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Player Bio: Courtney Blocher



Enters her first year as a manager for the ASU Volleyball program after a stellar four-year career with the Sun Devils (2000-03).

Career: Finished her career ranked 10th in the ASU career record books with 1,173 career digs... played in 107 career matches, spending time at libero, defensive specialist and outside hitter... recorded three career double-doubles and 63 career matches with 10 or more digs... also had eight career matches with 20 or more digs... a two-time All-Pac-10 Academic selection.

2003 (Senior): Named second-team All-Pac-10 Academic... averaged 3.50 digs per game to rank fourth in the Pac-10... also had 3.57 dpg during Pac-10 play to rank fifth in the conference... recorded 17 matches with 10 or more digs, including a season high 22 against Oregon State (10/28)... also had 10 kills at outside hitter against Oregon (11/14)... had a string six straight matches with 10 or more digs (9/12-10/2) and opened the season with double-digits in digs in nine of the first 11 matches.

2002 (Junior): Was ASU's starting libero in 2002 and made one start at outside hitter, (Cal; 10/11)... named honorable mention All-Pac-10 Academic... recorded 10 or more digs in 14 matches, including three matches with 20 or more digs... averaged 2.89 digs per game... had career-high four service aces (her first four of 2002) in four-game win over Oregon (11/16)... recorded her seventh career 20+ dig match with season-high 24 at Oregon (10/18)... also had 23 digs in five-game win at Washington (10/3)... recorded 20 digs vs. then No. 11 UCLA (9/21)... had 16 digs in five-game win over No. 13 Pacific (9/7).

2001 (Sophomore): Started all 26 matches in 2001 and is one of four Sun Devils to not miss a game... tallied double-digits in digs in 14 matches, including nine of ASU's last 14 matches... set a career high with 26 digs vs. Arizona (11/3)... recorded four matches with 20+ digs and two double-doubles... had 11 kills and 16 digs vs. Washington (11/10)... first double-double (kills/digs) came with career high 13 kills and 20 digs vs. NAU (10/23)... recorded 21 digs vs. Washington (10/12)... had six kills vs. New Mexico (9/7) and added five vs. Washington State (10/13)... averaged 3.09 digs per game, second-best on team and ranked fifth in the Pac-10... her 3.27 dpg average in Pac-10 matches ranks fifth in the conference... had 22 service aces to rank third on the team.

2000 (Freshman): Played in all 30 matches and missed only three games... finished second on the team with 0.24 service aces per game... averaged 2.58 digs per game, fourth best on the team... recorded 16 matches of double-digit digs, including both matches in the NCAA Tournament... season high was 17 vs. #19 Stanford (10/27)... had three service aces in her first college match vs. San Jose State (9/1)... also had three service aces vs. Washington (10/21)... totaled eight matches with more than one ace.

High School: Had an illustrious prep career that was capped by being named the Gatorade State Player of the Year in 1999... coached by Deanna Anglin... attended Coronado High School in Scottsdale her freshman and sophomore years... played on the varsity squad both years at Coronado and was a member of the East Sky Region championship team... named to the 4A second team her sophomore year and team MVP... transferred to Valley Christian High School in 1998 where she helped lead the school to consecutive 2A State Championships... was a named to several all tournament teams while playing for East Valley Volleyball Club... club team placed second at the National Junior Olympics... Arizona Republic and Tribune all-region Player of the Year in 1999... Arizona Republic (1A-3A) State Player of the Year... honorable mention 1999 High School All-American.

Personal: An Elementary Education major... parents are Jon and Jan Blocher... mother played golf for ASU... one brother Josh, who pitched at Grand Canyon... nickname is "corndog"...born Dec. 10, 1981 in Phoenix... full name is Courtney Lynn Blocher... classified as the team comedian... also helped coach Club Red Volleyball in Mesa.

