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At Tech:
Talented and versatile athlete who finished her career at Georgia Tech as the libero in her senior season after serving as a defensive specialist on the rightside during her junior year ... Was a versatile player that could also step into the rightside position and began her career as a Yellow Jackets as a setter ... One of two recruits in the 2003 class that was named a "Fab 50" by Volleyball Magazine ... Part of a recruiting class that was ranked No. 19 by PrepVolleyball.com in 2003 ... Was featured as the No. 70 college prospect by Student Sports Magazine ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll in 2005-06.
Finished her career standing seventh in the Tech record books in digs per game, with 2.86 from 2003-06.
2006:
Helped the Yellow Jackets to a 20-12 record on the season as Georgia Tech's libero ... Named to the Regency Suites Midtown Classic All-Tournament team ... Was seventh in the ACC in digs per game, with an average of 4.00 digs in 127 games during the season ... Became just the fourth player in school history to record over 500 digs in a season ... Recorded double figures in digs in 27 of 32 matches during the season, including posting a season-high of 28 digs at North Carolina on 11/12 ... Ended the season recording double figures in digs in the last 14 matches ... Had seven matches with 20+ digs during the season ... Posted 20 digs against Toledo (9/8) and had 19 digs and two service aces vs. Northern Iowa (9/2) ... Posted a career-high with 26 digs in Georgia Tech's "Dig for the Cure" match against 25th-ranked Duke (10/27) ... Recorded a new career-high with the 28 digs at North Carolia ... Posted a pair of 20+ dig matches against Boston College (11/17) and Maryland (11/18).
2005:
Began the season as the team's rightside hitter, but was used primarily as the team's defensive specialist for Ulrike Stegemann . . . Notched a career-high seven kills in matches against Northwestern and George Washington . . . Recorded a career-best 17 digs in matches against Virginia and at Maryland . . . Had nine matches that she recorded double-figure digs . . . Averaged 2.15 digs per game, which was third on the team . . . In ACC matches only, she averaged 2.01 digs per game, which was also third on the team.
2004:
Played the entire season as a defensive specialist on the rightside, but saw some time as the backup setter . . . Fourth on the team with 269 digs . . . Recorded a then career-high 16 digs in match against Minnesota. . . Had 14 matches with 10 or more digs . . . Started some matches on the rightside, or when team ran out of substitutions, stayed on the front row for former Yellow Jacket Laura Kuhn . . . Posted a career-best 40 assists in win over Middle Tennessee State . . . Also had a career-high two service aces in match against Miami (Ohio).
2003:
Saw action in 13 matches and 20 games during the season . . . Posted a career high four kills on five attempts against NC State on Sept. 23 . . . Also recorded 13 assists and four digs in the same match against the Wolfpack . . . Notched a career high 15 assists and five digs against Georgia State on Oct. 4 . . . In the NCAA match against Alabama A&M, she posted one kill, three assists and four digs.
High School/Personal:
Four-year letterwinner at setter and outside hitter for Vandalia-Butler high school who was named the 2002 Greater Western Ohio Conference Player of the Year . . . Earned MVP honors for her high school her junior and senior years and established a school record for highest hitting percentage (.351) in a career . . . Also earned first-team all-District 15 honors and was named the District 15 Player of the Year in '01 and '02 . . . Named first-team all-Area in '01 and '02 . . . Also earned all-state honors in '01 and '02 . . . Competed in track in high school in the high jump . . . An excellent student, she graduated in the top 10 percent of her class of 282 and was on the 4.0 Honor Roll every year . . . Was a member of the National Honor Society, the Student Government and the Ohio High School Athletic Association Sportsmanship Committee . . . Dean's List student majoring in management at Tech who has interests in marketing and is working towards a certificate in applied physiology . . . Full name is Abby Lynn Showers . . . Born October 15, 1984 . . . Daughter of Thomas and Mary Showers . . . Has an older sister, Amanda . . . Enjoys playing tennis in her spare time . . . Played for Dayton Juniors and was coached by current assistant coach Sally Polhamus during the 2000 club season.
Shower's Career Statistics
Overall Year GP MP Kills Err Att Pct SA BS BA A A/Gm Digs Digs/Gm
2003 20 13 8 2 13 .462 1 0 2 43 2.15 24 1.20
2004 104 32 15 12 53 .057 7 0 5 114 1.10 269 2.59
2005 116 31 36 17 123 .154 1 0 12 60 0.52 249 2.15
2006 127 32 2 2 21 .000 15 0 0 60 0.47 508 4.00
Totals 367 108 61 33 210 .133 24 0 19 277 0.75 1050 2.86
ACC
Year GP MP Kills Err Att Pct SA BS BA A A/Gm Digs Digs/Gm
2003 9 7 5 1 7 .571 0 0 0 21 2.33 10 1.11
2004 50 16 4 7 21 -.143 4 0 3 30 0.60 129 2.58
2005 87 22 5 3 32 .062 0 0 0 41 0.47 175 2.01
2006 89 22 2 2 19 .000 10 0 0 44 0.49 359 4.03
Totals 235 67 16 13 79 .038 14 0 3 136 0.58 673 2.86
