At Illinois
2007 • Tallied 14 kills in the season opening win vs. Bowling Green
•Notched a season-high five aces against Rice
•Registered a career-high 15 digs against Minnesota, then followed that up with 14 digs vs. No. 2 Penn St.
• Racked up double-digit kills (13) at Michigan State to help the Illini come-from-behind in the 3-2 victory
•Turned into a defensive machine for Illinois, playing back row for freshman outside hitter Kylie McCulley, notching eight double-digit digs marks •Had 24 aces on the season, including three at Toledo • Led Illinois in aces four times and in digs once
2006
Served as a starter as a pass/hitter • Started all 30 matches • Tallied double-digit kills for the Illini seven times and over six kills 14 times. • Tallied a season-high 16 kills vs. Iowa on Oct. 30 • Hit a season-high .368 vs. Northwestern (7-0-19) • Had 13 kills, eight in game one vs. No. 2 Penn State.
At Valparaiso
First team All-Mid Continent Conference performer in 2005, leading the Crusaders to the Mid-Con title and an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament • Totaled 15 double-doubles and ranked fourth in the conference with a team-leading 3.46 kills per game • Named to the 2004 Mid-Con All-Freshman Team and has been named both the conference's Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week.
High School
Named a Prep Volleyball All-American • Helped St. Francis to back-to-back IHSA Class A state titles in 2002 and 2003 • Two-time Suburban Catholic Conference Player of the Year • Three-time All-SCC All-Conference performer • Played on three straight conference championship teams • Earned All-State from the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, and Champaign News-Gazette in 2003 after earning second team All-State accolades in 2002 • Named to the IHSA All-State Tournament Team and honored as All-Area Player of the Year by the Leader/Press/Post/News • Earned All-SCC, All-Area and team MVP honors in basketball • Honored as the 2003-2004 Female Athlete of the Year at St. Francis.
Personal
Born July 11, 1986 • Daughter of Allen and Carolyn Palash • Enjoys music, shopping, and working out • Majoring in speech communication • Named an Illinois State Scholar • Member of Math Team • Named Academic All-Conference in basketball and volleyball.
Career Statistics
Year MP GP K E TA Pct. A SA SE RE DIG BS BA TB BE BHE 2004* 34 119 358 161 1010 .195 65 21 34 26 496 4 39 43 8 2 2005* 28 98 337 151 889 .209 30 17 29 10 343 3 40 43 3 1 2006 30 104 199 117 660 .124 14 32 52 38 197 3 21 24 5 0 2007 29 112 90 49 333 .123 13 24 34 32 227 1 15 16 0 0 Total 121 433 984 448 2892 .185 122 94 149 106 1263 11 115 16 3 0* at Valparaiso
Career Highs (at Illinois)
K: 16 vs. Iowa (9/30/06)TA: 44 vs. Loyola Chicago (9/3/06)Pct: .368 (7-0-19) vs. Northwestern (9/27/06)A: 3 vs. Wichita State (9/9/06)SA: 5 vs. Rice (8/31/07)D: 15 at Minnesota (/13/07BS: 1, three times, last vs. Ohio State (11/25/06)BA: 3, 3 timesTB: 3, 3 times
