Mona Kressl Hometown: Langenzenn, Germany High School: Maximilian-von-Montgelas Gymnasium Vilsbiburg Height: 6-5 Position: MB Experience: 1V

OREGON STATE
Freshman (2010):Mona Kressl appeared in all 32 matches, starting 30, appearing in 119 total sets ... Finished with the ninth-most block assists in school history in a single season ... Set a career-best for kills with 12 at College of Charleston (Sept. 11), adding seven blocks and a career-high 16.5 points before matching her kills record at Washington State (11/26) ... Her deep float serve earned her a career-high four aces at Portland State (Aug. 31) ... Earned a best eight blocks twice against Cincinnati (Sept. 11) and Arizona State (Oct. 9) ... Accumulated 44 digs with a career-best three seven times, last against No. 4 Stanford (Oct. 31) ... Named to the Holiday Inn Classic All-Tournament Team, hosted by College of Charleston ... One of the best blockers in the Pac-10 ... Set school record for freshmen in block assists in school history; tied for second for total blocks for a freshman.

MAXIMILIAN-VON-MONTGELAS GYMNASIUM VILSBIBURG
Spent the past six years playing for the Rote Raven Vilsbiburg club team under head coach Guillermo Gallardo ... Advanced from the fourth level Bayernliga in 2004-05 before moving to the third level Regionalliga the following year ... Played primarily on the second team for the last four years which competes in the 2nd Bundesliga with a stint as a back-up middle blocker for the first team during 2008-09, the year it finished runner-up in the 1st Bundesliga regular season and won the German Cup ... Member of the German Junior National Team and competed in the 2007 FIVB Women's Junior World Championship in Thailand.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Gerd Kressl and Dagmar Berg-Kressl ... Has one younger brother, Samuel ... Majoring in Civil Engineering ... Chose Oregon State for its academic reputation.