Player Bio: Kara Bjorklund - University of Washington Official Athletic Site
April 18, 2013 | Volleyball
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2002 (Junior)
Appeared in 25 matches and 70 games as a middle blocker, making 17 starts ... averaged 2.19 kills per game and 1.21 blocks per game ... led team with a .397 hitting percentage, which ranks second on the UW all-time season chart ... posted double-figure kills three times ... recorded career-highs in kills (12) and blocks (7) at Oregon State (Nov. 21) ... also posted 12 kills against Hawaii (Dec. 6) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament ... notched 10 kills versus SMS (Nov. 29) ... hit .500 or better nine times, including a career-best .833 (5-0-6) versus Texas A&M- Corpus Christi (Sept. 14) and a .750 (9-0-12) showing against San Francisco (Sept. 6) ... notched eight kills and a .571 hitting percentage against Miami (OH) to win the Best Western/Sycamore Inn Classic (Aug. 31) ... led team with five blocks and a .636 hitting percentage against Louisiana Tech (Sept. 14) ... set a personal-best with seven blocks versus Oregon State (Nov. 21) ...tallied a pair of aces against Oregon (Sept. 20), while adding five kills and five blocks ... Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention selection.
2001 (Sophomore)
Had an increased role in the Husky line-up in the last part of the season ... appeared in 20 matches and 60 games, starting nine times ... averaged 1.78 kills per game and 0.52 blocks per game ... hit above the .400 mark four times ... had seven kills in two games, committing two errors on 16 attempts for a .312 hitting percentage versus the Longhorns ... first start of the year came one match later at Denver (Sept. 4) ... hit a combined .387 in three matches at the Air Force Invitational, September 7-8 ... perfect offensively with five kills and no errors on 12 attempts (.417) in the three-game sweep of Southeast Louisiana ... tallied a .667 hitting percentage a day later versus host Air Force ... had five kills on only six attempts, while posting a career best for blocks with six ... hit .308 in her first Pac-10 match of the season at Oregon State ... had five digs in two games at Washington State ... matched a career best with 30 attacks attempts versus both Arizona (Oct. 13) and California (Oct. 20) ... served her first career ace in a non-conference match with the University of Portland ... back-to-back 11 kill performances in a pair of Pac-10 matches at Stanford and California ... hit a career high .450 (min. 10 attempts) in the team's three-game loss to the Cardinal (Oct. 19) ... had another career high with two service aces against the Golden Bears, accounting for a season-best 13 points overall in the match ... hit .417 with six kills on 12 attempts in the team's three-game romp over Oregon (Oct. 27) ... finished the season with seven kills in two of her final four matches.
2000 (Freshman)
Saw playing time in 23 matches and 59 games ... in the starting lineup 10 times, primarily on the right side ... tallied 85 kills (1.44/g) on .206 hitting ... fourth on the team in blocking average (0.73) ... made the Pac-10 weekly top 10 rankings twice for blocks per conference game, finishing with a 0.80 mark, second-best on the team ... hit .375 with four kills and three blocks in first career start versus Arizona ... also hit .421 with nine kills on 19 attempts versus the Ducks ... enjoyed another great performance the next night against Oregon State, going perfect offensively with eight kills and no errors (.364 hitting), while tallying five blocks (two solos) ... reached double-digit kill totals on back-to-back games versus Arizona State and Washington State in late October ... had 10 kills and season-best eight block assists at ASU ... totaled 12 kills, 30 attempts and five digs at WSU ... played all five games of the team's five-game thriller with Stanford, recording six kills on 26 attempts.
At Capital High School
Earned four letters as a middle blocker for coach Kiersten Rue at Capital ... Narrows League MVP and all-state as a senior ... first-team All-Narrows League as a junior ... team finished fifth in state her sophomore season and seventh in state her senior year ... lead team in blocks and kills as a junior and senior and set school record for blocks in a match ... earned three basketball letters ... second-team all-league in basketball ... named an Academic All-American ... graduated with a 3.785 grade point average.
Personal
Born June 23, 1982, in Olympia, Wash. ... daughter of Jane Kile-Bjorklund and Bob Bjorklund ... has three sisters, Bryn (18), Katie (12) and Sarah (11), and one brother, Michael (13) ... mother attended Washington ... a communications major.
