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UW This Season: A player that made an immediate impact on the program in her first season...named MWC Freshman of the Year...a leading honors candidate this season...one of the teams leading attackers, she is quick and explosive. Freshman (2009): Named Freshman of the Year in the MWC...started in all 31 matches for the Cowgirls along with 116 sets...started in the first match of her career against Rutgers (8/28/09)...finished with 11 kills and nine digs...averaged a team leading 3.43 kills and 3.90 points along with 2.53 digs, which was second overall...had 28 service aces (0.24 saps), while hitting .208 (398-181-1041)...in MWC matches, she averaged 3.32 kills, 2.63 digs and 3.71 points per set...ranked third in kills, fourth in points and ninth in service aces in overall matches, while in league matches she was fourth in kills and points...finished with 20 kills and 12 digs against BYU (10/17/09)...had a career high 20 digs against Utah (10/15/09)...recorded a team high 21 kills along with 11 digs against San Diego State (10/10/09)...finished with a career high 25 kills and 54 attempts against Harvard (9/19/09)...recorded her first double-double of the season with 13 kills and 12 digs against Idaho State (8/29/09)...finished with 18 kills, three service aces and 15 digs against North Dakota (9/4/09)...recorded double-figures in kills 24 times and digs 14 times, while leading the team in kills 22 times...also had 12 double-doubles...named to the All-Tournament Team at the UniWyo Cowgirl Classic, the UniWyo Cowgirl Invite and the Holly Young Invitational...her 398 kills ranks 14th all-time on the single season list...named Academic All-MWC for the first time in her career. High School: A three-time unanimous All-Conference selection while attending Winterset High School...helped her team to a 37-5 overall record and a Conference Championship, along with being selected to the senior All-Star Team...was named First Team All-State 3A by the Iowa Girls Coaches Association two years in a row and First Team All-State 3A by the Des Moines Register...during her junior season, she earned First Team All-State (IGCA) and All-Regional team honors...also earned Second Team All-State and Special Mention All-State honors, while earning All-Tournament honors several times during her career...was coached by BJ Eldridge...besides volleyball, she also lettered in basketball and track and field...in basketball, she was a three-time All-Conference and All-Regional selection...was also a three-time state qualifier in the 200-meters in track...her IPVA club team qualified for the Junior Olympic National Tournament three-straight years, while she was named to the All-Tournament Team for the American Division at the 2008 tournament...an excellent student, she was a member of the National Honor Society, on the honor roll, along with being very involved with the student-council. Personal: Full name is Jodi Lynn Purdy...born May 25, 1991 in Denison, Iowa...the daughter of Jeff and Annette Purdy...has two siblings, Bryan and Adam...currently majoring in kinesiology and health promotion. |
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