Player Bio: Angela Eckmier - UCLA Official Athletic Site

Overview: Expected to be UCLA's force at the net. Hits a heavy ball

Works hard at everything she does

Has returned to her pre-injury form and is poised for dominant matches as a senior.

2001 Honors/Awards: All-Tournament at UCLA's NCAA Regional

Honorable Mention Pac-10 All-Academic selection.

2001:Had six double-figure kill matches during the season with a high of 15 against Washington on Nov. 3 and at Saint Mary's on Nov. 11

Season- and career-high 11 total blocks came on Oct. 4 at Washington, as Eckmier recorded two solo and nine block assists

Hit .400 or better in nine matches, including a .667 performance (10-0-15) performance on Oct. 5 at Washington State

Season-high of three solo blocks came on Nov. 8 at Cal and on Dec. 1 at Penn State

Played her best matches during the NCAA Tournament, after being cleared to remove her knee brace

Ranked third in the Pac-10, averaging 1.30 blocks per game for the season.

2000: Medical redshirt while recovering from a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in her right knee.

1999: Contributed in each of UCLA's NCAA Tournament matches, chipping in with three blocks against Pepperdine and one of the Bruins seven blocks against Penn State

Hit .538 with 9K-2E-13TA in UCLA's first-round match against Eastern Washington

Added a block solo against the Eagles

Had a second solo block against Ohio State, playing only in game three

Posted six kills on as many swings at Oregon on Oct. 15

Was able to step in and take over for starting middle blocker Tamika Johnson when Johnson needed a break to rest her knees

Would also sub in for setter Erika Selsor in the front row when the Bruins needed extra defense

Also hit .444 with 11K-3E-18TA against Idaho State on Sept. 11

Her 11 kills against Idaho State is also a season-best

Had a season-best seven digs at Cal on Nov. 6

The Oct. 15 match at Oregon also yielded a season-high in all three blocking categories with 6 total blocks (2BS/4BA).

1998: Played in 28 games and 14 matches through

Registered a season-highs of eight kills and five block assists in a tough three-game loss to No. 13 Ohio State on Sept. 6

Notched a season-high 12 digs at Santa Clara on Sept. 16.

Prep: Member of UCLA's No. 2 ranked 1998 recruiting class

Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 selection

Four-year letterwinner at Van Nuys High School for coach David Bessler

Two-time Los Angeles Times All-Region first-team selection

Mid Valley League Player of the Year her junior and senior seasons

Three-time LA City first-team selection

Earned Daily News All-Area first-team accolades her senior year

Owns Van Nuys High School records for single-season hitting percentage (.678) and career blocks

Named team MVP her senior season

Played club ball for coach Tuong Nguyen and the Thunder Volleyball Club

Team captain in 1997 and 1998

Carried a high school GPA of 3.9.

Personal: Math major

Daughter of Jeff and Jan Eckmier

Younger sister, Melody, is a junior volleyball player at Hawai'i

Grew up and went to high school in North Hills, CA, but parents have since moved to Simi Valley

Her grandfather, mother, three uncles and an aunt all attended UCLA

Enjoys reading, stamp collecting, playing the piano and swimming

Born Angela Marie Eckmier on June 15, 1980, in Van Nuys, CA.

Angela Eckmier

	Class: RS Senior
	Hometown: Simi Valley, CA
	High School: Van Nuys HS

	Height: 6-2
	Position: MB
	Birthdate: 06/15/1980
	Experience: 3V

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