Kristen Dealy Class: Sophomore Hometown: Santa Barbara, CA High School: Santa Barbara Height: 6-0 Position: Outside Hitter

Great all-around player ... good passer and good on the defensive end of the court ... hits with power around the net and out of the back row ... has a great demeanor on the court along with a fiery, competitive drive ... one of the BIG EAST's top freshmen in 2008.

AS A FRESHMAN (2008): Emerged as one of the most versatile players on the court for the Irish with her sharp hitting and defensive skills ... only freshman named to the all-tournament team at the BIG EAST Championship ... averaged 3.73 kills/set and 3.27 digs/set throughout the tournament ... had a double-double in her Irish debut against IPFW (Aug. 29) with 12 kills and 10 digs ... scooped 17 shots against Eastern Washington (Sept. 5) ... punched in 14 kills versus No. 16 Cal Poly (Sept. 12) and 10 more against No. 4 California (Sept. 13) at the Minnesota Diet Coke Classic ... tallied 17 digs, 13 kills, and seven blocks against Western Michigan (Sept. 21) during the Golden Dome Invitational ... left USF (Sept. 26) with 13 kills and 13 digs in first BIG EAST action ... 11 kills and eight digs at both Louisville (Oct. 4) and Cincinnati (Oct. 5) ... her 13 kills went along with eight team aces - including a career-high four from her arm - to power Notre Dame to win No. 600 in program history against West Virginia (Oct. 11) ... registered four double-doubles from Oct. 21-Nov 1 ... had 16 kills on a .286 average with 11 digs at Long Beach (Oct. 21) and added a pair of assists and six blocks - four of which were solo - versus the 49ers ... she followed that with 15 kills, 15 digs and three aces with four blocks at Villanova (Oct. 25) ... 10 of those digs came in the first set alone ... her four consecutive matches with a double-double tied her for sixth place with four others on the all-time list ... she was the first since Adrianna Stasiuk did so in 2005 ... it was longest streak ever by a freshman ... another double-double came versus Syracuse (Nov. 1) with 11 kills and 18 digs ... received 52 serves without an error against Marqutte (Nov. 2) ... closed the regular season with 12 kills, 18 digs and seven blocks against St. John's (Nov. 14) followed by a 16-kill, 17-dig performance during Notre Dame's 3-2 win over Connecticut (Nov. 16) ... 16 more kills came against Connecticut (Nov. 21) in the opening match of the BIG EAST Championship on a .483 hitting clip ... 14 kills and 17 digs were posted in the second round versus St. John's (Nov. 22) ... ended the tournament with a double-double (11 kills, 11 digs) against Louisville (Nov. 23) ... had at least 10+ kills in her final six matches of the year ... finished first for the Irish in service aces (30) and digs (325) ... second on the team in kills (324) and points (390.5) ... amassed 12 double-doubles ... launched double-digit kills in 21 of 27 matches for the Irish ... finished the season with 63 blocks, including 10 solo ... one of eight Irish players that helped win the Collegiate Beach Volleyball Challenge at Fiesta On Siesta Key team title.

THE DEALY FILE: Solid outside hitter for a nationally-ranked high school team, and was the country's 53rd-best prospect according to PrepVolleyball.com ... one of Volleyball Magazine's "Fab 50" top players in the nation ... 2008 Santa Barbara County Athlete of the Year ... member of the all-tournament team at the 2008 Junior Olympics ... made the Junior Olympic all-tournament team in 2005 after her squad finished fifth in the National division ... the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) placed her on its Division I first-team in 2006 ... the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table recognized her as its Athlete of the Week (Oct. 2, 2006) after she was an all-tournament selection at the Archbishop Mitty Tournament leading her Santa Barbara (Calif.) prep squad to its first victory over rival San Marcos in more than three years with 13 kills during the Dons' three-set sweep ... Santa Barbara fell to Marymount in that season's Southern Section finals and completed the year with a 21-9 record ... despite the loss, it was the team's first appearance in a Division 1-A sectional match since the Dons won California's Division II-AA championship in 2000 ... her squad bounced back to start the 2007 season by pummeling Marymount, who was then the top-ranked team in Division 1-A, in the semis of the Archbishop Mitty Tournament before sweeping through Harvard-Westlake (25-20, 25-13, 25-19) in the championship match on "one of the greatest days ever for Santa Barbara girls' volleyball," according to Santa Barbara head coach John Gannon ... exploded for 44 kills over the span of the tournament's final two matches ... a pivotal cog in helping the team post a 26-6 overall record with a flawless 8-0 mark against foes in the Channel League ... member of National Honor Society ... California Scholarship Federation award winner ... garnered school's volunteer of the year award ... born Oct. 15, 1990 ... parents are Peter and Catherine Dealy ... has one sister (Caitlin) and one brother (Nick) ... earning a pair of majors in American Studies and film, television and theatre.

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