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#12 Sandra Ayala
Senior - Outside Hitter - 5-9
Cedar Hill, TX/Cedar Hill HS

2006: Started in 28 of 29 matches for the Lady Rams...named 1st-team All-RRAC and 1st-team All-Region VI after ranking second in the conference with 396 kills and averaging a double-double for the season with 13.7 kills and 10.2 digs per match...reached double-figures in kills in all but four matches...ranked third on the team with 295 digs...recorded 14 double-doubles...named RRAC Player of the Week twice...named Region VI Player of the Week after posting 32 kills and 18 digs in three conference wins (10/23)...had 23 kills and 20 digs against Southern Nazarene (9/16)...matched her career-high with 23 kills and 14 digs against Col. of the Southwest (10/13)...had a season-high 22 digs and 16 kills against St. Thomas (9/16).

2005: Played in 121 games and made 21 starts as a sophomore...ranked fourth on the team with 262 kills while ranking third with 291 digs...also recorded 43 assists, 19 service aces, and 65 total blocks...recorded a season-high 14 kills to go with 12 digs against Point Loma Nazarene (12/2) in the national tournament...also recorded 14 kills against Texas A&M International (11/11) and Mid-Amerca Christian (10/11)...notched a season-high 17 digs against John Brown (11/9)...dished out a career-high six assists against Texas A&M International (11/11)...averaged 8.6 kills, 8.6 digs, and 2.4 blocks in five national tournament matches.

2004: Appeared in 85 games, while starting 20 matches as a true freshman for the Lady Rams...finished with 173 kills and 193 digs...her 193 digs were second-most for a freshman on the squad...had her best game of the season against nationally-ranked Houston Baptist, tallying 11 kills and a career-high 25 digs...had a season-high 12 kills and a .429 hitting percentage in a victory over Jarvis Christian (10/19)...registered 15 digs and a career-high six blocks versus conference rival UT-Permian Basin (9/11)...finished with a career-high four service aces in a victory over Texas College (10/19).

High School: A three-year letterwinner for Monica Meyers and Paige Cantrell at Cedar Hill High School…named the district's Most Valuable Player in her senior season…also named 1st-team All-District in her junior and senior seasons while leading her team to consecutive area championships.

Personal: Born Sandra Kay Ayala, October 10, 1985, in New Braunfels, TX…daughter of Jerry Ayala and Anna and Paul Moore…has one brother, Anthony, and one sister, Ali…is majoring in business managment and Spanish.