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Savannah Paffen

Class: Sophomore Hometown: Mountain View, Calif. High School: St. Francis

Last College: Oregon Height: 6-2 Position: MB

2012: Registered nine kills in the season finale at Nebraska (11/24) ... Tied a career high with seven blocks against Illinois (11/21) ... Chipped in with nine kills in that match ... Collected six blocks against Michigan (11/16) ... Scored eight kills at Ohio State, including five in the first set (11/7) ...Notched seven kills vs. Purdue (11/3) ... Put down 14 kills in a five-set win over Wisconsin (10/28) ... Stuffed a career-high seven blocks vs. Iowa (10/21) ... Collected team-best 12.5 points in that match ... Earned a career-high 15 kills to go along with four blocks at Illinois (10/17) ... Scored 13 kills at Michigan (10/13) ... Added personal-best hitting percentage of .706 in that match ... Collected seven kills and four blocks in win at No. 25 Michigan State (10/12) ... Recorded four blocks at Indiana (9/29) ... Chipped in with six kills at Purdue (9/28) ... Led all players with two solo blocks against Wisconsin (9/21) ... Tied career-highs with three service aces and two assists vs. Western Michigan (9/16) ... Earned a career-high .545 hitting percentage [6-0-11] against Delaware (9/14) ... Did not commit an attacking error in two matches [21 total attempts] on Sept. 14 at the Wildcat Classic ... Put down a career-high nine kills at a clip of .533 [9-1-15] vs. Villanova (9/8) ... Served a career-high three aces at Yale (9/8) ... Made a career-high 19 attempts at New Mexico State (9/1) ... Tied a career-high with seven digs against Cincinnati (9/1) ... Recorded four blocks and two service aces in the championship match of the Marquette Challenge against the Golden Eagles (8/26) ... Made Northwestern debut against Bowling Green (8/25) ... Achieved a then-career-best hitting percentage of .429 and tied a career high with seven kills in that match.

Prior to Northwestern: Played in 2011 at the University of Oregon ... Helped the Ducks achieve a record of 21-10 and a berth in the NCAA Tournament ... Appeared in 53 games and collected 46 kills and 35 blocks ... Tallied 29 total blocks in 40 games played during Pac-12 competition.

High School: Helped guide St. Francis H.S. to a state title in 2010 ... Served as co-captain and garnered First Team All-League honors ... Lancers were ranked No. 28 nationally by PrepVolleyball.com in 2010 ... Earned Second Team All-League accolades as a junior in 2009 ... Boasted a 3.8 GPA and was recognized as a four-year scholar-athlete at St. Francis.

Personal: Daughter of Gustavo and Vanessa Paffen ... Major is undeclared.

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