Caitlyn Vann

Height:
5-6
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Muncie, Ind.
High School:
Burris HS

Honors
? Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (10/5/09)
? Two-Time Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (2008)
? AVCA High School Senior All-American (2006)

Year	MP/MS	SP	K	E	TA	H%	A	SA	D	BS	TB	PTS
2007	30-27	116	7	7	49	.000	27	19	316	0	0	26.0
2008	30-30	115	2	1	5	.200	40	27	560	0	0	29.0
2009	32-32	110	1	3	4	-.500	59	31	484	0	0	32.0
Career	92-89	341	10	11	58	-.017	126	77	1,360	0	0	87.0

2010 Outlook

Dynamic libero that plays with a competitive edge and a fiery attitude that will help rank her with the nation's elite liberos in 2010 ... Ranks as one of the top two most productive liberos in school history and will challenge Tatum Ailes' career digs record at Mizzou, despite playing in 25-point sets in her final three seasons ... Is extremely fast in the back row and has an ability to keep any play alive with that quickness ... Has improved her passing from the back row during the offseason ... Was an outside hitter in high school and is one of the best pure athletes on the Tiger roster in 2010.

2009
Was the only Tiger to play in all 110 sets throughout the season as she collected a team-high 484 digs as the team's starting libero ... Her 484 digs were the fourth-best single season total in program history while her 1,360 career digs currently rank her third on the all-time list at Mizzou, trailing second-place Shen Danru by only 12 digs ... Raised her digs per set average to 3.98 during the season, which is also second-best in the program's history, trailing only Tatum Ailes ... Hit double-digits in digs in all but one of the Tigers' 32 matches during the season, highlighted by a season-high 29 in the Tigers' five-set win over Texas A&M (9/26) ... Was on pace to become only the second Tiger to post back-to-back 500-dig seasons until she was slowed by an injury midway through Big 12 play ... Hit the 20-dig plateau in four matches during the season with 21 at Oklahoma (9/18), 20 at Iowa State (10/3), 23 against Colorado (10/7) and her season-best 29 against Texas A&M ... Named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 5 after her performance at Baylor (9/29) and Iowa State (10/3) in which she corralled 34 total digs in six sets, including a season three-set high 20 at Iowa State ... Had more than 15 digs in 16 matches, including her final six matches of the season as Mizzou made its push towards a possible NCAA Tournament berth ... Closed the season with 19 digs in just three sets at Texas A&M (11/28) ... Had at least nine service reception chances in every match during the season, highlighted by a season-high 38 against BYU (8/29) ... Of those 38 receptions chances, she converted 37 of those ... Finished the season with a .948 reception percentage on a team-high 718 chances ... Was perfect on serve receive in 13 matches during the season, including a stretch of six-straight matches that started against Nebraska (10/16) and ended with SIU-Edwardsville (10/31) ... Finished the season with a team-best 31 service aces and was ranked fourth in the Big 12 with her 0.28 per set ... Finished the season with 59 aces, third-best on the team behind both setters on the 2009 roster ... Had a kill in the Tigers' four-set win at Kansas (10/24) after a sprawling dig found its way over the net and hit on KU's side of the floor for her only kill of the season ... Earned her third varsity letter with the Tiger's program.

2008
Compiled 560 total digs on the season, the third-best single-season dig total in Mizzou volleyball history, trailing only Tautm Ailes (583, 2007; 565, 2006), doing so in the first full season of 25-point scoring rather than the 30-point scoring system used when Ailes played ... Hit the 30-dig plateau in two matches throughout the season including a season- and career-best 34 against St. John's ... Totaled 33 in the Tigers' Big 12 opener at Oklahoma, earning Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors after each of those performances ... Amassed 20 digs in 11 additional matches throughout the season, including finishing the season with five straight matches with at least 20 digs; the best during that stretch came in the Tigers' four-set loss to Texas when she posted 23 ... Those last five matches helped her compile 4.95 digs per set in Big 12 play, up from 4.70 during the non-conference slate ... Had 29 digs against Utah State(8/30), 26 against Kansas (10/15), 25 against Baylor (9/21) and 24 against Iowa State (10/1) ... Hit double-digits in digs in all but one match which came at Texas (10/17) ... Played in all 115 sets for the Tigers while starting at libero in each of Mizzou's 30 matches ... Finished the season with 27 service aces, the second-best total on the team and added 40 assists to her ledger, also second-best on the team ... Also led the team with 513 service receptions.

2007
Made an immediate impact to the Tiger squad in her freshman year, playing as the team's main defensive specialist and understudy to libero Tatum Ailes ... Played in all 30 Tiger matches, earning starts in 27 contests ... In her first career match she recorded her season-best 24 digs at Mississippi (8/24) and went on to record 10 or more digs in 15 matches, and 15 or more digs in six matches ... Recorded 10 or more digs and two service aces in six contests ... Averaged 2.72 digs per set on the season ... In a lineup shake, Kreklow played Vann at outside hitter for two-and-a-half sets at Oklahoma (11/21) and notched six kills on 16 attempts (.312).

High School
Was a three-time all-state selection at Burris High School, earning first-team honors in her junior and senior seasons ... Was named to AVCA's High School Senior All-American team in 2006 ... Recruited as a libero, she played as a left-side hitter in her years in high school, tallying 442 kills and 368 digs as team captain in her senior season ... Part of USA Volleyball's Junior National Training Team in 2006 and was a two-year member of USAV's Youth National-A2 team ... Prepvolleyball.com proclaimed Vann with many honors including when she was tabbed as a "National First-Team Dandy Lion" for her all-around play in 2006 ... Also in 2006, she was selected by the online site as a Senior Ace ... In 2005, she was named as Top-50 Junior Recruit ... Burris won four Class 2A IHSAA Championships during her reign, and in 2004, her sophomore season, Burris went 40-0 and was named High School National Champions by prepvolleyball.com ... Was her high school basketball team's captain and leading scorer and holds career school records in steals and points in a game (38) ... High school coach - Steve Shondell ... Club team - Munciana Samurai (Muncie, Ind.), club coach - Mike Ligenfelter.

Personal
Majoring in business ... Has career aspirations to become a sports and entertainment lawyer ... Lists shopping as a hobby ... Favorite movie "Love & Basketball" ... Favorite food is Chinese ... Lists "meeting new people" as her favorite aspect of volleyball ... Daughter of John and Carolyn Vann ... Born on April 2, 1989.