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  Kate Nobilio
Kate Nobilio

Player Profile
Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Johnsburg, Ill.

High School:
Johnsburg

Height:
5-4

Position:
LIB

Birthdate:
07/17/1988

2007: Concluded season ranked No. 9 in NU history with 1,111 career digs ... Started every match save for when an injury kept her out of matches against No. 1 Penn State (11/9) and Ohio State (11/10) ... Broke school single-season record with 603 digs ... Ranked second in the Big Ten and 31st in the nation with 5.69 digs per game ... Opened the season with a 16-dig, four-ace performance against Loyola (Chicago) on 8/24 ... Had a match-best 14 digs in the Chicago Challenge championship match (8/25) ... Named to the Chicago Challenge All-Tournament team ... Had three assists and 17 digs in a three-game match at Loyola Marymount (8/31) ... Reached 21 digs versus UNLV on 9/1 before digging 25 attacks that night against UC Santa Barbara ... Had 18 digs at Georgetown on 9/7, then had 19 digs versus Iona on 9/8 ... Broke the Northwestern three-game digs record with 31 in a sweep of Towson on 9/8, also contributing three assists and three aces in the match ... Named to the Georgetown Classic All-Tournament team ... Had 21 digs and matched her career-best with four aces against Drake (9/14) ... Finished with 20 digs versus Western Michigan (9/14) ... Had a then-career-best five assists, adding 26 digs in a four-game win over Saint Louis (9/15) ... Named MVP of the Wildcat Classic and Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 17 ... Had 23 digs and a then-career-best six assists at No. 23 Ohio State (9/21) ... Had a match-best 15 digs at Michigan State (10/3) ... Dug 24 attacks in a three-game match at No. 16 Michigan (10/7) ... Had 21 digs and a career-best seven assists at Purdue (10/12) ... Reached 30 digs for the fourth time in her career with 30 in a four-game match at Indiana on 10/13 ... Had 24 digs in a five-game win over No. 13 Minnesota (10/19) ... Finished with 20 digs against Michigan State (10/24) ... Had 26 digs in a five-game win over No. 20 Michigan (10/26) ... Notched 28 digs in five-game win at Illinois (11/2) ... Had 28 digs for the second-straight match, this time at No. 7 Wisconsin (11/3) ... Returned from injury to make 18 digs in a win at Iowa (11/16), then made 21 saves at Minnesota (11/17) ... Had 23 digs in a three-game win over Indiana (11/23) ... Made 20 digs in a four-game match versus Purdue (11/24).

2006: Appeared in every match and game ... Led Northwestern with 508 digs (4.70 per game), ranking second in NU single-season history ... Finished third in the Big Ten in digs per game ... Named to the Big Ten All-Freshman team, becoming the first Wildcat to receive the honor since 2001 ... Made first collegiate start in season opener against UIC (8/29), registering 15 digs, four assists and an ace from the libero position ... Named to the Western Michigan Clarion Classic All-Tournament team ... Had 15 digs again in her second match, this time against IUPUI (9/2) ... Dug a team-best 22 balls at Western Michigan (9/2) ... Set a Northwestern four-game match record with 34 digs at No. 9 Hawaii (9/8), tying for the third-best total in any length match in NU history ... Named to the Waikiki Beach Marriott Volleyball Challenge All-Tournament team ... Reached 20 digs for the third time this season with her performance against Pittsburgh (9/15) ... Had a crucial service ace late in game five to take the momentum away from No. 24 Arizona in a five-match NU win (9/16) ... Turned in 32 digs against Minnesota on Sept. 22, then had 19 in a three-game match against No. 14 Wisconsin ... Turned in 23 digs in a three-game match at Michigan (10/6), the best total for any Big Ten student-athlete to that point in the season ... Dug 25 balls in a 3-2 win over No. 16 Ohio State (10/14) ... Earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors on Oct. 16 ... Again had 25 digs in a four-game match at Indiana (10/20) before turning in a match-best 18 at No. 14 Purdue (10/21) ... Had 17 digs in a 5-game win over Michigan (10/28) ... Again had 17 digs in a win at Illinois (11/1) before notching 21 in a four-game win at Iowa (11/4) ... Dug 24 attacks at No. 10 Wisconsin (11/10) ... Had 16 digs against No. 23 Purdue (11/17) before recording 19 to go along with her first-career kill in a sweep of Indiana (11/18).

High School: Ranked No. 112 on Prep Volleyball's "Senior Aces" list ... 2004 and 2005 Big Northern East all-conference selection ... Named team MVP and best defensive player in 2004 and 2005 ... Named to the 2005 Northwest Herald "Top Five Players to Watch" list ... Northwest Herald first-team All-Area selection ... Honorable mention Champaign News Gazette All-State honoree ... 2005 Minooka all-tournament team selection ... High school team advanced to regional championship before falling to No. 1 team in state ... Participated with Sky High volleyball club ... Club finished third in 2003 and 2004 in the club national division at the U.S. Junior Nationals ... Named to all-tournament team in both years ... 2005 and 2006 Prep Volleyball first-team Dandy Lion selection ... Club finished 14th in open division at the U.S. Junior Nationals in 2005 and 18th in 2006 ... National Honor Society and High Honor Roll member ... Who's Who Among American High School Students, sports edition honoree.

Personal: Born Kate Kendall Nobilio on 7/17/88 ... Daughter of John and Christine Nobilio ... Sister Brittany plays volleyball at Eastern Kentucky ... Chose Northwestern over Miami (Fla.), Western Michigan and Penn State ... Majoring in secondary teaching.

Nobilio's Career Statistics

Year M-G K E TA PCT AST SA BS BA DG
2006 29-108 1 2 9 -.111 3620 0 0 508
2007 29-106 2 2 11 .000 8621 0 0 603
Totals 58-214 3 4 20 -.050 12241 0 0 1,111

Nobilio's Career Highs

Kills 1, three times (last, 10-12-07 at Purdue)
Total Attempts 2, four times (last, 11-17-07 at Minnesota)
Hitting Percentage (min. 10 att) N/A
Service Aces 4, three times (last, 9-14-07 vs. Drake)
Assists 7, at Purdue (10-12-07)
Total Blocks N/A
Digs 34, at Hawaii (9-8-06)


 
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