Dana Burkholder

Career: Stands 12th in NCAA history in career assists per game (12.66) ... Ranks fifth in Arizona history in assists (2,506), passing the 2,000 mark vs. BYU (10/26) ... Also ranks 19th in career starts for the Cats with 54 ... Ranks second in Wildcat history with 222 postseason assists ... Is second among active Pac-10 players in assists ... After just two seasons, was named the third-best volleyball player in Wildcat history by the Arizona Daily Star last year.

1999: Starting setter ... All-District 8 honoree ... First-team All-Pac-10 selection ... Led the Cats in assists (1,160), assists per game (12.89) and digs per game (2.84) ... Broke Heather McCormack's Arizona single-season record for assists per game of 12.53, set in 1990 ... Ranked third in the Pac-10 in assists per game and 10th in the league in digs per game ... Finished eighth on the Cats' single-season assists list and 15th on their digs per game rankings ... Led the Cats in assists 24 times, in digs 10 times and in blocks four times ... Led the Cats with 14 double-figure dig matches and 14 double-doubles ... Averaged 14.0 assists per game in the Cats' three NCAA Tournament matches ... Recorded 50 or more assists nine times ... Earned spot on All-Starwoods Plaza Hotel Thanksgiving Tournament team thanks mostly to 43-assist, 12-dig performance vs. Hawaii (11/26) ... Sat out most of the Oregon trip (11/19-20) with a slight groin injury ... Named Pac-10 Player of the Week after averaging 14.0 assists at Washington and Washington State (11/5-6) ... Had 74 assists, fifth on Arizona's single-match list, and a career-high seven blocks at Washington (11/5) ... Posted her first career triple-double vs. UCLA (10/22) with 11 kills, 70 assists and 14 digs ... Her 11 kills in that match were a career-best ... Missed a triple-double by just three kills vs. Southern California (10/21), posting a season-high 20 digs ... Had a then-season-high 66 assists and a then-career-best five blocks at USC (9/25) ... Named to the U.S. Bank All-Tournament team by averaging 13.56 assists per game ... Starting setter on the 1999 U.S. Junior National Teams, missing the first week of Arizona's season competing at the World Junior Games ... Team reached semifinals of the competition ... Fellow Wildcat Lisa Rutledge was a teammate.

1998: Starting setter ... Led the Cats in assists (1,346) and digs (309) ... Pac-10 All-Freshman and honorable mention All-Pac-10 selection ... Arizona's first freshman starting setter since Lindsey Hahn in 1986 ... Played every point of every match ... One of three Wildcats to appear in all 108 games and one of four to start all 29 matches ... Ranked fifth in the Pac-10 in assists (12.46) and eighth in digs (2.86) ... Set Arizona freshman records for matches started (29), assists, assists per game, digs and digs per game ... Ranked second on Arizona's single-season assists per game list and fourth on the total assists list ... Also finished among the Cats' season leaders in digs per game (14th), digs (15th) and matches started (t-15th) ... Ranked among UA's freshman leaders in games played (4th), service aces per game (5th), matches played and service aces (t-5th), block assists and total blocks (10th) ... The 77 assists were one shy of Arizona's single-match record ... Led the Cats in assists in all 29 matches and in digs 12 times ... Led the Cats with 15 double-figure dig matches and 15 double-doubles ... Recorded 50 or more assists 10 times ... Had 52 assists and 12 digs in postseason debut against Fresno State (12/3) ... Posted team season-highs with 77 assists and 26 digs vs. Washington State (11/22) ... Posted 67 assists vs. Arizona State (11/13) ... Registered 57 assists and hit .462 (6-0-13) at Stanford (10/25) ... Had a team-best four blocks at California (10/23) ... Recorded 63 assists at Oregon State (10/2) ... Posted 59 assists and 23 digs vs. Stanford (9/25) ... Had a season-high three service aces vs. Western Michigan (9/11) ... Registered seven kills in four different matches ... Earned all-tournament honors at both the University Park Holiday Inn Classic and the Varsity Clubs of America Classic ... Ranked 50th on the Arizona Daily Star's "98 for 98."

High School: Graduated from Bakersfield (Calif.) High School where she played for Coach Kelly Hardin ... Lettered three years in volleyball ... Team captain each year ... Third-team All-American as selected by Volleyball Magazine ... Named to Volleyball Magazine's Fab 50 ... Starting setter and captain on 1998 world champion U.S. Junior National Team ... Named Bakersfield County player of the year as a senior ... Earned all-league and all-area honors three years ... Named team MVP three times ... Also competed one season on the soccer team as a center halfback.

Club Experience: Competed for the Kern River Volleyball Club in Bakersfield, Calif., from 1993-98 under head coaches Jen Nickle and Won Davis.

Personal: Full name: Dana Elizabeth Burkholder ... Born: 6/21/80 in Mission Viejo, Calif. ... Undecided on major ... Daughter of Fred and Mary Ellen Burkholder ... Sister, Joy, plays volleyball at Cal State Bakersfield ... Another sister, Beth, competed in volleyball at Northern Illinois from 1994-97.