| Bree Knitter |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Fallbrook, Calif.
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| High School:
Fallbrook HS/Vintage VBC
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| Height:
6-1
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| Position:
OH/MB
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| Experience:
3V
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OREGON STATE
Junior (2008): Bree Knitter continued to climb the career lists for block assists and total blocks after transitioning to mainly opposite hitter ... Recorded the third most total blocks on the team with 55 ... Chalked up 175 kills on the season, with 18 service aces and 112 digs ... Right out of the gates, tied her career-best four service aces in the opening match of the season against Wyoming (8/29) ... Posted a season-high six total blocks against College of Charleston (8/30) with a pair of solos and four assists ... Tallied her first career double-double against No. 5 UCLA (9/28) with 12 kills and a career-high 10 digs, adding a pair of service aces and four block assists for 16.0 total points ... Set a new personal best 17 kills and 18.0 points at No. 12 USC (11/1) ... Racked up her eighth career double-digit kills game at Arizona State with 10, with six digs and three block assists for 12.5 points ... Earned Pac-10 All-Academic Second Team honors.
Sophomore (2007): Set new career numbers throughout her second season, while consistently sitting in the top 50 in the nation for blocks per game ... Tied the fifth best single season record for block assists with 119 on the season, setting the school record for sophomores ... Her 1.26 blocks per game was good for second on the sophomores list, posting 141 total blocks, tying for third on the class list ... Tied the sixth-best single match record for block assists with 10 twice, against Sacramento State (9/7) and Loyola Marymount (9/14) ... Named to the ASICS Invitational All-Tournament Team ... Posted a career-high 12 total blocks against Loyola Marymount, adding three kills and three aces ... Earned a season-high 10 kills twice against Washington State (9/21) and Arizona (10/26) ... In the ASICS Invitational, tallied a career-best four aces against Pacific (9/15) with five kills and eight blocks ... Registered a season-high 15.0 points against Arizona after a season-best seven dig match the evening before against Arizona State (10/25) ... Ended the season at Washington State (11/23), recording a career-high four solo blocks, adding eight kills ... Earned Pac-10 All-Academic Second Team honors.
Freshman (2006): Began the season as a starting middle blocker while the team was using a 6-2 system ... Started in nine matches ... Finished the season with 83 kills (1.20 kpg) ... Tallied seven kills and three blocks in her collegiate debut against Oral Roberts (8/25) ... Set a season-high with four blocks against Cal Poly (8/26) ... Set a season-high with nine kills and added three blocks against South Dakota State (9/1) ... Recorded four blocks against Fresno State (9/9) ... Registered nine kills and three blocks for a season-high 10.5 points at Washington State (10/6) ... Recorded a season-best five digs against Washington State (11/3) ... Tallied seven kills at UCLA (11/24) ... Registered six kills and three digs at USC (11/25).
FALLBROOK HIGH SCHOOL
Three-time All-North County selection ... Played in the 2006 senior all-star game ... Two-time team captain ... Played club volleyball with 12 other Division I volleyball players ... Helped her Vintage club team reach the finals at Festival in 2004 and 2005, winning as a senior ... Also earned a letter playing first base for the softball team.
PERSONAL
Born in San Diego, Calif. ... Daughter of Michael Knitter and Amanda Lopez ... Has seven siblings, Corin, Chris, Andrew, Arissa, Luke, Cody and Joshua ... Earned junior and senior A-team awards ... Was on the honor roll eight semesters ... Studying Sociology and Spanish ... Chose to attend Oregon State because "I want to play in the Pac-10 at a program where I know I can make a difference."
