Michelle Graham Class: Senior Hometown: Austin, Texas High School: Austin Last College: Oregon Height: 5-8 Position: Setter/Defensive Specialist Birthdate: 10/12/1979

Brings experience and court savvy as either a back-up setter behind starter Denise Boylan or a defensive specialist ... helps other players improve with her court awareness and leadership on the court ... a hard worker, who can adapt will to different situations.

AS A JUNIOR: Saw limited playing time with the return of starting setter Denise Boylan ... played in nine matches and 11 games in 1999 ... had 15 assists in just one game against Villanova ... season-high 16 assists and four digs came in one game of action versus Syracuse in the last home match of the season ... saw action in two games against Boston College with 11 assists and three digs ... played one game with seven assists and one dig vs. St. John?s ... recorded five assists, two digs and a block solo in the team?s three-game win at Seton Hall ... played in her first match of the season against West Virginia, tallying six assists and two digs in two games.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Started the last 11 matches prior to the ?98 NCAA Tournament after injury to starting setter Denise Boylan ... played in 19 matches and 53 games ... averaged 8.26 assists per game ... had 85 digs and 10 blocks for the season ... frequently substituted out of the game for blocking purposes ... had career-high 31 assists and two block assists in first game as a starter against Boston College ... set another career high for assists (49) in Notre Dame?s five-game match against Oral Roberts ... averaged 11 assists and had a career record three blocks versus Syracuse ... added 14 digs and 39 assists in the regular-season match with Georgetown ... had 10 digs against Pittsburgh during the regular season match ...set the Irish to the BIG EAST Championship with a 35-assist and 10-dig performance versus Georgetown ... recorded only 11 assists prior to starting against Boston College...used in the back row for defense several times.

AS A FRESHMAN: Played in 35 games (21 matches) in 1997 as a freshman setter at the University of Oregon ... saw her first action for the Ducks at Cal State Fullerton, where she recorded 16 assists and one block assist in one game ... posted a season-high 29 assists against the University of Portland, where she also served her first two aces ... totaled 193 assists, 27 digs and eight block assists for Oregon ... named to the Dean?s List at Oregon all three quarters.

PREP & PERSONAL: Named the Central Texas Player of the Year in 1996 ... recognized as the district?s most valuable setter ... attended the same high school as current Notre Dame assistant coach Lindsay Rosenthal (Austin) ... played with Rosenthal for two years in high school and for the Austin Juniors volleyball club ... a six-year member of the Junior Volleyball Association of Austin ... played in four Junior Olympic Championships ... served as a team captain of her club team ... also played tennis in high school, earning all-district honors ... voted her senior class vice president and junior class secretary ... had a 4.1 high school grade-point average ... member of the National Honor Society and Senior Senate ... a four-year All-District Academic honoree ... father Patrick played tennis for Southwest Texas State University ... born Oct. 12, 1979, in Austin, Texas ... full name is Michelle Lorene Graham ... daughter of Patrick and Carla Graham ... a pre-professional and sociology major in the College of Arts and Letters, who expects to graduate this December.