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#5 - Sydney Dow
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Class: Senior
Height: 5-5
Position: Libero
Hometown: Jonesville, Mich.
High School: Jonesville

Personal: Born Feb. 17, 1989...Parents are Scott and Sharon...Has one brother, Shea...Is an Education major with a triple minor in Integrated Science, Physical Education, and Spanish...Has been named to the Dean's List all six semesters...Member of Athletes in Action, President of Hillsdale College Student Athletic Advisory Committee.

2009: Emerged as one of the best liberos, not just in the GLIAC, but the nation in 2009...Became the first Charger to ever be named the GLIAC Libero of the Year...Also earned First-Team All-Region honors from the AVCA and was Second-Team All-GLIAC...Led the GLIAC in total digs with a career-best 560...Had 10 or more digs in 28 of the team's 32 matches...Also earned the GLIAC Commissioner's Award, the first junior in school history to win the award, which recognizes athletes who excel in academics as well as athletics...Carries a 3.5 overall grade point average...Picked up a season-high 27 digs in a win over Findlay Sept. 15.

2008: Named Second-Team All-GLIAC after showing big improvement in all aspects of her game...Finished the regular season leading the GLIAC in digs per set with 4.57...Started all 30 matches as the team's libero...Emerged as one of the team's main on-court leaders this season...Had six 20-dig matches, including four in a row in October...Had a season-high of 31 digs in a home match against Michigan Tech Sept. 27...Second on the team with 22 service aces...Had a service aces in her last six consecutive matches...Led team with 413 service attempts.

2007: Earned a regular spot in the playing rotation at defensive specialist...Was also one of the team’s top servers...Had a service ace in nine different matches, and generated 10 or more digs in 14 different matches.

High School: Four-year starter for the Comets at Jonesville High School...Named to the Jackson Citizen Patriot Dream Team for the 2006-07 season...Named Class C All-Region and named to the First Team All-Big 8 Conference as a setter...Had 248 digs and 81 service aces as a senior...Had a serving percentage of .950...Also played four years of varsity basketball and was an All-County performer in track...Finished seventh in the state in the long jump at the Division 4 state track meet in 2007...Was also part of the third-place 4x100 relay team at the state finals.

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