2013: CAC All-Academic Team ... Team captain ... Limited to 19 matches (69 sets) with 13 starts because of injury ... Third on team with 2.62 points/set and 2.19 kills/set ... Fourth with 180 points, 151 kills, and 29 block assists ... Fifth with 37 total blocks and eight block solos ... Added 40 digs, seven service aces, and one assist ... Six matches with double-digit kills ... Season-best 14 kills vs. Marymount (Va.) (11/5) ... Career-best four aces vs. Salisbury (10/8) ... Career-high six digs vs. Virginia Wesleyan (10/5) ... Season-high six total blocks (1 BS, 5 BA) at Messiah (9/21) ... Season-best two block solos twice.
2012: First team All-CAC ... CAC All-Academic Team ... CAC Player of the Week (9/17) ... Neumann Knights Invitational All-Tournament Team ... Stepped on the court for all 30 matches (114 sets) ... Recorded 242 kills, 72 blocks (10 BS, 62 BA), 29 assists, and 24 digs ... Second in total blocks ... Third in kills, kills/set (2.12), points (283), and points/set (2.48) ... Nine matches with double-digit kills ... Season-best 14 kills vs. Washington College (10/20) ... Career-high six block assists at Elizabethtown (10/19) ... Season-best four digs vs. Salisbury (9/18).
2011: CAC All-Academic Team ... Played in 27 matches (10 starts) and 97 sets ... Second with .210 hitting percentage, 0.51 blocks/set, 28 block assists and 21 block solos ... Fourth with 1.89 kills/set ... Four matches with double-digit kills ... Season-high 11 kills three times ... Season-best five total blocks (3 BS, 2 BA) in four-set loss to DeSales ... Season-high four block assists in three-set loss to Gettysburg ... Season-high five digs in 3-1 win over Bridgewater (Va.).
2010: Saw action in 29 matches and 101 sets ... Second on the team with a 2.47 kill average ... 10 double-digit kill matches ... Career-best 17 kills twice ... Second with 0.76 blocks per set (25 BS, 52 BA) ... Career-high eight total blocks (career-best 7 BS, 1 BA) in sweep of Rowan ... Season-high five block assists in five-set loss to Virginia Wesleyan ... Season-best three digs three times ... Season-high two service aces against Goucher.
Centennial HS: 2010 graduate ... Two-sport athlete (volleyball, basketball) ... Volleyball: Coached by Larry Schofield ... 2009 district and Howard County Champions ... 2008 Maryland 3A State Champions ... 2008 regional and county champions ... Basketball: Played for Robert Slopek ... 2009-10 regional champions ... Merit scholar ... National French Honor Society.
Personal: Michelle Lynne Klima ... Wants to pursue her doctorate at Georgetown ... Dean's List (Fall '12) ... SMCM 3.0 Club (2010-13) ... SAAC representative ... Student Ambassador ... Relay for Life ... Born June 2, 1992 in Columbia, Md. ... Daughter of James and Maryanne Klima ... Her father played basketball at Delaware ... Has a younger brother, Steven ... Her second cousin, Elizbeth Scanlan, is a St. Mary's graduate.
Why St. Mary's?: "Welcoming atmosphere ... small class sizes ... strong science program."
Best SMCM Sports Moment(s): "Hitting 10-foot line over block against York (Pa.)." ... "Blocking last point against Franklin & Marshall to win in three sets (2011)." ... "Beating York in 2012."
