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General Capsule: Continued her development as aversatile middle... enjoyed a career offensive year as a juniorafter a strong defensive sophomore campaign... appears poised for abig career finale. Miscellaneous: Enters seniorseason with 282 career blocks, good for a share of ninth place onthe all-time list... ranks 10th in career solo blocks with 43.At USF (2007): Turned in a strong junior seasonand established career highs in most offensive categories...surpassed kills and attempts totals from her first two seasonscombined... ranked fourth among West Coast Conference attackpercentage leaders (.335) and was fifth in blocks (1.18)... rankedthird on the team in kills (2.82) and was fourth in service aces(22)... recorded a season-high 20 kills on .429 hitting against CalState Northridge (8/25)... tallied 12 kills on .500 hitting withnine blocks against Oral Roberts (8/31)... turned in a pair of17-kill nights against Idaho (9/7) and Boise State (9/8)... smacked15 kills with a career-high three aces and four blocks atPepperdine (10/13)... added 15 kills on .481 hitting with acareer-high six digs and four blocks in a home match against theWaves (11/8)... turned in 15 matches with double-digit kills andrecorded five or more blocks 10 times... hit .400 or better 12times and attacked at .500 or better in five contests... led theDons in blocks in 17 matches and paced the squad in kills seventimes... named MVP of the USF Asics/PowerAde Challenge... namedall-tournament at the Husky Classic and at the UC Davis HallmarkAggie Invitational. Sophomore Miscellaneous:Recorded 143 total blocks during sophomore season, the secondhighest tally in program history and the most since USF 20thAnniversary Team member Tracy Harrison (1982-85) recorded 186 in1985. At USF (2006): Broke through as a sophomore,posting one of the most dominant seasons by a middle blocker inprogram history... led USF and ranked second among West CoastConference leaders in blocks (1.31)... rated second on the team andfifth among WCC attackers (.309)... shattered career-highs invirtually every category... recorded career-high 11.0 blocks to goalong with six kills in USF's first-ever win against UC SantaBarbara (9/3) - tied for the fifth highest tally in single-matchhistory... set a season-high with 14 kills on .522 hitting againstBay Area WCC rival Saint Mary's (11/4)... recorded 11 kills on .391hitting to go along with six blocks (two solo) against No. 9 SantaClara (9/30)... hammered 11 kills on .524 attacking with six blocks(three solo) in leading USF to its first win at Loyola Marymount(10/14) since 2001... turned in 10.0 block performance atSacramento State (9/8)... recorded five or more blocks in 16matches... tallied 10 or more kills in five matches... hit .400 orbetter nine times, .500 or better eight times and .600 or betterthree times... hit a career-high .857 (6/0/7) against Stony Brook(9/16) at the Marquette Challenge. At USF (2005):Showed flashes of brilliance in first season in the Green andGold... turned in solid night against San Jose State (9/6) settingseason-highs with five kills, three digs and three blocks... alsoreached five kills against Pepperdine (10/7)... two four-killoutings against NCAA Final Four participant Santa Clara.Prep/Club Career: Played four years of varsityvolleyball at Bishop Gorman High School... two-time Sunset Regionand Southwest Conference MVP, following her junior and seniorcampaigns... three-time All-Southwest Conference and All-SunsetRegion selection... also played two seasons of basketball for theGaels... played club volleyball with Nevada Juniors.Personal: Carlyn Alexandria Babin... goal for theseason is to help the team succeed... chose USF for the idealatmosphere... best advice is "Stay true to yourself"... brotherVance, played football at Tuskegee University... favorite sportshero is Keri Walsh... parents are Rex and Devon Babin... bornDecember 10, 1986 in Henderson, NV. Coach Doron onBabin: "We have high expectations for Carly this season.We fell she has matured both mentally and physically in the pastyear and has worked herself into a position where she can be aforce at the net for us during her senior year"