Abby Showers 3 6-0 Junior Outside Hitter/Setter Vandalia, OH (Vandalia-Butler/ Dayton Juniors)

Attack Set Serve   Dig Blocking   Year G K K/G E TA Pct A A/G SA SE SA/G RE Dig Dig/G BS BA Tot B/G BE BHE 2003 20 8 0.40 2 13 .462 43 2.15 1 3 0.05 1 24 1.20 0 2 2 0.10 0 0 2004 104 15 0.14 13 53 .038 115 1.11 7 34 0.07 16 269 2.56 0 5 5 0.05 3 3 2005 116 36 0.31 17 123 .154 60 0.52 1 13 0.01 37 249 2.15 0 12 12 0.10 2 4 Totals 240 59 0.25 32 189 .143 218 0.91 9 50 0.04 54 542 2.26 0 19 19 0.08 5 7 Summary Talented athlete who in her second year at Tech saw action as both a defensive specialist on the right side and also was the team's backup setter One of two recruits in the 2003 class named a Fab 50 by Volleyball Magazine Part of a recruiting class that was ranked No. 19 by PrepVolleyball.com in 2003 Was featured as the No. 70 college prospect by Student Sports Magazine. 2004 Played the entire season as a defensive specialist for rightside hitter Laura Kuhn Fourth on the team with 269 digs Recorded a career-high 16 digs in the Sweet 16 loss at against Minnesota Had 14 matches with 10 or more digs Started some matches on the rightside, or when team ran out of substitutions, stayed on the front row for Laura Kuhn Posted a career-best 40 assists in win over Middle Tennessee State Also had a career-high two service aces in match at Miami (Ohio) Missed two matches after turning an ankle in warmups prior to the match against Tennessee Tech 2003 Saw action in 13 matches and 20 games during the season Posted a career high four kills on five attempts (.800) at NC State on Sept. 23 Recorded 13 assists and four digs in the same match against the Wolfpack Notched a career high 15 assists and five digs against Georgia State on Oct. 4 In the NCAA match against Alabama A&M, she recorded one kill, three assists and four digs High School/Personal Four-year letterwinner at setter and outside hitter for Vandalia-Butler high school who was named the 2002 Greater Western Ohio Conference Player of the Year Earned MVP honors for her high school her junior and senior years and established a school record for highest hitting percentage (.351) in a career Earned first-team all-District 15 honors and was named the District 15 Player of the Year in ’01 and ’02 Named first-team all-Area in ’01 and ’02 Earned all-state honors in ’01 and ’02 Competed in track in high school in the high jump An excellent student, she graduated in the top 10 percent of her class of 282 and was on the 4.0 Honor Roll every year Was a member of the National Honor Society, the Student Government and the Ohio High School Athletic Association Sportsmanship Committee Played for Dayton Juniors and was coached by current assistant coach Sally Schulte during the 2000 club season Runner-up for the 2003 Rae Burick Women in Sports Award, given to the best female athlete in the Miami Valley of Ohio Her Dayton Juniors club team won the 2003 Ohio Valley Region 18-Under Gold Division championship Intends to major in management at Tech and has interests in marketing Born October 15, 1984 Daughter of Thomas and Mary Showers Has an older siser, Amanda, who attends the University of Dayton Lists reading Harry Potter books as a hobby