4 Chris Curtin Class: Senior High School: New Lenox, Ill. Height: 6-2 Position: MB

CAREER: Her career hitting percentage (.242) is fourth highest in school history ... Ranks fifth in Marquette history with 231 block assists ... Is seventh with 909 career kills and 47 career block solos ... Has 2,186 career hitting attempts, ninth best at Marquette.

1998: Appeared in 27 matches and 102 games ... Led Marquette with a .244 hitting percentage, ninth best in a single season ... Was second in kills (302) and total blocks (20 solo, 56 assists) ... Hit .520 (16-3-25) against Bowling Green on Sept. 6, the best hitting percentage on the team ... Had 10 block assists, most in 1998, against Boston College (Sept. 5) ... Ranked 15th among C-USA players in hitting percentage (.244) ... Named to the Loyola Invitational All-Tournament Team (Sept. 5-6) after compiling 54 kills, eight block solos, 14 block assists and a .319 hitting percentage in four matches ... Had 16 matches with double-digit kills, including nine with 15 or more.

1997: Played in all 34 matches and 126 of 129 games ... Team leader with 21 block solos ... Was second on the team in kills (365), hitting percentage (.272) and total blocks (112) ... Ranked seventh among C-USA players in hitting percentage ... Her 365 kills were fifth most in a single Marquette season; hitting percentage is seventh highest; and block assists (91) are ninth most ... Had three block solos, most among the Golden Eagles in 1997, versus Saint Louis (Oct. 3) ... Tied for team leadership on the season with seven block assists against Western Michigan (Aug. 30) ... Had 18 kills three times - Florida International (Sept. 5), North Carolina State (Sept. 20) and DePaul (Nov. 14) ... Hit a season-best .526 (12-2-19) against Navy (Sept. 12) ... Named to Uniglobe Keystone Travel Marquette Challenge All-Tournament Team (Sept. 5-6) after recording 32 kills and 18 total blocks ... Also was named to NC State Invitational All-Tournament Team (Sept. 19-20) after registering 41 kills.

1996: Played in 30 matches ... Had a team-high 82 block assists ... Ranked second on the team with a .199 hitting percentage ... Her .565 hitting percentage (14-1-23) against Tulane (Nov. 1) was best among the Golden Eagles ... Registered a team-high nine block assists twice - versus DePaul (Nov. 16) and UAB (Oct. 27) ... Had two matches with 20 or more kills, including a season-best 22 against DePaul (Nov. 16) ... Served six aces against DePaul (Sept. 27).

HIGH SCHOOL: Helped lead Providence Catholic High School to a fifth-place finish in the 1995 Illinois Class 5A state tournament ... Received honorable mention on the all-state tournament team ... Was the 1995 New Lenox Star high school player of the year ... Named one of the top 25 players by the Chicago Sun-Times ... Also named to the all-area teams by the Daily Southtown Economist and Herald News ... Coached by Nan Airola as a prepster ... Led the Spikettes to the AAU Championship in 1996.

PERSONAL: Eldest of George and Janis Curtin's two children ... Born on June 1, 1978 ... A communication studies major ... Three letters.

CURTIN'S CAREER STATISTICS