15

Aneska Arosarena

Class: Senior Hometown: Panama City, Panama Last College: Hill Junior College

Position: Outside Hitter

1999 (Senior) - One of two Boilermakers to start in all 29 matches and play in all 112 games…All-Big Ten Honorable Mention…paced team in kills (4.69 per game), digs (2.64 per game) and service aces (34)…led Boilermakers in kills 15 times…tied career high 34 kills in an Oct. 2 meeting with Michigan, which earned her Big Ten Player of the Week…named MVP of Northern Arizona Fiesta Bowl Tournament after recording 58 kills in three matches…named to Mortar Board Purdue Premier and Boilermaker Invitational all-tournament teams…tied for seventh in school history for season kills with 515.

1998 (Junior) - Played in 14 matches (42 games) with four starts ... registered 125 kills on the season for a per-game average of 2.98 ... converted from middle blocker to outside hitter ... broke school record with 34 kills in win against Minnesota on Oct. 23 in her first career start (that mark was later broken by Bev Krupa's 38 at Indiana on Nov. 7) ... had played in just three matches and tallied just five kills prior to that outburst against the Gophers ... recorded five double-figure kill matches ... hit at a season-high .636 (23-2-33) clip in a win over Michigan on Nov. 14.

Junior College - Two-time all-conference and all-region selection at Hill Junior College in Hillsboro, Texas ... named Most Valuable Player of the North Texas Junior Athletic Conference as a sophomore ... member of 1997 Region V conference champion team ... Dean's List honoree for academics ... college coaches were Shelly Barberee and Wally Brooks.

Personal - Given name Gladys Aneska Arosarena ... born Jan. 8, 1976 ... majoring in computer technology with a minor in organizational leadership and supervision ... parents' names are Cynthia and Ricardo ... has two older sisters, Chantal and Jessica, two older brothers, Aaron and Johnny, and one younger sister, Anthany ... former member of the Panamanian Junior National Team ... chose Purdue because "it has the greatest volleyball program I have ever seen, along with great academics" ... enjoys computers, jogging and swimming.

Arosarena's Purdue Statistics

Printer-friendly format	Email this article

Purdue Boilermakers