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Kristina Laffling

Class: Senior Hometown: Richmond, B.C., Canada High School: Richmond Secondary

Height: 5-11 Position: Swing Hitter Experience: 3V

PERSONAL
Born June 29, 1978, in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada ... parents are Bruce and Gerry Laffling ... has two older sisters, Lori and Sherry ... an honor roll student at J.N. Burnett Junior Secondary and Richmond Secondary School ... majoring in English.

WASHINGTON

1999 (Senior): Enters her final season as one of seven 1998 All-Pac-10 players returning to college action this season ... an All-America candidate and a prospective Canadian National Team player following her UW career ... needs 99 kills and 285 digs to reach 1,000 for her career in those two categories, something only two Huskies have done.

1998 (Junior): Named first-team All-Pac-10 after leading the Huskies in kills, hitting percentage and digs ... seventh in the Pac-10 with 3.77 kills per game and fifth in digs with 3.11 per game ... named second-team All-Pac-10 Academic ... also ranked third on the team in blocks ... played in all 88 games and had double-digit kills in 19 of 24 matches ... had double-digit digs in 15 matches ... career-high 29 kills against Arizona State on Sept. 18 ... had a triple-double Oct. 9 vs. Oregon, recording 22 kills, 10 digs and a career-high 10 blocks ... had 23 kills and hit .405 against eventual national champion Long Beach State ... 25 kills and 12 digs against UCLA on Nov. 15 ... 20 kills and 17 digs in the five-game win at Washington State.

1997 (Sophomore): Spent the majority of the season as a starter at one of the swing hitter spots, playing in 95 of 108 games ... had 13 double-digit kills matches and posted double-digits in digs seven times ... had season-high six blocks on four different occasions ... posted season-high 17 kills, 14 digs and six blocks in win over Pacific in the NCAA second round ... had a great match at Oregon with 12 kills and no errors on 21 swings (.471) ... had high of 19 digs in home Washington State match.

1996 (Freshman): Made an immediate impact in her freshman season ... played in all 31 matches and 98 of 108 games ... one of the Huskies' top hitters who finished the season with a .256 attack percentage ... reached double figures in kills 14 times with a season-high of 23 in a 3-1 victory at Arizona State ... hit .352 percent for the game (23-54) and also had 14 digs against the Sun Devils ... registered 19 kills against Oregon State ... closed her freshman season by hitting .484 percent with 16 kills on 31 attempts in NCAA tournament action at BYU ... also had 12 digs in that match ... had 15 kills, 10 digs and two service aces in UW's upset of No. 16 Pacific ... second on the team in digs, behind All-American Angela Bransom, with a total of 219 and an average of 2.2 per match ... had double figures in digs in seven matches with a top mark of 19 at New Mexico ... named to the Freshman All-Pac-10 Team.

RICHMOND SECONDARY
A three-year letterwinner in volleyball for head coach George Light at J.N. Burnett, and a two-year letterwinner at Richmond Secondary for head coach Cal Wohlford ... team MVP both seasons in high school ... MVP of her club team, which won the Canadian national championship ... MVP of the provincial team the summer after graduation ... that team won the National Team Challenge Cup ... a member of the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame ... has been invited to the Canadian National Team camp ... played on the British Columbia Provincial team since grade nine ... played summer, 1997 for the provincial team ... also played softball, soccer, basketball and ran track.

KRISTINA LAFFLING'S CAREER UW STATISTICS

YEAR      G    K    E   ATT   PCT  SA  SE  RE AST  DIGS  TB B/AVG
1996     98  291  109   712  .256  17  38  30  18   219  61  0.62
1997     95  255  116   721  .193  22  25  14  15   222  93  0.98
1998     88  355  127   868  .263  11  27  25  25   274  77  0.88
Totals  281  901  352  2301  .239  50  89  69  58   715 231  0.82