| Molly McDonald |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Santa Cruz, Calif.
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| High School:
Harbor
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| Height:
5-10
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| Position:
Setter
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| Club:
Vision
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Last Season: Climbed to fourth on Charlotte's career assists list ... Enters her senior season with 2,675 ... Has a shot to reach third place (3,929) before the end of her career ... Logged 1,206 assists as a junior, which ranks 10th in the school's single-season record book ... Averaged 10.40 assists to rank ninth among the Conference USA leaders ... Also ninth in C-USA for assists in league play with 10.33 per game ... Saw action in all but three games for the Niners as a junior ... Had 63 assists versus Winthrop, her highest total of the season ... Recorded six double-doubles in 2003 ... Had 50 assists and a season-high 15 digs in the season-opener versus Florida International ... Came up with 13 digs against both Memphis and Houston ... Career-high four service aces against Western Carolina in the SpringHill Suites Invitational ... Logged a season-best 49 total blocks to rank third on the team ... Also had season bests for service aces (28) and digs (222) ... Served as a team captain.
2002: Took over as the team's starting setter ... Ranked fifth in Conference USA with 11.99 per game ... Her 1,295 assists rank sixth in the 49ers' single-season record book ... Climbed to fifth on the school's career list with 1,469 assists ... Career-high 10 kills at Virginia
Tech ... Topped double figures in digs six times, including a career-best 12 versus Wichita State.
2001: Was second for Charlotte in assists with 174 as the team's back-up setter ... Had over 10 assists in five matches, including a career-high 38 versus UAB ... Also had a career-high five kills against the Blazers ... Posted a pair of service aces in three matches - against Virginia Commonwealth, at East Carolina and UAB ... Played in 41 games.
Prep: McDonald, a setter, joins the 49ers after playing for the Vision and Bay Club Santa Cruz volleyball clubs, where she helped each reach the Junior Olympics ... Helped her Harbor High School reach the Central Coast Championship all three years she played varsity ... A three-time all-county selection ... Named one of the top 100 sophomores in the nation in 1998.
Personal: Is the daughter of John McDonald and Bridget Maloney ... Majoring in art ... Born Oct. 14, 1982.
