FMU: Two-year returning starter.....Very successful first two seasons....2009 PBC All-Academic Team....2009 rankings: 13th in the PBC in hitting percentage.....2008 Peach Belt Conference All-Tournament Team....2008 PBC rankings: 9th in hitting percentage, 11th in kills per game....Very intense player....Firery energy.....Has worked hard to improve setting abilities and to become a more dynamic hitter.....Strong attack....Very consistant block.....Strong jump serve....High energy style of play will be fun to watch as her game develops....PBC Presidential and FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic honor rolls 2009, 2010.....2010 ADA Academic Achievement Award.....Student-Athleteic Advisory Committee (SAAC) 2008-09, 2009-10 (including past secretary).

PERSONAL: Born Amanda Michele Mitchell in Knoxville, Tenn.....Attended Farragut High School and played for coach David Moore.....As a senior, was Player of the Year for both the Knoxville Interscholastic League and District 4-AAA....Played in East/West All-Star Game....Senior stats: 496 kills, 247 blocks, 82 service aces....3-time All-KIL pick....3-time Region 2 All-Tournament Team selection....Has seen Kenny Chesney in concert, has Aaron Carter’s autograph....Has met Sarah Jessica Parker and President Obama....Hobbies include eating, shopping, relaxing.

PERSONAL FAVORITES: (athlete) Ashlee Crook, (team) FMU Volleyball Team, (movie) Forgetting Sarah Marshall, (TV Show) Sex and the City, (food) Olive Garden, Chick-Fil-A, (Tweet) No, (FMU) The volleyball team, (in my CD/iPOD) Marvin Gaye (Let’s Get It On).

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