Rachel Vander

Position:
Middle Blocker
Class:
Senior

2001: Played in 68 games and 24 matches... ranked second on the team and sixth in the ACC with 1.09 blocks per game... her 74 total blocks, 67 block assists and seven block solos ranked third on the squad... notched a career-best 134 kills on the season ... was second on the team and sixth in the ACC with a .312 hitting percentage... registered six kills, no errors and two blocks against William & Mary in the NCAA Tournament on 11/30... tallied eight kills, four blocks and a .429 hitting percentage against N.C. State on 10/27... had eight kills and five blocks against North Carolina on 9/29... tied career high with 14 kills and had four blocks at Georgia Tech on 9/18... named to the Duke Classic All-Tournament Team after tallying eight kills with no errors for a .667 hitting percentage and four blocks against West Virginia on 9/8... recorded a career-high 14 kills, four blocks and a .600 hitting percentage against Duquesne on 9/7... had seven kills, a .375 hitting percentage and five blocks against Kentucky on 9/1.

2000: Saw action in 75 games and 27 for the Blue Devils... ranked third on the team with .96 blocks per game... posted eight kills and a .538 hitting percentage against Georgia Tech, 11/18/00... notched 10 kills and five blocks against Maryland, 11/10/00... had eight kills and three against North Carolina, 10/27/00... recorded nine kills, three blocks and career-high three digs against Georgia Tech, 10/21/00... posted six kills and two blocks against North Carolina A&T... notched seven kills and four blocks against Virginia, 9/9/00.

1999: Saw action in 14 matches including 10 conference showdowns... recorded 39 kills and 26 total blocks in her freshman campaign... notched two kills and five block assists against Wake Forest... had eight kills at Maryland... had seven kills against Virginia... had eight kills and six digs in a home match against Maryland.

PRIOR TO DUKE: Won three volleyball letters at Clay High School... was the NIC’s 1998 MVP... named the 1998 offensive player of the year... selected to the 1997 NIC first-team... helped her team win the 1999 Asics’ National Champions Tournament... helped her team to a second-place finish at the 1997 Hardee’s Volleyball Classic... member of the Northern Indiana All-State Team... participated in Junior National Team tryout, earning an alternate spot on the squad... named the Burger King/WSBT Athlete of the Week... a Wendy’s High School Heisman nominee... a United States Army Scholar Athlete... also won a varsity letter for track... member of the National Honor Society... was class salutatorian... was an academic all-state selection... National Merit finalist, Kiwanis Award winner... graduated Cum Laude.

PERSONAL: Daugther of Marilou and Ronald Vander Griend... born 1/14/81 in Grand Rapids, Mich.... majoring in political science with minors in English and biology.