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USA WOMEN'S PLAYER PROFILE 
Position: Libero MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: 2007 – None INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: 2007 – None COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS: Anderson capped her Boston College playing career by being named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association All-America honorable mention list as a senior in 2006. She earned All-Atlantic Coast Conference First-Team recognition as a libero in 2005 and 2006. Anderson led the Eagles and the ACC with 5.54 digs per game in 2006, in addition to an ACC-leading 6.09 digs per game average in conference action. She finished her senior year ranked 29th in the nation in dig average. Anderson set a school single-season record as a sophomore with 706 digs en route to being named All-BIG EAST 2nd Team. As a freshman, she totaled 244 digs and a team-leading 348 kills in 98 games as an outside hitter. PERSONAL: Born Allison Amanda Jame Anderson on April 27, 1985, in Berkeley, Calif.…Parents are Gilberto and Lynne Anderson Peña…Siblings include older brother Jourdan and younger sister Lauren…Nickname is Al…Hobbies include reading and outdoor sports…Admires her mother most because “she’s strong but sensitive, caring, loving and intelligent”…Favorite food is sushi and favorite movies are “Miracle” and “Remember the Titans”…Lists Aerosmith as her favorite musical group and rock/R&B as favorite musical types…Her happiest moment in sports was beating Notre Dame in its home gym…Among her craziest things she has done is “Canyoning” in Switzerland, which is a mixture between hiking, repelling, cliff jumping and traversing down natural water slides…Attended Boston College from 2003 to 2007 majoring in political science...Attended Campolinda High School in Moraga, Calif. 20 Questions What kind of car do you drive? What do you envision doing as a career after competing for the national team? Who was your club coach prior to going to college? Where would you like to spend a week's vacation? If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? What is your favorite room in your house and why? What is the one luxury item that you could not do without? Rank the following types of television programs in order you like best: Reality TV, crime dramas, game shows, sit-coms, music, television, cable news, sports. What is your favorite movie? What is your favorite book? Are you a morning person, afternoon person or night person? On an airplane, would you rather, sleep, read, work on a computer or talk with the person sitting next to you? What sport would you be competing in if not for volleyball? What is your favorite food? What is your favorite restaurant to eat at? How many different languages can you converse in? What is your fondest child-hood memory? If you could see any musical act or performer (dead or alive) in concert, who would it be? If you won the lottery, what is the first thing that you would buy or pay for? If you would live as one other person (celebrity or not) for one day, who would it be? If you could have one super power, what would it be? If you were stranded on a desert island, what three things would you take with you? If you could be on the cover of one magazine, which one would you choose? What is your favorite holiday? What is your favorite season - winter, spring, summer or fall? What reality show (American Idol, the Apprentice, the Real World, Survivor, Big Brother, etc.) would you be best on? What communication tool do you use most often - text messaging, talking on the cell phone or e-mail? Posted and updated: Feb. 10, 2007 |
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