2005 (Sophomore): Played and started in 23 matches and in 80 of 90 games ... Finished second on the team in kills and attacks ... Ranked third in aces and tied for third in digs ... Tallied six double-doubles ... Put together 13 10-or-more kill outings ... 9/2/05 vs. Ball State - Tallied her 14th-career double-double in a 22-kill, 16-dig effort ... Led the team in kills in that match and finished tied for first in digs ... Registered a team-high .294 hitting percentage ... 9/2/05 vs. Michigan State - Had nine kills in the match,, placing her second on the team ... Led the team in hitting percentage, netting .227 in the match ... 9/9/05 vs. Appalachian State - Finished second on the team in kills (9) and digs (8) ... 9/10/05 vs. Eastern Washington - Recorded her second double-digit kill match of the season, posting 13 ... 9/14/05 vs. FSU - Tallied her 15th-career double-double in a 11-kill, 12-dig effort ... Tied for the team-high in digs and finished second in kills ... Also registered two aces and block assists ... 9/16/05 vs. UCF - Led the team in aces, posting six in the match ... Chipped in defensively, recording eight digs and four block assists ... Her four block assists tied her for the team-high in that category ... 9/23/05 vs. Marquette - Finished tied for first in kills with 11 in the match ... Posted her 22nd-career 10-plus-kill match ... Contributed in defense as well, chipping in eight digs and one block assist ... 9/25/05 vs. Syracuse - Led the team in kills (15) and points (16.0) and chipped in four digs ... Registered her fifth double-digit kill match of the season ... 9/30/05 vs. Pitt - Tied her career high in assists with four helpers in the match ... 10/11/05 vs. FAMU - Set a new career mark in hitting percentage, netting .357 in the match ... Tallied 13 kills on 28 attacks, finishing second on the team in each category ... 10/15/05 vs. Georgetown - Netted a double-double in a 14-kill, 12-dig effort ... Tied for the team high in kills ... 10/16/05 vs. Jacksonville - Tallied her second-straight double-double in a 16-kill, 13-dig outing ... Also posted her third-straight double-digit-kill match ... 10/23/05 vs. DePaul - Had her best offensive game of her career, setting a new career high in kills with 26 and points with 27... Also led the team in kills ... Netted a double-double, chipping in 16 digs - second best on the team ... 10/28/05 vs. St. John’s - Was the only player to net a double-double in the match thanks to a 14-kill, 15-dig outing ... Finished second on the team in kills and registered the highest hitting percentage of any starter (.379) ... 11/4/05 vs. Cincinnati - Tallied the second highest kill total in the match, netting seven ... 11/6/05 vs. Louisville - Led the Bulls’ offense with her 17 kills in the match and 17.5 points ... Chipped in nine digs, falling one shy of a double-double ... 11/11/05 vs. Seton Hall - Led the team in kills, converting 48 attacks into 18 kills ... Ste a new career milestone, netting her 30th double-digit kill match ... 11/16/05 vs. North Florida - Led the team’s offense, recording a team-high 16 kills ... Tied her career high in hitting percentage with a .379 effort.
2004 (Freshman): Played and started in all 29 matches this season ... Finished second on the team in kills with 3.22 per game ... Led the team in service aces with 0.29 per game ... Had team-leading kills in four matches, team-leading digs in six and team-leading blocks in four ... Notched a team-high 13 double-doubles on the season ... Led the team in digs with 11 vs. #4 Florida (9/1) ... Notched her first career double-double with 10 kills and 12 digs vs. Chattanooga (9/4) ... Added a second-straight double-double vs. SE Missouri State (9/10) with 14 kills and 10 digs ... Had back-to-back double-doubles vs. Northern Illinois (9/17) and Bradley (9/18) ... Posted a career-high 23 kills vs. East Carolina (10/3) ... Had a career-high 19 digs vs. DePaul (10/16) while leading the team in both digs and kills ... Had a string of four-straight double-doubles from 10/16 (vs. DePaul) to 10/23 (vs. Florida A&M) ... Hit a career-high .300 vs. Florida State (11/2) ... Helped the Bulls come back against Jacksonville (11/16) in game four by serving 11-straight points ... Tallied a career-high seven service aces in that match ... Had her final double-double of the season vs. Saint Louis in the C-USA Tournament (11/19) with 16 kills and 12 digs.
High School: Four-year letterwinner at Gainesville HS ... Led her team to the FHSAA state championship her freshman and senior seasons, including a perfect 32-0 season in 2003 ... Named Gainesville Sun Player of the Year, Florida Dairy Farmers Miss Volleyball and 4A Player of the Year in 2003 ... Made four appearances in the FHSAA State Final Four ... Her team was state runners-up in 2002 ... Honored as team captain her junior and senior seasons ... Was named to the FHSAA all-tournament team in 2003 ... Was named Fourth Team All-State as a sophomore, Third Team as a junior and First Team as a senior ... Was Second Team All-Area as a sophomore and First Team as a junior and senior ... Played club ball for Gainesville Juniors ... Received Presidential Award at Gainesville HS ... During this past summer was named to Team Florida and led her team to the championship of the Volley Classic Tournament in Austin, Texas ... For her play was honored as MVP of the tournament.
Personal: Full name is Michelle Faye Stalbaum ... Born June 11, 1986, in Ft. Benning, Ga. ... Daugher of Debby and Richard Stalbaum ... Has one brother, Rick, 17 ... Majoring in mass communications.
