2007 (W) Volleyball Roster
Roster
Abby Baumann
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- North Platte, Neb.
- High School:
- North Platte HS
2006 ? Started first 27 matches at outside hitter before moving to defensive specialist role the final weekend of the regular-season ...CoSIDA Academic All-District VII First Team selection, thanks to her 3.96 GPA in Organizational Communications ...Also a member of the MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team ...Ranked fourth on the team with 323 kills and second with 441 digs ...Became third player in school history with more than 400 digs in a season, joining teammate Katie Mehal and former teammate Janeen Piller ...Her 441 digs were most ever by a CU outside hitter ...Ranked 247th nationally in digs per game ...Had career-best 20 kills in win over Jacksonville State (Sept. 1) ...Named to All-Tournament Team at the season-opening Holiday Inn Classic ...Owned 16 double-doubles, including six straight from Oct. 13-Nov. 3 ...Had career-best 27 digs against UNI (Oct. 6), tied for the most in Creighton history by an outside hitter with Melanie Keolanui ...Streak of 15 straight matches with 10 or more digs was second in school history before it was snapped Nov. 4 at UNI ...Creighton is 23-0 in her career when she hits .208 with at least 10 attacks ...Her 1,011 attack attempts ranked 10th in single-season history ...Started all but two matches ...Dean’s List.
2005 ? CoSIDA Academic All-District VII Second Team ...Started all but one match (Nov. 11 vs. SIU, sick) ...Started the year on the right side but moved to the left side after Carolyn Decker was sidelined on Sept. 6 ...Ranked fourth on the team in kills and second in digs ...Became Creighton’s fourth outside hitter ever with 300 digs in a season, and had the most ever by a non-senior ...Tied a school record for single-match hitting percentage when she hit .750 (12-0-16) in sweep of San Diego State (Sept. 3) ...Had 23 kills and no errors in 37 swings at the SDSU Invite (Sept. 2-3) ...Owned 13 matches with 10 or more digs and eight matches with 10 or more kills ...Slammed season-high 17 kills in five-game win vs. Marquette (Sept. 11) ...Tied career-high with three aces in five-game win at Northern Iowa (Nov. 18) ...Had 21 digs vs. Illinois State (Oct. 21) and at Bradley (Nov. 19) ...Had five blocks vs. South Dakota State (Oct. 4) ...Recorded third career double-double with 15 kills and 14 digs in four-game win at Drake on Oct. 8 ...Added another double-dime with 11 kills and 14 digs at Southern Illinois (Oct. 15) ...Had fifth career double-double with 11 kills and 15 digs in three-game win over Indiana State (Oct. 22) ...Dean’s List.
2004 ? Played in 27 matches, including three starts ...Had a double-double in each of her last two starts ...Had first double-double with 10 kills and 18 digs vs. UMKC on Sept. 28 ...Had 15 kills and 11 digs vs. Drake on Oct. 8 ...Had one kill and three digs in return to North Platte in a neutral-site match vs. #5 Nebraska (Oct. 10) ...That “homecoming” match in North Platte sold out in less than an hour ...Had nine kills in 14 swings, hitting .643, while playing the final two games of a sweep over North Dakota State (Sept. 8) ...Debuted with four kills and five digs vs. Montana (Sept. 3), subbing in for Carolyn Decker to help turn the match around as the Jays rallied from an 0-2 deficit ...Had 10 kills and 16 digs in Creighton’s Blue/White exhibition match on Aug. 28 ...Dean’s List.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters each in volleyball and track ...Team went 28-1 as a senior and was state tournament semifinalist ...Named first team all-conference, area player of the year, first team all-state and first team all-Super State ...In 61 games, had 353 kills, 156 digs, 53 blocks and 21 aces ...Holds the school record for hitting percentage at .361 ...Team was 22-5 as a junior as she averaged 4.5 kills, 2.71 digs, 1.1 blocks and .26 aces per game ...Named first team all-conference, all-area and second team all-state ...Team was 14-11 as a sophomore as she averaged 2.6 kills, 1.3 digs and 0.9 blocks per game ...Earned honorable-mention all-state accolades as a sophomore ...Had team-high eight kills at the Nebraska Coaches Association All-Star game in Lincoln ...Named to the all-conference academic team as a junior and senior in both track and volleyball ...Named all-state academic in track her final two years ...Was a state medalist in the 4x100 relay as a sophomore and junior as well as the 400 as a junior ...Owns the school record in the 400 (58.51) and also part of the record-setting 4x800 relay team (9:56.9) ... Graduated with a 3.93 GPA ...Played volleyball for coach Linda Carlson and ran track for Dennis Fornander ...Played club volleyball for the South Central Juniors.
PERSONAL: Full name is Abigail Lynn Baumann ...Daughter of Larry Baumann and Susan Kwapnioski ...Has a brother, Jeff (19) ...Born April 9, 1986 in North Platte, Neb. ...Is an organizational communications major, with a minor in business ...Nickname is Abbs ...Father played basketball at Chadron State ...Favorite athlete is Michael Jordan ...Summer job was executive store intern at Target ...Hobbies are reading and watching movies ...Favorite quote is to “live each day as if it were your last” ...Club involvement includes the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and Lambda Pi Eta (Honor Society of National Communication Association) ...Also involved with Habitat for Humanity ...Favorite spot on campus is her apartment ...Last name is pronounced BO-min.
Career Highs
Kills 20 vs. Jacksonville State 9/1/06
Attempts 58 vs. Jacksonville State 9/1/06
Attack Pct. .750 at San Diego State 9/3/05
Assists 4 (5x) last vs. Missouri State 11/10/06
Digs 27 vs. Northern Iowa 10/6/06
Aces 3 (2x) last at Northern Iowa 11/18/05
Blocks 5 vs. South Dakota State 10/4/05
Points 23.5 vs. Jacksonville State 9/1/06
Creighton Awards & Honors
2004-05 Dean’s List
2004-05 MVC Honor Roll
2005 CoSIDA Academic All-District VII Second Team
2005 MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team
2005-06 College Honor’s Society
2005-06 Dean’s List
2005-06 Missouri Valley Conference Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award
2005-06 MVC Honor Roll
2006 12th Annual Holiday Inn Classic All-Tournament Team
2006 CoSIDA Academic All-District VII First Team
2006 MVC Scholar-Athlete First-Team
2006-07 Dean’s List
2006-07 Missouri Valley Conference Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award
2006-07 MVC Honor Roll
