #11 Penn State (Nov. 2) ... Tied career high with seven assists and set season high with 13 kills against Indiana (Oct. 4) ... Tied career highs with eight block assists and eight total blocks and set then-season high in kills (11) at Iowa (Sept. 27) ... Tied then-season high with 10 kills at Notre Dame (Sept. 21) ... Tied career high with two service aces against Toledo (Sept. 19) ... Dug a career-high 16 attacks and tied career highs in aces (2) and block solos (1) against #22 Santa Clara (Sept. 14) ... Recorded her first double-double of the season with 12 digs and a then-season-high 10 kills, tied season highs in assists (6) and block assists (5), and tied then-season high in total blocks (5) against Alabama (Sept. 13) ... Killed eight attacks and posted a season-high attack percentage of .538 (8-1-13) against Bowling Green (Sept. 10) ... Posted then-season highs in kills (9), assists (6) and digs (7) against No. 8 Pepperdine (Aug. 31).

Junior/Sophomore (2001)... Earned first career kill-dig double-double with 12 kills and a career-high 15 digs at Iowa (Nov. 3) ... Posted five 10-kill matches and five 10-dig matches ... Led the team in blocks on four occasions and led in digs one time ... Recorded a career-high 14 kills against Michigan State (Oct. 3) ... Posted a career-high eight block assists in each of the matches against Purdue (Oct. 5 and Oct. 27) ... Tied career high with two service aces against No. 6 Wisconsin (Nov. 9) ... Set a season-high five assists at Illinois (Oct. 12) ... Hit .476 (11-1-21) at No. 24 Minnesota (Nov. 2).

Sophomore/Freshman (2000)... Started nine matches on the season as an outside hitter, including the first seven matches of the season ... Started both NCAA Tournament contests ... Collected five kills, six assists and matched then-career-best with seven blocks in 3-1 NCAA Tournament first-round win over Louisville (Nov. 30) ... Recorded seven kills, three digs and one block in NCAA Tournament second-round match against No. 5 Arizona (Dec. 1) ... Hit a combined .481 (29-4-52) while helping Michigan to All Sport® Volleyball Challenge title with wins over Northern Illinois, New Mexico and South Carolina (Sept. 8-9) ... Drilled a then-career-best 12 kills in win over New Mexico (Sept. 8) ... Recorded seven blocks vs. No. 11 Pacific (Sept. 2) ... Hit .529 (9-0-17), with a then-career-best 10 digs in win over Sacramento State (Sept. 2).

Freshman (1999)... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award ... Redshirted.

Prep... Grand Haven High School (1999) ... National Honor Society, Honor Roll ... Three-time All-O.K. Red Conference and all-area first team (1997, '98, '99) ... 1999 all-region first team and Michigan All-State third team ... 1999 O.K. Red Conference Female Athlete of the Year ... Four-year letterwinner in volleyball (1996-99) ... Two-time varsity letterwinner in basketball (1997-98) ... Selected basketball team's Most Improved Player (1998).

Personal... Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts ... Majoring in physical education ... Birthday: September 9, 1981 ... Daughter of Ben and Nora Poquette ... Father played in the NBA for 13 seasons, following collegiate career at Central Michigan (1974-77) ... Sister, Chelsey, is a freshman on the University of Toledo volleyball team.

Statistics

Year	MP	GP	K	E	TA	Pct.	A	SA	Dig	BS	BA	TBlk	Kpg
1999	Redshirted
2000	30	89	89	25	200	.320	34	4	62	1	61	62	1.00
2001	25	97	189	79	468	.235	54	9	128	2	89	91	1.95
2002	31	114	269	97	640	.269	108	20	261	4	99	103	2.36
2003	32	110	223	88	518	.261	86	20	229	4	103	107	2.03
Career	118	410	770	289	1,826	.263	282	53	680	11	352	363	1.88