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Beth Karpiak

Class:
Junior
Position:
MB
Height:
6-1
Hometown:
LaGrange, Ill.
High School:
Lyons Township

At Michigan... Holds U-M career record for hitting percentage (.318) ... Holds program single season hitting percentage record (.351) set in 2008 ... Sixth-most single-season blocks in program history (135 in 2007) ... Three-time Academic All-Big Ten ... Four-time U-M Athletic Academic Achievement honoree ... Honorable Mention All-Big Ten (2008).

Senior (2008)... Honorable Mention All-Big Ten ... Academic All-Big Ten ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement honors ... Set single season hitting percentage mark (.351) ... Became U-M career record holder for hitting percentage (.318) ... Started every match in the middle, leading the team in hitting percentage and ranking second in kills (377), attempts (815) and total blocks (101) ... Posted career high 20 kills versus Saint Louis (Dec. 5) in NCAA Tournament second round contest ... Set career-high with 41 attempts at Illinois (Oct. 31) ... Posted a career-best .650 single-game hitting mark versus Auburn (Sept. 13) and tallied career-high seven blocks versus Arizona State (Sept. 20) ... Led U-M in kills nine times during the season and paced team in blocks 12 times ... Became the 11th player in program history to reach 1,000 career kills with her third termination at Iowa (Nov. 22) ... Named to the all-tournament teams for the Rice Invitational, Georgia Tech Invitational, Michigan/Pepsi Invitational and Michigan/adidas Challenge.

Junior (2007)... Academic All-Big Ten ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement honors ... Sixth-most single-season blocks in program history (135 in 2007) ... Second-best single-season hitting percentage in program history (.332 in 2007) ... Started every match in the middle, leading the team in blocks and hitting percentage ... 23 double-digit kill matches ... Had a career-best 19 kills and 44 attempts at Iowa (Sept. 28) ... Had a career-best .692 hitting percentage vs. Wake Forest (Sept. 1) ... Had a career-high nine blocks vs. Illinois (Sept. 21) and equaled the feat vs. No. 21 Colorado State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament (Dec. 1) ... Had 13 kills and six blocks vs. Miami in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (Nov. 30) ... Named to the all-tournament teams for the Michigan/Nike Invitational, Michigan/Pepsi Challenge, Miami Invitational and ASICS Rainbow Wahine Classic.

Sophomore (2006)... Academic All-Big Ten ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement honors ... Had 11 kills and five blocks in her first NCAA Tournament match, at No. 14 Cal Poly (Dec. 1) ... Finished with 13 kills vs. Iowa (Nov. 25) in the regular-season finale ... Had seven blocks vs. No. 19 Ohio State (Nov. 17) ... Had eight kills and two blocks vs. Indiana (Nov. 11) ... Had 12 kills and a match high eight blocks in an upset win over No. 12 Minnesota (Nov. 4) ... Had 15 kills and six blocks vs. Northwestern (Oct. 28) ... Tallied 11 kills and four blocks vs. Iowa (Oct. 13) ... Had 13 kills and seven blocks vs. Illinois (Oct. 8) ... Tallied 14 kills vs. Northwestern (Oct. 6) ... Had a career-best 17 kills vs. No. 11 Purdue (Sept. 23) ... Had a career-best two aces vs. IPFW (Sept. 15) ... Led all players with six blocks vs. Pacific (Sept. 9) ... Had eight kills in back-to-back matches vs. Virginia and Marquette (Sept. 8) ... Had a career-best eight blocks, including a collegiate-best four solo vs. UC Irvine (Sept. 2) ... Had 11 kills and four blocks vs. Iowa State (Sept. 2) ... Hit a career-best .688 at Toledo (Aug. 26) ... Set a career high with 16 kills vs. Binghamton (Aug. 25) ... Made the second start of her career in the season-opener vs. Western Kentucky (Aug. 25), marking the second year in a row she started the season-opener.

Freshman (2005)... Saw action vs. No. 2 Penn State (Nov. 26) and No. 19 Ohio State (Nov. 25) ... Had one kills vs. Michigan State (Nov. 9) ... Saw action vs. Indiana (Nov. 11) ... Saw action vs. Iowa (Nov. 5) ... Had a pair of kills and one block in an upset win over No. 7 Wisconsin (Oct. 22) ... Had five kills and two digs vs. Northwestern (Oct. 21) ... Saw action at No. 18 Ohio State (Oct. 15) ... Recorded two kills on a career-best 15 swings at No. 4 Penn State (Oct. 14) ... Saw action at Michigan State (Sept. 21) and vs. Eastern Michigan (Sept. 13) ... Tallied two kills vs. Cleveland State (Sept. 10) ... Made her first collegiate start at Notre Dame (Aug. 27), leading U-M with three blocks, while adding four kills.

Prep... Lyons Township (2005) ... National Honor Society ... Spanish and math National Honor Society ... Four years on honor roll ... Golden L Academic Award ... President's Education Award ... Illinois State Scholar ... Lettered in volleyball and basketball ... Two-time all-conference (2003-04) ... Champaign News-Gazette All-State first team (2004) ... Chicago Sun Times All-Area second team (2004) ... Suburban Life Player of the Year (2004) ... Champaign News-Gazette All-State honorable mention (2003) ... Lyons Township team MVP (2004) ... Three-time conference champions, two-time regional champions and 2004 sectional champions ... Donald Francis Lang Memorial Award (2004) ... Chicago Tribune Scholar Athlete team (2004) ... Regional basketball champions (2004).

Club/Junior Team... Lions Juniors and First Alliance of Chicago Volleyball Clubs (2001-05) ... Qualified for the Junior Olympic National Championships each year ... 2005 18 & under Junior Olympic champions ... All-tournament team at nationals (2005).

Personal... Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and Arts ... Birthday: October 6, 1986 ... Full name is Beth Ann Karpiak ... Daughter of Don and Laura Karpiak.

Statistics

Year	MP	GP	K	E	TA	Pct.	A	SA	Dig	BS	BA	TB
2005	16	22	16	17	57	-.018	0	0	4	0	5	5
2006	34	116	285	103	633	.288	8	4	21	24	107	131
2007	35	128	384	115	811	.332	7	7	46	17	118	135
2008	35	124	377	91	815	.351	9	5	28	19	82	101
Career	120	390	1062	326	2316	.318	24	16	99	60	312	372