| Ivana Kujundzic |
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Junior
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| Hometown:
Subotica, Serbia
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| High School:
Bosa Milicevic
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| Height:
6-1
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| Position:
OH
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| Experience:
2L
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- 2007 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
- 2006-07 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll
2007 (SOPHOMORE): One of three Gamecocks to start all 29 matches...Sat out just one game in the 106 played...Carolina's leading attacker with 3.32 kills per game...Also topped the squad in reception attempts (667) and reception percentage (.961)...Stood fourth on the team in digs (2.37 per game)...Finished fifth with 44 total blocks...Led the team in kills on 10 occasions and in digs and blocks once each...Led the squad with 12 double-doubles...Had double-digit kills in 17 outings, including the team's best of 26 at Georgia (10/19)...Collected 10+ digs in 14 matches...Had a five-match stretch where she was the leading attacker for the Gamecocks (10/14-10/28)...Had two five-contest streaks of double-digit kills and another skein of four...Also had streaks of double-doubles of four and five matches...Hit over .450 in three matches: versus Binghamton (8/24), against Troy (9/7) and Appalachian State (9/8)...Opened Southeastern Conference play with a 20-kill, 19-dig performance against Auburn (9/14)...The 19 digs were her season high...Started her first run of 10+ kills with 15 at Mississippi (9/23)...Started the shorter double-double streak at Alabama with 13 kills and 12 digs...Had 15 kills in each of the final two games of the streak while adding 11 and 10 digs, respectively, against Tennessee (10/5) and Kentucky (10/7)...After just one match, started the second streak with 12 successful attacks and 12 digs at Arkansas (10/14)...Followed the Georgia high with 17 at Auburn (10/21)...Closed out that streak with 21 kills and 14 digs against Mississippi (10/26) and 17 and 10 versus the LSU Tigers (10/28)...Also had a high of five blocks, including two solos, against the Rebels...Had two aces on four occasions, including three times in the final nine...Earned SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll accolades.
2006 (FRESHMAN): Played in all but two matches for South Carolina and made 17 starts...Averaged close to one kill per game for the year...Her 0.86 blocks per game was second on the team to Belita Salters...Led the Gamecocks in blocks during SEC matches with a 1.07 average...Also increased her kills per game to 1.15 for league contests...Served up a season-high four aces in her first career match at TCU (8/25)...Became a major factor for the Gamecocks in SEC play...Made eight kills and just one hitting error on 10 attempts in a 3-0 win at Georgia (9/27)...Had six block assists against the Bulldogs as well...Kujundzic played some of her best volleyball of the year beginning with the Georgia match...Over a five-match span from Sept. 27 to Oct. 13, she averaged 1.79 kills and hit .344 (34-12-64)...She was easily the Gamecocks' best blocker during that timeframe as well, averaging 1.26 blocks per game...Against Mississippi (10/13), Kujundzic had her first and only double-digit kill outing of the year when she tallied 10 in a 3-1 South Carolina victory...Was crucial in helping the Gamecocks escape with a 3-2 win at Auburn (10/22)...Kujundzic posted eight kills in the five-game match and made eight block assists...Her serving was key, taking a season-high 25 attempts with no errors and three aces...Her presence as a blocker factored into South Carolina's 3-1 victory over Tennessee (11/10) that snapped a seven-match losing streak to the Lady Volunteers...She contributed eight block assists in the contest to equal her best of the year...A member of the SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played for the highly respected Spartak Volleyball Club in her hometown of Subotica, Serbia...Attended the Bosa Milicevic Secondary School of Economics.
PERSONAL: Pursuing a degree in business, minoring in hotel, retail and travel management...Kujundzic's date of birth is Sept. 7, 1987...Her parents are Josip and Stanka Kujundzic...Has one brother, Ivica.
KUJUNDZIC'S CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 26, Georgia (10/19/07)
Attacks: 64, Georgia (10/19/07)
Hitting Percentage (Min. 12 Attacks): .533, Troy (9/7/07)
Assists: 3, three times, last Mississippi State (9/30/07)
Service Aces: 4, TCU (8/25/06)
Digs: 19, Auburn (9/14/07)
Block Solos: 2, Mississippi (10/26/07)
Block Assists: 8, twice, last Tennessee (11/12/06)
Total Blocks: 8, twice, last Tennessee (11/12/06)
