Becky Defoe

Position:
Libero/Defensive Specialist
Height:
5-5
Class:
Senior
High School:
Summit HS
Hometown:
Bend, Ore.

2012 (Junior)
Played in all 32 matches, participating in 117 of a possible 118 sets as the team's libero ... Re-broke her own school record for digs in a single-season with 591, surpassing her 2011 mark of 555 ... Averaged a school-record 5.05 digs per set ... Led the team in digs in 30 of the team's 32 matches ... Finished in double figures in digs in all but two matches ... Added 91 assists to finish third on the team and had 13 service aces ... Earned Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week honors Sept. 9 after totaling 69 digs in wins over UIC, No. 2 Penn State and DePaul at the Chicago Classic ... Had 31 digs against DePaul, a season and career best ... Finished the season with 14 digs against Oregon (Nov. 23) ... Posted 23 digs against USC, the most by an OSU player in three sets in 2012 (Nov. 20) ... Finished with 27 digs in a four-set win over Washington State (Nov. 16) ... Totaled 21 digs against Colorado (Oct. 28) ... Picked up 16 digs and six assists in a win over Washington State (Oct. 14) ... Had 21 digs in three sets against Stanford (Oct. 7) ... Tallied back-to-back 20-plus dig matches against Cal State Fullerton (25 on Sept. 15) and San Diego State (26 on Sept. 15) ... Set a career-best with 31 digs in a five-set win over DePaul (Sept. 9) ... Finished with 17 digs in a five-set win over No. 2 Penn State (Sept. 8) ... Finished with a career-best 30 digs against Miami (Aug. 31).

2011 (Sophomore)
Becky Defoe broke the school record for most digs in a single season against No. 1 UCLA (Nov. 12) with 21 in the match ... Joined the 30-dig club against Wyoming (Aug. 26) with a career-high 30 digs ... Earned double-digit digs in each of the first four matches ... Served a career-high four aces in the season opener with a best 4.0 points and eight assists ... Named Best Libero at the Long Beach State Baden Classic ... Dug a near school record 24 balls in the sweep of Utah State (Sept. 9) ... Nearly broke the school record for most digs in a three-set match with 28 at No. 3 Washington (Oct. 1) ... Tallied her fourth 20-plus digs match with 27 against No. 7 Stanford (Oct. 7), second in a row against ranked teams ... Earned her sixth 20-plus digs match of the season against Utah (Oct. 29) for Spike Out Cancer, fourth in a three-set match ... Dug 14 balls with four assists in win over No. 13 Oregon (Nov. 22) ... Finished the season with a single season record of 555, averaging another school record 4.62 digs per game.

2010 (Freshman)
Appeared in and started all 32 matches in all but four at libero ... Dug a season-high 17 balls three times against Cal Poly (Sept. 17), Arizona (Oct. 8) and No. 4 Stanford (Oct. 31) with 26 double-digit digs matches ... Set a season-best five assists against Washington State (Sept. 25) adding two aces, tying her career-best for the fourth time ... Finished third all-time for most digs by a freshman with 372.

Summit High School
Lettered three years in volleyball for head coach Jill Waskom at libero ... As a sophomore, helped her team to a second place finish at the state tournament, earning the team Hustle Award ... As a junior, helped the team to a third place state finish, earning Athlete of the Month honors, team Most Fight award, Intermountain Conference (IMC) First Team selection, first team All-State Tournament, second team All-State as libero ... As a senior, team captain, All-IMC First Team, IMC Libero of the Year, first team All-State Tournament, Libero of the Year, second team All-State ... Also lettered three years in basketball for coaches Dustin Anderson and Ryan Cruz and three years in softball for coach Mike Carpenter ... Two-time team Hustle Award winner and two-time team Best Defensive Player in basketball, earning All-IMC honorable mention as a junior ... Three-time IMC selection (second team as a freshman, honorable mention as a sophomore, first team as a junior) in softball and three-time team Best Defensive Player honoree.

Personal
Daughter of Don and Terri Defoe ... Has one older sister, Morgan, and one younger sister, Mariah ... Uncles Rick and Larry Vaughn attended Oregon State and cousin Heidi Vaughn is currently attending ... Majoring in Business ... Home Schooled ... Former prep teammates include current teammate Kelsey Zimmerman ... Chose Oregon State for Pac-10 volleyball and it is close to home.