Austin Peay State University Athletics

AT AUSTIN PEAY...
2006 (Junior Season)

• Served as team's libero, playing in all 28 matches and 112 games
• Became second player (Becky Sowinski the other) with two 500-dig seasons during career, finishing campaign with 503 digs, finishing all but four matches with double-digit digs
• Broke school single-game record with 45 digs at Eastern Kentucky, Oct. 21, finished season with 65 digs in two matches against EKU ? an 8.12 dig per game average
• Was team’s setter during short-handed Alabama road trip, posting career-high 30 assists at Samford, Oct. 7

2005 (Sophomore Season)

• Served as team's libero, playing in all 31 matches  and a team-high 112 games
• Entered APSU record books as she led the Lady Govs with 526 digs, fifth-most in a single season at APSU, while her 4.70 digs per game are second-best in school history
• Named APSU Athlete of the Week after a 50-dig week, including a team season-best 35 against Murray State
  Served up a team-best 32 aces during the season

2004 (Freshman Season)

• Played in 31 matches (119 games)
• Team’s primary libero, finishing with 444 digs (3.73 dpg), third-most on the team
• Played particularly well against Eastern Kentucky, recording career-high 30 digs in five-game regular-season finale, 24 in four-game tournament affair and 17 in three-game game in Clarksville, Oct. 1 ? all season-highs for respective games played ? averaging 5.92 digs per game vs. EKU

AT MONTINI CATHOLIC HS...

• Under head coach Anne Westerkamp, led Montini Catholic in kills each of her last three seasons as the high school recorded two consecutive 20-win seasons and won its second straight regional championship.
• A three-year varsity starter, she was a Chicago Sun-Times second-team All-Area selection and a Champaign News-Gazette honorable mention all-state selection in both 2002 and 2003.
• A two-sport athlete, Kirch was an all-state selection in track in the 4x200 meter relay last season. She also was a member of the Lady Broncos third-place 800-medley relay team and its seventh-place 1600m relay teams in 2002 before missing the 2003 track and field season because of an injury.