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Freshman (2012) ... Varsity letterwinner ... Big Ten All-Freshman team (unanimous selection) ... Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 1) ... Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Oct. 1) ... Named to the Tiger Invitational All-Tournament Team (Aug. 24-25) ... Appeared in all 39 matches this season ... Led Michigan in digs in 34 of 39 contests ... Had a team-high 559 digs on the season ... Had 22 digs in the four-set win over No. 2 Stanford in the NCAA Tournament regional final (Dec. 8) ... Led Michigan with a career-high 27 digs in a five-set win over Arkansas (Sept. 1) in the adidas/Michigan Challenge ... In just three sets, had 25 digs in a win over Iowa (Sept. 28) ... Came back two days later and had 23 digs in a four-set match at No. 6 Nebraska (Sept. 30) ... Recorded a match-high 21 digs at Illinois (Nov. 17) ... Had a game-high 20 digs in the three-set win over Missouri (Aug. 25) ... Had 19 and 17 digs, respectively, in NCAA Tournament wins over Tennessee (Nov. 29) and Louisville (Nov. 30) ... Had 21 digs in the four-set win at No. 14 Ohio State (Nov. 23) ... Went for a team-high 17 digs while dishing out seven assists vs. No. 17 Purdue (Sept. 22) ... Had four service aces in the North Florida match (Aug. 24) ... Ended the Tiger Invitational averaging 3.87 digs per set ...
Prep ... Redondo Union (2012) ... Varsity letterwinner (2008, '09, '10, '11) ... Captain (2010, '11) ... Coaches Award (2009) ... Rookie of the Year (2008) ... Outstanding Defensive Player (2010) ... Most Valuable Player (2011) ... All-CIF 1AA First Team (2011) ... First Team All-Bay League (2008, '09, '10, '11) ... Bay League Libero of the Year (2008, '09, '10) ... Bay League Most Outstanding Player award (2011) ... Daily Breeze All-Area First Team (2008, '09, '10, '11) ... Redondo Union High School Female Athlete of the Year (2009, '11, '12) ... Helped Redondo Union to a No. 15 ranking in Max Preps her junior season along with a runner-up finish in the CIF SS Division IAA finals ... Was named to the All-Tournament team at the Durango Classic in Las Vegas, Nev. ... One of PrepVolleyball.com's Top 120 Senior Aces ... Also played water polo and was a swimmer at Redondo Union ... Earned team MVP in water polo her junior and senior year ... Was one of 12 players named to the 2012 PrepVolleyball.com "Defensive Dandies" first team list ... Was one of 14 freshman in the nation named to that list in 2009 ... Was a four-year honor roll member at Redondo Union ... Only Redondo Union female presented with the West Coast Sports Medicine Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award of Excellence in 2012 ...
Club/Junior ... Played on Mizuno Long Beach (2007-12) and Seal Beach (2003-06) in her club volleyball career ... Was named the AAU Beach Volleyball Player of the Year in 2010 ... Selected to the USA Beach High Performance Under-19 National Training Team (2011) ... Selected to the U.S. Youth Olympic Games roster and helped that team to a silver medal in 2010 ... Won three straight AAU Beach Volleyball Under-16 national championships in 2008, 2009 and 2010 ... Named to the U.S. Girls' Junior A2 team in 2010 ... Participated in the USA Volleyball High Performance Youth Holiday camp (2007, '08, '09) ... Played on the nationally-ranked Mizuno Long Beach teams from 2008-12 ...
Personal ... Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts ... Full name is Tiffany Ann Morales ... Birthday: Dec. 6, 1993 ... Daughter of Louis and Sylvia Morales.
