THIS YEAR: Worked very hard in spring and preseason … Best blocker on team … Expected to dominate the net.

2007: Appeared in 79 games … Named NAIA and GSAC Scholar-Athlete … Led team with 97 blocks and swatted 103 kills … Posted season-high eight blocks against California Baptist (9/11) and Biola (9/22) … Hit .615 (8-0-13) in NAIA National Tournament win against Mt. Vernon Nazarene (11/29) … Notched seven kills three times.

2006: Appeared in 81 games … Recorded 145 kills and hit .333 ... Finished second on the team with 98 total blocks, leading the way with 19 solo stuffs ... Also had 15 digs and five service aces ... Blasted career-best 14 kills at a .524 percentage in sweep of Vanguard (10/5) ... Posted 10 kills on just 18 attempts in NAIA Tournament victory over Houston Baptist (11/30) ... Set personal best of 8 blocks in NAIA quarterfinal round victory over Dickinson State (12/1).

2005: Appeared in 19 matches … Posted 54 kills and 52 blocks ... Tallied season-high 10 kills with a .353 hitting percentage against San Diego Christian (10/25) ... Matched season-high of six blocks on five different occasions.

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year varsity letterwinner at Elsinore High School, graduating in 2005 ... Two-time All-Sun Belt League honoree … Named league MVP as a senior ... Named Citrus Belt Area Athlete of the Year, and received All-Valley and All-Academic team recognition ... Led team to undefeated league championship as a senior ... Also played one season of basketball.

PERSONAL: Born July 3, 1987 in Fountain Valley to Mike and Natalie Schade ... Majoring in business with double-emphasis in marketing and management ... Enjoys water sports, billiards, going to church, snowboarding, shopping and going to the beach.