ASU Career Dig List

1.  Christy Nore (1985-88)      1,597
2.  Jami Coughlin (1998-01)     1,528
3.  Terri Cox (1994-97)         1,382
4.  Mindy Gowell (1987-91)      1,365
5.  Leanne Schuster (1991-94)   1,284
6.  Christine Garner (1992-95)  1,253
7.  Nancy Christian (1990-93)   1,221
8.  Kelly Plaisted (1987-90)    1,194
9.  Tammy Webb (1983-86)        1,178
10. Courtney Blocher (2000-03)  1,173

Blocher's Top Dig Performances

26	Arizona (11/20/01)
24	at Oregon (10/18/02)
23	at Washington (10/3/02)
22	Oregon State (10/18/03)
21	Washington (10/12/01)
20	UCLA (9/21/02)
20	Washington State (10/13/01)
20	Northern Arizona (10/23/01)

Blocher's Career Statistics

Season GP-MP K K/G E TA Pct A A/G SA SA/G SE 2000................ 113-30 7 0.06 15 62 -.129 16 0.14 27 0.24 52 2001................ 98-26 68 0.69 60 285 .028 27 0.28 22 0.22 45 2002................ 101-27 8 0.08 9 45 -.022 25 0.25 8 0.08 14 2003................ 82-24 13 0.16 12 50 .020 32 0.39 1 0.01 7 TOTAL............... 394-107 96 0.24 96 442 .000 100 0.25 58 0.15 118

Season GP RE DIG D/G BS BA TB B/G BE BHE 2000................ 113 22 291 2.58 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2001................ 98 21 303 3.09 2 7 9 0.09 1 3 2002................ 101 27 292 2.89 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 2003................ 82 15 287 3.50 1 4 5 0.06 0 1 TOTAL............... 394 85 1173 2.98 3 11 14 0.04 1 5

Blocher's Match-by-Match Statistics - 2003

|-------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |-------BLOCK------| GEN Team Date Opponent GP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Points Hit% Score

Aug 29, 2003 UTAH................... 4 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .349 3-1 Aug 30, 2003 OHIO................... 4 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 4 15 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .138 1-3 Aug 30, 2003 SAN DIEGO.............. 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .103 0-3 Sep 05, 2003 vs Gonzaga............. 3 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 1 14 0 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 .316 3-0 Sep 06, 2003 at Nevada.............. 4 1 0 1 1.000 4 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 .236 1-3 Sep 12, 2003 vs UT Chattanooga...... 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1 14 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .279 3-0 Sep 13, 2003 at SMU................. 3 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .315 3-0 Sep 18, 2003 at Washington.......... 4 0 1 1 -1.000 4 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .166 1-3 Sep 19, 2003 at Washington State.... 3 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .203 0-3 Sep 26, 2003 ARIZONA................ 4 0 1 1 -1.000 1 0 0 2 14 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .174 3-2 Oct 02, 2003 STANFORD............... 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .120 0-3 Oct 10, 2003 at USC................. 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 1 0.0 .102 0-3 Oct 11, 2003 at UCLA................ 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .159 0-3 Oct 17, 2003 OREGON................. 3 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .306 3-0 Oct 18, 2003 OREGON STATE........... 5 0 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .280 3-2 Oct 25, 2003 at Arizona............. 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .121 0-3 Oct 31, 2003 at Stanford............ 5 0 1 1 -1.000 4 0 0 2 17 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .257 2-3 Nov 01, 2003 at California.......... 4 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 12 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .174 1-3 Nov 07, 2003 UCLA................... 3 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .126 0-3 Nov 08, 2003 USC.................... 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .143 0-3 Nov 13, 2003 at Oregon State........ 3 0 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .214 0-3 Nov 14, 2003 at Oregon.............. 4 10 5 33 .152 1 1 4 0 19 0 3 0 3.0 0 12.5 .170 3-1 Nov 21, 2003 WASHINGTON STATE....... 4 1 3 10 -.200 0 0 3 0 6 1 1 0 2.0 0 2.5 .156 2-3 Nov 22, 2003 WASHINGTON............. 3 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .170 0-3

