All-time leading scorer Alex Cowling claimed Female Athlete of the Year while Colin Welmon and Anthony Ireland shared the Male Athlete of the Year honor.
BRIEFLY
Kathleen Luft is in her first season with LMU volleyball after transferring into the program following three years at Georgia...utilized a redshirt season in 2009 and now holds junior eligibility...
AT GEORGIA 2011...appeared in 26 matches with 24 starts for Georgia... recorded 285 kills, 24 aces, 108 digs and 44 blocks... led or tied for the team lead in kills 15 times, including posting three double-doubles over the course of the year... in five-set win at Arkansas, posted career-highs with 22 kills, 55 attacks and six blocks... posted 10 kills on a career-best .643 clip vs. #13 Florida... had a double-double vs. Ole Miss with 11 kills and 10 digs while also tying a career-high with five blocks... named to Director's Honor Roll for her hard work in the classroom...
2010...appeared in 30 matches with 20 starts... recorded 271 kills (2.44 per set), 23 assists, 20 aces, 173 digs (1.56 per set) and 48 blocks... managed five double-doubles... led or tied for the team lead in kills eight times, attempts 12 times, aces 11 times and digs five times... posted 12 matches with double-digit kills including a season-best 19 vs. Miss. St...
2009...utilized a redshirt season as a true freshman... earned a spot on the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll...
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2009 graduate of Thousand Oaks High School in Thousand Oaks, Calif... a four-year varsity letterwinner playing for James Park... named 2008 Most Valuable Athlete and a Star News first team selection... also garnered a first team selection from the Marmonte League... started at outside hitter for the Santa Monica Beach Club volleyball team, which competed in the Southern California Volleyball Association and traveled nationally to compete in the USAV Open Division... also competed in basketball and track as well...
PERSONAL
Kathleen Elizabeth Luft was born October 5, 1990, in San Dimas, Calif... daughter of Donna and Brian Luft... father is Assistant Athletic Director of Development at LMU... father also played football at USC and was drafted in the fifth round of the 1985 NFL draft by the New York Jets... mother ran track at USC... has two brothers, Matt and Scott... Matt played football at Harvard, while Scott attended LMU... elected to transfer to LMU because she wanted to be closer to home, loved the coaching staff, and wanted to play sand volleyball... a communication studies major.
