2007 Volleyball Roster
Na Yang
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Shan Dong, China
- High School:
- Shan Dong Sports HS
Updated August 15, 2007
* Academic All-Big 12 (2006)
Latest Feature Story:
Yang Smiling Through Sophomore Season
By Drew Mercurio of mutigers.com written Wednesday, November 9, 2005
2006:
Played in all 31 matches, starting in 29 contests ... scored nine double-doubles on the season, compared to zero in 2005 ... had 23 matches with 10-or-more kills, eight with 15-or-more, and 10 matches with 10-or-more digs ... in Sept. 23 sweep of No. 5 Texas, scored 17 kills on .341 percentage, adding seven digs ... went errorless with 10 kills on 17 attempts (.588) at home versus Kansas on Oct. 4 ... versus No. 14 Oklahoma on Nov. 15, tallied a team-high and season-high 22 kills, adding three blocks ... scored a season-high six aces versus Colorado on November 4 ... named to Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... in the NCAA Tournament - vs SANTA CLARA, tallied 18 kills in sweep on .372 average, adding an ace and nine digs ... at STANFORD - scored on 15 kills, adding nine digs and three solo blocks.
2005:
Played in all 30 matches, starting in 18, and played all 106 games for the Tigers ... 4.10 kills per game average ranked her fourth in the Big 12 ... had 15 or more kills in 13 matches ... recorded 10 or more kills in 26 contests ... marked five blocks or more in three matches ... scored 20 or more points in eight matches ... marked a season-high 28 kills in the regular-season finale vs Texas A&M on November 26 ... hit a season-high .591 vs UMKC on September 6 ... recorded a season-high six total blocks vs Kansas on October 15 and vs Colorado on October 29 ... against Texas in November, her 21 kill total from Yang was only in three games (7.00 kpg), it accompanied by a .372 hitting percentage ... completed the regular-season with a three-match stretch with 66 kills on a .378 hitting percentage ... tallied 13 kills on errorless hitting vs Bayor on November 9 with a .520 hitting percentage ... in the NCAA Tournament ...vs MISSOURI ST - marked 10 kills on .240 hitting, adding four blocks ... vs ARKANSAS - racked-up 13 kills on errorless hitting in 17 attacks, scoring an Tiger NCAA-tournament record with a .765 percentage ... vs HAWAII - tallied 24 kills, on a Tiger-NCAA tournament record 66 attacks, added three blocks with one solo ... vs TENNESSEE - scored on 15 kills, adding a solo block.
2004:
Had at least 10 kills nine times and reached 10 digs five times ... had double-doubles (kills-digs) in four matches ... recorded double-digit kills in five of the first six matches of the season ... started in 12 matches as a freshman ... had 14 kills and 14 digs against Wisconsin in season-opener and followed that with 17 kills and 19 digs against Purdue the following day, both season-highs ... had 15 kills and 17 digs in win over Arkansas State on Sept. 10 ... recorded 11 kills and 15 digs against Idaho on Sept. 11 ... had 11 kills and a .417 hitting percentage against Kansas State on Nov. 27 ... had multiple blocks in seven matches ... posted a season-best three blocks four times (vs. Purdue on Sept. 4, vs. Texas on Oct. 13, vs. Texas A&M on Oct. 27 and vs. Texas Tech on Nov. 6) ...had two aces twice this season.
High School:
Played at the Shan Dong Sports High School in Wei Fang, Shan Dong, China ... played on the Chinese World Teenage Championship team held in Moscow in 1998 ... also on that team was former MU teammate Shen Danru.
"Personal:
Is the second player ever from the Eastern Hemisphere at Mizzou ... her teammate, Shen Danru, is from Shanghai, China and was the first Tiger from the Eastern Hemisphere ... has been in the United States for a two years, studying in the Intensive English Program at Missouri ... father is a police officer and mother is an OBGYN doctor ... majoring in international business ... born Na Yang on November 10, 1981.
" More Features:
Yang Smiling Through Sophomore Season
By Drew Mercurio of mutigers.com written Wednesday, November 9, 2005
International Student Athletes-Beating the Court and the Desk
By Irene Arholekas, Graduate Student, MU School of Journalism of Missouri's Office of the Vice Provost written Wednesday, June 1, 2005
Teammates and country-mates
By Zach Ewing of Columbia Missourian written Sunday, September 19, 2004
Career Stats
| Year | MP | GP | K | E | TA | Hit% | A | SA | DIGS | BS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 26 | 70 | 167 | 59 | 451 | .239 | 20 | 9 | 124 | 7 |
| 2005 | 30 | 106 | 435 | 135 | 996 | .301 | 9 | 0 | 78 | 11 |
| 2006 | 31 | 113 | 351 | 145.000 | 1074 | .192 | 28 | 18 | 231 | 33 |
| TOTALS | 87 | 289 | 953 | 339 | 2521 | .244 | 57 | 27 | 433 | 51 |
Match Superlatives
Career Bests
Kills, 28, TEXAS A&M (11-26-05),
Attacks, 68, OKLAHOMA (11-15-06),
Hiiting %, .765, ARKANSAS (12-3-05),
Assists, 5, SEMO (9-21-04),
Aces, 6, COLORADO (11-4-06),
Solo Blocks, 4, at Kansas (11-18-06),
Total Blocks, 6, 3 times,
Digs, 19, vs Purdue (9-4-04),
Points, 28.5, TEXAS A&M (11-26-05),
2006 Season Bests, ,
Kills, 22, OKLAHOMA (11-15-06),
Attacks, 68, OKLAHOMA (11-15-06),
Hiiting %, .588, KANSAS (10-4-06),
Assists, 3, twice,
Aces, 6, COLORADO (11-4-06),
Solo Blocks, 4, at Kansas (11-18-06),
Total Blocks, 6, IOWA STATE (11-1-06),
Digs, 16, at Colorado (9-13-06),
Points, 25.5, OKLAHOMA (11-15-06),
