University of Miami Athletics
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Michelle Bruin

position

Libero/defensive Specialist

Height

5-11

Class

Senior

Hometown

Chapel Hill, N.C.

High School

Chapel Hill HS

The Hurricanes’ best passer with strong ball control skills…a veteran player expected to have an outstanding senior season.

2006 (Junior)
Appeared in all of Miami’s 31 matches and played in a career-high 115 games…registered 10+ digs in six matches…averaged 1.90 digs per game…recorded a career-high 219 total digs…posted two aces in three matches…named to the ACC All-Academic Team and to the ESPN the Magazine All-District Team for the second-straight year andnamed to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

2005 (Sophomore)
Played in 111 games while appearing in all 30 of Miami’s matches…recorded 204 total digs for a 1.84 digs per game average…tallied a career-high 19 digs against Georgia Tech…recorded a career-best seven kills against Xavier at the Hurricane Invitational…posted a career-best three service aces against Wake Forest…named to the ACC All-Academic Team, the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District 3 Second Team andto the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

2004 (Freshman)
Appeared in 11 games in seven matches as a true freshman…made her collegiate debut against Washington State, recording a season-high four kills and posting her only block assist of the season…registered a season-high four digs at Clemson…named to the 2004-05 ACC Academic Honor Roll.

High School (Chapel Hill)
Named to the Prepvolleyball.com All-America First Team during her senior season…led Chapel Hill High School to the North Carolina state title with an overall record of 31-2 and was named the state championship MVP, in 2003…was an all-conference selection all four years of high school and the conference Player of the Year as a senior…a two-time all-conference selection in basketball.

Club (Triangle)
Competed in the junior nationals in 2004, in addition to the Las Vegas Invitational, Tampa Bay Qualifier and Crossroads Qualifier…in 2003, competed at the junior nationals and Baltimore National Qualifier.

Personal
Earned a degree in sport administration in May and is currently working on a second degree in arts and sciences.