PERSONAL...
Daughter of Steven and Susan Rook.
AT DRURY
CAREER
Recorded 851 kills in her career and played in 345 games with 836 digs, 68 block assists, 67 assists and 14 block solos....Senior season she was second on the team with 274 kills and second for serving aces with 25...Ranked third on the Panthers with 243 digs...Junior season was second on the team with 341 digs and had a career high 19 at Arkansas-Ft. Smith on October 4...Had 17 digs vs. Southern Indiana on September 25 and notched double figure digs in 17 matches...Sophomore season Ali Was second on the Panthers with 293 kills and posted a season high 20 at Wisconsin-Parkside with 10 or more kills thirteen times.
SENIOR
Was second on the team with 274 kills and second for serving aces with 25...Ranked third on the Panthers with 243 digs...Tallied 31 blocks with five solo and 26 block assists and had 34 assists...Had a season high 21 kills in two matches, those coming vs. William Jewell on November 5 and vs. Missouri S&T on September 13...Had a season high 17 digs vs. Missouri S&T on September 13 and had 16 digs vs. Wisconsin-Parkside on November 11 in the opening round GLVC tournament match...Had a season high three block assists at Illinois-Springfield on October 28 and in the Panthers season opener vs. Wisconsin-Parkside on September 2...Had a season high four serving aces at Illinois-Springfield on October 28...Had three serving aces vs. Michigan Tech on October 14 at the GLVC/GLIAC Crossover and at College of the Ozarks on October 10.
JUNIOR
Was second on the team with 341 digs and had a career high 19 at Arkansas-Ft. Smith on October 4...Had 17 digs vs. Southern Indiana on September 25 and notched double figure digs in 17 matches...Had 284 kills, fourth most on the team, with a career high 23 vs. Southern Indiana on September 25...Had 14 kills twice with those coming vs. Ohio Dominican at the GLVC/GLIAC Crossover on October 16 and at Arkansas-Ft. Smith on October 4...Had 13 double figure kill mathes on the season...Had 31 blocks with 28 block assists and three block solos....Her a career high six total blocks and block assists vs. the University of Mary at the Missouri S&T Classic...Had four block assists vs. Rockhurst on September 21...Had a career high five serving aces at Texas Woman's University on September 4 and had three serving aces twice with those coming at Bellarmine on October 2 and vs. Southeastern Oklahoma State on September 11 at the Missouri S&T Classic...Had 17 assists on the year with a career high three vs. Southeastern Oklahoma State.
SOPHOMORE
Was second on the Panthers with 293 kills and posted a season high 20 at Wisconsin-Parkside with 10 or more kills thirteen times...Also notched 19 kills vs. Northern Kentucky...Had a season best three serving aces vs. Bellarmine and had a season high 17 digs vs. Southwest Baptist...Recorded 10 or more digs twelve times for DU...Had two block assists vs. Arkansas-Ft. Smith and vs. Quincy...Had season numbers 25 serving aces, 14 block assists, 20 blocks, 16 assists and made 28 starts in 113 matches.
PREP/PREVIOUS SCHOOL...
Transfers to Drury from Western Carolina University, where she played in 13 games and registered 16 digs last season for the NCAA Division I Catamounts, receiving a medical redshirt for her abbreviated, injury-plagued campaign. ... This came after she played in 32 of 33 matches as a freshman, leading WCU with 922 total attacks and finishing second on the squad with 270 kills. ... Had 15 kills and 13 digs in 3-1 victory over East Tennessee her freshman campaign. ... Was named to the All-Tournament team at the SMU Tournament in 2007...A graduate of Naperville North High School, she was named to the Naperville Sun All-City team as a senior...Twice earned Daily Herald/DuPage County All-Area team honorable menton honors in 2006 and 2004...In 2005 she was named by the Chicago Tribune as one of the top players in the area...Helped North to a regional championships in 2005 and 2006 and a Sports Performance 18 Elite in 2006.
ALI'S FAVORITES...
Food: Chicken and Stuffing
Restaurant: Portillo's
Musical Artist: Brad Paisley
Movie: Dirty Dancing
Magazine: Cosmo
TV Show: True Blood and GLEE
Hobbies: Writing,Poetry,Dancing and hanging out with friends
Pro Athlete: Niklas Hjalmarsson and Rafael Nadal
Your Dream Job: Elementary Education Teacher
ALI'S DRURY CAREER HIGHS...
Kills: 23 vs. Southern Indiana (September 25, 2010)
Assists: 3 vs. Southeastern Oklahoma State (September 11, 2010)
Serving Aces: 5 at Texas Woman's (September 4, 2010)
Digs: 19 at Arkansas-Ft. Smith (October 4, 2010)
Block Solos: 2 at Missouri S&T (October 10, 2009)
Block Assists: 6 vs. University of Mary (September 11, 2010)
Total Blocks: 6 vs. University of Mary (September 11, 2010)
|
YEAR |
GP
|
K
|
E
|
TA
|
PCT.
|
A
|
SA
|
D
|
BS
|
BA
|
|
2009 |
113
|
293
|
138
|
834
|
.186
|
16
|
25
|
252
|
6
|
14
|
|
2010 |
121 |
284 |
142 |
840 |
.169 |
17 |
27 |
341 |
3 |
28 |
|
2011 |
111 |
274 |
112 |
853 |
.190 |
34 |
25 |
243 |
5 |
26 |
|
TOTALS |
345 |
851 |
392 |
2527 |
.182 |
67 |
77 |
836 |
14 |
68 |
