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Kendall Bateman |
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2008
Bateman will compete with teammate Mychaela Miller for the No. 2 setter position as a 2008 freshman.
National Team
She was a two-time member of the U.S. Girls' National Team, part of the squad that finished 10th at the 2007 FIVB Girls' World Championship in Mexico...member of the squad that won the 2006 NORCECA championship.
High School/Club
She was a two-time Mizuno/Volleyball Magazine All-American at Mira Costa High in Manhattan Beach, Calif., under coaches Dae Lea Aldrich and Lisa Arce...led Mira Costa to a perfect 37-0 record and the school's fourth straight state championship in her senior season...part of the mythical national championship squads in her junior and senior seasons as named by prepvolleyball.com...named CIF most valuable player in her senior season...named Daily Breeze Player of the Year as a senior, along with earning all-area first team honors...had two kills and 32 assists in the 2007 CIF final while posting two kills and 33 assists in the state final...earned Division I All-CIF second team honors in her junior season...member of the California Scholarship Foundation and National Honor Society three years...played for various club teams with SCVC being her most recent team...named to the all-tournament team at the 2005 and 2008 Junior Olympics.
Personal
Kendall Mikala Bateman was born on June 15, 1990, in Torrance, Calif...parents are Steve and Jane...has one brother, Stephen, and one sister, Kelsey...lists Michael Jordan as her biggest sports hero because of the impact he made on his sports and his passion for the game...she is the first family member to attend USC...her father played baseball at Loyola Marymount while her mother played women's basketball at Loyola Marymount...favorite television shows are The Soup and Gossip Girl...favorite movies are The Usual Suspects and Love Actually...listens to Rebelution, Natural Vibrations, 2Pac and Jason Mraz...has taken taekwondo for three years...has not declared a major.
