Annie Lopez

Height:
5-7
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
St. Louis, Mo.
High School:
St. Joseph's Academy

Honors
? 2009 Academic All-Big 12 (First Team)
? Omicron Delta Kappa Member
? Holds the team's top grade-point-average

2010 Outlook
Arguably the Tigers' best pure passer as she boasts a great ability to control the ball off of a serve or attack ... Will likely be one of three regulars in the Tiger back row all season long as she will play aside Caitlyn Vann and Priscilla Armendariz ... Will provide stability and consistency to what should be one of the most experienced back rows in the Big 12 ... Has played in all 62 matches during her Tiger career and will look to do so again in 2010 ... Is also one of the top students on the Tigers' roster as she has the top grade-point-average of any Tiger.

2009
Finished the season with 190 digs, good for 1.86 per set ... Played in 102 of the team's 110 sets while earning 10 starts throughout the season ... Ranked third on the team with a .955 service reception percentage, committing only 14 errors on 311 total attempts during the season ... Hit double figures in digs in four matches during the season and hit her career-best 12 on two separate occasions, first at home against Nebraska (10/16) - a match in which she was perfect on 20 service receptions as well - and next at home against Kansas State (10/28) ... Had 11 digs in the Tigers' season finale at Texas A&M (11/28) and pulled in 10 digs against Oklahoma (11/11) in a three-set sweep ... Had nine digs against Washington State (9/4), and at Colorado (11/14) ... Corralled eight digs against Kansas (9/16), Texas A&M (9/26), Colorado (10/7), at Kansas (10/24) and against Texas (11/7) ... In fact, she pulled in at least seven digs in 16 matches during the season ...Was perfect in serve receive in 21 of 32 matches, highlighted by a career effort at Kansas (10/24) when she was perfect on 23 chances, a personal-best total without an error ... Pitched in 10 service aces on the season and handed out seven assists ... Earned her second varsity letter as a Tiger.

2008
Played in all 30 matches for the Tigers including 113 of Mizzou's 115 sets ... Ranked fifth on the team with 242 total digs, 182 of which came during Big 12 play where she averaged 2.36 per set ... Finished the season averaging 2.14 digs per set ... Had a career-best 20 digs in the Tigers' five-set loss against Kansas State (11/19) and had 10 digs or more in eight additional matches ... Second-best total of the season came against Nebraska (10/12) when she tallied 14 ... Had 13 digs at Baylor (11/22) and hit the 12-dig mark on two occasions - against Kansas (10/15) and at BYU (8/30) ... Finished the season with 10 service aces and 10 assists along with a .949 service reception percentage, which ranked fourth on the team ... Earned her first varsity letter and was named to the Omicron Delta Kappa list of top freshmen at the University of Missouri.

High School
Two-time all-State selection for her play at St. Joseph's Academy of St. Louis, helping the Angels to a team runner-up finish at the 2004, 2005 and 2006 Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) Class 4 Championship ... Named by prepvolleyball.com as a first-team Defensive Dandy in 2008 and to the 2007 High School All-America honorable mention list ... High school coach - Karen Davis ... Club team - St. Louis CYC Club ... Club team won USA Volleyball Junior Olympic national championship in the under-15 division in 2005 and was twice runner-up in the under-14 and under-16 divisions ... Earned All-Tournament team honors at the USA Volleyball Junior Olympic (USAVJO) Championships in 2005 and 2006.

Personal
Daughter of Wes and Sue Lopez ... Older sister, Amy, played soccer at the University of Dayton ... Uncle, Dr. Steven A. Olson, is the Chief Medical Officer at Duke University Hospital and graduated from Mizzou's School of Medicine in 1986, completing residency in 1991 at MU as well ... In addition to volleyball, Annie played soccer for the Busch Club team in St. Louis, winning a regional championship in 2003 ... Undecided on a major, will be pursuing a minor in spanish ... Born May 18, 1990, in St. Louis, Mo.