14 - Annie Spicer Position: Outside Hitter
Class: Senior
Height: 5' 10"
High School: Barrington
Hometown: Barrington, Ill.
 
photo         2003: Played in every game for the Hokies last season ... Totaled 10 or more kills in every match of the season ... Tallied 17 double-doubles ... Led the team in games played (103), kills (439), kills per game (4.26), digs (311) and digs per game (3.02) ... After her junior season, ranks seventh in career kills (1,078) at Tech and ninth in career aces (114) ... Finished the year 10th all-time at Virginia Tech for kills in a season (439) and fifth in kills per game for a season (4.26) ... Ranked fourth in the BIG EAST in kills per game and sixth in total points (486.5) ... Recorded her 100th career ace in victory over Radford ... Tallied 20 or more kills six times ... At No. 12 Notre Dame, dished out 21 kills and 20 digs ... Named to the All-BIG EAST second team ... Received all-tournament honors at the Hokie Classic, N.C. State Invitational and the Terrapin Invitational ... Recorded a career-best 25 kills and was named the Hokie Classic MVP.

2002: One of only two Hokies to play in all 118 games, starting all 31 matches ... Ranked second on the team in kills with 349 and third in digs with 369 ... Had a season-high 21 kills in the win over Rutgers ... Registered a career-best 24 digs in the win at West Virginia ... Led the team with 44 service aces, ranking her fourth in the BIG EAST and fifth in aces per game in the conference ... Tallied 12 kills and 11 digs in the season-opener against Ohio ... Had a season-high four service aces against Oakland, Clemson and West Virginia ... Notched three service aces against Miami at the BIG EAST Championship.

2001: Had an immediate impact as a true freshman ... The only Hokie to start all 28 matches in 2001 ... Named honorable mention All-BIG EAST ... Finished the season ranked fifth in the conference with .56 service aces a game ... Was named BIG EAST Co-Rookie of the Week for Oct. 9 ... Led Tech with 290 kills ... Ranked first on the team with 3.30 kills per game ... Led the Hokies with 38 service aces ... Finished the season as the team leader with 202 digs ... Registered double-digit kills in 17 matches ... Collected seven double-doubles ... On six occasions, came within two digs of registering a double-double ... Set two personal-best records versus Villanova with 20 kills and a .444 hitting percentage ... Recorded a season-high mark for Tech with six service aces against St. John’s ... Had a career-best 18 digs versus Seton Hall ... Registered a personal-best five total blocks against West Virginia.

High School: Attended Barrington High School, where she lettered three times ... Played for Coach Karen Traub ... A unanimous selection to the all-state tournament team her senior year ... Named MVP of the Illinois State high school tournament ... A feat more impressive since her team lost in the finals of the tournament ... Named all-conference and all-region three times ... Named the Barrington High School Elite Athlete ... Given an Academic Scholar Athlete award ... Played club volleyball for Sports Performance ...

Personal: Ann Marie Spicer was born March 8, 1983 in Evanston, Ill. ... Is the daughter of Barbara and Tom Spicer ... Has six brothers and sisters ... Sister Betsy played volleyball at the University of Illinois and currently plays professional volleyball, while her sister, Megan, ran track at Eastern Illinois ... Majoring in geological sciences.