2009: Appeared in 95 sets and 28matches, earning 24 starts ... Fought to comeback from nagginginjuries to finish sixth on the team with 1.52 kills per set andthird with 0.58 blocks per set ... Also finished fifth with 1.87points per set ... Posted three 10-kill matches, including notchinga season-high 13 while hitting .346 against Stetson (10/2) ... Alsonotched 12 kills and hit a season-high .421 against Belmont (11/6)... Notched 10 kills at FGCU and posted nine to wrap up the year atStetson, as she averaged 2.77 kills per set over her last fourmatches ... Posted four or more kills in four matches, notching aseason-high seven in upset win over UNF (10/23) ... Also added sixkills blocks at Presbyterian (9/22) ... A member of the A-SunAll-Academic Team.

2008: Appeared in nine sets and three matchesbefore a broken finger ended her season ... Awarded a medicalredshirt ... Had seven kills and three blocks against St. Francis(N.Y.) (8/31) ... Added 16 kills, hitting .500, with two aces andtwo blocks at Navy (8/31).

2007: Playedin and started 26 matches for the Spartans ... Played in 93 games,notching 265 kills, 27 service aces, 100 digs and 96 blocks ...Finished fourth in the Atlantic Sun Conference in blocks per game(1.03) and 10th in points per game (3.74) ... Led the team inblocks and was second on the team in kills and kills per game(2.85) and was third in service aces ... Notched 14 games with 10or more kills, two games with 10 or more digs and nine games withfive or more blocks ... Posted five kills and hit .444 againstSavannah State in Spartans'' D-I debut (8/24) ... Had 13 kills andsix blocks against Navy (8/24) ... Added 14 kills, eight digs, fiveblocks and two aces against Wofford (8/25) ... Had nine kills, twoaces and two blocks in sweep of S.C. State (8/28) ... Had 13 killsand five blocks against Western Carolina at UNC AshevilleTournament (9/1) ... Added 15 kills, seven digs and five blocks atUNC Asheville (9/1) ... Had 11 kills, four digs, two aces and twoblocks against Hampton at S.C. State Spikefest (9/14) ... Had 10kills, seven digs and tied a career-high with nine blocks tonarrowly miss a triple-double against Wofford at Spikefest (9/14)... Posted 15 kills, three aces, seven digs and four blocks at S.C.State (9/15) ... Posted 17 kills and career-high 15 digs for firstcareer double-double in five-game match with North Florida (9/21)... Added nine kills and 11 digs to narrowly miss a double-doubleagainst Jacksonville (9/22) ... Posted 17 kills and three blocks infour-game win at The Citadel (9/25) ... Notched nine kills, twoaces and five blocks in five-game win at Stetson (10/13) ... Posted13 kills, five digs, five blocks and three aces in five-game matchwith Gardner-Webb (10/20) ... Added 11 kills, two aces and fiveblocks at Campbell (10/27) ... Posted career-high 18 kills, hittinga hefty .457, to go with four blocks and three digs in five-gamewin over Mercer (11/2) ... Added 11 kills, hitting a monster .625,adding three blocks and two digs against Kennesaw State (11/3) ...Had six kills and six blocks against Presbyterian (11/6) ...Finished season with 17-kill, five-block match against UNCAsheville (11/8).

2006: Appeared in all 34 matches, seeingaction in 115 games ... Led Spartans with 43 service aces and 117blocks ... Led squad in both solo (45) and assisted (72) blocks ...Finished third on the team with 240 kills ... Enjoyed seven matcheswith 10 or more kills and eight matches with five or more blocks... Just missed a triple-double against Rollins, posting 10 kills,nine total blocks (six assisted) and eight digs (9/9) ... Alsonarrowly missed a triple-double against UNC Pembroke in the firstround of the Peach Belt Tournament, posting 13 kills, nine digs andeight blocks (six assisted) (11/3) ... Also posted a season-highfour assists in the match ... Posted 13 kills and nine blocks (fiveassisted) to go along with seven digs against Lenoir-Rhyne (10/24)... Notched season-high six service aces to go along with sevenkills and four blocks against Presbyterian (10/3) ... Had aseason-high five solo blocks against Fort Valley State (9/2) ... Amember of the Peach Belt Presidential Honor Roll.

HighSchool: Earned four letters in volleyball atBelleville West ... Was a member of the all-conference team threetimes ... Finished fourth in the conference in kill average, thirdin blocks and second in service aces as a senior ... Led BellevilleWest squads to the Illinois State tournament, taking third in 2004... Played on the Southwest Illinois Club team that went tonationals ... Also played club volleyball for the Southern Heat andTeam United ... Also lettered for four years in basketball.

Personal: Born on July 16, 1988 ... Daughterof James and Kaaren Downey ... Has a brother, Matt ... AnElementary Education major ... Favorite food is stuffed-crust pizza... Favorite movie is "Juno" ... Favorite TV show is "Family Guy"... Favorite actress is Rachel McAdams ... Admires her parents ...Faviorite season is Fall ... Favorite singer is Lil Wayne ...Favorite song is "It Gettin'' Hot In Her''." ... Dream job is tobecome a beach volleyball player ... Favorite quote is "When lifegives you lemons, make lemonade."

Downey Career Statistics

 
ALL-TIMERANKINGS:
Block assists: 5th (210)
Total blocks: 10th (275)
Blocks per set: 13th (0.88)
Points: 17th (926.0)
Kills: 18th (674)
Attack attempts: 19th (1760)
Points per set: 21st (2.97)
Block solos: t-21st (65)
Kills per set: 24th (2.16)
SINGLE-SEASONRANKINGS:
Block assists: t-13th (80 in 2007)
Blocks per set: 18th (1.03 in 2007)
Blocks per set: 19th (1.02 in 2006)
Block assists: t-22nd (72 in 2006)
Total blocks: 23rd (117 in 2006)