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Fast Facts: Smooth athlete with a great vertical jump ... has valuable experience and is expected to make a difference.
2001: Played in 18 games and 13 matches ... best match with six kills for a .667 hitting percentage and three total blocks vs. Idaho State on Sept. 25 ... six kills for a .273 hitting percentage and three total blocks vs. Weber State on Oct. 16 ... six or more kills in two matches ... three or more total blocks in three matches ... 1.28 kpg, 0.11 apg, 0.06 dpg, 1.06 bpg, 1.92 ppg ... academic all-Mountain West Conference.
2000: Season high 10 kills vs. Air Force (10-14-00) ... three kills or more in seven matches ... two digs or more in four matches ... played in 20 matches and 31 out of 114 games ... 1.35 kills per game ... 0.06 assists per game ... 0.58 digs per game ... 0.26 blocks per game ... academic all-MWC.
1999: Career high 19 kills and two digs vs. California, .778 hitting percentage vs. George Mason, nine blocks vs. CSU and two assists vs. UNLV ... academic all-MWC ... double figure kills in five matches ... played in 25 matches and 68 out of 121 games ... 2.38 kills per game ...1.19 blocks per game.
National Team: Played on the USA/IVA High Performance Team coached by former Ute assistant coach Cory Solomon that trained and toured in Italy for 10 days in the summer of 2000 ... played in Puerto Rico the summer of 1999 ... alternate for the U.S. Junior National Team in ‘98 ... one of 30 players picked to go to the U.S. National Youth Development Camp in ‘97.
High School: 1998 Gatorade Player of the Year and also a 1998 Idaho all-state selection ... two-time first team all-conference selection ... team MVP in ‘96, leading Emmett to the A-2 District and state championships with an undefeated season in ‘96 ... coached by Mendi Rice ... lettered two years in track ... placed third in the high jump at the state track meet ... member of the National Honor Society, Future Farmers of America and the E-Club ... won an academic achievement award (1996), an academic letter (1997) and the Outstanding Individual Scholastic Award (1998) ... listed in “Who’s Who in Sports” ... graduated with a 3.86 GPA.
Club Team: played for Club Idaho ... won the 1997 coach’s award ... led the team in stuff blocks, kills, hitting percentage, digs and passing efficiency ... team placed second at both the Spokane National Tournament and the Far Western Tournament in Palo Alto, Calif. ... coached by Charlotte O’Dale ... played with the Sheba Team in the USA Open Volleyball Tournament in May of 1999 ... led her team to the division championship and was named first team all-tournament.
Personal: Brenda Kay Beal is the daughter of Craig and Ida Beal ... born May 15, 1981 ... major is elementary education.
