Career Highs Entering 2008: Kills: 28-at Carthage 3/15/06. Assists: 3-vs. Quincy 2/16/07. Attempts: 51-vs. Carthage 3/1/06. Digs: 15-vs. Clarke 3/17/06. Aces: 5-vs. MSOE 4/3/07. Blocks: 6-four times; last vs. Ball State 4/11/07. Solo: 2-twice; last vs. Ball State 4/11/07. Assists: 6-three times; last at Harvard 1/7/06.

2007: Deans' List student spring semester ... selected to the All-MIVA second team ... started and played in all 31 matches ... ranks 6th in the nation in service aces per game (.514) ... finished 9th in the nation in digs per game (2.53) ... set a school record with 54 service aces ... in conference matches only, third overall with .49 service aces per game, seventh in points per game with 3.83 and eighth in kills with 2.96 ... posted double-digit kill totals in 18 matches ... recorded three or more blocks 14 times ... hit .500 with 16 kills and five blocks at NJIT (March 2) ... notched 16 kills and tied a career high with six blocks vs. Ball State (April 11) ... also recorded 16 kills vs. Loyola (Feb. 9) ... tallied 15 kills and a season high 14 digs vs. IPFW (April 5) ... tallied 15 kills and 7 digs vs. Quincy (Feb. 16) ... had 13 kills at Springfield (Jan. 11) and Clarke (March 16) ...... hit .455 with 12 kills, six digs and one block at Rutgers-Newark (Jan. 12) ... also totaled 12 kills at Quincy (Jan. 28), at Ball State (Feb. 2) and at UC San Diego (March 7) ... posted 11 kills, six digs and four aces at Mercyhurst (Feb. 9) ... had 11 kills vs. Rutgers-Netwark (March 31) ... notched 10 kills and four service aces vs. Clarke (Jan. 27) ... also notched 10 kills at Ohio State (Feb. 23), at Loyola (March 13), at Hawaii (March 23) and at Hawaii (March 24) ... recorded a career-high five service aces vs. MSOE (April 3) ... tallied four service aces vs. Carthage (Feb. 27).

2006: Named to the All-MIVA second team ... started 27 matches, playing in a team-high 92 games ... ranked first among freshmen in the conference in kills per game (4.29) and points per game (4.90) ... led team in kills (395) and was second in digs (152), blocks (67) and service aces (21) ... named MIVA Player of the Week after averaging 6.45 points, 5.73 kills, 2.28 digs and .73 blocks per game while hitting .285 to help the Flyers to a 2-1 record (March 21) ... posted double-digit kill totals in all but three matches ... registered 15 or more kills in 12 matches and registered 20 or more four times ... hit .460 and set career high with 28 kills at Carthage (March 15) ... had 22 kills at Clarke (Feb. 9) ... totaled 21 kills against New Jersey Tech (Jan. 20) ... posted a double-double of 21 kills and a career-best 15 digs along with three service aces and three blocks against Clarke (March 17) ... hit .520 with 16 kills at Penn State (April 8) ... hit .500 with 17 kills against George Mason (Feb. 4) ... hit .429 with 19 kills, nine digs and career-best six blocks at Harvard (Jan. 7) ... also had six blocks against Rutgers-Newark (Jan. 6) and UC Santa Cruz (March 28).

High School: Earned four varsity letters ... as a senior, named to all-state and all-conference first team ... led state in kills (425) and was first on team in digs (118) ... helped team to 12-1 record and first state appearance since 1978 ... named team captain sophomore-senior seasons ... earned team MVP those three seasons ... as a junior, named all-conference second team ... member of the honor roll.

Club/Other: Played with North Shore in 2005 ... helped team to a third-place finish at the Junior Nationals ... named to all-tournament team ... played on Southwest Volleyball Club 2001-2004 ... went to Nationals in 2003 and 2004.

Personal: Son of Duane and Mary Pickering ... computer science major.