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2008 Women's Volleyball Roster


#17 Amanda Nilsson

Position: S
Class: Junior
Height: 5-7
Hometown: Torrance, CA
High School: Torrance HS


2009 Ranked second on the team in digs, third in assists, and fourth in service aces ... Posted career-highs in digs, digs per set, points, and points per set ...

2008
Ranked second on the team in assists, fourth in digs, and fifth in service aces ... Posted a career-high 19 assists against Cal State Northridge on Oct. 4 ... One of just four players to see action in 107 or more games ...

2007 Her two services aces and 2.0 points vs. Long Beach State on October 27 were both career-highs ...

2006 Her 67 games played on the year were tops among Highlanders reserves and her 2.73 digs per game were second best on the squad ... Her 18 digs vs. Cal State Northridge on October 14 are a career best ... Recorded one point on five occasions ...

High School Was a four-year varsity letter winner in volleyball for Coach Nathan Jones ... Earned First-Team All-Ocean League Honors as a junior and a senior, also earning team MVP honors both seasons ... Helped her team to the second round of the CIF in 2003 and 2005 ... Named all-tournament at the 2005 North High Tournament ... Also played softball, earning four letters ... Was First-Team All-League as a junior ... Selected Second-Team All-Area by the South Bay Daily Breeze, and Second-Team All-Region by the Los Angeles Times ...

Personal Amanda Nicole Nilsson is the daughter of Steve and Debbie Nilsson ... Uncle Richard Bankson played volleyball at UCLA ... Majoring in liberal studies . . . Roots for the Los Angeles Dodgers ... Enjoys eating Mexican food ... Favorite television show is “Grey’s Anatomy” ... Favorite movies are “Sixteen Candles,” and “The Sandlot” ... Hobbies include scrapbooking, watching movies and dancing and hanging out with the girls ...



Career Stats
Year Team GP MP MS K K/G E TA Pct. A A/G SA SA/G SE Dig D/G RE BS BA TB B/G BE BHE Pts Pts/G
2006 UCR 67 25 1 1 0.01 2 6 -.167 31 0.46 5 0.07 12 183 2.73 33 0 0 0 0.0 0 4 6.0 0.09
2007 UCR 85 25 0 5 0.06 2 23 .130 29 0.34 4 0.05 9 161 1.89 21 0 0 0 0.0 0 3 9.0 0.11
2008 UCR 107 31 10 3 0.03 0 10 .300 173 1.62 9 0.08 18 189 1.77 8 0 0 0 0.0 2 9 12.0 0.11
2009
UCR
94 27 0 0 0.00 0 9 .000 40 0.43 16 0.17 20 258 2.74 31 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 16.0 0.17
  TOT 353 108 11 9 0.03 4 48 .104 273 0.77 34 0.10 59 791 2.24 93 0 0 0 0.0 2 16 43 0.12


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