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Niagara University Athletics

Fall 2005 Women's Volleyball

14 Michelle LeSouder

  • Position OH
  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Stratford, Ont.
  • Prev School St. Michael

Biography

2005: Preseason All-MAAC.

Milestones: Career leader in kills (1,336)...Has the first-, second- and sixth-most kills in a single season in 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively.

2004: Started 19 of 24 matches and played 89 games...Earned second team All-MAAC honors for the third consecutive season...Led team in kills (388), kills per game (4.36) and attacks (966), and was second in hitting percentage (.259) and solo blocks (11)...Tops in kills (193), kills per game (4.82) and hitting percentage (.444) in MAAC matches...One of three players to hit over .200 in overall matches...Recorded double digits in kills in 19 matches, including the last nine...Registered 30-or-more kills in three matches and 20-or-more in five...Had a season-best 31 kills at Rider (Nov. 5) and at Canisius (Nov. 13)...Compiled a .300 hitting percentage-or-better 11 times, including a season-best .655 (20-1-29) percentage in a win over UNC Wilmington (Sept. 11)…Had three-or-more blocks in seven matches, including a season-high five (1-4) vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore (Oct. 1)…Recorded a season-best five assisted blocks vs. Chicago State (Sept. 11)...Collected four aces in a win over UNC Wilmington…Earned Preseason All-MAAC.

2003: Started 18 of 28 matches and played in 103 games…Named second team All-MAAC for the second-straight season…Led the team in kills (430) and kills per game (4.17), and was second in hitting percentage (.221) and blocks (69)…Ranked first in kills (174) and second in kills per game (4.97) in league matches…Posted the second-most kills in a single season…One of two Purple Eagles with a .200 hitting percentage-or-better…Registered double-digit kills in 24 matches, including a season-best 29 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (Sept. 26) and vs. Fairfield (Nov. 8)…Paced the team in kills 17 times…Had 20-or-more kills in nine matches…Compiled a .300 hitting percentage-or-better in five contests, including a season-best .440 (15-4-25) percentage in a win over Providence (Sept. 20)…Had three-or-more blocks in seven matches, including a season-high seven (2-5) vs. LaSalle (Sept. 6)…Recorded five block assists vs. LaSalle, Loyola-Chicago (Sept. 13) and at Marist (Nov. 2)…Named to the Mountain Hawk Classic All-Tournament Team...Earned Preseason All-MAAC.

2002: Started all 32 matches and played in 114 games…Named second team All-MAAC and MAAC Player of the Week (Oct. 2)…Placed first on the squad in total kills (518) and kills per game (4.54)…Recorded the Niagara single-season record for kills…Ranked third in the conference in kills (4.42)…One of three Purple Eagles to have a .200 hitting percentage-or-better (.240)…Registered double-digit kills in 28 matches, including a career- and season-best 32 in a 3-1 win over Rider (Oct. 12)…Paced the team in kills in 25 matches…Had at least 25 kills in six matches…Had the team’s best hitting percentage at .240…Compiled a .300 hitting percentage-or-better in nine matches, including a career- and season-best .562 (20-2-32) percentage against Cornell…Registered 5.57 kills per game, 78 kills and .408 hitting percentage in the four-match, 14-game tournament…Earned MAAC Player of the Week after being named to the Cornell Big Red All-Tournament team…Finished the season with the most total attacks at 1,182, an average of 10.36 per game…Second on team in blocks with a team-best 34 solo, 49 assists, 83 total and 0.73 per game average…Collected four-or-more blocks in nine matches, including six-or-more on four occasions…Tallied a season-best nine blocks (2-7) against Holy Cross (Sept. 14) in the Seton Hall Tournament…Had a team-high six solo blocks vs. St. Francis (Oct. 5)…Had at least one block in 29 matches.

St. Michael High School: Teammate of Jennifer Hansford…Team was undefeated her senior year…Helped Warriors to the Huron Perth and Western Ontario titles…Team won a bronze medal at Ontario Finals...Played with the Stratford Stingers club team…Was MVP of club team in 2001…Team won two gold, a silver and a bronze medal at the Southwestern Ontario Regionals…Twice earned a tryout for the Canadian national team…Was an alternate in 2000.

Personal: Born May 15, 1984, in Stratford...Daughter of Paul and Yolanda LeSouder…Has an older sister, Jessica…Majoring in criminal justice.

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2003Sophomore

    OH
    6'2"
    14
  • 14

    2004Junior

    OH
    6'2"
    14
  • 14

    2005Senior

    OH
    6'2"
    14