| Megan Boken |
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Freshman
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| Hometown:
Wheaton, Ill.
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| High School:
St. Francis
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| Height:
5-11
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| Position:
OH
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2007 • FRESHMAN
Played in all but nine games ... stepped up as an outside hitter when Sammi McCloud was injured early in the season ... ranked third on the squad with 2.41 digs per game and tied for third with .25 service aces per game ... collected double-digit digs in 14 matches ... narrowly missed her first career double-double with 12 digs and career-high tying eight kills at Bradley ... nearly got it the very next day with 14 digs and a career-high tying eight kills ... posted a career-best five assists along with 10 digs and four kills in the IUPUI victory ... notched a career-high 16 digs in the season finale against Xavier in addition to three assists, an ace and a kill ... registered a career-high three blocks in the regular-season loss at Xavier, also had 10 digs ... had a career-high four service aces, nine digs and two assists in the UConn win ... recorded a match-high 12 digs in the win at GW ... led the Bills with 13 digs in the Illinois State loss ... dug a match-high 12 balls in the Western Illinois match.
AT ST. FRANCIS
Led her team to a 41-2 record and the program's first Class AA state title as a senior ... the three-time letterwinner also helped the Spartans to a Class A state crown as a sophomore ... helped her team retain the top ranking in the Chicagoland area in 2006 ... her team went 14-0 in the Suburban Catholic Conference her senior year ... selected as the honorary captain of the 2006 Chicago Tribune All-State first team following special mention plaudits in 2005 ... also named to the Chicago Sun-Times All-State first team as a senior ... earned Daily Herald All-Area honors in 2005 and 2006 after picking up honorable mention accolades in 2004 ... led the Spartans to a regional crown as a junior ... in 2005, her team was ranked as high as No. 10 in the nation ... was a three-time Academic All-Conference selection ... she and Megan Power were teammates at St. Francis in 2006 ... played for Sports Performance Volleyball Club in Chicago ... was a part of AAU championship teams in 2004, 2005 and 2007 ... led the 2007 USA Junior Olympics 18 Open squad to a first-place finish ... was a National Honor Society member.
PERSONAL
Born June 15, 1989 in Santa Monica, Calif. ... daughter of Lisa and Paul Boken ... has one brother, Joe, and two sisters, Annie and Mary ... her older sister, Annie, graduated from SLU ... comes from an athletic family as her father played volleyball and basketball at Loyola Marymount and her aunt, Emily Boken, played volleyball at Santa Clara and LSU while her great grandfather, Bob Boken, played professional baseball with the Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox.
