Player Bio: Kristina Laffling - University of Washington Official Athletic Site
April 18, 2013 | Volleyball
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PERSONAL
Born June 29, 1978, in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada ... parents are Bruce and Gerry Laffling ... has two older sisters, Lori and Sherry ... an honor roll student at J.N. Burnett Junior Secondary and Richmond Secondary School ... majoring in English.
WASHINGTON
1999 (Senior): Enters her final season as one of seven 1998 All-Pac-10 players returning to college action this season ... an All-America candidate and a prospective Canadian National Team player following her UW career ... needs 99 kills and 285 digs to reach 1,000 for her career in those two categories, something only two Huskies have done.
1998 (Junior): Named first-team All-Pac-10 after leading the Huskies in kills, hitting percentage and digs ... seventh in the Pac-10 with 3.77 kills per game and fifth in digs with 3.11 per game ... named second-team All-Pac-10 Academic ... also ranked third on the team in blocks ... played in all 88 games and had double-digit kills in 19 of 24 matches ... had double-digit digs in 15 matches ... career-high 29 kills against Arizona State on Sept. 18 ... had a triple-double Oct. 9 vs. Oregon, recording 22 kills, 10 digs and a career-high 10 blocks ... had 23 kills and hit .405 against eventual national champion Long Beach State ... 25 kills and 12 digs against UCLA on Nov. 15 ... 20 kills and 17 digs in the five-game win at Washington State.
1997 (Sophomore): Spent the majority of the season as a starter at one of the swing hitter spots, playing in 95 of 108 games ... had 13 double-digit kills matches and posted double-digits in digs seven times ... had season-high six blocks on four different occasions ... posted season-high 17 kills, 14 digs and six blocks in win over Pacific in the NCAA second round ... had a great match at Oregon with 12 kills and no errors on 21 swings (.471) ... had high of 19 digs in home Washington State match.
1996 (Freshman): Made an immediate impact in her freshman season ... played in all 31 matches and 98 of 108 games ... one of the Huskies' top hitters who finished the season with a .256 attack percentage ... reached double figures in kills 14 times with a season-high of 23 in a 3-1 victory at Arizona State ... hit .352 percent for the game (23-54) and also had 14 digs against the Sun Devils ... registered 19 kills against Oregon State ... closed her freshman season by hitting .484 percent with 16 kills on 31 attempts in NCAA tournament action at BYU ... also had 12 digs in that match ... had 15 kills, 10 digs and two service aces in UW's upset of No. 16 Pacific ... second on the team in digs, behind All-American Angela Bransom, with a total of 219 and an average of 2.2 per match ... had double figures in digs in seven matches with a top mark of 19 at New Mexico ... named to the Freshman All-Pac-10 Team.
RICHMOND SECONDARY
A three-year letterwinner in volleyball for head coach George Light at J.N. Burnett, and a two-year letterwinner at Richmond Secondary for head coach Cal Wohlford ... team MVP both seasons in high school ... MVP of her club team, which won the Canadian national championship ... MVP of the provincial team the summer after graduation ... that team won the National Team Challenge Cup ... a member of the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame ... has been invited to the Canadian National Team camp ... played on the British Columbia Provincial team since grade nine ... played summer, 1997 for the provincial team ... also played softball, soccer, basketball and ran track.
KRISTINA LAFFLING'S CAREER UW STATISTICS
YEAR G K E ATT PCT SA SE RE AST DIGS TB B/AVG 1996 98 291 109 712 .256 17 38 30 18 219 61 0.62 1997 95 255 116 721 .193 22 25 14 15 222 93 0.98 1998 88 355 127 868 .263 11 27 25 25 274 77 0.88 Totals 281 901 352 2301 .239 50 89 69 58 715 231 0.82
