Katie Churm

Position:
Defensive Specialist/Libero
Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
High School:
Northwood
Hometown:
Irvine, Calif.

Churm at ISU
2006 (Senior)
Team captain ... named to the Hawkeye Challenge and Irvine Classic All-Tournament Teams ... one of the top passers ever to wear the cardinal and gold, Churm averaged 3.99 digs per game to finish seventh in the Big 12 ... fifth in league play only with 3.93 dpg ... had a career-best 471 digs on the year, the third best single-season in school history ... just the third Cyclone to record 400+ digs in back-to-back seasons ... finished her career with 1,475 career digs, third all-time at ISU ... fourth all-time with 133 service aces ... posted 74 career 10-dig matches, including 29 during her senior campaign ... had six 20-dig matches in 2006 and 17 in her career ... recorded 15 digs against Drake and 20 digs against Iowa to earn all-tournament honors at the Hawkeye Challenge ... tied a season-high with 26 digs as ISU defeated Northern Iowa for the second-straight time ... posted 12 digs against UC Irvine, 16 against Michigan and 14 against San Diego to earn all-tournament team honors as she returned home for the first time in her career to play in the UC Irvine Classic ... had 16 digs and three aces to help the Cyclones defeat South Dakota State ... dug 17 balls as Iowa State defeated Kansas State in Manhattan, snapping a 20-match losing streak to the Wildcats ... ended the year recording 10+ digs in 17 straight matches ... had 18 digs in a loss to Missouri ... recorded 17 digs in back-to-back matches at Texas Tech and at home against Texas A&M ... posted 18 digs and an ace as the Cyclones earned a season sweep of Kansas State for the first time since 1995 ... her team-high 21 digs helped Iowa State defeat No. 21 Missouri in Columbia, ending a losing streak of 18 matches to the Tigers ... had three aces in consecutive matches against Kansas and Nebraska at Hilton Coliseum ... had 20 digs as ISU defeated Texas A&M in College Station for the first time in school history ... also had 20 digs in a 3-1 home win over Texas Tech ... posted 26 digs, equalling a season-high, and two aces as the Cyclones defeated Colorado in the final home match of her career ... had a team-high 16 digs as the Cyclones were impressive in a 3-0 sweep of UW-Milwaukee in the first round of the NCAA Championships ... posted an ace and 10 digs against Wisconsin in the second round of the tournament.

2005 (Junior)
Proved herself to be one of the top liberos in the Big 12, averaging a league best 4.35 digs per game ... first Cyclone to lead the Big 12 in any statistical category at season’s end ... went over 1,000 digs in her career in the final match of the season against Kansas ... her 1,004 digs ranks ninth in school history ... recorded 470 digs, the third best single-season total in Iowa State volleyball history ... ranks 10th all-time at ISU with 104 career service aces ... recorded 10 or more digs in 24 matches and had 20 or more in seven matches ... notched at least three service aces in six matches ... finished fifth in the Big 12 with an average of 0.38 service aces per game ... opened the season with 19 digs against Northern Colorado and 22 digs against Creighton in the Bluejay Invitational en route to being named Top Libero for the weekend ... had 19 digs against South Dakota State and 22 against Montana ... had 27 digs against Utah in the Results Advertising Missouri State Classic ... followed with 19 digs and three service aces against the host Bears ... dug 18 balls and had three aces as ISU upset then-No. 18 Texas ... posted 20 digs against Baylor, helping ISU to its first back-to-back conference wins since 1995 ... had 20 digs and a pair of aces against Texas A&M ... notched 22 digs and three aces vs. Baylor ... tallied a career-high 33 digs and two aces against Kansas State ... recorded 17 digs at Texas A&M ... had 12 digs and three aces as ISU swept Kansas in the season-finale.

2004 (Sophomore)
Second-team academic all-Big 12 honoree ... played in 22 matches and was leading the team in digs before being sidelined by injury ... finished with 330 digs, second on the team, and a 4.07 digs per game average, tops on the squad ... her dig average placed her fifth on the Big 12 charts and her 3.89 digs per game in conference games ranked her seventh in the league ... aced 29 serves, tying for second on the team with Nicole Lorenzen ... had a 0.36 service ace per game average, good for fifth in the Big 12 ... had five matches with 20 or more digs ... led the team in digs in 11 matches, second-most on the squad ... posted a career-high 26 digs vs. Auburn, tying the team season-high ... tallied 19 digs in the season opener against Birmingham Southern ... had a career-high 26 digs against Auburn in the Auburn Challenge title game ... served four aces and notched 19 digs vs. Rice in the opening round of the UTSA Invitational ... had 15 digs against UTSA ... racked up 17 digs in the league opener against Texas A&M ... tallied 22 digs at Oklahoma in an ISU league victory ... tied her career-high match dig total against Texas Tech with 26 ... dug 24 balls against Kansas and served two aces ... recorded 22 digs in a hard-fought match vs. Northern Iowa ... had 18 digs against Oklahoma ... played the last match of her season on Oct. 30 against Nebraska, tallying nine digs.

2003 (Freshman)
Played in 30 of 31 matches as the team’s defensive specialist ... third on the team with 204 digs (1.89 dpg) ... second on the team with 34 service aces ... registered a career-high 11 digs against Texas and a career-high 14 assists against Missouri ... had a combined 22 digs in ISU’s two wins over Oklahoma ... ISU Scholar-Athlete Award winner.

High School
Earned first-team all-city honors three years (2000, 2001, 2002) ... first-team all-CIF (California Interscholastic Federation) in 2002 ... first-team all-Pacific Coast honors for three-straight years ... team captain as a sophomore, junior and senior and MVP her senior season ... member of the Laguna Beach Asics 18s volleyball club, which won the prestigious Volleyball Festival in Sacramento, Calif. ... coached in high school by John Gaido ... club coach was Michael Soyular.

Personal
Pre-business major ... born Aug. 10, 1985 ... daughter of Steve and Cinda Churm ... has a sister (Carli) and a brother (Logan) ... three-year student council member ... named to the Who’s Who Among American High School Students for three years ... won the CIF Citizenship Award and was a member of the honor roll ... very active in her community with organizations such as the National Charity League, Human Options and Families Forward.

Fun Facts
Favorite movies are “The Notebook”, “Newsies” and “Sound of Music” ... sports hero is Lance Armstrong ... lists her parents as people who have had the biggest influence on her life ... best memory from last year was defeating No. 18 Texas at Hilton Coliseum ... picks Jessica Klein as the teammate that would last the longest on Survivor ... has played with or against Division I volleyball players Laura Black (Penn), Olivia Waldowski (UCSB), Megan Blackshire (UCSB), Katie Daley (Pepperdine), Kristen McClune (Pepperdine), Whitney Salier (SMU) and Polly Bendush (Duke) in high school and club volleyball.