Anyone know Chloe's major? Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker Bob Parks, LLC 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 615-972-4239 615-826-4040 Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message: > From: Shane Ford <[email protected]> > Date: August 18, 2013, 3:26:12 PM CDT > To: GatorNews <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Mann ready to lead in final act with Gators > Reply-To: [email protected] > > UF VOLLEYBALL > Mann ready to lead in final act with Gators > By Jim Harvin > Gainesville SUN Correspondent > Published: Saturday, August 17, 2013 at 6:01 a.m. > Last Modified: Friday, August 16, 2013 at 10:00 p.m. > Having a fifth-year senior with the skills, talent and leadership ability of > Florida's Chloe Mann is a rarity in college athletics. > > “Chloe is a coach on the court and off the court,” coach Mary Wise said > Friday at UF's Media Day. “She has really developed into an outstanding > leader for us.” > > The fact that the first-team All-American middle blocker and 2012 > Southeastern Conference Player of the Year happens to be a former local prep > standout from Eastside makes it all the more special. > > “I love that I was able to stay here all five years and play in front of my > family and longtime friends,” Mann said. “I was raised in Gainesville, and it > has just meant so much to me — the support that I felt from my hometown and > the community being there every game. > > “I definitely credit everything that I have earned to the coaches and just > how much they have worked with me over the years. I think we have such a > strong program here that the ability to develop athletes into amazing and > better volleyball players is really a tribute to our coaches — Mary, (and > assistant coaches) Dave (Boos) and Sally (Polhamus).” > > After redshirting her freshman year at UF and playing in just 12 matches the > following season (2010), Mann broke through in 2011, playing in 27 matches > with 14 starts and leading the SEC in hitting efficiency (.500). Along the > way, she made NCAA history in a road match against LSU, hitting a remarkable > .900 with 18 kills on 20 swings (no errors), the second-highest single-match > mark in NCAA history (minimum 20 attacks). > > She started all 32 matches last season and led the nation in hitting > percentage (.444) while recording 380 kills and adding 120 blocks (28 solos, > 92 assists), with her 1.15 blocks-per-set average ranking third in the SEC. > > Mann enters her final campaign with 532 kills, 190 blocks and a .455 hitting > clip under her belt and is poised to break UF's career hitting percentage > record (.424, Heather Wright, 1997-2000) by the end of the season. > > “I'm just coming in every day working hard in practice and making every rep > count,” she said. “I'm trying to make the most out of every day knowing that > this is my last season.” > > Mann, who was the Sun's Class 4A-6A Player of the Year in 2008 and the 2009 > Scholar-Athlete of the Year, has been dominating in the classroom as well. An > SEC All-Academic honoree every year, she got her bachelor's degree in April > and is enrolled in graduate school. > > “Truly the hardest challenge for Chloe was finding a major,” Wise said. “The > AP (Advanced Placement) credits she came in with from Eastside High School, > she came in as a second semester sophomore. She's already graduated and was > able to find a (graduate) program that she could continue so that she would > be eligible, and that doesn't happen that often. > > “If that's your biggest problem, then that's a good thing to have.” > > The Gators, who are coming off a 27-5 season that included their 20th SEC > regular-season title — all under Wise — and advanced to the NCAA regional > semifinals before falling to eventual national champion Texas, open the > season with the annual Campus USA Credit Union Invitational in the O'Connell > Center on Aug. 30-31. > > UF is ranked No. 9 nationally in the preseason. > > “I'm real excited,” Mann said. “I didn't think this day would come, so it's > kind of crazy that I'm here in my fifth year. But I'm really looking forward > to what this team can do.” > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent from Shane's iPad > Go Gators! & Skol Vikes! > ALPCA #8756 > Europlate #1045 > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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