Totals.............................. 82 13 12 50 .020 32 1 7 15 287 1 4 0 5.0 1 17.0

Games played: 82 Kills per game: 0.16 Assists per game: 0.39 Service aces per game: 0.01 Digs per game: 3.50 Blocks per game: 0.06 Points per game: 0.21

Blocher's Match-by-Match Statistics - 2002

|-------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |-------BLOCK------| GEN Team Date Opponent GP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Points Hit%

Sep 06, 2002 at South Carolina...... 4 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 2 13 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .245 Sep 07, 2002 vs Pacific............. 5 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 2 16 0 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 .195 Sep 07, 2002 vs Creighton........... 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .461 Sep 14, 2002 vs Clemson............. 5 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 1 16 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .224 Sep 15, 2002 at Texas Tech.......... 5 0 0 3 .000 1 0 0 1 10 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .226 Sep 20, 2002 USC.................... 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 3 13 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .139 Sep 21, 2002 UCLA................... 4 1 0 1 1.000 2 0 0 2 20 0 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 .315 Sep 27, 2002 ARIZONA................ 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .215 Oct 03, 2002 at Washington.......... 5 1 0 2 .500 3 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 .228 Oct 04, 2001 at Washington State.... 3 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .128 Oct 10, 2002 STANFORD............... 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .035 Oct 11, 2002 CALIFORNIA............. 5 3 5 19 -.105 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0.0 0 3.0 .179 Oct 18, 2002 at Oregon.............. 5 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2 24 0 0 0 0.0 1 0.0 .227 Oct 19, 2002 at Oregon State........ 4 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 1 18 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .229 Oct 25, 2002 at Arizona............. 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .112 Nov 01, 2002 WASHINGTON STATE....... 3 0 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .142 Nov 02, 2002 WASHINGTON............. 4 0 0 1 .000 0 0 3 0 9 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .188 Nov 08, 2002 at Stanford............ 3 0 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .194 Nov 09, 2002 at California.......... 3 1 0 1 1.000 1 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 .168 Nov 15, 2002 OREGON STATE........... 3 0 0 1 .000 4 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .369 Nov 16, 2002 OREGON................. 4 0 1 3 -.333 0 4 2 0 10 0 0 0 0.0 0 4.0 .205 Nov 21, 2002 at UCLA................ 5 0 0 1 .000 1 3 3 1 19 0 0 0 0.0 0 3.0 .096 Nov 22, 2002 at USC................. 3 1 1 4 .000 1 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 .135 Nov 29, 2002 vs Oral Roberts........ 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 10 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .291 Nov 30, 2002 vs Weber State......... 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1 15 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .328 Dec 06, 2002 vs Cincinnati.......... 5 0 1 1 -1.000 1 1 2 0 14 0 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 .260 Dec 07, 2002 at Nebraska............ 3 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .160

Totals..............................101 8 9 45 -.022 25 8 14 27 292 0 0 0 0.0 1 16.0 .211

Games played: 101 Kills per game: 0.08 Assists per game: 0.25 Service aces per game: 0.08 Digs per game: 2.89 Blocks per game: 0.00 Points per game: 0.16

Blocher's Match-by-Match Statistics - 2001

|-------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |-------BLOCK------| GEN Team Date Opponent GP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Points Hit%

