23 Susan Carlson Class: Junior Hometown: Pasadena, Calif. High School: Mayfield Height: 5-11 Position: Libero/Defensive Specialist

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2010: Played in 31 matches on the season, starting 29 of them ... Recorded 50 kills for an average of 0.43 a set and also recorded 31 assists, 29 service aces (third on the team), 222 digs (1.93 a set) and seven total blocks ... Competing for the starting libero position in 2011 ... Netted two sets, two aces and 12 digs in the Jackets final game of the year vs. Clemson (Nov. 26) ... Had two kills, three assists and 20 digs in the weekend series in North Carolina (Nov. 19-21) ... Notched two sets, two aces and 15 digs at Wake Forest (Oct. 29) and Duke (Oct. 30) ... Added four assists, two aces and 11 digs to her total in a weekend series with Boston College and Maryland (Oct. 22-23) ... Tallied two assists and eight digs vs. NC State (Oct. 17) ... Notched 11 digs on "Dig for the Cure" night against North Carolina (Oct. 15) ... Registered two digs in the three-set sweep of #20 Florida State (Oct. 10)...Tallied 13 digs and two service aces against Miami (Oct. 8)...Played in all five sets at Virginia Tech (Oct. 2) notching nine digs, two assists and two service aces... Played in all four sets at Virginia (Oct. 1) registering 12 digs ... Started and played in all three sets against Wake Forest (Sept. 26) making four digs and one service ace ... Saw action in all five sets against Duke (Sept. 24) tallying five kills, two aces and 10 digs ... Played in all 11 sets at the Clemson Classic recording 17 digs, four kills, three assists and two aces ... Played in al111sets on the weekend at the Bulldog Invitational recording two kills, two service aces, and 19 digs ... Saw action in all 11 sets on the weekend at the KSU Invitational recording 16 kills, two assists, three service aces, 26 digs and four blocks ... Played in all 11 sets during the Georgia Tech Courtyard Marriott Classic recording 19 kills (1.73/game), two assists, 22 digs and three service aces over the course of the weekend.

2009: Played in 60 sets, while starting eight matches ... Fourth on the team averaging 1.47 digs per set ... Also added 11 kills, 12 assists and 11 aces ... Tallied a career-high six kills and .417 attack percentage at Miami (10/4) ... Recorded double-figure digs in three matches including a career-high 13 at Miami (10/4) ... Had 10 digs vs. Mississippi (9/12) and at Denver (9/18) ... Recorded nine digs vs. Maryland (10/9) and eight against Boston College (10/10), both in three sets ... Had two aces against Boston College (10/10), Miami (10/4) and Northern Illinois (9/5) ... Had career-high four assists at Miami (10/4).

High School/Club: Four-year letterwinner and two-year captain for coach Ernest Banaag at Mayfield Senior School ... Led Mayfield to a pair of CIF Championships and earned Area Player of the Year honors (by the Pasadena Star News) twice ... 2007 and 2008 CIF Player of the Year ... Twice tabbed to the all-state squad after earning first-team CIF all-area honors as a sophomore in 2006 ... Named the Prep League MVP on two occasions (2007, `08) ... Mayfield Senior School Athlete of the Year in 2008 and `09 ... Ranked No. 82 on the 2008 PrepVolleyball.com Senior Aces list ... Helped her SCVC and SGVC club teams to a pair of USA Volleyball National Open Championships (2005, `07) ... Participated on the USA Beach Junior Volleyball 19U training squad ... Became one of the youngest players to receive an AAA beach rating, when she did so at the age of 14 ... A member of the youngest team to receive an AAA beach rating ... Earned the Cal Cup title ... Member of TCA-18 her final club season.

Personal: Susan Maria Carlson is the daughter of Scott and Yvonne Carlson ... Born October 21, 1991 in Pasadena, Calif. ... Has one older brother, Michael ... Played club soccer for five years before switching to volleyball at the age of 13 ... Management major at Georgia Tech ... Four things she wants to do in life are open a restaurant, visit Greece, own a horse and become fluent in another language.