Katie Wells Class: Junior Hometown: Newport Beach, Calif. High School: Newport Harbor Height: 6-0 Position: MH Birthdate: 08/31/1989 Club Team: Orange County VB Club

2008: Second Team All-Atlantic 10 selection... Named team MVP... Led the Rams with a .332 hitting percentage, which was the fourth best single season mark in program history... Ranked fourth in the Atlantic 10 in hitting percentage... Finished with 285 kills (2.59/s) and 79 blocks (0.72/s), both second on the team... Also added 31 digs... Had 12 double-digit kill performances... Had 10 kills and four blocks against Stony Brook (9/13)... Named to the All-Tournament team at the Aggie Invitational... Recorded 14 kills and four blocks at UC Davis (9/20), while also having 14 kills versus La Salle (9/27)... Registered 11 kills and five blocks against Duquesne (10/10)... Had 14 kills and three blocks against Saint Louis (10/11)... Went for a then- season-high 18 kills at George Washington (10/24), but topped that with a career-high 22 kills and five digs against Fairfield (10/29)... Had 18 kills versus La Salle (10/31) and 17 against George Washington (11/9)... Knocked down 12 kills and five blocks at Rhode Island (11/15)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2007: Had a solid first season at Fordham, appearing in 34 matches with 20 starts... Ranked third on the team in kills (312), kills per set (2.56), blocks (59), and blocks per set (0.48), while finishing second in hitting percentage (.275)... Finished 10^th in the Atlantic 10 in hitting percentage... Had 13 double-digit kill performances... Had 11 kills in matches against East Tennessee State (8/25) and Canisius (9/1)... Recorded 15 kills in matches against Princeton (9/8) and Seton Hall (9/14)... Named to the Rose Hill Classic All-Tournament team... Had 10 kills and four blocks against Charlotte (9/22)... Posted 19 kills and three blocks at Duquesne (10/5)... Set a season-high with 22 kills at George Washington (11/4)... Had 11 kills and a season-high five blocks at La Salle (11/9)... Finished season with 13 kills against Temple at the Atlantic 10 tournament (11/16).

Before Fordham: Varsity volleyball player at Newport Harbor High School... Served as team captain... First Team All-League, as well as Second Team All-CIF and Second Team All-County selection... Named to the Daily Pilot Dream Team as a senior... Played club volleyball for Orange County VB Club... Member of the Honor Roll.

Personal: Major in Marketing... Has one sister.

Career Highs

Kills: 22, 2x, last vs. Fairfield, 10/29/08

Assists: 2, 2x, last vs. Temple, 11/16/07

Digs: 5, vs. Fairfield, 10/29/08

Service Aces: 1, at Canisius, 9/1/07

Blocks: 5, 4x, last at Rhode Island, 11/15/08