| Laura DeBruler |
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AT ILLINOIS
2008
• Second Team All-American
• First Team All-Mideast Regional
• NCAA All-Regional Tournament
• Unanimous choice for All-Big Ten
• Named Academic All-Big Ten
• Through three rounds, ranked third in the NCAA Tournament in kills with 46 • Surpassed the 1,000 career kill mark vs. Minnesota on Nov. 8 becoming just the second Illinois player with 1,000 kills in her first two seasons • Ranked 6th in the nation and first in the Big Ten in kills per set at 4.66 • Named AVCA and CVU.com National Player of the Week, the first for Illinois in five years, after posting 65 kills at the State Farm Illini Classic • Earned her third Big Ten Player of the Week of the year and fifth of her career on Nov. 24 after posting two double-doubles in victories over Purdue and Michigan State. Against the nationally ranked Boilermakers, tallied 17 kills and 17 digs • Also earned the honor on Nov. 10 after totaling 22 kills and 14 digs vs. Iowa and 29 kills and 13 digs vs. Minnesota • DeBruler averaged 5.4 kills per set to lead Illinois to the Illini Classic title. The sophomore recorded a double-double in each match with 14 kills and 15 digs against North Carolina, 20 kills and 11 digs vs. the New Mexico State and 31 kills and 12 saves against no. 11 Oregon. She had 22 kills in the final three sets in a comeback victory over the Ducks • Named to the All-Tournament team at the Billiken Invitational, leading the Illini to a 2-1 finish. Hit .370 with 12 kills vs. no. 3 Stanford • Named to the All-Tournament team at the Tennessee Comcast Classic after tallying 48 kills and 42 digs, including a career-high 20 digs at Tennessee • Was second on the team to Ashley Edinger in digs with 379, ninth best in a season in school history • Has 27 20-kills match for her career, which is third on Illinois' all-time list • Tallied 24 kills and 22 digs vs. Minnesota, the first member of the Illini 20-20 club since Sue Webber had 22 kills and 26 digs vs. Minnesota on Oct. 12, 2002 • Followed that with 21 kills and 15 digs the next night vs. Indiana and 26 kills and 16 digs vs. Northwestern • Had eight kills in the fifth set in a dramatic 24-22 victory over Michigan and tallied 22 digs overall • Had a habit finishing strong, hitting .500 with seven kills in the fourth set vs. Purdue on Nov. 19 and .600 with six of Illinois' 15 points in the deciding fifth set vs. Michigan State on Nov. 22 • DeBruler had seven kills and hit .333 in the final set in the win over Cincinnati
2007
• Her 577 kills are third most in a single season in school history
• Named Honorable Mention All-Big Ten and to All-Big Ten Freshman Team
• Ranked 22nd in the nation in kills per game
(.489), the nation's leader among freshmen
• Had arguably the best debut of any player in Illini history with 28 kills, 11 digs and a .323 hitting percentage vs. Bowling Green
• Earned All-Tournament honors at the Dayton Flyer Classic amd the State Farm Illini Classic
•Illinois leader in kills in a total of 20 matches this season, including the last 18
• Had 14 double-doubles on the season, her last against Michigan State with 31 kills and 13 digs
• Ranked first in the Big Ten in kills per game in all matches and Big Ten matches only and first in the league in points per game for all matches
• Ranks sixth all-time in 20-kill matches rendered and tied for third all-time in a single season with 15
• Named Big Ten Player of the Week twice, her first on Match 1 followed by her second on March 29
• Put up unbelievable numbers against Northwestern, rocketing 20 kills on a career-high .487 hitting
• Tallied a career-high 31 kills against Michigan State to help Illinois snap its six game home losing streak
•Set a career-high 18 digs against Northwestern
High School
Named an All-American and ranked 30th nationally by prepvolleyball.com • Brings international experience to the Illinois program, having been invited to participate in the USA Volleyball National High Performance Youth A2 Camp last July • At the camp, DeBruler was named to the first team that won the International Junior Gold Medal • Two-time member of the Chicago Sun-Times All-State team, a three-time West Suburban All-Conference honoree, and a two-time member of the Champaign News-Gazette All-State team. Member of the Chicago Tribune All-State second team in 2005 and the first team in 2006 • Named to the West Suburban Conference All-Academic Team • AVCA High School All-American • In her final three years of high school, was named to five all-tournament teams and has helped DG North to back-to-back conference and regional championships, playing in one of the toughest brackets in the state • In 2006, DeBruler hit .412 with 383 kills, 157 digs, 28 blocks, and 48 aces • A four-year starter, her career numbers include 1,172 kills, 154 blocks, 565 digs and 99 aces • Holds school records for kills in a match (21), season (383) and career • Her 1,172 kills are 18th in state history • Coached by Laura Johnwick at Downers Grove North • Member of 1st Alliance of Chicago (coached by Beth Keck, Denise Kavanaugh, and Maren Witzel Chan), which placed 19th, 5th, and 5th, respectively in the 2005-2007 Junior Olympics Nationals. Member of all-tournament team in 2006 and 2007. • Club team won the 2007 Prepvolleyball Classic with DeBruler winning the Outstanding Attacker Award • As a junior, was a member of the HS badminton team that tied for State. • As a senior, qualified for the State track meet in the 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400-meter relays.
Personal
Born Nov. 21, 1988 • Daughter of Dennis and Michelle DeBruler • Older sister Jessica and twin Karen attend Illinois• Enjoys badminton, singing and scrapbooking • Member of Youth Group • Member of the National Honor Society, Athletes Committed to Excellence, Link Crew and the choir • Finalist for the J. Kyle Braid Leadership Award.
Career Statistics
Year MP GP K E TA Pct. A SA SE RE DIG BS BA TB BE BHE
2007 30 118 577 264 1579 .198 11 32 62 59 285 0 47 47 17 0
2008 34 126 587 195 1547 .253 9 28 60 37 379 3 66 69 8 0
Total 361 244 1164 459 3126 .226 20 60 122 96 664 3 113 116 25 0
Career Highs
K: 31, twice, last vs. Oregon (8/30/08)
TA: 80 vs. Minnesota (10/3/08)
Pct: .487 (20-1-39)) at Northwestern (9/29/07)
A: 11, 15x, last vs. California (12/12/08)
SA: 4, vs. Dayton (9/12/08)
D: 22 vs. Minnesota (10/3/08)
BS: 1, 3x, last vs. Purdue (10/22/08)
BA: 5 at Northwestern (11/29/08)
TB: 5, 2x, last at Northwestern (11/29/08)
