6 Kaleigh Colson Class: Junior Hometown: Austin, Texas High School: Westwood Height: 5-10 Position: Setter

Honors and Awards
2011 ACC All-Academic Team

2012: Ranked second in the ACC with a 10.53 assists per set average and 1,221 total assists ... Led the league in conference games only with the same assists per set average and 800 assists ... Ranked No. 48 nationally and fourth in the ACC with 0.37 service aces per game ... Tallied 98 kills on 223 attempts with 21 errors for a .345 hitting percentage ... Put up 257 digs and 2.22 digs per set ... Recorded 62 total blocks for a 0.53 per game average ... Logged 11 double-doubles ... Registered a career-high seven aces against Jacksonville (Sept. 8) ... Tallied a season-high .667 hitting percentage at Virginia Tech (Nov. 3) ... Had a season-best 58 assists at Virginia (Nov. 2) Named to the GT Courtyard Classic All-Tournament team.

2011: Tallied at least 40 assists in at least 10 matches and six of the last 10, including two more than 50-assist efforts ... Recorded her first career triple-double and the first for a Tech player since 2006 at No. 23 Miami (Oct. 16) with 34 assists, 11 digs and 12 kills ... Totaled nine double-doubles ... Notched her first career double-double with 29 assists and 13 digs against Houston Baptist at the Rice Invitational (Sept. 3) ... Registered a season-high 59 assists against Rice at the Rice Invitational (Sept. 3) ... Earned back-to-back double-doubles, dishing out 41 assists and 11 digs against Maryland (Oct. 7), and 22 assists and 12 digs vs. Boston College (Oct. 9) ... Logged back-to-back 40-assist double-doubles with 41 assists and 10 digs at Virginia Tech (Oct. 21), and 40 assists with 13 digs at Virginia (Oct. 22) ... Recorded 41 assists and a season-high 17 digs at Boston College (Nov. 4).

2010: Saw action against Wake Forest (Sept. 26) making one dig ... Saw action in two sets at the Clemson Classic registering one assist.

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Westwood High School ... In 2009, helped lead her team to a district championship and to the state quarterfinals ... Won area championships three times, including a regional quarterfinal appearance in 2008 and regional semi-final in 2007 ... Finalist in 2010 for the Andy Collins Award as National Setter of the Year and was a PrepVolleyball.com All-American in 2009 ... Honorable mention AVCA All-American in 2009, two-time Texas Sports Writer's Association All-State pick, two-time Austin American Statesman All-Central Texas first team and a three-time District 16-5A Outstanding Setter ... Other accolades include Texas Girl's Association All-State (2009), Lonestarvolleyball.com Texas's Most Outstanding Setter (2009), Lonestarvolleyball.com All-Texas (2009), Nike Pearland VB Classic Tournament Most Outstanding Setter (2009) and Prepvolleyball.com Soph 79 (2007) ... Ranked third all-time nationally with 4,958 assists and holds school records for career aces (250), career assists (4,958), single-match assists (56 in 2006) and single-season assists (1,441 in 2009) ... Has qualified for the Junior Olympics the past seven seasons and finished third in 2009 ... Also an Academic All-State in 2009, three-time Academic All-District and member of the National Honors Society. Colson played for the Austin Juniors Club Team.

Personal: Kaleigh Marie Colson is the daughter of Jim and Pam Colson ... Born May 28, 1992 ... Has an older sister, Kristin Colson Thompson, who played volleyball at Liberty ... An undecided major.