Colleen Francis
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Colleen Francis

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Oak Lawn, Ill.

High School:
Richards

Height:
6-1

Position:
OH

Senior (2010)
Played in all 28 matches and 103 sets as the team's primary outside hitter ... Led team with 329 kills (3.19 kps) and 356 points ... Finished fourth in the Horizon League in kills and seventh in points ... Also ranked second on the team with 325 digs (3.16 dps), reaching double figures in 18 matches ... Racked up team-high 13 double-doubles ... Recorded double digit kills in 18 matches, leading the team in kills on 14 occasions ... Ripped a career-best 22 kills and added 10 digs in five-set win over Murray State ... Finished with 18 kills (18-3-31, .484) and eight digs in sweep of Western Carolina ... Earned all-tournament honors at the Evansville Dunn Hospitality Classic ... Recorded at least 10 kills in eight straight matches from Sept. 4-25 ... Slammed 19 kills with just two errors in win over Indiana State ... Totaled 19 kills and 16 digs in four-set home win over Cleveland State ... Finished with 16 kills and 16 digs in just three sets in sweep of DePaul ...Ended with 16 kills and career-high 23 digs in win at Youngstown State.

Junior (2009)
Played in all 29 matches, totaling 110 sets, as the team's primary outside hitter ... Led team with 314 kills (2.85 kps) and 360 points ... Paced team and finished seventh in the Horizon League in service aces (29, 0.26 aps) ... Notched double-digit kills in 16 matches and led team in kills on 15 occasions ... Finished second on the team with 291 digs, including 16 matches with 10 or more ... Posted 12 double-doubles with Loyola going 7-5 in those matches ... Pounded out career-best 21 kills and added 13 digs and three aces in road win at Wright State ... Slammed 20 kills to go with 14 digs at Butler ... Dug career-high 22 balls at Green Bay ... Drilled 10 kills (10-2-19, .421) with 11 digs in three-set win against Western Illinois ... Served up five aces in home win over Chicago State ... Ended with 18 kills and 14 digs in win over Austin Peay.

Sophomore (2008)
Played in 29 matches, totaling 109 sets, as a middle and right-side hitter ... Led team with 92 blocks on the season (0.84 bps) ... Recorded at least one block in 27 of 29 appearances ... Showed an improved offensive game, finishing with 180 kills (1.65 kps) ... Slammed 13 kills at .417 efficiency (13-3-24) against Fairfield ... Drilled 11 kills (11-2-18, .500) against Sam Houston State ... Posted 12 kills and eight blocks at Milwaukee ... Finished with seven kills, seven blocks and three aces in win at UIC.

Freshman (2007)
Played in 19 matches, totaling 51 games, in the middle ... Gave the Ramblers another strong defensive presence at the net ... Saw extensive action early in the season due to injury and drilled nine kills with six blocks in win over Iona ... Recorded five kills and five blocks in sweep of DePaul ... Came off the bench with five kills (5-0-9, .556), two blocks and two key service aces in comeback win at Green Bay ... Posted six blocks in home win over the Phoenix ... Contributed six kills and five blocks against Brown.

High School
Four-time team most valuable player ... Earned honorable mention all-state honors as a junior ... Twice selected to the all-area team and was named all-conference each of her last three seasons ... Garnered all-tournament team honors at the Autumnfest tournament ... Played club volleyball for Celtic Force ... Helped team to national championship in the 15s Open division.