| Cassie McLaughlin |
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Transferred to Northwestern after spending two seasons at Florida State
2006: Appeared in 23 matches and 44 games ... Hit .600 (6-0-10) against IUPUI in the first game of the Western Michigan Clarion Classic (9/2) ... Was 4-0-7 against Eastern Illinois to hit .571 before hitting .400 (6-2-10) against Pittsburgh on Sept. 15 at the Wildcat Classic ... Playing two games against Illinois (9/27), hit .750 (7-1-8) with a season-high four blocks ... Hit .778 (7-0-9) in the final two games of NU's 3-2 win over No. 16 Ohio State (10/14) ... Hit .444 (5-1-9) in one game of action against Michigan State (10/27) ... Matched her season high with seven kills at No. 19 Ohio State (11/24).
2005: Appeared in 24 matches and 72 games in 2005 ... Finished year with a .305 hitting percentage, the fourth-best average in Northwestern single-season history ... Debuted at Northwestern with nine kills on 14 attempts and one error for a .571 hitting percentage against UW-Green Bay (8/27) ... Totalled 12 kills and a .409 percentage against No. 20 Georgia Tech (9/2) ... Killed 14 balls and had a season-best eight block assists against UIC (9/10) ... Named to the all-tournament team at the Chicagoland Classic ... Upped her season-best kill total to 15 against Kentucky (9/17) ... Hit .588 with 11 kills in her Big Ten debut against Iowa (9/23 ... Aced Illinois a season-best four times on 9/30 ... Set career-best .619 hitting percentage on season-high 15 kills against Indiana (10/15).
2004 (at Florida State): Played in 60 games, starting 13 of 29 matches ... Recorded 119 kills, averaging 1.98 kills per game ... Recorded 16 service aces ... Notched 98 digs, averaging 1.63 per game ... Posted season-high 17 kills against Duke (10/2) ... Hit over .300 six times ... Recorded double-digit dig total four times.
2003 (at Florida State): Voted the East Region's Freshman of the Year by the AVCA ... Named to the ACC All-Freshman Team and the ACC's Freshman of the Year ... Played in all 33 matches, starting 32 ... Recorded 21 double-digit kill performances ... Had nine-straight matches with double-digit kills from 9/26-10/18 ... Posted as season-high 18 kills on three different occasions ... Led the team and finished in a tie for fourth in the ACC with 44 service aces ... Also led the team with 360 kills, 875 total attacks ... Second on the team with 271 digs (2.22 dpg) and a 2.95 kills per game average ... Put together her first career triple-double in the match against Arkansas State (9/5) with 18 kills, 10 digs and 10 blocks ... Hit a season-high .615 with 16 kills, no errors with seven digs and three assists at Wake Forest (10/25) ... Earned her first-career ACC Player of the Week honor (11/3) following her performances against USF, UNC and NC State as she hit a combined .387 in the three matches, connecting on 34 kills in 62 opportunities and only committing 10 errors ... Knocked down 10 kills with seven digs and two blocks in the opening round of the ACC Tournament against NC State (11/20) ... Hit .385 with a team-high 14 kills, eight digs and two blocks in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament against Georgia Tech (11/21) ... Earned ACC Academic Honor Roll recognition for 2003-2004.
High School: Received numerous honors in 2001, after leading her team to a Super Sectional appearance in the Illinois State Tournament ... Named all-conference, Daily Herald All-Area, Northwest Herald All-Area and Chicago Sun-Times All-Area ... Also earned Chicago Tribune and News-Gazette All-State honors.
Personal: Born Cassandra Ann McLaughlin on 10/1/84 ... daughter of Michael and Debra McLaughlin ... Majoring in communication studies.
McLaughlin's Career Statistics
| Year | M-G | K | E | TA | PCT | AST | SA | BS | BA | DG |
| 2003 (at Florida State) | 33-122 | 360 | 175 | 875 | .211 | 68 | 44 | 7 | 74 | 271 |
| 2004 (at Florida State) | 29-60 | 119 | 65 | 298 | .181 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 20 | 98 |
| 2005 | 24-72 | 181 | 66 | 377 | .305 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 37 | 38 |
| 2006 | 23-44 | 70 | 38 | 170 | .188 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 14 |
| Totals | 109-298 | 730 | 344 | 1,720 | .224 | 99 | 77 | 12 | 158 | 421 |
McLaughlin's Career Highs (*indicates set at Florida State)
| Kills | 18*, three times |
| Total Attempts | 46*, vs. Virginia (10-10-03) |
| Hitting Percentage (min. 10 att) | .619 (15-2-21), vs. Indiana (10-15-05) |
| Assists | 6*, vs. Arkansas State (9-5-03) |
| Service Aces | 6*, vs. N.C. State (11-1-03) |
| Total Blocks | 10*, vs. Arkansas State (9-5-03) |
| Digs | 19*, vs. N.C. State (9-26-03) |