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Geena Urango |
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2008
As a 2008 sophomore, Urango will continue to utilize her strong jump serve for the Women of Troy...has the ability to be one of the team's top defensive players as well as playing on the outside when needed.
2007
Urango played in every match during her 2007 freshman season and made nine starts...received Pac-10 Conference All-Freshman Team honorable mention recognition...finished the season with 112 kills (0.90 kpg), 29 assists (0.23 apg) and 347 digs (2.80 dpg)...had 40 service aces on the season (along with her teammate Asia Kaczor) and her 0.32 sapg average placed her in a tie for sixth place among all Pac-10 Conference players...recorded four aces in a match twice this season (Sept. 1 vs. Mercer and Sept. 15 vs. Purdue)...recorded 21 digs on Sept. 7 at Utah in a four-game victory and posted a season-high 31 digs in a five-game win on Sept. 14 at No. 20 Ohio State...had three aces and 10 digs on Sept. 28 at No. 10 Cal...on Oct. 11 against Oregon State, she tallied a season-high 10 kills, hitting .304 in the match and adding nine digs...posted nine kills in back-to-back matches on Oct. 18 at Washington State and Oct. 19 at No. 5 Washington, recording 19 digs against the Cougars and 10 digs against the Huskies...had a season-high 21 kills and 23.0 points, taking 47 swings against No. 9 Cal in a 3-2 win on Oct. 26 at the Galen Center...posted her first collegiate double-double on Nov. 2 against No. 9 UCLA with 17 kills and 12 digs in the 3-1 victory...had 16 kills and seven digs on Nov. 8 at Oregon...had 19 digs in a five-game win over No. 25 Long Beach State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament...had two kills and 13 digs against No. 13 St. John's on Dec. 7 in the Gainesville (Fla.) Regional semifinal...had five digs along with one assist and a service aces on Dec. 13 in the national semifinal against No. 1 Stanford.
National Team
She played two years for the U.S. Youth National Team (2005-06) and also played on the Junior National Team...member of the gold-medal team that won the 2006 NORCECA championship in Monterrey, Mexico...her team placed fourth at the 2005 World Games in Macau, China.
High School/Club
Urango was a 2007 Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 selection...helped her Los Alamitos (Calif.) High team to the 2006 CIF Division I state championship and was named tournament most valuable player under coach Jimmy Munoz...named 2006 Long Beach Press-Telegram Player of the Year...earned 2006 All-CIF first team honors...named Sunset League and Los Alamitos High most valuable players...earned scholar-athlete award with a 4.33 grade-point-average...her Los Al team also won the state championship in 2003 and 2005, as well as the CIF championship in 2004 and 2005...earned the scholar-athlete award and member of the principal's honor roll all four years...member of the National Honor Society...played five seasons of club volleyball for TCA...named to the 2006 and 2007 Junior Olympics 18 Open all-tournament team...member of the 2006 JO 18 Open championship squad...her 2007 team finished third in the JO 18 Open division.
Personal
Geena St. Clair Urango was born on Aug. 2, 1989...parents are Tino and Kathi...earned her AAA beach rating in the summer of 2008 along with USC teammate Zoe Garrett...favorite television shows are Family Guy and Entourage...favorite movies are Zoolander and Garden State...enjoys listening to all music except country...enjoys going to the beach, listening to music and sleeping in her spare time...lists Michael Jordan as her biggest sports hero...majoring in communications.
Career Statistics
Year MP-GP K KPG E TA PCT A APG SA SAPG SE DIGS DPG BS BA BE TB BPG BHE PTS PPG
2007 34-124 112 0.90 63 331 .148 29 0.23 40 0.32 61 347 2.80 4 4 3 8 0.06 7 158.0 1.27
