Northwestern State University of Louisana

Honors: NSU Athletic Honor Roll, Silver (3.000-3.499 gpa) Fall 2004.

2004: Played in all 32 matches and 105 games with five starts...Led the team with 71 blocks, including 62 block assists to add to her school career record, now with 187...Had 197 kills for a 1.88 per game average and a .164 hitting percentage...Had five matches where she recorded double-digits in kills...Had a season-high 15 kills against Stephen F. Austin (Nov. 9)...Had 12 kills each at Centenary (Sept. 14) and against McNeese (Oct. 1)...11 kills at ULM (Sept. 28) and 10 vs. Tulsa (Sept. 4).
2003: Played in all 33 matches, starting 23, finishing fourth on the team with 225 kills and a 2.01 kpg average...Third on the team with a .263 hitting percentage while leading the team with 92 total blocks (8 solo, 84 assists)...Recorded double-digits in kills in 11 matches...Set a school record with a career-high 10 block assists at Sam Houston State on Oct. 24 while tying a school record with 84 block assists for the season...Had a season-high 15 kills against UALR to open the season on Aug.29.
2002: Did not play due to injury.
2001: A very effective freshman, she set a school record for hitting pct. in a season (.330)...She shattered the previous mark of .306 set by Shera Dowell in 1992...Became a force down the stretch recording double-digit kill totals in five of her last 11 contests...Had a career-high 16 kills against Texas Southern (10/17)...Up until that point, her best showing had been seven...Did not have a negative hitting pct. in any match all season...Hit .563 (10 kills, 1 error, 16 attacks) vs McNeese (11/2). Hit .476 vs Southwest Texas (11/9) and .429 vs. Stephen F. Austin (11/6)...Was also very good defensively and finished second on the team with 41 block assists...Had a career-high five block assists against Texas-Arlington (10/19) and Texas State (11/9).

High School: Was an all-state, all-country, all-conference player and was twice picked as player of the week in her senior year at Cypress Lake High School in Fort Myer, Florida...She was captain of a team which compiled a 25-5 record as Runner-up in district and second place finishers in region...As a junior, she was all-state, all-country, honorable mention all-conference, a "3-D" Award winner and an all-state runner-up with a record of 26-4 ranked as second in the state...As a sophomore, her team was 24-6 and finished second in district and earned an honorable mention all-county pick for volleyball and district runner-up honors with the basketball team...In the classroom, she was a member of the national Honor Society and the French Honor Society.

Personal: Born on March 18, 1983...Daughter of Ron and Deborah Puder...Has one sister, Lauren (18)...Earned her bachelors degree in history.