2005: As a junior, played in all 30 matches and 102 of 109 sets ... got to square off with her young sister Mandy when the Bears played Boise State on Sept. 2 at the UniWyo Cowgirl Classic; Mandy, a setter, had a match-high 53 assists while Meredith had five kills and 12 digs as Boise State won 3-1 ... was fourth on the team in kills (2.15/game), second in service aces (28), second in blocks/game (0.77), third in total blocks (30) and third in total points (290.5) ... had 10 matches of double-digit kills during the season ... had a season-high eight blocks to go along with 12 kills and two digs in a win at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Oct. 28) ... on the same road trip, had a season-high 15 kills, seven blocks and five digs at Texas-San Antonio (Oct. 30) ... also had seven blocks and 14 kills against Virginia Tech (Sept. 17) ... also netted 15 kills in re-match with Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Nov. 10), a match where she hit .500 (15-1-28) ... hit .533 (9-1-15) in first meeting of the season against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Sept. 30) ... had three matches of double-digit digs, registering a season-high 19 in a win over Wyoming (Sept. 3); also had three assists in that match ... proved to be an excellent server, registering 28 aces on the season, including nine matches with more than one ace ... named to D-I Independent All-Academic Team. 2004: Played in 21 games and 15 matches as a sophomore ... saw time as each an outside hitter and libero during the year ... had one kill in each of six matches during the year ... had a season-high nine digs in the libero role in a five-set victory over Portland State (Sept. 11) at the Viking Volleyball Showcase ... had seven digs against each Gonzaga (Sept. 11) and Air Force (Sept. 14) ... had a block in two different matches ... had two service aces and two assists in match with Gonzaga at Viking Volleyball Showcase.

2003: Played in 28 games in 21 total matches during freshman season ... had a career-high four kills, one service ace and one block in sweep of North Carolina Central (Sept. 13) at West Chester Ram Fest ... had a career-best 17 digs in match against nationally ranked Hawaii Pacific (Aug. 29) at Hawaiian Style Classic.

Prep: 2003 graduate of Timberline High School ... four-time letter winner and two-time captain for coach Angela Sweep ... 2002 all-state selection and three-time all-conference selection ... team finished third in Idaho 5A classification during senior season ... played with the Idaho Junior Volleyball club team ... also competed in basketball and track and field ... basketball team was state runner-up in 2002 ... four-time honor roll selection ... three-time all-conference academic selection and winner of Idaho Top Scholar Award in 2002.

Personal: Born Aug. 31, 1984, in Greeley ... known as Meredith Klein her first two seasons with program; was married to Erik Alder on July 8, 2005 ... daughter of Randy and Carol Klein ... mother (the former Carol Johnson) was an AIAW All-American in 1981 at Northern Colorardo under legendary coach Linda Delk and an assistant for the program in 1982 ... sister Mandy is a setter with the Boise State volleyball team ... majoring in audiology/speech & language pathology ... Northern Colorado Scholar-Athlete. Career Highs

Kills:    15, twice, last vs. Texas A&M-CC (Nov. 10, 2005)
Attacks:  42 vs. Utah Valley State (Oct. 21, 2005)
Assists:  3, three times, last vs. South Dakota State (Oct. 7, 2005)
Aces:     3, three times, last vs. South Dakota State (Oct. 7, 2005)
Digs:     19 vs. Wyoming (Sept. 3, 2005)
Blocks:   8 vs. Texas A&M-CC (Oct. 28, 2005)
Hit%:    .533 (8-0-15) vs. IPFW (Nov. 12, 2005)

Season                GP-MP      K    K/G     E    TA    Pct     A   A/G    SA  SA/G    SE
2003................  28-21      8   0.29     5    27   .111     1  0.04     1  0.04     4
2004................  21-16      6   0.29     8    26  -.077     3  0.14     4  0.19     2
2005................ 102-30    219   2.15    73   585   .250    10  0.10    28  0.27    23
TOTAL............... 151-67    233   1.54    86   638   .230    14  0.09    33  0.22    29


Season                 DIG   D/G    RE    BS    BA    TB   B/G    BE   BHE  Points Pts/G
2003................    30  1.07     4     0     1     1  0.04     0     0     9.5  0.32
2004................    29  1.38     3     0     2     2  0.10     1     0    11.0  0.52
2005................   117  1.15     3     8    71    79  0.77     7     5   290.5  2.84
TOTAL...............   176  1.17    10     8    74    82  0.54     8     5   311.0  2.06

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