Betsi Metter

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Class: Junior Hometown: Phoenix, Ariz. High School: Phoenix Desert Vista HS

Height: 5-10 Experience: 1V

BRIEFLY
Betsi Metter is in her third season with LMU volleyball... named West Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 2011 after serving as LMU's starting Libero throughout the campaign... garnered honorable mention All-West Coast Conference honors as a sophomore while also claiming a spot on the All-Academic squad...

AT LMU
2011...named West Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Year after posting a conference-best 538 digs at a rate of 4.89 per set... garnered honorable mention All-West Coast Conference honors as a sophomore while also claiming a spot on the All-Academic squad... the 538 digs and 4.89 digs per set were good enough to rank second in LMU's single-season record book... served-up 42 aces at a rate of 0.38 per set to place third in the WCC... was named WCC Player of the Week on October 31 - the only Libero lauded by the WCC throughout the season... took home LMU Most Improved Athlete of the Year at the annual Iggy Awards banquet... managed a season-best 34 digs against UC Santa Barbara on October 7, placing ninth in LMU's record book for a single match... posted double-digit digs in all but four of the 30 matches played... had 20 or more digs in 10 matches... notched a season-best five service aces against Gonzaga on October 29...

2010...made an immediate impact as a freshman, appearing in 112 sets and all 30 matches... collected 20 kills and 28 assists... served-up 34 aces at a rate of .30 per set to place second on the team and fifth in the conference... notched 251 digs at a rate of 2.24 per set, placing third on the team... recorded three block assists... posted a season-best six kills twice, including at Gonzaga on November 11... took a season-high 25 attacks in that same match... served-up a season-best four aces twice... posted a season-best 22 digs at BYU on September 10... recorded 124 digs in WCC play at a rate of 2.48 per set, ranking second on the team in that category... nine of her 34 aces came against WCC foes...

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2010 graduate of Desert Vista High School in Phoenix, Ariz... was a four-year varsity letterwinner playing for Molly West... served as team captain in her final two seasons... named All-City as a junior and senior... took home All-State honors in each of her final two campaigns... left high school owning five Desert Vista school records, including that for career kills at 1,317... selected 2008 Southeast Valley Player of the Year and Desert Vista Female Athlete of the Year... led the state of Arizona and was second in the nation in digs with 708 as a junior... finished 13th in the nation that same year with 462 kills en route to one of her two All-Central Region selections... twice garnered a spot on the Arizona Republic All-Arizona Top-Six Team, a list of Arizona's top-six players regardless of school size... served as captain and MVP of the USA High Performance Championship Team in 2008... on the beach, was a member of the USA Beach Youth National Training Team, and took first place at the AAU National Beach Championships in 2009 for the U18 division... earned a first-place finish at the USA Volleyball Junior Olympic Beach Championships for the U14 division in 2006...

PERSONAL
Betsi Drew Metter was born August 13, 1992, in Huron, S.D... daughter of Tammy and Tim Alme, and the late Drew Metter... has two sisters, Sarah and Sophia, and a brother, Roy... also recruited by Concordia, Boise State, UC Riverside, Nebraska, Utah, Northern Arizona, Arizona and Arizona State, but chose LMU because of the great combination of academics and volleyball, the coaches, and the location... a natural science major.