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Kate Harris 8
Kate Harris

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Lee's Summit Mo.

High School:
(Lee's Summit West)

Height:
5-9

Position:
S



2009: Frshman Season
Played in five sets during the Michigan/Pepsi Challenge and passed out 34 assists, including a career-best 28 in the Tigers' win over Fairfield ... Played each of the final two sets of that match at setter and averaged 14.00 helpers per frame ... Passed out 15 assists while playing in the final two sets of the Tigers' match against No. 17 Utah ... Entered the Utah match in the third set when the score was 19-14 in favor of Utah and finished the set with five assists, four of which were to different attackers ... Came back and started the fourth set at the setter position and passed out a then set career-best 10 helpers ... Nine of those assists came on quick sets to middle hitters Brittney Brimmange and Weiwen Wang ... The other came on a right-side set to Paola Ampudia ... Added a dig in the Utah match as well, tying her career-best, set earlier in the tournament against Washington State ... Handed out five assists in that match against WSU while playing in only the final 11 points of the third set.

High School, Lee's Summit West High School:
Led the Lee's Summit West Titans to a MSHSAA Class 4 Championship in 2007 and to runner-up honors in 2008 ... Named first-team All-State in 2007 and 2008 ... One of the top 25 "Senior Aces" by PrepVolleyball.com, which attempts to rank the nation's top volleyball prospects.

Personal:
Daughter of Don and Jenny Harris ... Born January 4, 1991 ... Chose Mizzou because she had been coming to volleyball camps since she was 11 and fell in love with the volleyball program ... Pursuing a major in dietetics while at Mizzou and has aspirations of playing professional or beach volleyball upon her graduation.