Karyl Bacon

Class:
Freshman
Height:
5-6
Hometown:
Temecula, Calif.
Position:
OH/DS
Previous School:
Temecula Valley High School

2009 (Jr.): All-Big South second team selection, her first all-Big South honor … started in 25 matches for the Lady Flames … ranked No. 5 in the conference (first among non-liberos) with 3.78 digs per set … had a career-high 30 digs against Radford on Oct. 20 … paced the team with 13 double-doubles (ranked fifth in the Big South), including four in a row to close out the regular season … had a career-high 245 kills on the year, despite missing eight matches due to injury … recorded her 1,000th career dig at VCU (10/27) … had a career-high 19 kills in win over High Point (11/10) … ranked third on the team with 3.07 points per set and 2.78 kills per set … along with teammate Kelly Haseman, tied for second in the conference with one 30-dig match … also ranked fifth on the team with 15 service aces on the year … named to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll.

2008 (So.): Big South Championship All-Tournament team selection, after posting double-doubles in all three matches at the tournament … paced the Lady Flames and ranked eighth in the Big South with 371 digs … split season between libero and outside hitter positions … hit season-high .419 with 15 kills and eight digs at George Mason (9/5) … recorded a double-double (10 kills, 11 digs) and a career-high four blocks during a road triumph over James Madison (9/9) … finished with four 20-dig contests as a libero, highlighted by a Liberty season-high 27 digs at Winthrop (10/17) … led the team with 15 kills and also contributed 16 digs to a win over Coastal Carolina in the Big South Championship match (11/23) … put down a team-high 13 kills against Nebraska in the first round of the NCAA Division I Tournament (12/5) … served as one of the volleyball team's representatives on Liberty's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (S.A.A.C.) … qualified for the Big South Presidential Honor Roll.

2007 (Fr.): Diminutive outside hitter got collegiate career off to a flying start at the season-opening Liberty Invitational presented by Pepsi (8/24-25) … named to the event's all-tournament team and tabbed the season's first Big South Freshman of the Week … recorded double-doubles in all three matches that weekend, pacing all players in both kills (45) and digs (66), while tying for a tournament high with six aces … recorded 18 kills and 27 digs in victory over Duquesne (8/25) … notched a 29 digs and 17 kills later that same evening, versus Evansville …posted five double-doubles in her first six collegiate matches … ranked eighth in the Big South and second among conference freshmen with 435 digs, the fifth-highest total at the time by a Lady Flame since rally scoring was instituted … helped Lady Flames snap Winthrop's 63-match Big South winning streak (10/27) with a double-double, hitting .423 with 12 kills and 16 digs … paced all players with 19 digs in Liberty's 3-1 setback at the hands of No. 10 California (11/30) in the first round of the NCAA Division I Tournament … included on the Big South Presidential Honor Roll.

Prep: An All-Southwestern League first-team performer as a junior and senior at Temecula Valley High School and a second-team pick as a sophomore … All-Valley honoree in 2005 and 2006 … made the Nighthawk Classic All-Tournament team in 2006 … earned all-tournament distinction at the 2004 Washington Classic Tournament … during the summer of 2004, she helped the Vintage 16-1 club team finish second out of 241 squads at the Volleyball Festival in Reno, Nev. … won Junior Honor Aisle recognition in 2006 … named Temecula Valley Student of the Month in February 2006.

Personal: Daughter of Clyde and Jill Bacon … kinesiology major … birthday is on Sept. 4.