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2007 Volleyball Roster

9 Erin Contons

  • Position Outside Hitter
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • High School Apple Valley HS
  • Hometown Apple Valley, Minn.

Biography

Notes: Named NCAA All-America second team ... ranks first all-time in career kills with 1,924 ... is the school record holder for kills per game (5.58) in a season ... her 737 kills in 2006 set a new school record for kills in a season ... broke school record for attack attempts in a season with 1,924 ... holds new record for career attack attempts with 5,056.

2006 (Junior): Played in all 36 matches and led the team playing in all 126 games ... named Dakronics and AVCA second team All-America ... named NSIC Offensive Player of the Week three times during the season ... named to the NCAA North Central Region All-Tournament team during the NCAA tournament ... first team Daktronics All-North Central Region ... NSIC first team all-conference ... broke the school record for career kills (Oct. 7) ... has a career kill total of 1,924 ... previous record was 1,661 held in 1995 ... named most valuable player at Missouri Western State Invitational ... had 36 double digit kill matches ... had a career high of 37 kills in a match versus Northern State (Oct. 7) ... only one kill away from breaking school record of kills in a match which is 38 ... broke record for attack attempts in four games with 88 attacks against Wayne State (Nov. 9) ... broke record for kills in a season with 737 (Nov. 2) ... finished with 17 20-plus kill matches ... had four 30-kill matches ... had 28 double doubles and 28 double figure dig matches ... ranked first in the NSIC with a 5.82 kills per game average ... firs t on team with 737 kills and 519 digs ... second on team with 81 blocks ... helped team achieve a school record winning streak of 12 matches.

2005 (Sophomore): Played in all 34 matches and led the team playing in all 120 games ... named AVCA second team All-America ... named Daktronics second team All-America ... first team all-region by both the AVCA and Daktronics ... first team All-NSIC ... named to the NSIC all-tournament team averaging 6.7 kills per game and 3.9 digs per game ... named to the North Central Region all-tournament team during the NCAA tournament averaging 5.0 kills and 4.67 assists per game in SMSU’s two matches ... became the fastest player in school history to record 1,000 career kills (Oct. 22, 2005) ... named NSIC Offensive Player of the Week five times ... had 34 double digit kill matches ... finished with 16 20-plus kill matches and had double digit digs in 19 matches ... finished with career-high 30 digs in loss to Wayne State (Nov. 2) ... and 17 double doubles ... ranked first in the NSIC with a 5.56 hitting average and a total of 667 kills ... second on team with 360 digs ... tied for first on the team with 67 total blocks ... named to the SMSU/Burger King all-classic team ... named to the  Nebraska-Kearney all-tournament team.

2004 (Freshman): Played in 32 matches and 113 games ... was named NSIC Co-Newcomer of the Year ... was selected to the All-NSIC first team ... named to the Daktronics All-Region second team ... named AVCA North Central Region Freshman of the Year ... selected to the AVCA North Central Region team ... was named NSIC Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 25 after guiding the Mustangs to a 3-0 record against St. Cloud State, Minnesota-Crookston and Bemidji State by posting two 20-plus kill matches ... finished second on the team in kills and third in the NSIC...tied for the team lead in digs ... had a double-double in her first match of her career with 22 kills and 12 digs against Colorado State-Pueblo ... finished the season with 24 double-doubles...had eight matches with 20-plus kills...had four 20-plus dig matches ... had two 20-kill, 20-dig matches ... had the most kills in a season by a freshman in SMSU history ... had the third most kills in a single season in school history ... her kills per game (4.6) rank third in SMSU single season history.

Apple Valley High School: 2004 graduate ... four-year letterwinner ... named first team all-state and first team all-metro ... was all-state honorable mention and third team all-metro in 2002 ... holds school record in digs and is second in kills ... played for Northern Lights club team in 2004 ... four-year letterwinner in softball earning all-state honors ... signed with SMSU on Apr. 16, 2004.

Personal: Born Dec. 10, 1985 ... daughter of Sue and David Thompson and Kerry and Laura Sutherland ... psychology major.

Statistics

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2007

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Historical Player Information

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    2004Freshman

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    9
  • 9

    2005Sophomore

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    9
  • 9

    2006Junior

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    9
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    2007Senior

    Outside Hitter
    5'10"
    9