2007: Played in all 28 matches...Totaled a team-high 64 total blocks...Finished the season with a career-high .212 hitting percentage...Set personal bests with 35 aces (0.33 aces per game), 65 digs (0.61 digs per game), and 0.60 blocks per game...Had a season-high 11 kills and .647 hitting percentage against Norfolk State (9/29)...Tied a career best of five blocks against Lafayette (9/8), Delaware State (9/28), Providence (9/22), Sacred Heart (9/23), and Howard (10/23)...Served four aces against Norfolk State (10/16).
2006: Appeared in 34 matches and totaled 179 kills (1.44 kills per game), 48 digs and 34 service aces...Led the team with 69 totals blocks (12 solo, 57 assisted)...Dug out 48 balls on the defensive end...Had a season-high 12 kills against Delaware State (9/17) and Morgan State (11/9)... Blocked a season-high five shots against Howard on October 10...Had four services aces against Quinnipiac (8/26), Bucknell (9/1) and Winston-Salem State (11/10).
2005: One of two returning players to start in all 33 matches...Recorded 169 kills and a hitting percentage of .105 with 20 aces, 42 digs and a team-high 68 blocks (22 solo, 46 assisted)...Her 0.55 blocks per game ranked second highest on the squad...Received the Coach[apos]s award at the 2006 UMES All-Sports Awards Banquet.
High School/Club: Named to the First Team All-Conference and First Team All-District following senior year... Was also named the Potomac News[apos] 'Player to Watch for 2005' and was an Honorable Mention in the Washington Post...Led Osbourn Park in blocks during junior and senior years...Played with the Clash club team during her summers off from school (Clash was ranked as high as fifth in the state in 2004).
Personal: Born January 9, 1987 in Hampton, Va...Daughter of Vanessa and Albert Luster...Has one sister, Alicia...Major is Business Marketing... Favorite books are The Da Vinci Code and Harry Potter... Best sports moment is serving the winning ace that got Osbourn Park to the state quarterfinals...Favorite saying: 'The sky is the limit.'
Career Highs:
Kills: 15 (at Norfolk St., Sept. 6, 2005)
Total Blocks: 5 (6x, most recent at Howard, Oct. 23, 2007)
Digs: 21 (vs. South Carolina St., Oct. 15, 2005)
Aces: 6 (at George Mason, Sept. 16, 2005)
