Lei Wang-Francisco

Height:
5-11
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Shanghai, China
High School:
Shanghai Sports School

Honors

Three-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2007 Magnolia Classic All-Tournament Team
2007 Tiger Invitational All-Tournament Team
2006 Shamrock Invitational All-Tournament Team

2009: Senior Season
Notched a season-high 55 assists, helping four different attackers post double-digit kills against Kansas last Wednesday ... The 55 assists rank second-best overall in the Big 12 this season and tops in Big 12 matches only ... Followed that performance by posting her second double-double of the season at Oklahoma where she passed out 32 assists and collected 12 digs ... Handed out 109 assists and posted eight kills and eight total blocks at the Michigan/Pepsi Challenge last weekend ... Passed out a then season-high 51 assists against Utah Valley, helping the Tigers to a four-set win ... Has totaled 416 assists this season which has moved her career total to 4,093, passing Cindy Atteberry and moving into third-place all-time on the Mizzou career assist list ... Her 10.67 assists per set this season ranks her fourth amongst setters in the Big 12 this season and her 10.88 in Big 12 play rank third ... Named to the Tiger Invitational All-Tournament team after passing out 102 assists during the three matches, good enough for 10.20 per set ... Handed out a then season-best 41 assists in the Tigers' sweep of Ole Miss ... Currently ranks third on the team with 84 digs, including a season-best 12 in the Tigers' season-opening match against Texas State and at Oklahoma last Saturday ... Pitched in eight kills while hitting .350 at the Tiger Invitational and posted four service aces and five block assists, accounting for 14.5 total points ... Her 10.63 career assists per set also ranks third on the all-time Mizzou assist list ... Needs to play in 16 matches and 38 more sets to move into 10th place in both matches played and sets played all-time at Mizzou ... Is in her fourth season as the Tigers' setter and has posted two triple-doubles in her career and boasts nine matches with at least 60 assists during her career.

2008: Junior Season
Moved to fourth place on Mizzou's all-time career assist list after amassing 1,109, moving her career total to 3,677 ... Averaged 9.64 helpers per set and was one of five Tigers to play in all 115 sets while earning a start in every match ... Finished the season ranked third on the team in blocks (89) and blocks per set (0.77) and also added 267 digs to her ledger which was second-best on the team along with her 2.32 digs per set ... Finished the season with 132.0 total points; her combined point and assist total accounted for 68-percent of the team's total offensive point production ... Finished with 24 aces on the season which ranked fourth on the team and her .984 service percentage led the team as she had only seven errors on 426 total attempts ... Was the only Tiger to have more than 100 service attempts with less than 10 errors on the season ... Eclipsed the 50-assist mark on three different occasions - vs. Iowa State (10/1), vs. Texas Tech (11/1) and vs. St. John's (9/6) - while her season-best 55 came in the Tigers' five-set win over Iowa State ... Passed out 52 helpers against Texas Tech and 51 versus St. John's ... other notable performances include her 49 assists against Texas (11/26) and 46 assists at Colorado (11/15) ... posted double-digit dig total in 12 matches, highlighted by a season-best 22 in the Tigers' Big 12 opener at Oklahoma ... Second-best total was 15 at Baylor (11/22) ... Had 12 digs against Baylor (9/21), Texas A&M (10/4), at Iowa State (10/25) and at Colorado (11/15), earning double-doubles in each match ... Had 12 overall assist/dig double-doubles throughout the year.

2007: Sophomore Season
Averaged 9.78 assists per set during her second year as the starting setter ... Recorded two triple-doubles on the season - against Oklahoma (9/29) when she had 10 kills (.350), 49 assists, 15 digs and four blocks; and at Kansas (10/27) when she recorded 10 kills, 45 assists, 11 digs and 6 blocks ... Recorded 12 assist-dig double-doubles on the season ... Season-high 60 assists came in NCAA first-round match at Washington ... Career high 24 digs came at Iowa State (9/22) ... Notched season-best six blocks at Kansas (10/27) ... Named to Magnolia Classic All-Tournament Team and Tiger Invitational All-Tournament Team ... In NCAA Tournament at Washington - notched 60 assists, adding 13 digs, five blocks and two kills.

2006: Freshman Season
Had an impressive freshman campaign after having to replace two-time All-American Lindsey Hunter at setter ... Averaged 12.46 assists per set and 12.86 during Big 12 play to rank fifth in the conference in the category ... Averaged 2.39 digs per set, 0.56 blocks per set, and 0.50 kills per set on the season ... Established herself as being a double-threat, both in setting and using frequent dumps to throw off defenses ... Scored 10 assist/dig double-doubles on the season, having one 20/20 effort on the season with a 60 assist, 20-dig effort at Kansas State (9/20) ... Named to the Notre Dame's Shamrock Invitational All-Tournament Team; led Mizzou to the tourney title while racking up 69 assists and 14 digs in the tour final against then-No. 21 Notre Dame ... Spread 35 assists in a .312 team-hitting effort and added two service aces in a sweep of the Longhorns (9/23) ... Spread 58 assists while adding 15 digs and seven blocks at home versus K-State (10/21) ... Passed out 36 assists, adding nine digs, two blocks and an ace in NCAA Tournament first-round sweep against Santa Clara ... Handed out 63 assists, adding 10 digs, four blocks and a kill against Stanford (12/3) in the second round.

2005
Redshirt season.

High School: Shanghai Sports School
Attended Shanghai Sports School in Shanghai, China, the same as Shen Danru, the first Tiger volleyball player from the Eastern Hemisphere ... For two years, was part of the Chinese Junior National Team.

Personal
Lists singing and dancing as hobbies ... Favorite movies include "Sweet November," "If Only," and "Love Actually" ... Favorite food is Chinese ... One of her goals is to obtain a high grade-point average ... Currently enrolled in graduate school at Mizzou.

Year	MP/MS	SP	K	E	TA	H%	A	SA	D	BS	TB	PTS
2006	31-31	115	58	18	162	.247	1,433	19	275	8	64	113.0
2007	30-30	116	128	50	424	.184	1,135	14	284	8	81	142.0
2008	30-30	115	58	14	215	.205	1,109	24	267	11	89	132.0
Career	91-91	346	244	82	801	.212	3,677	57	826	27	234	488.0