6 - Brianna Strong
Brianna Strong
Height: 6-2
Year: RS Sophomore
Hometown: Mount Vernon, Iowa
High School: Mount Vernon
Position: Middle blocker/Outside hitter
Major: Social Sciences
m 34
k/s 1.94
h % .370
a/s 0.07
b/s 0.86
sa/s 0.00
d/s 0.24
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2011:
Season stats
Strong appeared in 15 matches, including one start, while playing in 28 total games as a redshirt freshman ... In her limited playing time, she showed flashes of great promise as an offensive weapon -- posting a .333 hitting percentage while notching 26 kills ... Strong also displayed some intriguing defensive skills -- accounting for 20 total blocks and finishing with a 0.71 Blocks/Set rate which put her near the top of the team ... She burst onto the scene on Sept. 3 on the road against Baylor, when she notched a career-high seven kills on .462 hitting .. In that same match, Strong was a defensive stalwart after being credited with a career-high five total blocks ... She followed that match up with another strong showing against Colorado State in which Strong notched five kills and three blocks ... Her first start of her career came against Sacramento State.

2010:
Redshirted

HIGH SCHOOL: Named to all-conference first team as a senior at Mount Vernon and second team as a junior and sophomore ... Was a three-time first-team all-district and two-time second-team all-state pick for the Mustangs ... Was a 2009 Senior Aces selection by prepvolleyball.com and was named to the IGCA Senior Select All-Star Team ... Was named Prepvolleyball.com's Most Outstanding Sophomore ... Also played basketball at Mount Vernon, and she was a second-team all-conference pick as a junior ... Also competed in track & field ... At time of signing with Bears was hitting .423 in her senior campaign with 1.85 kills per game ... Helped lead Mount Vernon to back-to-back conference championships as well as state runner-up titles in 2008 and 2009 ... Capped off her stellar career by helping Mount Vernon captured the Iowa 2A State Championship ... Played club volleyball for the Iowa Rockets and led them to a first place finish in the Mid-East qualifier in Indianapolis.

PERSONAL: Born April 24, 1992, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa ... Is the daughter of Ken and Deb Strong ... Has one sibling, Shawna Mahoney ... Plans on majoring in Secondary Education at Northern Colorado.

Recent Games
Nov 15 at Southern Utah W, 3-0
Nov 17 at Northern Arizona W, 3-0
Nov 23 North Dakota W, 3-0
Nov 23 vs. Portland State W, 3-0
Nov 24 Idaho State W, 3-2
Nov 30 at Oregon L, 3-0
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 34 19
Sets 118 70
Kills 229 157
Kills per set 1.94 2.24
Errors 59 36
Total Attacks 459 300
Hitting Percentage .370 .403
Assists 8 8
Assists per set 0.07 0.11
Service Aces 0 0
Service Errors 0 0
Service Aces per set 0.00 0.00
Reception Errors 1 1
Digs 28 17
Digs per set 0.24 0.24
Block Solo 11 9
Block Assist 91 57
Block Total 102 66
Blocks per set 0.86 0.94
Block Errors 16 12
Ball Handling Errors 1 1
Points 285.5 194.5
Points per set 2.4 2.8
Date Opponent Score s k e ta pct a sa se re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 18 Alumni (Exh.) W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Aug 24 vs. TCU W, 3-1 4 5 4 14 .071 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 6 0 8.5
Aug 25 at Belmont W, 3-0 3 7 1 12 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 8.5
Aug 25 vs. Alabama A&M W, 3-0 2 5 0 8 .625 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 6.0
Aug 31 Oklahoma W, 3-2 5 8 4 17 .235 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 10.0
Sep 1 Air Force W, 3-1 3 2 0 5 .400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2.0
Sep 1 North Dakota State W, 3-0 3 1 1 5 .000 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1.5
Sep 7 Tulsa L, 3-2 2 1 1 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 8 Ball State W, 3-1 4 6 0 15 .400 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 7.0
Sep 8 Creighton L, 3-0 2 2 2 7 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2.5
Sep 13 Montana W, 3-1 4 5 3 20 .100 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 1 7 0 9.0
Sep 15 Montana State W, 3-1 4 7 1 12 .500 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 5 0 10.0
Sep 21 at Idaho State L, 3-2 5 9 3 15 .400 3 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 5 1 11.5
Sep 22 at Weber State W, 3-0 3 5 0 9 .556 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 7 0 10.0
Sep 27 Sacramento State W, 3-0 3 7 0 16 .438 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 8.0
Oct 1 at North Dakota W, 3-2 5 10 3 15 .467 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 5 0 13.0
Oct 4 at Portland State L, 3-0 3 11 1 16 .625 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Oct 5 at Eastern Washington W, 3-0 3 4 2 11 .182 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Oct 11 Northern Arizona L, 3-1 4 9 3 20 .300 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 10.5
Oct 13 Southern Utah W, 3-0 3 9 2 17 .412 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 10.0
Oct 19 at Montana State W, 3-0 3 8 1 20 .350 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 9.0
Oct 20 at Montana L, 3-1 4 13 5 23 .348 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 3 0 15.5
Oct 23 at Denver L, 3-0 3 3 2 10 .100 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 4.0
Oct 25 Weber State W, 3-0 3 7 1 10 .600 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 8.5
Oct 27 Idaho State L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 1 at Sacramento State W, 3-2 5 14 2 19 .632 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 1 5 0 16.5
Nov 5 North Dakota W, 3-2 5 10 2 20 .400 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 11.5
Nov 8 Eastern Washington W, 3-0 3 6 0 9 .667 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 7.0
Nov 10 Portland State L, 3-2 4 9 4 22 .227 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 10.5
Nov 13 Colorado State L, 3-1 4 9 1 16 .500 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 10.0
Nov 15 at Southern Utah W, 3-0 3 5 2 10 .300 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 6.5
Nov 17 at Northern Arizona W, 3-0 3 9 1 16 .500 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 5 0 12.0
Nov 23 North Dakota W, 3-0 3 8 0 10 .800 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 9.0
Nov 23 vs. Portland State W, 3-0 3 10 1 20 .450 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 12.5
Nov 24 Idaho State W, 3-2 5 5 3 13 .154 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 6 0 8.0
Nov 30 at Oregon L, 3-0 2 0 3 5 -.600 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0.5
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Total 34 118 229 1.94 59 459 .370 8 0.07 0 0.00 28 0.24 11 91 102 0.86 285.5 2.4
Conference 19 70 157 2.24 36 300 .403 8 0.11 0 0.00 17 0.24 9 57 66 0.94 194.5 2.8
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Home 18 64 111 1.73 28 236 .352 3 0.05 0 0.00 16 0.25 2 46 48 0.75 136.0 2.1
Away 13 45 98 2.18 26 181 .398 5 0.11 0 0.00 8 0.18 7 35 42 0.93 122.5 2.7
Neutral 3 9 20 2.22 5 42 .357 0 0.00 0 0.00 4 0.44 2 10 12 1.33 27.0 3.0
Wins 24 85 163 1.92 34 323 .399 5 0.06 0 0.00 20 0.24 9 73 82 0.96 208.5 2.5
Losses 10 33 66 2.00 25 136 .301 3 0.09 0 0.00 8 0.24 2 18 20 0.61 77.0 2.3