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#10 - Rachel VanderWall
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Height: 5-10
Position: Right-side/Outside Hitter
Hometown: Kentwood, Mich.
High School: East Kentwood

2008: Started six of the 13 matches she played in, contributing to the team in both the front and back rows...Had a season-high five kills in a season-opening win over Mercyhurst...Also had three service aces and six digs in that match...2007: Started very first match of collegiate career against Abilene Christian at the Florida Southern College Tournament on Aug. 24...Had at least one kill in all but four news story image matches she played in during the season...A versatile player who can play effectively in the front and back rows...Will fill the crucial right-side hitter position in 2008...High School: Three-year starter for East Kentwood High School, one of the elite prep programs in Michigan...Led Falcons to 2005-06 Class A state
championship and a berth in the 2006-07 state semifinals...Saw playing time at outside hitter and on the right side...Named First-Team All-OK Conference and First-Team All-Region as a senior...Finished with 266 kills, 171 digs, 54 blocks and 30 service aces in her senior year...Part of East Kentwood’s Academic All-State Team, and was also named Academic All-State as an individual...Played for the Far Out Volleyball Club, based in Grand Rapids, for three years...Helped club team to a record of 153-25 in that time...Led team to fifth-place national finish in 2005 and team was state champions in 2003...Also a member of the Grand Rapids Youth Symphony for five years and was first-chair cellist in 2007...Says her dream is to play the cello at Carnegie Hall...Has two younger siblings, Zach, 17, and Elizabeth, 14...Born Nov. 8, 1988...Parents are Bret and Carol.

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