Brittney Brimmage

Height:
6-3
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
East St. Louis, Ill.
High School:
East St. Louis

Honors
? Mizzou Volleyball Record-Holder: Power Cling Drill (strength and conditioning)
? Mizzou Volleyball Record-Holder: Highest height ever touched
? Big 12 Player of the Week (Nov. 1, 2010)
? COBRA MAGAZINE All-National Third Team
? Tiger Invitational All-Tournament Team
? Tiger Invitational All-Tournament Team
? Big 12 Player of the Week (Sept. 6)
? Blue Raider Bash MVP
? American Classic All-Tournament Team
? COBRA Magazine All-Midsouth Region

Year	MP/MS	SP	K	E	TA	H%	A	SA	D	BS	TB	PTS
2008	23-3	47	62	34	165	.170	5	0	7	2	29	78.0
2009	32-31	77	106	37	228	.303	1	0	9	5	53	135.0
2010	33-33	119	291	87	617	.331	3	0	22	19	119	360.0
2011	34-34	127	300	88	602	.352	3	0	22	18	98	358.0
Career	122-101	370	759	246	1,612	.318	12	0	60	44	299	931.0

2011

Finished her Tiger career ranked third in total hitting (.318) while finishing seventh in career total blocks and block assists ... COBRA Magazine All-Midsouth Region Team ... Tallied eight kills and a block in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against No. 17 Florida ... Posted seven kills on 12 swing with five blocks at Texas Tech ... Tallied nine kills and four blocks against No. 9 Texas ... Posted nine kills on .350 hitting with a block and a dig at Texas A&M ... Tallied four kills and four blocks against No. 13 Iowa State ... Posted seven kills on .294 hitting in the Tigers' win over Baylor while pitching in four total blocks ... Hit .389 with 10 kills in the Tigers' win at Kansas ... Posted four kills on 11 attacks in the Tigers' sweep of No. 21 Oklahoma ... Led Mizzou with 13 kills on .290 hitting with a season-best six blocks (career-best three solo) ... Posted five kills and had a block assists at No. 10 Texas ... Tallied 10 kills on .643 hitting with a pair of blocks ... Posted five kills with a match-high 16 blocks in the Tigers' four-set win over Texas Tech ... Had a season-best six blocks in that match as well ... Finished with eight kills and three blocks against Kansas ... Posted 12 kills on .320 hitting in the Tigers' loss at Baylor while adding a pair of blocks assists, moving her into the all-time top 10 at Mizzou in that category ... Hit .529 with 11 kills in the Tigers' five-set loss at No. 22 Oklahoma and posted a solo block as well ... Posted 12 kills on .391 hitting with five blocks in the Tigers' loss to Kansas State ... Posted 11 kills on .381 hitting with two blocks and two digs against Texas A&M ... Tallied two kills and a solo block at Iowa State ... Had 32 kills on .349 hitting in the Tigers' three matches at the American Volleyball Classic, earning All-Tournament honors ... Finished the Denver Pioneer Bash with 32 kills and 15 blocks ... Big 12 Player of the Week after hitting .637 with 56 kills in five matches at Middle Tennessee State ... Named to the Tiger Invitational All-Tournament team after posting 33 kills on .538 hitting with nine blocks ... Had 11 kills on 17 errorless swings in the Tigers' sweep of North Dakota State, good for a .647 attack percentage ... Had 10 kills on 15 swings (.533 hitting) against Tulane ... Posted eight kills on .538 hitting in the win over Idaho State while pitching in three blocks (one solo, two assists) ... Currently second in the Big 12 in hitting.

