| Lexie Rathgeber |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
White Rock, British Columbia
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| High School:
Elgin Park Secondary/Fraser VBC
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| Height:
6-3
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| Position:
MB
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| Experience:
3V
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OREGON STATE
Everyday Champion, Oct. 5, 2009-- Lexie Rathgeber
Junior (2008): Lexie Rathgeber put her name in the record books with 87 block assists, the eighth most by a junior in school history, and 96 total blocks, the ninth most by a junior ... On the career lists, moved to eighth all-time for career block assists with 257, ninth for total blocks with 296 and tied for ninth for blocks per set, averaging 0.95 ... Hit a career-best .727 hitting percentage (9-1-11) against Portland (9/13) ... Nearly set a new best with season-high 13 kills at Washington State (10/17) ... Produced five double-digit kills matches on the season ... Tied her career-best nine blocks against Wisconsin-Milwaukee with nine block assists, helping her earn Marquette Cheese Bowl All-Tournament Team status ... Tallied the third most kills on the team with 180 (1.62 kps) with team-leading blocks numbers ... Earned Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention.
Sophomore (2007): Continued to build on her freshman season success ... Tallied a career-high 14 kills at Arizona (9/27) with a career-best .650 hitting percentage (14-1-20) ... Tied her career bests in digs four times, solo blocks at Fresno State (9/11) and total blocks against Arizona (10/26) ... Posted double-digits for kills seven times ... Racked up a season-high 14.5 points against Arizona ... Registered another top hitting percentage, .643, at Pacific (9/15) with 10 kills on 14 attempts with only one error ... Earned Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention.
Freshman (2006): Earned Pac-10 All-Freshman Team Honorable Mention ... Started the season as one of the middles in a 6-2 system before earning the starting job when the team switched to a 5-1 ... Finished the season with 99 kills (1.11 kps) and 89 blocks (1.00 bps) ... Turned away six attacks in her first collegiate match against Oral Roberts (8/25) ... Produced six kills, hitting .500 (6-0-12) and rejected five offerings by UNLV (8/26) ... Established her career-high with four digs and added six blocks at Wisconsin (9/2) ... Recorded seven blocks against USC (9/21) ... Hammered 12 kills and posted a career-best nine blocks at Washington State (10/7) for a career-high 17.0 points ... Posted seven kills against Oregon (10/27) ... Tallied nine kills and 10.5 points against Washington State (11/3)... Registered a career-high three solo blocks at Arizona State (11/9) ... Blocked seven balls at UCLA (11/24).
ELGIN PARK SECONDARY
Two year member of Youth National Team and two year member of Junior National Team ... Also a two-year member of the Provincial Team ... Captain of high school team as a junior and senior ... Selected as a Regional All-Star as a sophomore, junior and senior ... Earned Provincial All-Star status as a senior ... Played club volleyball with Heather Hillier (Utah State) ... Helped Fraser Valley U18 Blitz to the 2004 National Championship ... Fraser Valley was also Provincial Champions in 2004, 2005 and 2006 ... Also played for Trinity Western U20 Juniors, earning 2004 and 2005 Provincial titles ... Helped Trinity Western to a silver medal finish at nationals in 2004 and third in 2005 ... Earned two letters as a varsity basketball player.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Andrew and Joanne Rathgeber ... Has three older sisters, Kristin, Elisa and Carly ... Head of the Class recipient ... Honor Roll as a senior ... Majoring in Human Development and Family Science ... Chose to attend Oregon State because of "the mix of coaches and girls made me confident that we will do great things in the next four years. As well it is close to home and I love the Northwest coast."
