Laura Cady

Position:
Defensive Specialist/Libero
Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
High School:
Marshall
Hometown:
Marshall, Minn.

Cady at ISU
Awards and Honors
Second-team academic all-Big 12 (2006) ... four-year letterwinner.

2007 (Senior)
Played in all 33 matches and 125 games posting 336 digs and finishing her career with 934 ... started as team's libero in first seven matches and played solidly before starting as a defensive specialist the rest of the season ... third on team with 2.69 digs per game ... recorded 10+ digs in 18 matches in 2007 and 46 times in her career ... had 12 service aces this season and 51 in her career ... had six straight Big 12 matches with double-figure digs ... recorded a season-high 21 digs as the Cyclones beat intrastate rival Northern Iowa for the third straight time ... had 18 digs in Iowa State's five-game win over Missouri, snapping a 10-match home losing streak to the Tigers ... recorded nine digs in NCAA Tournament win over San Diego ... tied a career-high with four assists at Texas A&M.

2006 (Junior)
Saw action in all 32 matches and 118 games as the team’s defensive specialist ... posted a career-best 309 digs ... fourth on the team with 2.62 digs per game ... posted 10+ digs in 17 matches, including a career-high 22 digs against top-ranked Nebraska ... had five service aces in the season opener against Chicago State ... had 11 digs against Drake and Northern Iowa and 13 against Iowa, as the Cyclones swept their intrastate rivals ... had four aces and eight digs against UC Irvine ... posted 11 digs against Michigan and San Diego ... dug 13 balls against Oklahoma ... posted 12 digs as ISU snapped a 20-match losing streak to Kansas State ... had 12 digs and a pair of aces in a Cyclone sweep at Kansas ... had 10 digs in road contests at Texas Tech and Baylor ... posted 15 digs and three aces to help the Cyclones sweep Kansas State for the first time since 1995 ... ended the season with 10+ digs in the final four matches of the season, including 10 against UW-Milwaukee and 11 against Wisconsin in the NCAA Tournament.

2005 (Sophomore)
Played in 31 matches and 107 of 108 games ... had a streak of five matches with at least one service ace ... recorded her 200th career dig in win at Kansas ... opened the season with eight digs in win over Northern Colorado ... had first of 11 matches with 10 digs or more against Montana, recording 10 digs ... posted a season-high 16 digs against Stephen F. Austin in the championship match of the Cyclone Classic ... notched 14 digs and a service ace against Utah in the Results Advertising Missouri State Classic ... had 11 digs in ISU’s upset win over No. 18 Texas.

2004 (Freshman)
A walk-on saw action in 17 matches and 39 games in spot duty as a libero and defensive specialist ... tallied 51 digs and two assists ... saw the first action of her career at the Auburn Challenge, recording six digs in the title match victory over host Auburn ... recorded a season-high nine digs against Kansas State.

High School
A second-team all-area honoree as a senior ... earned all-area and all-conference honors as a sophomore ... helped lead her team to the consolation championship at the Minnesota State Tournament as a sophomore, where she was named to the all-tournament team ... state runner-up as a junior ... played for the Southwest Minnesota Juniors club volleyball team with fellow Cyclone Erin Boeve under the direction of Joe Sussenguth ... a two-time letterwinner in golf ... coached in high school by Terry Culhane.

Personal
Marketing major ... born Nov. 8, 1985 ... daughter of Richard and Diane Cady ... has a brother (Todd) and three sisters (Heather, Dawn and Danielle) ... Dawn was an All-American volleyball player at Kansas State and is now coaching her sister as a member of the ISU staff ... three-time Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll honoree.