Dec. 16, 2009
LEXINGTON, Ky. -Senior setter Taylor Barnes and senior middle blocker Anna Breyfogle added to their list of accomplishments becoming the first All-Americans in Baylor volleyball history, as announced by the American Volleyball Coaches Association on Wednesday. Barnes and Breyfogle were named to the Honorable Mention team.
Barnes and Breyfogle, both two-time all-Central region and two-time all-Big 12 performers, earned their first All-America honors after a record-breaking season.
Barnes, a setter from Arlington, Texas, racked up 10 double-doubles and two triple-doubles on the season, while also leading the Bears in assists in every match. She ranked sixth in the league with 10.72 assists per set, while also having Baylor's second-highest hitting percentage of .325. Barnes ranked third on the team in digs with 2.45 per set, while also tallying 60 block assists.
She also broke two of Baylor's longest standing records. Barnes surpassed Dana Chuha's all-time Baylor assists record of 4,955 set in 2001, becoming the first in program history to top 5,000. Later, the talented jump-server broke the BU and Big 12 all-time record for career services with 205. The previous Baylor record of 195 was set by Cory Sivertson in 1994.
Breyfogle, a middle blocker from Buda, Texas, continued her legacy as one of the best blockers in Big 12 history, leading the league in blocks per set and being named the conference's Defensive Player of the Year. She averaged 1.39 blocks per set, and broke the Baylor rally-era record with 620 blocks in her career. Breyfogle is one of the just two players in program history to amass more than 1,000 kills and 600 blocks.
Breyfogle also hit the second highest percentage on the team at .326, while ranking third on the team in kills with 284 on the season.
Barnes and Breyfogle helped lead the Bears to their third NCAA Tournament appearance and the first-ever Sweet 16 in program history with defeats of Georgia Tech and eighth-seeded UCLA in the first two rounds. Baylor then fell to ninth-seeded California to finish the season with a 24-10 record. The win total marks the fourth-highest in a single-season in school history.