Aug 31, 2001 NEVADA................. 5 2 3 8 -.125 1 3 1 1 13 0 0 0 0.0 0 5.0 .202 Aug 31, 2001 SANTA CLARA............ 4 0 1 4 -.250 0 0 2 0 11 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .212 Sep 01, 2001 HOFSTRA................ 4 1 0 4 .250 2 1 2 1 11 0 0 0 0.0 0 2.0 .301 Sep 01, 2001 SOUTH CAROLINA......... 5 0 1 4 -.250 2 0 3 0 9 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .176 Sep 07, 2001 vs New Mexico.......... 4 6 3 17 .176 1 3 2 3 9 0 0 0 0.0 0 9.0 .260 Sep 08, 2001 vs Indiana............. 3 2 4 17 -.118 3 2 2 0 9 0 0 0 0.0 0 4.0 .268 Sep 08, 2001 at Loyola Marymount.... 4 1 2 4 -.250 1 3 3 0 12 0 0 0 0.0 0 4.0 .243 Sep 21, 2001 OREGON................. 3 4 2 10 .200 0 0 3 0 9 0 0 0 0.0 0 4.0 .336 Sep 22, 2001 OREGON STATE........... 5 0 3 5 -.600 1 1 2 1 11 0 0 0 0.0 3 1.0 .186 Sep 28, 2001 at USC................. 3 0 1 3 -.333 0 1 3 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 .073 Sep 29, 2001 at UCLA................ 3 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .130 Oct 05, 2001 at Arizona............. 4 0 1 6 -.167 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .146 Oct 12, 2001 WASHINGTON............. 4 1 1 6 .000 0 1 2 0 21 0 0 0 0.0 0 2.0 .204 Oct 13, 2001 WASHINGTON STATE....... 4 5 4 24 .042 1 0 1 1 20 1 0 0 1.0 0 6.0 .228 Oct 18, 2001 at Oregon.............. 3 3 0 10 .300 0 2 1 0 12 0 1 0 1.0 0 5.5 .404 Oct 19, 2001 at Oregon State........ 3 8 4 19 .211 0 0 1 3 10 0 1 0 1.0 0 8.5 .119 Oct 23, 2001 NORTHERN ARIZONA....... 5 13 9 37 .108 6 2 2 0 20 1 2 0 3.0 0 17.0 .219 Oct 25, 2001 UCLA................... 3 3 7 31 -.129 2 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0.0 0 3.0 .154 Oct 26, 2001 USC.................... 3 2 4 9 -.222 2 0 2 1 8 0 1 0 1.0 0 2.5 .169 Nov 03, 2001 ARIZONA................ 4 1 5 14 -.286 0 0 1 0 26 0 1 0 1.0 0 1.5 .177 Nov 09, 2001 at Washington State.... 3 0 1 7 -.143 2 0 2 2 7 0 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 .158 Nov 10, 2001 at Washington.......... 4 11 2 25 .360 1 0 1 1 16 0 1 0 1.0 0 11.5 .235 Nov 16, 2001 STANFORD............... 3 1 1 4 .000 0 2 2 0 7 0 0 0 0.0 0 3.0 .198 Nov 17, 2001 CALIFORNIA............. 4 1 0 3 .333 0 1 2 1 13 0 0 0 0.0 0 2.0 .341 Nov 24, 2001 at Stanford............ 3 2 1 4 .250 2 0 2 2 8 0 0 0 0.0 0 2.0 .183 Nov 25, 2001 at California.......... 5 1 0 7 .143 0 0 1 1 14 0 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 .232

Totals.............................. 98 68 60 285 .028 27 22 45 21 303 2 7 1 9.0 3 95.5 .214

Games played: 98 Kills per game: 0.69 Assists per game: 0.28 Service aces per game: 0.22 Digs per game: 3.09 Blocks per game: 0.09 Points per game: 0.97

Blocher's Match-by-Match Statistics - 2000

|-------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |-------BLOCK------| GEN Team Date Opponent GP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Points Hit%

