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Senior Year (2011): Appeared in all 30 matches and 102 sets in her final season ... was a great all-around player for the Raiders as she went from her setter position to outside hitter in the middle of the season due to injuries ... finished with 35 kills and 42 assists ... also added 187 digs for sixth on the team ... posted 12 blocks and recorded 16 service aces ... had a season-high six kills against Villanova on Sept 9 and also at Navy on Sept. 23 ... tallied double-digit digs in six matches ... had 18 against Cornell (Oct. 11) and Army (Oct. 15) ... had a season-high four service aces at Lehigh on Nov. 5 ... recorded a career-high 21 digs at Army on Nov. 11.

Safir's 2011 Statistics

Junior Year (2010): Saw action in all 30 matches and appeared in 105 sets for the Raiders ... second on the the team with 435 assists and was cracked the top-10 in assists per set in the Patriot League at 4.14 ... had six matches with 20-plus assists ... started the season with a bang after a season-high five kills and 29 assists in a 3-2 win over Rhode Island in the Colgate Classic ... had 19 helpers against Syracuse on Aug. 28 ... recorded four kills on a season-high 16 attempts against Cornell on Sept. 18 ... added 19 assists and two blocks in that match as well ... posted 23 assists in three-straight against Lafayette (Oct. 2), Albany (Oct. 6) and Bucknell (Oct. 8) ... in the match against the Bison, she added a season-high six total blocks, all assisted blocks ... recorded 25 helpers against Bucknell on Oct. 30 in a 3-1 win at Cotterell Court ... finished the year with 61 digs and had a season-high six in the first match against the Bison on Oct. 8.

Safir's 2010 Statistics

Sophomore Year (2009): Played in 27 matches and 100 sets for Colgate ... hit .156 on the season and collected 44 kills, 366 assists, 38 digs and 58 blocks ... had 20 matches of 10 or more assists - three of 20 or more ... tallied best performance of the year with a four-kill, 23-assist, career-high seven block effort in a victory over Binghamton (10/28) ... also had a four-kill effort over Holy Cross (9/25) ... had a 22-assist effort versus Lehigh (11/7) and 20 at Navy (10/2) ... had three four-dig efforts ... tallied four- four-block efforts against Harvard (9/4), Albany (9/30), Lehigh (10/16), and Lafayette (11/6).

Freshman Year (2008): Played in 20 matches as a setter … finished the season second on the team in assists with 4.43 per game … compiled 155 assists on the season … registered a career-high 28 assists against Syracuse (9/20) … recorded 10 or more assists in six matches ... hit a career-best 1.000 and recorded three kills against West Virginia (8/30).

Before Colgate: A three-year letterwinner as a setter and right side hitter for Bishop O’Dowd … helped lead the Dragons to a 36-3 record as a senior and a 29-0 mark in the Hayward Area Athletic League over the course of her three seasons on the varsity squad … finished her senior season with 183 digs, 200 kills, 515 assists, and 68 blocks … played a major role in guiding the Dragons to three consecutive league titles in the North Coast Section and to fifth place in the state as a senior … team was the runner-up in the North Coast Section her sophomore season … garnered all-league accolades as a junior and senior … voted unanimously as the HAAL Player of the Year as a senior … also captured the North Coast Section Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2007 … played her club volleyball for the Golden Bear Volleyball Club … has helped the club to a 36-2 record over the past two years … team took 13th overall in the Junior Olympics 18 Open Division in 2007 … participated in the USA High Performance Holiday Invitational and served as the captain of the Northern California Volleyball Association Regional High Performance “A” Team that captured top honors. … earned an invitation to the USA High Performance A3 Camp in 2006 … was a member of the National Honor Society … national Charity League.

Personal: Blaire Elizabeth Safir was born in Oakland, California … daughter of Thomas and Linda Safir … has one brother and one sister … major is art and art history.