Christina Kaelin Class: Junior Hometown: Louisville, KY High School: Assumption Height: 5-10 Position: Outside Hitter Birthdate: 03/26/1988

Dynamic hitter that plays with a tremendous passion ... a true left-side attacker ... an explosive jumper ... brings a winning attitude ... has great command of all her shots.

AS A FRESHMAN (2006): Made an immediate impact as a freshman in 2006 ... wasted no time getting to work as evident by her 24 kills against Bowling Green (8/26) in her first collegiate appearance ... the 24 kills tied the school's record for second place in a three-game match ... also tied that career-best with 24 kills against #13 Missouri (9/1) ... twice named BIG EAST Rookie of the Week (8/28 and 9/4) ... recognized on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (8/28) ... tallied five matches with 20+ kills on the season, which ties the sixth-best all-time single season mark at Notre Dame ... collected 24.5 points against Bowling Green (8/28) and Missouri (9/2) ... 21 kills against Valparaiso (9/1) ... 20 kills against Alabama and Northern Iowa in the UNI Invitational ... two solo blocks vs. Duke in the Sun Devil Volleyball Classic (9/16) ... had 15 kills at Villanova (9/24) ... nine kills on only 12 swings against DePaul (10/13) ... 13 kills and a career-best seven digs at Cincinnati (10/28) ... 12 kills all in the fourth and fifth games at Cincinnati in the first round of the BIG EAST Championship (11/17) ... 14 kills against #24 St. John's in the second round of the BIG EAST Championship (11/18) ... 18 kills, 18.5 points and three block assists vs. Louisville in the BIG EAST Championship match (11/19) ... recorded 19 kills and 19.5 points vs. #18 Ohio in the Louisville Invitational ... led the Irish in kills 12 times throughout the season ... appeared in 90 games and 30 matches with 12 starts ... second on the team with 318 kills ... averaged 3.53 kills per game on a .188 hitting percentage ... finished third on the team in points (336) but second in average points per game.

PREP AND PERSONAL: One of the highest rated recruits ever to play for Notre Dame ... one of seven freshmen that made up a recruiting class that Volleyball Magazine and PrepVolleyball.com called one of the best in the nation ... a 2005 Mizuno/Volleyball first-team All-American ... PrepVolleyball.com Player of the Year finalist ... named All-American by PrepVolleyball.com ... named the Kentucky High School Coaches Association Outstanding Senior Volleyball Player ... the prolific outside hitter was ranked as the ninth-best - and first among Kentucky natives - player among 2005 high school seniors by PrepVolleyball.com ... that list debuted in 2002, and she has since been its top rated player to ink with Notre Dame ... captained traditional Kentucky power Assumption HS to one of its finest seasons in 2005, when the Rockets finished 43-0 and won 98 of 101 games ... its only losses came to out-of-state foes ... Assumption won the state title in 2005 for the third time in four seasons ... named to all-tournament team in the 2005 state championship ... named state tournament MVP, first-team all-state, and the commonwealth's Gatorade Player of the Year as a junior ... a first-team all-state selection in 2003 and tabbed to the third-team as a freshman ... her prep squad was also crowned national champions by PrepVolleyball.com in 2005 ... was MVP of the Durango Classic and member of the all-tournament team at the Nike Challenge ... tabbed a PrepVolleyball.com All-American and one of Volleyball Magazine's "25 Underclassmen to Watch Out For" in 200 ... AAU All-American from 2001-06 ... four-time national MVP in club action for Kentucky Indiana Volleyball Academy ... tournament MVP during KIVA's title run in the 2005 AAU Nationals 17 Gold Division ... earned MVP honors while leading her club to the USA Junior Olympics 17 Open Gold title in 2005 ... member of the USA Youth National Training Team that competed in the 2005 FIVB U18 World Championships in Macau, China ... also earned a spot on that team in 2004 but was sidelined with an injury ... also helped KIVA to AAU titles in 2001 and 2003 with a second place finish in 2004, and placed third in 2002 ... KIVA was first in the 2001 Junior Olympics, second in 2002, third in 2003, and fifth in 2004 ... 2001 AAU MVP in the 13s division ... took part in the USA Volleyball High Performance Camp and its A2 camp in 2003 ... featured in the "Faces in the Crowd" section of Sports Illustrated in its Sept. 19, 2005 issue ... former Irish player Ellen Heintzman - whose Sacred Heart Academy team handed Assumption its lone tournament loss of Kaelin's career - was a fellow Louisville native that played for KIVA ... 1956 Heisman Trophy winner Paul Hornung, defensive back and eventual NFL player Tony Driver (2001), tennis All-American Max Brown (1958), and volleyball player Andrea Armento (1993) are also Louisville natives that dawned the gold and blue ... she is the second Assumption grad to do so, joining former golfer Lauren Fuchs (2000) ... a class officer as a sophomore, junior, and senior ... placed third the Kentucky Congressional Art Competition, and her artwork now hangs in the Louisville office of United States Congresswoman Anne Northup ... full name is Christina Marie Kaelin .... daughter of Donna and Mark Kaelin ... last name is pronounced KAY-lynn ... born March 26, 1988, in South Bend, Ind. ... plans to major in design ... sports the same #3 jersey worn by former Irish players Malinda Goralski (1998-01), Janelle Karlan (1990-93) and Cary May (1994-97).

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