Christina Kaelin Class: Junior Hometown: Louisville, KY High School: Assumption Height: 5-10 Position: Outside Hitter Birthdate: 03/26/1988

Expected to pick up where she left off as a freshman after sitting out the 2007 season with an injury ... dynamic hitter that plays with a tremendous passion ... a true left-side attacker ... an explosive jumper ... brings a winning attitude ... has great command of all her shots.

As a Sophomore (2007): Did not see action due to injury.

As a Freshman (2006): Made an immediate impact on the Irish volleyball program ... wasted no time getting to work as evident by her 24 kills against Bowling Green (Aug. 26) in her first collegiate appearance ... the 24 kills tied the school's second-best mark in a threegame match ... also tied that career-best with 24 kills against No. 13 Missouri (Sept. 1) ... twice named BIG EAST Rookie of the Week (Aug. 28 and Sept. 4) ... recognized once on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Aug. 28) ... tallied five matches with 20+ kills on the season, which ties the sixth-best single-season mark at Notre Dame ... collected 24.5 points against Bowling Green (Aug. 28) and Missouri (Sept. 2) ... tacked on 21 kills against Valparaiso (Sept. 1) ... good for 20 kills against both Alabama (Sept. 8) and Northern Iowa (Sept. 9) in the UNI Invitational ... had two solo blocks against Duke (Sept. 16) in the Sun Devil Volleyball Classic ... had 15 kills atVillanova (Sept. 24) ... nine kills on only 12 swings against DePaul (Oct. 13) ... 13 kills and a career-best seven digs at Cincinnati (Oct. 28) ... 12 kills - all coming in the fourth and fifth games - at Cincinnati (Nov. 17) in the first round of the BIG EAST Championship ... tossed down 14 kills against No. 24 St. John's (Nov. 18) in the second round of the BIG EAST Championship ... fired in 18 kills, 18.5 points and three block assists versus Louisville in the BIG EAST Championship match (Nov. 19) ... recorded 19 kills and 19.5 points against No. 18 Ohio (Nov. 24) in the Louisville Invitational ... led the Irish in kills 12 times throughout the season ... appeared in 90 games and 30 matches with 12 starts ... second on the team with 318 kills ... averaged 3.53 kills/game on a .188 hitting percentage ... finished third on the team in points (336) and second in points/game.

The Kaelin File: One of the highest rated recruits ever to play for Notre Dame ... one of seven freshmen that made up a recruiting class that Volleyball Magazine and PrepVolleyball.com called one of the best in the nation ... a 2005 Mizuno/Volleyball firstteam All-American ... PrepVolleyball.com Player of the Year finalist ... named All- American by PrepVolleyball.com ... the Kentucky High School Coaches Association Outstanding Senior Volleyball Player in 2005 ... the prolific outside hitter was ranked as the ninth-best - and first among Kentucky natives - player among 2005 high school seniors by PrepVolleyball.com ... that list debuted in 2002, and she has since been its top-rated player to ink with Notre Dame ... captained traditional Kentucky prep power Assumption to one of its finest seasons in 2005, when the Rockets finished 43-0 and won 98 of 101 games ... its only dropped games were at the hands of out-of-state foes ... Assumption won the state title in 2005 for the third time in four seasons ... named to all-tournament team at the 2005 state championships ... named state tournament MVP, first-team all-state, and the commonwealth's Gatorade Player of the Year as a junior ... a first-team all-state selection in 2003 and tabbed to the third-team as a fresh-man ... her prep squad was crowned national champions by PrepVolleyball.com in 2005 ... MVP of the Durango Classic and member of the all-tournament team at the Nike Challenge ... tabbed a PrepVolleyball.com All- American and one of Volleyball Magazine's "25 Underclassmen to Watch Out For" in 2004 ... AAU All-American from 2001-06 ... four-time national MVP in club action for Kentucky Indiana Volleyball Academy (KIVA) ... tournament MVP during KIVA's title run in the 2005 AAU Nationals 17 Gold Division ... earned MVP honors while leading her club to the USA Junior Olympics 17 Open Gold title in 2005 ... member of the USA Youth National Training Team that competed in the 2005 FIVB U18 World Championships in Macau, China ... also earned a spot on that team in 2004 but was sidelined with an injury ... also helped KIVA to AAU titles in 2001 and 2003 with a second-place finish in 2004, and placed third in 2002 ... KIVA was first in the 2001 Junior Olympics, second in 2002, third in 2003 and fifth in 2004 ... 2001 AAU MVP in the 13U division ... took part in the USA Volleyball High Performance Camp and its A2 camp in 2003 ... featured in the "Faces in the Crowd" section of Sports Illustrated in its Sept. 19, 2005 issue ... former Irish player Ellen Heintzman - whose Sacred Heart Academyteam handed Assumption its lone tournament loss of Kaelin's career - was a fellow Louisville native that played for KIVA ... 1956 Heisman Trophy winner Paul Hornung, defensive back and NFL player Tony Driver (2001), tennis All- American Max Brown (1958), and volleyball player Andrea Armento (1993) are also Louisville natives that wore the gold and blue ... she is the second Assumption grad to do so, joining former golfer Lauren Fuchs (2000) ... a class officer as a sophomore, junior and senior ... placed third the Kentucky Congressional Art Competition, and her artwork hangs in the Louisville office of United States Congresswoman Anne Northup ... full name is Christina Marie Kaelin .... daughter of Donna and Mark Kaelin ... last name is pronounced KAY-lynn ... born March 26, 1988, in South Bend, Ind. ... sports the same #3 jersey worn by former Irish players Malinda Goralski (1998-01), Janelle Karlan (1990-93) and Cary May (1994-97) ... enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters ... working towards a degree of fine arts in graphic design.

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