5 Monique Mead Class: Junior Hometown: Newnan, Ga. High School: Landmark Christian Height: 5-10 Position: Rightside Hitter

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Honors and Awards
2009 AVCA honorable mention All-American
2009 AVCA honorable mention All-Region
2009 ACC Freshman of the Year
2009 All-ACC
2010 honorable mention AVCA All-American
2010 AVCA All-Region
2010 All-ACC

2010: Led the league and was 18th in the nation with 4.31 kills per set...Was the only player in the ACC to average over four kills per set and her 5.07 points per set ranked first and 13th, respectively ... Also had 1.96 digs per set and was eighth in the league with 0.28 service aces a set ... She had 101 total blocks on the season, an average of 0.88 a set, and was second on the team with six double-double ... On Sept. 24 against Duke, Mead set a career high with 30 kills ... It was Tech's first 30-kill match since Talisa Kellogg had 35 against Virginia on Oct. 22, 2005 and just the 12th 30-kill match by an individual in school history ... She has had at least 20 kills in a match eight times this year ... Netted double figure kills in 29 of the 32 games on the season with a season best 30 kills vs. Duke (Sept. 24) ... Recorded double figure kills in the final eight games of the year ... Notched a double-double on Senior Day with 19 kills and season best 21 digs vs. Clemson (Nov. 26) ... Tallied 37 kills and 22 digs in a weekend series in North Carolina (Nov. 19-21) ... Recorded 28 kills, three service aces and eight digs vs. Virginia and Virginia Tech (Nov. 12-14 ... Led the team in kills with 19 while adding six digs, five blocks, an assist and a service ace against Miami (Nov. 6) ... Posted a team-high 14 kills to go along with seven digs, two assists and a block against Florida State (Nov. 5) ... Posted 10 kills to go along with nine digs and a team-leading five blocks against Duke (Oct. 30) ... Posted eight kills to go with nine digs, two assists and team-leading five blocks against Wake Forest (Oct. 29) ... Notched 12 kills to go along with six digs, three blocks, three assists and a service ace against Middle Tennessee State (Oct. 26) ... Led the Jackets with 13 kills and added two blocks and a dig against Maryland (Oct. 23) ... Tallied 11 kills, an assist, two blocks and a dig against Boston College (Oct. 22) ... Notched a game high 23 kills for a .302 hitting percentage, six digs and three blocks against NC State (Oct. 17) ... Notched a double-double with 17 kills and 14 digs against North Carolina (Oct. 15) ... Recorded a .303 hitting percentage off of a game-high 17 kills to go with four service aces, six digs and six blocks at #20 Florida State (Oct. 10)...Led the Jackets with 22 kills against Miami (Oct. 8), while also recording two block assists and a service ace... Notched 14 kills, eight digs and three blocks against Virginia Tech (Oct. 2) ... Tallied 22 kills for a .333 hitting percentage while making five digs and four blocks against Virginia (Oct. 1) ... Recorded 11 kills and six digs against Wake Forest (Sept. 26) ... In a five set game with Duke (Sept. 24) tallied a career-best 30 kills (.339 hitting percentage), two aces 14 digs and four blocks Named to the All-Tournament Team in each of the four tournaments that the Jackets played in this season ... Led the team with 50 kills for a .324 hitting percentage at the Clemson Classic also notching 17 blocks, 30 digs, six assists and two service aces ... Led the team in kills (46), was third on the team in hitting percentage (.317), made four service aces, notched 26 digs and recorded nine blocks on the weekend to earn the honor ... Led the team in kills over the course of the weekend with 49 for 4.45/game and a .255 hitting percentage also notching an assist, three service aces, 16 digs and 13 blocks ...Led all Yellow Jackets with 43 kills at the tournament (3.91/game) in 89 chances for a .270 hitting percentage also notching 15 digs and three service aces.

2009: Started all 31 matches and one of seven Yellow Jackets to play in all 116 sets ... Second on the team and seventh in the ACC averaging 3.07 kills per game ... Posted eight of the team's 14 double-doubles on the season ... Had 22 double-figure kills matches and went over 20 twice ... Third on the team with 56 assists and second in digs at 1.97 a set ... Also added 30 service aces and 90 total blocks, good for third-best on the squad as well ... Began her career in style with a double-double of 20 kills and 10 digs in a five-set win over Georgia (8/28) ... Followed that with a double-double (11 kills, 10 digs) against Austin Peay (8/29) in the very next match ... Had a career-high 21 kills and 11 digs against Miami (11/13) ... Hit a season-best .692 with nine kills and no errors against Virginia (11/20) ... Hit .571 with 15 kills against NC State (9/25) ... Hit .524 with 13 kills against Boston College (10/10) ... Also notched double-doubles against Clemson (12 kills, 11 digs, 9/11), Southeast Missouri State (12 kills, 14 digs, 9/12), Florida State (19 kills, 12 digs, 10/2), Miami (18 kills, 10 digs, 10/4) and Duke (13 kills, 10 assists, 10/24) ... Had a career-high seven assists as well in the season-opening win against Georgia (8/28) and her seven total blocks against Middle Tennessee State (9/4) and Ohio (9/5) were career-bests as well.

High School/Club: A second-team AVCA/Under Armour All-American in 2008 ... Four-year letterwinner for coach Barb Mason at Landmark Christian School ... Helped Landmark to four area championships (2005-08) and participated in the Georgia Senior All-Star Match in 2008 ... Tabbed the 2009 Gatorade Player of the Year for Georgia ... Earned first-team all-state accolades and was the Area 3 AA/A Player of the Year in 2008 ... Set the third-best mark in Georgia history with 5.70 kills per game as a senior while her 616 kills were the seventh-most in state history ... Finished her career with 1,380 kills, which is the ninth-most in the state of Georgia ... Also averaged 3.46 digs, 1.23 aces and 0.77 blocks per set as a senior ... Member of the High Honor Roll, Beta Club and National Honor Society as well as a Junior Marshall ... Member of the A5 club team out of Atlanta, Ga. ... Helped her squad to the 16U America division title at the 2007 Junior Olympic Championships, earning MVP honors in the process ... Became the first junior club player in state history to play for two national championship club teams when she led her squad to the 18U National division title at the 2008 Junior Olympic Championships ... Listed at No. 38 on PrepVolleyball.com's Senior Aces List and one of the nation's Top-50 Recruits by the same publication.

Personal:
Monique Danielle Mead is the daughter of Al and Rochelle Mead ... Called "Mo" by her teammates ... Born June 15, 1991 in Riverdale, Ga. ... Has one older sister, Ashley ... Father is an associate pastor at New Hope Baptist Church and Paralympic gold and silver medalist that was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 2006 ... Undecided major at Georgia Tech.