2007: Appeared in and started all 33 matches ... first-team All-Missouri
Valley Conference ... ranked fourth in the league in hitting percentage (.312), sixth in
kills (3.48 kpg), and ninth in blocks (1.11 bpg) ... totaled 393 kills and a team-high 125
blocks ... named to the all-tournament team at the `Bama Bash (Aug. 31-Sept. 1) ... went
over the 1,000-career kill mark at Northern Illinois (Aug. 28), and eclipsed 1,500-career
points against Indiana State ... had 22 double-digit kill outings on the season ...
recorded a season-high 22 kills on a season-best 26 points and tallied a career-high 12
digs in the win versus top-seeded Wichita State in the State Farm MVC Tournament semifinals
(first double-double of the season) ... had a season-high seven blocks at NIU ... ended her
career ranked second in both points (391) and points per game (4.04), fourth in hitting
percentage (.300) and assisted blocks (391), sixth in total blocks (439) and blocks per
game (1.06), seventh in kills (1,369), eighth in kills per game (3.31) and ninth in attack
attempts (3,079).
2006: Second-team All-Missouri Valley Conference...For the first time
in her career, appeared in all 30 matches, and collected 28 starts...averaged a team-high
and Valley fourth-best 3.58 kills-per-game...hit .266 on the season, ranking seventh in the
MVC...collected 13 matches with a .300 or better hitting percentage...had a season-best
.688 hitting percentage in a sweep at Drake (Oct. 27)...recorded double-digit kill efforts
in 24 individual matches, including the last 10 contests of the season...had a team-best 29
service aces...Her 112.0 blocks (0.97 bpg) led the Redbirds...recorded three matches with
20 or more kills, including three of the first eight matches of the season...had a
career-high 24 kills in a five-game win over Florida A&M (Sept. 8)...also set a
career-high with 27.0 points in the match versus the Rattlers...Nearly tripled her previous
career dig total (40) with 110 digs on the season...Scored a team-best 502.5 points...
named to the MVC all-Scholar-Athlete first-team.
2005: Third Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District ... Second
Team All-Missouri Valley Conference ... honorable mention Missouri Valley Conference
Scholar-Athlete ... played on USA Select team on a tour to Argentina in June, along with
Redbird teammate Savannah Knowles ... missed two matches with a toe injury in late
September ... then missed nine more matches with monucleosis from late October until the
Valley Tournament ... after not playing for a month, had 13 kills in four games vs.
Missouri State (11/25) in the Valley Tournament ... hit .680 with 19 kills in 3 games vs.
Akron (9/10) ... Valley Season Rankings: No. 3 in points per game, No. 4 in kills per game,
No. 5 in hitting percentage...Played on USA Select team on a tour to Argentina in June,
along with Redbird teammate Savannah Knowles.
2004: Missouri Valley Conference All-Freshman Team ... MVP of the 2004
Barker GMC Classic, leading the Redbirds to the championship ... all-tournament choice at
the Western Kentucky Invitational ... Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Week (9/6
and 9/20) ... Valley Season Rankings: No. 6 in hitting percentage, No. 10 in blocks per
game ... ISU Record Book: No. 6 in match blocks at Redbird Arena (10 vs. Creighton, 11/19)
... No. 9 in season points ... tied for No. 10 in season block assists ... fourth player in
Redbird history to reach 300 kills as a freshman ... 16th player in Redbird history to hit
.300 for a season ... No. 1 freshman in the Valley in kills and hitting percentage ... in
double figures in kills 15 times ... collected 10 blocks vs. Creighton (11/19) which tied
for No. 6 on Redbird Arena match total block list ... hit above .300 in 17 matches and ISU
was 15-2 in those matches ... in last seven matches, had 36 blocks in 26 games (1.38 per
game) ... joined Jenny Kabbes and Lindley McDavid as the only Redbird freshmen with 10
blocks in a match.
High School: Led team to 2003 regional championship by averaging 3.97
kills and 1.65 blocks per game with .498 hitting percentage ... all-conference in 2002 and
2003 ... all-tournament team member twice in 2003 ... National Honor Society member ...
four-year scholar-athlete ... four-year high honor roll ... prep coaches were Kerri Goncher
in 2002 and 2003, Jackie Ripoli in 2001 ... club coaches at Celtic Force were Erik Eastman
and Gloria Coughlin.
Personal: Major is elementary education... AFNI Athletics Honor Roll:
Fall 2004, Spring 2005 ... parents are William and Lorraine Staehlin, with sister Lisa ...
full name is Kari Elizabeth Staehlin, born Dec. 26, 1985 ... last name pronounced
STAY-linn.