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Jersey Number 1
Melissa Manda
- Position:
- Defensive Specialist
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior*
- Hometown:
- Wichita, Kan.
- High School:
- The Independent School
Career Honors
2010: Kansas[apos] all-time digs leader with 1,457 career digs… Fifth all-time in program history with a 3.35 digs per set career average… Horejsi Family Athletics Center Record 32 digs (Nov. 10 versus Iowa State)… Big 12 Player of the Week (Oct. 11)… Academic All-Big 12 First Team. 2009: Academic All-Big 12 First Team; Jayhawk Invite All-Tournament Team. 2008: Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
2010: Senior Season
Saw action in all 31 matches, including five starts… Shared team lead with 24 service aces and second on the squad with 2.58 dps… Led KU with 21 digs in a win at Creighton on Aug. 28 to help the team capture the Bluejay Invitational title… Dug a Horejsi Family Athletics Center record 32 balls in an upset versus No. 10 Iowa State on Oct. 9… Also marked the most digs by a Jayhawk since 1990 as the feat earned her Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week accolades on Oct. 11… Became the program[apos]s all-time digs leader following a 28-dig performance at Baylor on Oct. 13 and ended her career with 1,457 career scoops.
2009: Junior Season
Saw action in 29 matches and split time as the team[apos]s libero… An Academic All-Big 12 First Team member for the second time in her career… Led the team and ranked eighth in the conference with 3.52 dps during the season… Became the 10th Jayhawk in KU history to record 1,000 career digs and is currently fourth on the all-time list with 1,165 career digs… Led the team in digs during 16 matches… Collected five service aces through the first three matches… Named to the Jayhawk Invite All-Tournament Team after averaging 3.83 dps… Dug up 4.22 balls per set during three wins at the Arkansas Tournament… Recorded 18 matches with double-digit digs, including a streak of 13-straight contests early in the season… Had a season-high 29 digs versus Oklahoma (Sept. 23), one shy of her career mark… Also had 20-dig contests versus Colorado (21) (Sept. 30) and at Texas Tech (20) (Oct. 21).
2008: Sophomore Season
Played in all 110 sets as Kansas[apos] libero… Finished ninth in the Big 12 with a team-high 3.35 dps… Also contributed a third-best 20 service aces on the year… Led the team or shared the team high in digs during 20 matches… Recorded double-digit digs on 19 occasions, including nine matches of 15 or more scoops… Ranks second on KU[apos]s career digs per set list with 3.66 dps… Named Academic All-Big 12 First Team… Tallied multiple service aces six times, including a personal-best four aces against Utah Valley on Sept. 5… Had a career-high five assists versus UCF on Sept. 6… Dug up a season-high 27 digs twice- at Colorado on Sept. 17 and at Oklahoma on Nov. 12… Led the team with 16 digs against No. 17 Kansas State on Oct. 1… Had her second 20-dig outing of the year at Border Showdown rival Missouri on Oct. 15, digging up 20 balls… Recorded 19 digs in a win against Baylor on Nov. 26 to help KU to its first senior night win since 2004.
2007: Freshman Season
Played in all 30 matches as the Jayhawks[apos] starting libero … Had the fourth-most digs in a KU single season with 449 … Seventh in the Big 12 with 3.97 dpg … Had 24 matches with 10 or more digs and eight of 20 or more … Led the team in digs in 23 of its 30 matches … Served up 22 aces, including a team second-best 18 in conference play … Only Jayhawk with a 30-dig match … Went eight-straight matches with double-digit digs from Aug. 31-Sept. 12 … Recorded a .947 service reception percentage in 829 attempts … Contributed 0.29 apg and opened the year with a career-best four assists versus Cal State Bakersfield on Aug. 24 … Also contributed a team-high 22 digs against the Roadrunners … Led all players with 16 digs in KU[apos]s win over Missouri State on Sept. 1 … Picked up her first career kill at Oklahoma on Sept. 15 … Led all players with 14 digs and added a pair of service aces against Texas Tech on Sept. 22 … Had a team season-high 30 digs versus Missouri on Oct. 27 … Collected 27 digs at Colorado on Nov. 10 followed by another 20-dig performace two matches later versus Iowa State, picking up 24 digs.
Personal
Parents are David and Dana Manda … Has one brother, Eric … A human biology major with a concentration in psychology.
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