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 Dana Atkinson 3
Dana Atkinson
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Huntington Beach, CA
High School:
Huntington Beach
Height:
5-10
Position:
Outside Hitter
Birthdate:
01/23/1979
Experience:
3L
Career at Baylor: Has played in every match of her Baylor career, a streak of 102 consecutive matches...Has played in 365 of 368 games during her Bear career...Ranks eighth all-time in school history with 93 career service aces and sixth with 1,148 digs...Holds the school mark with 28 service aces for a conference season, established in 1999.

1999: Started the season as an outside hitter, but was converted to a defensive specialist...Was one of the team’s best ballhandlers finishing second on the team with 429 digs and 3.43 digs per game...Dig total was the second highest for a single season in school history and her 3.43 digs per game was fourth all-time for a single season...Digs per game average ranked seventh in the Big 12...Finished sixth in the conference with 0.33 service aces per game, averaging 0.37 in Big 12 play to rank third...Had 41 service aces to rank 10th all-time at Baylor...Collected 500th career kill Nov. 20 at Nebraska...Collected a career-high 29 digs in a Nov. 3 win over Texas, tied for fifth all-time in Baylor history for a single match...Had five consecutive service aces to close out the second game Sept. 21 against Iowa State...Collected 1,000th career dig Oct. 27 against Colorado...Amassed 10 or more digs in a match 20 times, matching Kia Young for second on the team...Had 20 or more digs in a match six times, second on the squad...Tallied 10 digs in three games Sept. 1 at Texas-Arlington....Reached the 20-dig plateau for the first time of the season Sept. 8 at Texas Christian with one score...Backed that up with an 18-dig performance Sept. 10 against Texas-San Antonio...Had 22 digs Sept. 11 at Southern Methodist...began a stretch of four consecutive matches with at least 10 digs Sept. 18 with 20 against Akron in the first match and 22 in the second match...Also had four consecutive matches of at least 10 digs Oct. 2 through Oct. 12, averaging better than four digs per game during that stretch...Slapped four service aces in three games Oct. 30 at Iowa State...Had 23 digs Nov. 10 at Texas A&M...Tallied 19 digs Dec. 3 against Temple in the first round of the NCAA Tournament...Named first-team Academic all-Big 12.

1998: Registered 221 kills, hitting .106...Led the Bears in digs with 380...Named to the all-tournament team at the Mean Green Classic hosted by North Texas...Averaged 2.54 kills and 3.31 digs per game and collected nine service aces during the four-match tournament...Finished third on the team with seven double-doubles...Also had seven matches with 10 or more kills, ranking fourth on the team...Led team with 24 matches of at least 10 digs...Reached double digits in digs in all but nine matches, collecting at least eight digs in five of those matches...One of only three players to collect 20 or more dis in a match...Hit .563 with 11 kills against only two errors Sept. 4 against Northwestern State...Collected 12 kills and 19 digs in Sept. 5 four-game match against Rice...Enjoyed a stretch of five consecutive matches with at least 10 digs in mid September, averaging just under four digs per game during that stretch...Span ended with 10 kills in a season-best, 23-dig performance Sept. 18 against Miami University...Had 17 kills and 18 digs in season finale Nov. 28 at Kansas...Named first-team Academic all-Big 12.

1997: Found her way into the starting lineup and played in all 34 Baylor matches...Finished third on team with 238 kills and second on team with 339 digs...Hit .177 on the season with 22 service aces...Totaled 10 or more kills eight times, including a season- and then-career-high 17 in the season-opener against Lamar...Amassed 10 or more digs in 17 matches, including a season- and then-career-high 23 against Lamar...Posted seven double-doubles on the season...Hit .320 with 10 digs against only two errors to go along with 19 digs Nov. 15 against Iowa State.

High School: Came to Baylor from Huntington Beach High in Huntington Beach, Calif....Played junior varsity basketball as a freshman and lettered in volleyball all four years...Earned Orange County Most Valuable Player honors, all-California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) and first-team all-Sunset League as a senior while helping lead her team to the California state championship and the CIF championship...Helped club team earn a silver medal in the Junior Olympics in 1993...Earned Junior Olympic all-America honors in 1994 as club team placed fifth...Led 1996 team to third at the Davis Volleyball Festival...Named all-tournament for the Western Junior Olympic qualifiers in 1996.

Personal: Full name is Dana Ann Atkinson...Born Jan. 23, 1979 in Long Beach, Calif....Daughter of Scott and Marcia Atkinson of Huntington Beach, Calif....Has an older sister, Andrea (24) and a younger sister, Julie (17)...Maintains a 3.35 cumulative GPA while majoring in marketing...Received Triple-A rating during the summer, the highest ranking possible as an amateur beach volleyball player.