Christina Kirk Class: Senior Hometown: San Jose, CA High School: Archbishop Mitty HS Height: 6-1 Position: MB Experience: 3V

2006: Named to the West Coast Conference First Team for the second time in her career, while also being named to the WCC All-Academic team...was eighth in the conference in hitting percentage at .289...fifth in conference in blocks per game at 1.16...tallied a career high 27 kills against Gonzaga on October 21 while also accumulating 12 digs and four blocks...recorded 22 kills, 12 digs, six blocks, and three aces against #15 ranked Santa Clara on September 28...second on the team in total attacks, total kills, and aces with 786, 316, and 29...was also third on the team in total blocks with 96...at the top of every statistical category she displayed her versatility by playing different positions throughout the season...started the year at middle blocker she later moved to the outside and right side hitter positions...ended her career with multiple school records in an individual season...fourth in attack percentage at .344 in 2004, fifth in aces with 39 in 2005, and first in blocks with 180 in 2005...third in the record books for hitting percentage throughout her career at .295 and total blocks with 358.

2005: Named to the West Coast Conference First Team for the first time in her career...ranked second in the nation in blocking, averaging 1.84 blocks per game...led the WCC in blocking, averaging 2.00 per game and led the WCC in aces, averaging 0.47 per game...started and played in 27 matches and 101 games...recorded a career-high 17 kills against Loyola Marymount with a .417 hitting percentage on October 7...recorded four double-doubles on the year...set a career-high with 14 blocks against Virginia on September 3...finished fourth on the team in kills per game, averaging 2.28...tied a school record for aces in a match with eight against Portland on November 12.

2004: Played in 64 games as a sophomore...averaged 1.31 kills per game and had 84 kills for a team-leading .344 hitting percentage...recorded a season-high 10 kills on September 18 against Utah.

2003: Played in a total of 50 games during her freshman season...averaged 1.58 kills per game and 1.22 blocks per game...posted lone double-double of the season in kills and block assists against San Diego after finishing with 10 kills and 12 block assists...recorded a season-high 11 kills against Santa Clara...finished the season with a .320 hitting percentage...posted a season-high four digs in win over Texas A&M Corpus-Christi...ranked eighth in conference matches with a .295 hitting percentage...was sixth in conference matches with an average of 1.33 blocks per game...tied for the third highest single match block total in all matches within the WCC following her 12 block assists against San Diego.

High School:Comes to Saint Mary's from Archbishop Mitty High School where she lettered in volleyball for two years...garnered First Team All-WCAL, First Team All Mercury News, and First Team All-Central Coast Section honors following her senior season...selected as Archbishop Mitty's 2002 Player of the Year...was the 2002 Durango Tournament MVP...in 2001 her team won the division one state championship...was also recruited by UCSD, LMU and Brown University.

Kirk's Career Statistics
Season                GP-MP      K    K/G     E    TA    Pct     A   A/G    SA  SA/G    SE
  2003................  50-22     79   1.58    24   172   .320     2  0.04     2  0.04    10
  2004................  64-25     84   1.31    22   180   .344     1  0.02     2  0.03     6
  2005................  98-27    230   2.35    77   548   .279     6  0.06    39  0.40    50
  2006................  93-25    316   3.40    89   786   .289    17  0.18    29  0.31    39
  TOTAL............... 305-99    709   2.32   212  1686   .295    26  0.09    72  0.24   105

Season                 DIG   D/G    RE    BS    BA    TB   B/G    BE   BHE  Points Pts/G
  2003................    18  0.36     1     6    55    61  1.22     6     1   114.5  2.28
  2004................    18  0.28     0     6    40    46  0.72    10     0   112.0  1.75
  2005................    71  0.72     1    13   167   180  1.84    11     1   365.5  3.72
  2006................   126  1.35     3    12    96   108  1.16     2     4   405.0  4.35
  TOTAL...............   233  0.76     5    37   358   395  1.30    29     6   997.0  3.27