Vanessa King Class: Sophomore Hometown: Spring Lake, Mich. High School: Spring Lake Height: 6-0 Position: MB Experience: SO

2006: Started all 31 matches to earn first varsity letter... Named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team... Earned MSU Rookie of the Year honors... Averaged 2.28 kills per game and 1.00 blocks per game... Ranks second in the MSU freshman record book with .314 attack percentage... Also ranks third with 87 block assists, fifth with 98 total blocks and tied for fifth with 1.00 blocks per game... Tallied double-digit kill totals nine times, including a season-best 16 against Indiana (9/23)... Tallied nine total blocks vs. Northwestern (10/7)... Earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors for outstanding contributions in MSU upset of No. 16 Purdue (11/11), posting 15 kills and ten total blocks, marking first career double-double... Ten total blocks vs. Purdue was the highest individual Spartan effort of the year... Contributed six kills and eight total blocks in season-ending loss to Utah (12/1) in opening-round play of NCAA Tournament at UCLA.

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner at Spring Lake High School for coach Sarah Bulthuis... Finished prep career at Spring Lake as all-time leader in kills... Named Muskegon Chronicle Sports Hall Of Fame Female Athlete of the Year in 2006... During senior season, garnered first team all-state, all-area, all-conference and all-region accolades... Was a Miss Volleyball finalist and was named to the Michigan Senior All Star squad in 2006... Team captain 2005-06... During junior campaign, garnered first team all-conference, first team all-area, all-region and second team all-state honors... In 2004-05, tallied 522 kills, hitting .333 with 61 block solos and 56 block assists... Team finished season ranked sixth in state rankings... In 2003-04, hit .420 with 337 kills, added 58 block solos and 54 block assists... Three-year letterwinner in basketball at Spring Lake and one-year letterwinner in track... Received first team all-conference accolades in basketball all three years serving as team tri-captain in 2004-05... Broke school record in shot put during senior season with a toss of 36-9 ft.

CLUB: Played for Team Angle Club Team, Intensity Club Team and Game Time Club Team.

PERSONAL: Full name is Vanessa Marie King... Daughter of David and Kathleen King.