Damelio, Sedlak, Mercado and Whitson set or tie career-best marks
2010: Started 9 of 28 matches played, appearing in 108 sets... Scooped up 224 digs (2.07 per set) and served 21 aces (0.19)... Also started year as team's libero before injury to Kayla Varney forced the latter into that role... Opened season with 21 digs and went 30-for-30 in passing at Utah (8/27)... Had 10 matches with double-digit digs, including four such matches in November... Chipped in an errorless 2-for-7 hitting on offense.
2009: Played in all 30 matches, rotating into 103 sets as a DS... Tallied 182 digs (1.77 dps) with 17 aces (0.17 aps)... Posted first double-figure match at Sacramento State (9/15), picking up 12 digs... Delivered season-high 13 digs in back-to-back matches: vs. UC Santa Barbara (11/13) and Cal Poly (11/14).
2008: Redshirted.
POWAY HS '08: Two-time All-Palomar League honoree and San Diego County All-Star... Captured All-San Diego Section honors as a senior... Voted as team's Defensive MVP for three straight seasons, tallying county-leading 395 digs in 2007... Two year San Diego Union-Tribune honoree... Played for Epic Volleyball, which finished 11th at Junior Olympics in 2006 and 2008... Helped lead team to bronze medal at High Performance Championship in 2007, making all-tournament team.
PERSONAL: Born in Poway, Calif.... Majoring in exercise biology... Parents are Jim & Katie Plum... Katie, formerly Katie McBride, played volleyball at UC Davis during AIAW heydays (1979-81)... Jim played football and baseball at San Diego State... Grandfather, Arthur "Mickey" McBride, founded the Cleveland Browns... Among the stranger facts about her: claims to enjoy baby food.