Krysta Tholen

Sport: Volleyball
Year: Senior
Position: Setter
Height: 5-8
Hometown: Tracy, Minn.
High School: Tracy Area

Junior Season (2008): Played in 29 matches and 77 sets as one of three setters in Truman’s 6-2 formation … averaged 4.43 assists and 1.81 digs per set … recorded an 11-assist, 10-dig effort in a 3-0 sweep against 6th-ranked Grand Valley (Mich.) State on Aug. 29 and had two other assist/dig double-doubles on the season … tallied a career-best 28 assists in a thrilling five-set Truman win at Nebraska-Omaha on Nov. 8 – one of five times she topped 20 or more assists … in a six-match stretch covering Sept. 12-19, Krysta averaged 19 assists per match and helped Truman garner a pair of five-set victories … saw action in the NCAA national semifinal, playing in one set and dishing out a pair of assists.

Sophomore Season (2007) - Averaged nearly five and a half assists per game as a sophomore, seeing action in 11 games ... finished season with back-to-back double-digit assist totals, registering 12 against Missouri-Rolla and 11 against Albany (Ga.) State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament ... also set a career-high with two aces against ASU.

Freshman Season (2006) - Appeared in 10 matches and 18 games in her first season as a Bulldog ... had two double-digit assist matches, including a season-high 22 assists on Sept. 12 at Northwest Missouri State, a five-set match ... recorded 14 digs against Iowa Wesleyan on Oct. 21 ... averaged 1.61 digs per game ... had two service aces and her only kill on Aug. 25 against Nova-Southeastern.

High School: Twice named to the Minnesota all-state team ... a three-time all-conference and two-time all-area pick ... during her career, collected over 2,000 assists, 586 digs and 108 aces ... named to the state all-tournament team after leading her squad to the 2004 state championship ... helped her Asics Junior national volleyball team win the 2005 17 club division ... also lettered in basketball and track.

Personal: Born Jan. 11, 1988, in Tracy, Minn. ... the daughter of Theresa and Gary Tholen ... a Health Science major.