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Monika
Tortorici
6-0 Junior Middle
Hitter
Birmingham, Alabama
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Monika Tortorici
will also return for her third season of
competition with the Lady Falcons. The
awards continue to roll in for the
Birmingham native. Monika was named to
the All-Tournament Team in the
University of West Florida Regional
Crossover and Christian Brothers
Tournaments. She was also named Gulf
South Conference
Defensive Player of the Week for the
second time in her career. Monika led
the team in service aces, along with
service aces per game and tied a
single-match record of 13 aces against
Miles. She was second on the team in
kills per game, blocks, and blocks per
game. Monika joined her sister Lauren on
the GSC All-Academic Team and GSC Honor
Roll. As a
freshman, she had a team-high 453 kills,
averaging of 3.21 kills per game, along
with a team-high hitting percentage of
.252. Defensively, Monika led the team in
total blocks, averaging of 1.15 blocks
per game. For her efforts, she was
named 2005 Gulf South Conference (East)
Freshman of the Year and a Second Team
All-GSC selection.
Monika was a 6A First team All-State
selection, AVCA 6A First team All-State,
Most Valuable Offensive Player,
All-County and All-Metro selection at
Oak Mountain High School. She also
competed for Magic City Thunder
Volleyball Club. Her team was the 2005
South Region champs and USA Junior
Olympic Volleyball championship
participants in Salt Lake City, Utah.
While at Oak Mountain, Monika was
involved with the Fellowship of
Christian Athletes and was a member of
the Key Club and the National Honor
Society. Monika also participates in
Campus Outreach, Fellowship of Christian
Athletes, Alpha Lambda Delta and Sigma
Alpha Pi leadership honorary. An
Education major at UM, Monika is the
daughter of Kristina and Marc Tortorici. |
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