#4 - Ann Whited

Position: Outside Hitter

Year: Jr.

Hometown: Fishers, Ind.

High School: Indiana School for the Deaf

Height: 5-7

Major: Deaf Studies

Awards

• 2011 All-NEAC Second Team
• NEAC Women's Volleyball Student-Athlete of the Week - 10/10/11
• 2010 All-NEAC First Team
• NEAC Player of the Week - 10/11/10
• 2010 Coaches' Award
• 2009-10 Gallaudet Rookie of the Year

Junior (2011): Secretary for Gallaudet's Student-Athlete Athletic Council.

Sophomore (2010): All-NEAC First Team...NEAC Player of the Week for the week of October 11...helped lead Gallaudet to first-ever NEAC championship......member of Bison team that earned the AVCA Team Academic Award...led the Bison in kills (429), kills per set (3.15), points (496.5), points per set (3.65) and was second in digs (321)...made eight kills and six digs in Gallaudet's 3-0 loss in the NCAA tournament first round against No. 5 Christopher Newport University...secretary for Gallaudet's Student-Athlete Athletic Council.

Freshman (2009): Started all 41 matches for the Bison...member of Bison team that earned the AVCA Team Academic Award...helped the Bison win the ECAC Division III South Region Volleyball Championship...third on the team in kills (353), kills per set (2.39), points (394.5) and points per set (2.67) and fourth in digs (347).

Before Gallaudet: Attended Indiana School for the Deaf.

Personal: Daughter of John and K. Leithia Whited (Gallaudet '76)...has an older brother, Colin who is a Gallaudet student...favorite food is a pepperoni rolled up with cream cheese and ranch dip...fan of the Indianapolis Colts.

Why Gallaudet? "Gallaudet University is the place to be. It is where deaf, hard-of-hearing and hearing students can discover their own identity. Gallaudet's historical presence is contagious to us all and makes us want to be apart of it's future."