Upcoming Event: Volleyball at Georgia Tech on October 10, 2025 at 7 PM
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7 PM
Volleyball
at Georgia Tech
2006 Volleyball Roster
Jersey Number 14
Daina Pucurs
- Position:
- Setter
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Demarest, N.J.
2005: Appeared in five games on the year ... Registered 15 assists, four digs and three kills on the season ... Recorded a career-high 10 assists, three digs and two kills against N.C. State on Nov. 6 ... Also a member of the Duke track & field team ... Won Duke’s Top Field Performer award for 2006 ... Improved her own Duke school record exactly 18 feet by heaving the javelin 168-8 to win the ACC Championship ... Won silver at the Eastern College Athletic Conference meet to earn All-East honors ... Captured bronze with a third place finish at the NCAA East Regional to earn a trip to the NCAA Championships.
2004: Did not participate on the Duke volleyball team ... A member of the Duke track & field team ... Named Duke Outdoor Track & Field Freshman of the Year ... Kicked off her career by setting a school record on her first throw as a Blue Devil ... Earned All-ACC honors with her third place finish at the ACC Championship as she threw a season best 150-8 ... Won three meets and placed second at the Penn Relays ... Qualified for both the ECAC and NCAA East Regional meets.
High School: 2003 High School All-American ... Gatorade New Jersey Player of the Year ... Star-Ledger New Jersey Player of the Year ... Bergen County Player of the Year ... Three-time first team all-state and All-Bergen County selection ... Led high school team to four consecutive state championships as a setter ... Club team, D.I.G.S., were Garden Regional Champions ... The team represented their region at USVA Junior Olympic National Championships ... Four-year letterwinner in volleyball ... National high school champion in the javelin after coming in first at the 2004 Adidas National Championships ... 2004 New Jersey state champion in the javelin ... Top throw of 155-8 was fourth-best in the nation amongst high school girls in 2004 ... Also starred in basketball.
Personal: Daina Kristin Pucurs was born on June 21, 1986, in Demarest, N.J., and her parents are Ilmars and Wendy Pucurs ... she has one sister, Lisa.
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