Kerry Wooten Class: Senior Hometown: Hamptonville, N.C. High School: Starmount Height: 6-0 Position: Middle Blocker/ Right Side

Junior Year (2006) Appeared in all 30 matches and 104 games for the Paladins...recorded double-figures in kills in 14 different matches...recorded four or more blocks on 17 different occasions...finished the season ranked second in the Southern Conference in hitting percentage with a .312 clip...ranked fourth in blocks in contests versus conference opponents with 1.25 blocks per game...finished third in the league in hitting percentage in conference action with a .349 mark...tied for third in the SoCon in service aces with 0.43 per game in conference play...helped Furman lead the conference in overall blocking, averaging 2.88 blocks per game overall, and 3.04 blocks per game in conference matches.

Sophomore Year (2005) Played in all 31 matches and 114 games this season...tallied career-best 21 kills in the Nov. 19 Southern Conference Tournament match against Appalachian State...also claimed a career-best seven digs in Sept. 28 match at Wofford...recorded season-high nine blocks in Oct. 25 match against Chattanooga...recorded 102 block assists in the regular season -- more than any Lady Paladin since 1998, when Stephanie Yurich claimed 115 on the year...finished the season with 129 total blocks, tied for the seventh-best season total in Furman history...had double digit kills in 10 matches and two or more blocks 29 times...ranked third in the Southern Conference in blocks per game with a 1.15 average.

Freshman Year (2004) Saw significant action, playing in 26 matches and 80 games as a true freshman...ranked second on the Furman team in blocks, with 78, and first in blocks per game, with a 0.98 average...recorded a career-high with 13 kills versus Mercer on Sept. 10...set a season team high and personal best with 10 blocks in Furman's Oct. 10 match vs. Georgia Southern...named to Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

High School Led Starmount High to the Conference Championship, Conference Tournament Championship and Regional and State Championships as a senior...named all-conference, all-conference tournament, and conference Player of the Year as a senior...also chosen as 1A MVP, team MVP and MVP of the South Carolina All-Camp Team...also played four years of basketball and was named team MVP and all-conference as a senior...earned track and field MVP as a senior and was the SHS Athlete of the Year...also member of National Honor Society, FCA, Mu Alpha Theta, Student Council and Academic Club President...Played club volleyball for the Yadkin Valley Volleyball Club.

Personal Kerry Lee Wooten was born June 21, 1986, in Charlotte, North Carolina...daughter of Bill and Marica Wooten...majoring in Spanish.