2010
Led the Tigers in hitting (.331) and blocks (119) while posting 291 kills, good for the third-best total on the team and a career-best ... She also finished the season with 360.0 total points and was named to the COBRA Magazine All-National Third Team for her efforts ... Was easily the Tigers' most improved player from the year prior as she saw vast improvements in her production in nearly every facet of the game ... She tallied 291 kills in 2010, 123 more than her previous two seasons at Mizzou combined and saw her career hitting percentage improve from .247 to .289 ... Her 100 block assists last season were the sixth-best single season mark in program history and her 1.00 blocker per set clip ranks 10th best in a single season at Mizzou ... Enters this season as the program's fifth-most efficient hitter all-time at .289 ... Named Big 12 Player of the Week on Nov. 1 after posting 27.5 total points on the week in a pair of Tiger sweeps ... Began her week by tallying 10 kills on .467 hitting with seven total blocks (one solo, six assists) while helping the Tigers sweep rival Kansas ... Brimmage then came back and posted 10 kills on .421 hitting with seven blocks against Kansas State, all of which were match highs for the Tigers ... For the week, Brimmage averaged 3.33 kills per set, 2.33 blocks per set and 4.58 points per set while hitting .441.

2009
Totaled 106 kills on .303 hitting and started 31 of the Tigers' 32 matches ... Her 106 kills ranked in a tie for fourth on the team while her .303 clip ranked her as the second-most efficient hitter on the team behind Catie Wilson ... Boasted the best kills-total attack ration on the team at nearly 47-percent (106 kills on only 228 attacks), meaning that she posted a kill on nearly half of her attempts - the next-best mark was 42-percent by Wilson ... Committed only 37 attack errors on the season, a mark that was second-best among Tiger hitters with more than 200 attacks on the season ... Hit .300 or better in 14 matches during the season, highlighted by a season- and career-best .600 against Utah (9/5), a match in which she totaled 13 total kills ... Totaled 53 total blocks on the season as well, which ranked fifth on the team ... Totaled 25 kills in back-to-back matches at the Utah Valley La Quinta Suites Invitational, posting 12 on .385 hitting against Utah Valley (9/5) and 13 on .600 hitting against No. 17 Utah (9/5), both of which are career bests ... Posted eight kills on . 250 hitting against VCU (9/11) at the Michigan/Pepsi Challenge ... Had six kills on .308 hitting against UMKC (9/23) ... Posted six kills on .400 hitting against SIU-Edwardsville ... Best Big 12 match came against Oklahoma (11/11) when she posted seven kills on .500 hitting, helping Mizzou to the three-set sweep ... Posted a season-best six blocks on two separate occasions, first against Texas State (8/28) in the season-opener and next against Colorado (10/7) ... Added nine digs, five service receptions and accounted for 135.0 total points on the season ... Earned her second varsity letter with the Tigers.

2008
Played in 47 sets and 23 matches to earn her first varsity letter as a Tiger ... Totaled 62 kills, including 31 in Big 12 play while hitting a team-best .299 in league play ... Had just 11 attack errors on 67 attacks, raising her average from .081 in non-conference play to .170 on the season during Big 12 play ... Notched a career-best 10 kills in the Tigers' match against Utah State (8/30) while adding six blocks ... Her season best block total came one match prior in the Tigers' season-opener against Tulane ... Big 12 season-best six kills came against Texas Tech (9/24) ... Had four kills in three-straight Big 12 matches at Texas A&M (10/4), at Kansas State (10/8) and at home against Nebraska (10/12) ... Added 29 blocks, seven digs and finished the season with 77.5 total points.

High School
Excelled at two sports at East St. Louis High School: volleyball and track and field ... Two-time all-conference selection for volleyball efforts ... In track and field, placed sixth in the long jump at the 2008 Class AA Illinois High School Activities Association Championships with a leap of 18 feet, 2½ inches, helping the Flyers to a state championship ... Holds the triple jump record for the Jackie-Joyner Kersee Relays in East St. Louis.

Personal
Daughter of Cynthia Whittley ... Wants to pursue a career in architectural design ... Enjoys drawing, singing and reading ... Favorite foods are pizza and sweet potatoes ... Older sister, Ambrea Brimmage, currently attends the University of Arkansas-Little Rock and competes for the Trojans' volleyball and track and field teams ... Has a younger sister, Kelly ... Born May 5, 1990, in Centreville, Ill.