| Laura Côté |
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Honors
• 2006 All-C-USA First Team
• 2006 C-USA All-Tournament
• 2006 AVCA All-American honorable mention
• 2006 AVCA All-Midwest Region
Sophomore (2006)
Set the Memphis and C-USA record for assists by a sophomore with 1,692...AVCA All-American honorable mention selection...AVCA All-Midwest Region...All-C-USA First Team selection...C-USA all-tournament team member...Earned C-USA Setter of the Week honors twice...Led the league and ranked 28th in the nation with a 13.02 assists per game average...ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District 4 Third Team honoree...Moved into the third-place slot on Memphis' all-time assists list...17th all-time in Conference USA with 3,143 career assists....Downed 145 kills and served up 30 aces...Hit .224...Defensively, was third on the team with 277 digs...Tied for second on the squad with 87 total blocks...Put up 12 double-double performances.
Freshman (2005)
Had one of the most productive freshman seasons in Memphis history...Set a Memphis freshman record with 1,451 assists (11.80 a/g) and ranks eighth all-time at the U of M in assists after just one season...Tabbed MVP of the O'Charley's Tiger Invitational...Two-time Conference USA Setter of the Week honoree...Moved to setter two matches into the season...Dished out 27 assists and made seven digs in her first match at the setter position...Played defensive specialist in her Tiger debut and logged nine digs...Tied a Memphis freshman record with nine service aces in a sweep of UAPB (9/2/05)...Posted 16 double-doubles on the year...Used her aggressive jump serve to finish third on the team with 44 service aces and 306 digs (2.49 d/g)...Added 82 kills and 64 total blocks (four solos, 60 assists)...Became just the fourth Tiger setter to reach 70 assists when she handed out a career-high 71 to go with 14 digs in a 3-1 win at UCF (10/2/05)...Dished out at least 50 assists in 13 contests and 60 or more in six matches...Had 63 assists, 16 digs and five service aces to help Memphis to a 3-2 win over Marshall (10/16/05)...Made a career-best 19 digs and had 67 assists at Belmont (10/11/05)...Hit .471 with eight kills and 56 assists vs. Southern Miss (10/28/05)...Logged 63 assists, 12 digs and a career-high eight total blocks vs. Duquesne (9/16/05).
At Aden Bowman Collegiate Institute
Was a teammate of Tiger outside hitter Sarah Bury...A highly-touted performer on the volleyball court...The youngest member of the 2004 Canadian Junior National squad...Earned the starting libero position on Canadian Junior National Team...Was a four-sport athlete at Aden Bowman, playing badminton, basketball, volleyball and running track...A versatile player, saw action at setter, libero, left side and right side hitter in her prep career...Along with Bury, helped lead her badminton, track and field and volleyball teams to championship campaigns...Garnered league MVP honors after directing her club team, JCVC Extreme, to three-consecutive provincial gold medals...Led ABCI to four city championships and a trio of league crowns...Tabbed city MVP by the Star Phoenix after leading Aden Bowman to an undefeated campaign as a senior...Helped guide her juvenile provincial squad to a third-place finish in Saskatchewan in 2004...Helped lead JCVC Extreme to a perfect 20-0 season en route to winning the Junior Provincial title in 2005.
Personal
Full name is Laura Marie Côté...Daughter of Anne and Keith Côté...Mother, Anne, serves as the Tigers' assistant coach...Sister Tara is a setter/defensive specialist at UL-Lafayette...Anne also coached volleyball at Aden Bowman Collegiate Institute...Born October 10, 1987...Her major is undecided.
2006 Match Highs
Kills: 9 vs. Tulsa (Oct. 13, 2006)
Total Attempts: 19 at Marshall (Oct. 6, 2006)
Assists: 67 vs. Houston (Nov. 18, 2006)
Service Aces: 5 vs. Austin Peay (Aug. 26, 2006)
Digs: 16 at UAB (Sept. 19, 2006)
Total Blocks: 6.0, twice, last vs. UAB (Nov. 19, 2006)
Block Solos: None
Block Assists: 6, twice, last vs. UAB (Nov. 19, 2006)
Côté's Career Highs
Kills: Same
Total Attempts: Same
Assists: 71 vs. UCF (Oct. 30, 2005)
Service Aces: 9 vs. UAPB (Sept. 2, 2005)
Digs: 19 at Belmont (Oct. 11, 2005)
Total Blocks: 8.0 vs. Duquesne (Sept. 16, 2005)
Block Solos: 1, four times, last vs. Marshall (Oct. 16, 2005)
Block Assists: 7 vs. Duquesne (Sept. 16, 2005)
Côté's Career Statistics
Year MP GP KILL ATT E PCT. A SA DIG BS BA TB
2006 130 35 145 398 56 .224 1,692 30 277 4 83 87
2005 32 123 82 230 30 .226 1,451 44 306 4 60 64
Totals 162 158 227 628 86 .226 3,143 74 583 8 143 151
