Megan Fesl Class: Sophomore Hometown: Arlington Heights, Ill. High School: John Hersey Height: 6-1 Position: Outside Hitter Birthdate: 11/21/1987

Hardest hitter on the Irish squad ... good all-around skills ... has shown steady improvement throughout her career.

AS A FRESHMAN (2006): Saw action in 83 games and played in 31 matches ... started 22 contests ... totaled four double-doubles ... led the Irish in kills at Arizona State (9/17) in the Sun Devil Classic with 13 ... slammed a career-best of 16 kills and 18 points against Valparaiso (9/1) ... also totaled 10 digs against the Crusaders for her first career double-double ... had 11 kills and 16 digs against #13 Missouri (9/2) in the championship game of the Shamrock Invitational ... turned in a team-best 13 kills and 11 digs vs. Arizona State (9/17) in the Sun Devil Classic ... had 12 kills against Marquette (10/6) then 11 kills and nine digs against Syracuse (10/8) ... recorded 10 kills on a .450 hitting percentage against St. John's (10/22) ... was good for 10 kills on a .350 hitting percentage vs. Georgetown (11/3) ... sixth on the team with 201 kills (2.42 per game) ... finished third on the squad with 26 service aces (0.31 per game) ... fifth on the team with 188 digs ... had 248 points (2.99 per game) ... led the team in hitting percentage in three matches.

PREP AND PERSONAL: Had a tremendous prep and club career ... part of a seven person freshmen class that Volleyball Magazine and PrepVolleyball.com ranked among the top-five groups in the country ... named the 14th-best high school senior by PrepVolleyball.com, and was the top-ranked player in the traditionally talent-laden state of Illinois ... named first team all-state by the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times and Champaign New Gazette in 2005 ... captained the Daily Herald's all-area team in 2005 ... helped perennial power Sports Performance Volleyball Club to AAU national championships in 2004 and 2005, earning All-America honors on the former occasion ... led her 18 open division squad to the Junior Olympics National Championships in 2006 ... an AAU All-American in 2006 ... a Junior Olympics all-tournament team selection in 2006 ...was tabbed to the all-tournament team in the 2004 Junior Olympics and was the only junior on the Sports Performance 18 Elite squad that won that national championship in the 18 open division in 2005... four-year varsity starter for John Hersey HS ... finished with school record for career kills (1,141), while ranking 16th in Illinois history ... also had 763 digs and 281 blocks during her prep career ... in final prep season, posted 489 kills on .482 attack percentage to go with 67 blocks and team-best 300 digs, while being Hersey's top serve receiver and registered 26 aces of her own ... named team MVP at Hersey in 2005 ... set Hersey record for kills in a match with 34, the fourth-best output ever by any high school player in Illinois ... also holds school record for digs in a match (25) ... earned all-state accolades in 2004 from the Chicago Tribune and Champaign News-Gazette, as well as all-area honors from the Chicago Sun Times in 2005 ... helped Hersey win four consecutive regional championships and reach quarterfinals of the Illinois state tournament in 2004 ... Mid Suburban League co-Player of the Year in both 2004 and 2005 after being all-conference as a sophomore ... helped Hersey to MSL championship in 2005 ... named Chicago Tribune/WGN Prep Athlete of the Month in September of 2005 ... also played first base on Hersey's junior varsity softball team as a freshman ... carried 5.29 cumulative grade-point average on a 5.00 scale was ranked 33rd in her class of 501 ... member of the National Honor Society and a leader in the Service-Over-Self program ... the latest of several Sports Performance products to play for the Irish, joining Jenny Birkner (1993-96), Denise Boylan (1997-2000), and Stasiuk ... current Notre Dame football safety Tom Zbikowski, standout golfers Steve Ratay (2001, a Hersey grad) and Shannon Byrne (2004), baseball Academic All-American Jeff Perconte (2000), and Joe Jarosz, a fullback on the 1988 football national championship team, are among other Arlington Heights natives to wear the gold and blue ... daughter of Joanie and Rich Fesl ... mother played volleyball at Iowa ... both her mother and Notre Dame's Adrianna Stasiuk led Maine South HS to third-place finishes in the Illinois state tournament ... full name is Megan Ann Fesl ... last name is pronounced FEH-sul ... born November 21, 1987 ... sister, Annie, is a freshman setter at Cincinnati ... plans to major in marketing ... wears the same #9 jersey worn by former Notre Dame great Mary Kay Waller (1985-88).

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