Michelle Harrington
Michelle Harrington

Player Profile
Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
San Antonio, Texas

High School:
Reagan

Height:
6-2

Position:
MH

2006: Played in 70 games, missing several in the middle of the season due to illness...collected a team-leading 0.73 blocks per game average...tallied 14 solo blocks, including three against Centenary...added four assisted stops against the Ladies for seven total blocks - the Falcons' second-best output of the season...ranked second on the team with a .138 hitting percentage...recorded the top single-match hitting percentage of the season at Alcorn State at .684 (13 kills - 19 attempts - 0 errors)...that percentage was ranked third in the Mountain West Conference...led the squad in blocks during 11 of the last 14 matches...one of four freshmen in the season-opening rotation...earned the team's Most Improved Award.

HIGH SCHOOL: Ronald Reagan High School - Also attended Smoky Hill (Aurora, Colo.) and Long Reach (Columbia, Md.) High Schools...coached by Mike Carter and Steve Huntingdale...lettered two years in volleyball...was a two-year starter...named to the academic all-state team in 2005...earned second-team all-district honors as a senior...named to the all-tournament team at the 2005 state playoffs...that team went 35-5 and was a state semifinalist...was the team's block leader as a senior...during junior season, Smoky Hill's team was a semifinalist at the Colorado playoffs...earned the Most Improved Award twice...also played basketball and was the captain of the soccer team...member of the National Honor Society, as well as the Spanish National Honor Society...earned the Most Positive Attitude Rattler award...also a member of First and Reflections Photography and the Leader's Challenge...magna graduate...AP Scholar...scuba certified...junior escort...publicity officer for DECA...placed in district, regional and state competitions to advance to the DECA International Career Development Conference Competition.

CLUB: Played on three different club teams...18-1 Alamo Volleyball, coached by Brian Funk, the 17-1 Front Range Volleyball Club, coached by Stephen Arichea and Nial Davis and the 16-2 Front Range Volleyball Club, coached by Marty Larson...the 17-1 Front Range squad finished fifth in Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) competition...Rocky Mountain Region champions...the 16-2 Front Range club placed fifth in the Farwestern Region and third at the Omaha Invitational...competed at the 2004 Junior Olympics.

PERSONAL: Born January 28, 1988...daughter of Sean and Suzy Harrington...has one younger brother, Tommy (18) and one younger sister, Laura (16)...currently undecided on a major...member of Cadet Squadron 22...greatest moment in sports was playing in the 2004 Junior Olympics...grew up in a military family - grandfather graduated from the Academy in 1961, mother served in the Air Force and father is currently on active duty as a lieutenant colonel in Stuttgart, Germany...spent summer completing Global Engagement, Operations Air Force at Kirtland AFB, N.M., and on leave with family in Stuttgart.