Stefanie Pickett

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Class: Senior Hometown: Birmingham, Ala. High School: Vestavia Hills

Height: 6-1 Position: Middle Blocker Birthdate: 06/10/1982 Major: English

Pickett is a model student-athlete...great in the classroom, disiplined on the court, and extremly coachable...co-captian, enters the season third all-time in block assists with 255, 15 shy of Shellie Ouldhouse for second and 74 shy of Melissa Karwowski for first ...also 10th all-time in attempts and hitting percentage.

Junior (2002): Moved into third place on Samford's all-time block assists list recording 78 block assists and 93 total blocks...saw action in 101 games and was in double-figures in kills 12 times including six matches in a row from Oct. 18 to Nov. 1...recorded double-figures in digs seven times while posting four double-doubles...was third on the team in kills and second in attack percentage...led the team in blocks and was fourth in digs...had a career-high nine block assists in opening match against Western Kentucky and had 11 total blocks against South Alabama on Sept. 14.

Sophomore (2001): Played in 122 games and led the team in blocking, matching the single-season record of 112 block assists . . . led the conference with 126 total blocks and was fourth in the A-Sun, averaging 1.03 blocks per game . . . posted career-high eight blocks three times against Troy State Sept. 29, against Georgia State Oct. 23 and against Campbell Nov. 3 . . . notched career-high three block solos against Birmingham-Southern Sept. 25 and had career-high five service aces against Mercer Oct. 19 . . . recorded two double-doubles with 13 kills and 10 digs at Stetson Oct. 5 and a career-high 15 kills and 18 digs against Middle Tennessee Nov. 24 . . . was in double-figure kills seven times and double-figure digs six times . . . hit .529 with 11 kills, one error, in 17 swings in victory over Mississippi State Oct. 2.

Freshman (2000): Played in 107 of 108 games as a freshman . . . led all freshmen and was third on the team in attack percentage at .182 . . . led the Bulldogs in total blocks with 73 . . . recorded double-doubles against UT–Martin Sept. 9 and Stetson Oct. 6 . . had six double-figure kills games with a season-high 12 kills against Florida Atlantic Oct. 19 . . . season-high 19 digs came against Campbell Oct. 14.

High School: Started on the varsity team all four years, two at St. Martins Episcopal School in New Orleans and two at Vestavia Hills . . . led VHHS in aces, blocks and kills as a senior . . . earned the Hustle Award and team MVP . . . named All-State team as a senior.