Sep 01, 2000 SAN JOSE STATE......... 5 0 0 1 .000 0 3 2 1 7 0 0 0 0.0 0 3.0 .283 Sep 01, 2000 CAL POLY............... 5 0 2 2 -1.000 0 2 4 1 10 0 0 0 0.0 0 2.0 .221 Sep 02, 2000 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT....... 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .124 Sept 8, 2000 vs Saint Louis......... 4 0 0 4 .000 0 1 1 0 9 0 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 .305 Sept 8, 2000 vs Sacramento State.... 3 0 0 2 .000 1 0 3 0 12 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .280 Sept 9, 2000 vs IUPUI Jaguars....... 3 0 0 1 .000 0 0 2 1 7 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .417 Sept 9, 2000 at Southwest Texas..... 2 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .267 Sep 13, 2000 ARIZONA WILDCATS....... 5 0 0 0 .000 0 0 2 0 12 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .186 Sep 15, 2000 at New Mexico Lobos.... 3 0 1 3 -.333 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .242 Sep 16, 2000 vs Oral Roberts........ 3 0 0 1 .000 1 2 2 0 7 0 0 0 0.0 0 2.0 .289 Sep 16, 2000 vs UC Riverside........ 3 0 1 1 -1.000 2 1 3 0 6 0 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 .243 Sep 22, 2000 at Washington Huskies.. 3 0 0 1 .000 0 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 .310 Sep 23, 2000 at Washington State.... 5 1 0 3 .333 0 0 3 0 9 0 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 .162 Sep 29, 2000 CAL GOLDEN BEARS....... 4 0 1 3 -.333 0 2 4 2 11 0 0 0 0.0 0 2.0 .185 Sep 30, 2000 STANFORD CARDINAL...... 4 0 1 2 -.500 1 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .309 Oct 6, 2000 at Oregon Ducks........ 3 0 0 0 .000 1 2 2 1 10 0 0 0 0.0 0 2.0 .291 Oct 7, 2000 at Oregon State Beavers 4 0 0 0 .000 1 1 0 2 11 0 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 .200 Oct 12, 2000 USC TROJANS............ 4 2 1 3 .333 0 0 0 1 15 0 0 0 0.0 0 2.0 .223 Oct 13, 2000 UCLA BRUINS............ 5 1 0 3 .333 1 1 1 1 10 0 0 0 0.0 0 2.0 .203 Oct 20, 2000 WASHINGTON STATE....... 5 0 2 2 -1.000 0 1 1 0 13 0 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 .208 Oct 21, 2000 WASHINGTON HUSKIES..... 4 0 0 1 .000 2 3 2 1 17 0 0 0 0.0 0 3.0 .335 Oct 27, 2000 at Stanford Cardinal... 4 1 1 5 .000 0 0 1 1 11 0 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 .068 Oct 28, 2000 at Cal Golden Bears.... 3 0 0 2 .000 0 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .288 Nov 2, 2000 OREGON DUCKS........... 3 0 0 1 .000 2 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .266 Nov 3, 2000 OREGON STATE BEAVERS... 4 0 0 4 .000 1 0 3 1 14 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .331 Nov 09, 2000 at USC Trojans......... 4 0 0 1 .000 1 2 2 0 6 0 0 0 0.0 0 2.0 .211 Nov 10, 2000 at UCLA Bruins......... 3 1 2 7 -.143 0 1 0 3 6 0 0 0 0.0 0 2.0 .178 Nov 18, 2000 at Arizona Wildcats.... 4 1 1 2 .000 0 2 1 2 8 0 0 0 0.0 0 3.0 .198 Dec 01, 2000 vs Duke Blue Devils.... 4 0 0 4 .000 0 1 2 0 15 0 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 .180 Dec 02, 2000 at Minnesota........... 4 0 1 2 -.500 2 1 2 3 10 0 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 .137

Totals..............................113 7 15 62 -.129 16 27 52 22 291 0 0 0 0.0 0 34.0 .232

Games played: 113 Kills per game: 0.06 Assists per game: 0.14 Service aces per game: 0.24 Digs per game: 2.58 Points per game: 0.30

  Courtney Blocher
Courtney Blocher
Player Profile
Hometown:
Scottsdale, Ariz.

High School:
Valley Christian

Height:
5-6

Position:
L/OH

Birthdate:
12/10/1981

Experience:
2000-03