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Shelly Swendig

Class: Senior Hometown: Garland, Texas High School: North Mesquite

Height: 6-2 Position: Outside Hitter Experience: 3L Honors: 2006 SLC Honorable Mention All-Conference

2008: ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VI second team selection ... preseason All-SLC first team selection ... All-Tournament selection at Miami (OH) Tournament ... posted a season-high 19 kills along with a career-best 14 digs against Montana (9/5) ... had 46 assists, the most of any non-setter on the team ... fourth on team with a .255 attack percentage ... fourth on team in kills (2.38 kps), fourth on team in service aces with 17 (0.20 saps), fourth in digs with a 1.67 dps average and third in blocks with 49 (0.58 bps) ... had a double-double with 10 kills and 11 digs in season-opening win over Western Carolina (8/29) ... set a career-high with seven blocks in a win over Texas Tech (9/19) ... set a career high with eight assists in a sweep of Louisiana Tech (10/7) ... finished career with 967 kills (2.65 kps) with a .244 attack percentage, 155 assists (0.42 aps), 438 digs (1.20 dps) and 256 blocks (0.70 bps).

2007: Preseason All-Southland Conference first team selection ... SLC All-Academic first team selection ... saw action in all 35 matches and was one of only four Ladyjacks to play in all 122 individual games on the year ... posted 17 matches with double-figure kills ... picked up a career-high six assists against Sam Houston (10/23) ... had career bests with four aces and 19 digs in season-opening win over Montana State (8/24) ... knocked home 17 kills in SLC Tournament Championship match against Texas State (11/18) ... added 61 assists on the year, the most of any non-setter for the Ladyjacks ... picked up second double-double of the season with 11-kill, 18-dig performance at UT-Arlington (10/4) ... tied a career-high with seven blocks against Mississippi State (9/1).

2006: Earned an SLC honorable mention after playing in all 123 games for the Ladyjacks... finished the regular season with a .274 hitting percentage, which ranks among the league's top 10... posted 21 kills for a .500 hitting percentage and 10 digs, all career highs, for the first double-double of her career at Texas-Arlington (11/1)... had double-digit kills in 21 matches... put up seven total blocks against Houston (9/9)... had over a .400 hitting percentage with double-digit kills in seven matches... knocked down 17 kills and dished out 11 digs and put up three total blocks against Alabama (12/1).

2005: Saw action in 15 matches during her freshman season... had a season-high nine kills against Wichita State... had a career-high five block assists at Texas-San Antonio... had six kills and four blocks in the championship clinching match at Texas State.

High School: A three-year letterwinner at North Mesquite High School... named freshman of the year her rookie season... two-time offensive player of the year... earned second-team all district honors her sophomore season... two-time first-team all-city... led her prep squad in kills and was a first team all-district selection as a junior... led her team to the 2003 bi-district title, marking her high school's first trip to the playoffs in 20 years... a first-team all-district 12-5A selection as a senior... named City of Mesquite Player of the Year by the Dallas Morning News... ranked 11th in service aces, 16th in kills, and 16th in digs in the Dallas area... led her prep squad in kills and aces as a senior... guided her team to an undefeated record and a district title in 2004... true definition of a student-athlete, graduating in the top five percent of her senior class.

Personal: Daughter of John and Pam Swendig... Born June 26, 1987, in Dallas, Texas... a political science major.