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2011 Women's Volleyball

2 Frana Burtness-Adams*

2 Frana Burtness-Adams*

  • Height:
    5-9
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Highschool:
    Austin E. Lathrop
  • Hometown:
    Fairbanks, Alaska

Summary

Biography

2011 Served as co-captain for the second straight season… Appeared in a total of 26 matches as a junior …Tallied 29 service aces and 51 set assists … Defensivelyposted 44 digs … Recorded a career-best nine aces withoutsurrendering one service error in the five set victory over MIT onOctober 15 … Dug a season-high six balls in the conferencewin over Western Connecticut State University on October 18… Tallied a career-high 19 set assists in the 3-0 win overconference opponent Southern Maine (Oct. 4).

2010 Named a co-captain ... Played in all 35matches, starting two for the Beacons while logging 124 out of apossible 125 sets ... Served as the second setter in a two-setterrotation, averaging 4.38 assists per set to rank second on thesquad and eighth in the Little East Conference ... Dished out 10 ormore assists in all but three matches including 20+ assists inseven contests ... Recorded a career-high 27 assists on October 13vs. UMass Dartmouth in the Beacons 3-2 win ... Played very welldown the stretch run, averaging 5.26 assists per set over theLittle East Conference and NCAA tournament matches including 24assists in the LEC Championship match victory over Keene State onNovember 6 ... Registered 36 aces on the season including aseason-high of four in a 3-0 win over Southern Maine on October 5... Notched 184 total digs, recording 10 or more four timesincluding a career-high 12 dig outing on November 13 in the Beacons3-1 win over Middlebury College in the second round of the NCAAtournament ... Logged 24 kills while hitting a .271 from the floor... Her 543 assists on the year rank ninth all-time in UMB annalsfor helpers in a single-season.

2009 Posted a productive rookie season serving asa second setter and serving specialist ... One of the Beacons' mostefficient hitters with a .292 hitting percentage to place fifth onthe team ... Registered 134 assists including nine matches withnine or more ... Recorded double-digit assists in six consecutivematches with a season-high of 19 coming vs. Saint Joseph's College(ME) on October 16 ... Served up 24 aces in 84 sets over 34 matchesto average 0.29 aces per set ... Served up a career-best six aceswhile also hitting 1.000 percent from the floor vs. Rhode IslandCollege on October 31 ... Notched 35 digs on the year, recordingtwo or more 11 times ... The Beacons went 13-0 in matches in whichthe setter registered an assist.

Personal/High School Three-year letterwinner involleyball and earned two letters in basketball for Austin E.Lathrop High School ... Selected to the volleyball Mid-AlaskaAll-Conference Team three times and was named the Malemutes' MostValuable Player twice ... Two-time Captain for the LathropVolleyball team and was named to the Dimond Service and WestSpectacular All-Tournament squads ... Led the Malemutes' basketballteam in scoring and earned All-Conference honors as a guard ...Tabbed the Lathrop Basketball team's Captain and received team BestOffensive Player accolades ... Named Player of the Game at theDimond Lynx Basketball Tournament ... Daughter of Mary Burtness and Jeff Adams ... Majoring in psychologyand sociology ... Named a Scholar Athlete at Lathrop and named tothe Honor Roll six times ... Enjoys working out, volunteering,being outside, traveling, road trips, spending time with family,friends and teammates.

Career Stats

Season sp-mp k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s se
2009................ 84-32 10 0.12 3 24 .292 134 1.60 24 0.29 19
2010................ 124-35 24 0.19 8 59 .271 543 4.38 36 0.29 25
2011................ 72-26 2 0.03 0 4 .500 51 0.71 29 0.40 15
TOTAL............... 280-93 36 0.13 11 87 .287 728 2.60 89 0.32 59

Season dig d/s re bs ba tb b/s be bhe points pts/s
2009................ 35 0.42 7 1 2 3 0.04 1 11 36.0 0.43
2010................ 184 1.48 4 0 1 1 0.01 5 49 60.5 0.48
2011................ 44 0.61 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 8 31.0 0.43
TOTAL............... 263 0.94 11 1 3 4 0.01 6 68 127.5 0.45
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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2009Freshman

    S/DS
    11
  • 2

    2010Sophomore

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    2
  • 2

    2011Junior

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    5'9"
    2
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