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#19 Candice Burke
Position: Defensive Specialist
Height: 5'6"
Year: Senior
City/State: Waterloo, Iowa
High School: East
Experience: 3 Letters
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Candice Burke Biography
Courtesy: UNI Athletics Communications
Release: 08/01/2010
2011: Played in all 35 matches and all 125 sets ... led the team in digs with 585 (4.68/set) ... her 585 digs was the fifth-best single-season mark in UNI's history ... she ranked fifth in the MVC in digs/set ... ranked fourth on the squad with 21 service aces ... tallied double figures in digs in 33 of the 35 matches ... had 12 matches of 20 or more digs ... posted a season-high 30 digs in a 3-0 win over Evansville (9/17) ... Burke's 30 digs were the highest three-set total in UNI's history, breaking the previous mark of 27 set by Ellie Blankenship in 2008 vs. Southern Illinois ... earned the first of two back-to-back MVC Defensive Player of the Week honors following her 30-dig effort vs. the Purple Aces ... set a season-high with three service aces in a 3-0 win at Evansville (11/18) ... credited with 22 digs in UNI's 3-0 win over Wichita State in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament championship match.

2010: Played in all 33 matches and 117 of the Panthers 119 sets...posted 12 double-digit dig matches...recorded a career-best 20 digs against Dayton (9/3) and Creighton (9/24)...snagged 315 digs, averaging 2.69 digs per set...recorded 19 service aces...helped the Panthers rank No. 6 nationally in digs per set with 18.71.... had two 20-dig matches, including at Creighton (Sept. 24) ... recorded six assists against Creighton in the championship match of the MVC Tournament.

2009: Played in 33 matches and 109 sets for the Panthers...notched 212 digs including 1.94 digs per set...registered 22 service aces for .20 service aces per set...recorded a season-high 18 digs against Drake (11/21/09)...notched five games with double-digit digs.

2008: Redshirted.

High School: Was a two-time first-team all-conference performer at Waterloo East High School ... also a two-time all-metro selection ... team won conference her senior year ... named team's MVP her senior season ... was chosen the 2008 Waterloo East High Female Athlete of the Year ... also played soccer and basketball ... four year member of the honor roll.

Personal: Daughter of Robert and Annette Burke ... full name is Candice Nichole Burke ... has two sisters, Alison and Paige ... majoring in leisure youth and human services... biggest influences have been her parents ... enjoys boating, skiing and tubing ... born February 1, 1990 in Waterloo, Iowa.

Career Highs
Kills: 2 at Mississippi State (9/1/12)
Aces: 4 vs. Bradley (10/31/09)
Blocks: none
Digs: 35 vs. Evansville [2] (10/12/12)
Assists: 6, twice
Points: 4 vs. Bradley (10/31/09)


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