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Farren Powe 41                 Class: Senior Hometown: Mobile, Ala. High School: McGill-Toolen Cathloic H.S. Position: MB

PATRICK ON POWE: "I was excited to see Farren have a breakout year last season. That was really the first year she was able to stay virtually injury-free, and we saw the athleticism that she can bring to the court. Although she will play mostly in the middle, she also has the ability to take swings at some different areas along the net. Offensively, we definitely need to find her in side-out and transition opportunities. We really made that a point of emphasis in the second-half of the season and that was one of the reasons we were able to finish so strong. The one thing that we really worked on with her is her blocking. She's quick, can get off the ground and can get high enough, so we just needed to work on some technique to make her a more consistent blocker and a more complete player."

2008 (JUNIOR): Started 29 matches and played in 118 of the team's 119 sets...Led all players in SEC matches with an impressive .412 hitting percentage...After a slow start in the opening weekend of action, Powe got back on track at the Denver Pioneer Classic...Tallied nine kills against Iowa and a season-high 11 putaways against Virginia... Also had a season-best seven blocks against the Cavaliers...Continued to play well at the Comcast Lady Vol Classic...Reached double digits in kills for the second time with 10 against No. 17 Illinois on Sept. 12 before posting eight in a five-set victory over Dayton two days later...Also had a career-high two aces against the Flyers... Hit at a .462 clip in a three-set sweep over Mississippi State in UT's SEC opener with seven kills and just one error on 13 attacks... Collected a career-high eight digs against Alabama on Sept. 21, in addition to nine kills and three blocks...Posted an eight kill, four dig, three block, two ace perfomance at LSU on Sept. 26...Had the best offensive performance of her career to date against Auburn on Oct. 3, blasting out a personal-best 15 kills and hitting at a career-high .625 clip with zero errors in 24 attacks...Was impressive against both South Carolina and No. 9 Florida the following week, hitting .364 (5-1-11) against the Gamecocks and .462 (8-2-13) versus the Gators...Continued her torrid pace with a .571 (4-0-7) hitting percentage in just two sets at ETSU on Oct. 14...Recorded hitting percentages of .357 (6-1-14) and .538 (8-1-13) in road sweeps at Alabama and Mississippi State on Oct. 24 and 26, respectively...Also had a team-best five blocks against the Bulldogs...Was named the SEC Offensive Player of the Week on Nov. 3 after hitting at a combined .593 clip in wins over Georgia and LSU...Set a career-high with a stellar .692 hitting percentage in the 3-0 sweep of the Bulldogs, pounding out 10 kills with just one error on 13 swings...Also had a team-high five blocks and an ace in the match...Followed up that performance with an eight-kill, six-block, three-dig effort against the Tigers two days later...Helped UT to a 3-0 sweep at Arkansas with 11 kills and just two errors on 17 attacks, good for a .529 hitting percentage...Hit at a .667 clip at Ole Miss on Nov. 9 with six kills and no errors on nine attacks...Also had three digs, an ace and a block in that contest... Posted 12 kills, five digs and three blocks in a five-set victory over South Carolina on Nov. 16...Helped UT to a five-set road win at Auburn on Nov. 23 with six kills, six blocks and an assist...Hit .474 (10-1-19) with three blocks in UT's five-set upset victory over No. 17 Kentucky on Nov. 28...Finished off the season with eight kills, three digs and three blocks at Clemson in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.

2007 (SOPHOMORE): Started 21 matches for UT and played in 105 of its 113 games during her sophomore campaign...Earned starting nods in both of the Lady Vols' matches at the AVCA Showcase...Hit a remarkable .517 (9-1-14) against topranked and defending national champion Nebraska in only the second start of her career...Followed that performance with a 13-kill, 37-swing, three-block effort the next day against No. 21 Utah...Posted 21 kills in three matches at the Comcast Lady Vol Classic...Tallied the first assist and solo blocks of her career versus Indiana in the championship match...Continued her solid play at the State Farm Illini Classic, Sept. 7-8...Tied her career high with two digs against both Creighton and Marquette... Also knocked out 12 kills and hit at a .417 clip against the Golden Eagles...Registered a then-career-high 14 kills on .458 hitting in UT's 3-1 victory over Mississippi State in the opening weekend of SEC play...Tied that total 10 days later at Kentucky...Recorded the best hitting percentage of her career with a .583 percentage (9-2-12) at South Carolina on Oct. 5...Tallied eight kills and a then-personal-best seven blocks against No. 18 LSU on Oct. 12...Bested that career high in blocks just two days later, sending back 10 Ole Miss attacks...Also had 10 kills in the contest for the first double-double of her career...Reached double digit kills twice more with 10 at Mississippi State on Oct. 19 and against Auburn on Oct. 28...Sent back a career-high 12 Ole Miss attacks on Nov. 2, including one solo and 11 block assists... Matched her personal bests in both kills and attacks in a five-game triumph over South Carolina on Nov. 11 with 14 and 37, respectively...Closed out the year with four putbacks in UT's season-ending contest against Notre Dame.

2006 (FRESHMAN): Played in five matches during her freshman campaign...Earned the first starting nod of her collegiate debut against Lehigh on Sept. 9 at the Pitt Invitational...Had a very successful start with nine kills and just one error in 17 attempts for a .471 hitting percentage...Also recorded four blocks in the contest...Recorded a kill in both the Lady Vols' match at Florida on Oct. 1 and home contest against Georgia on Oct. 8.

HIGH SCHOOL: A two-sport star at McGill- Toolen Catholic High School in basketball and volleyball, Powe helped the latter to consecutive Alabama state championships in 2004 (49-7 record) and 2005...While helping guide her volleyball squad to a staggering 68-5 record in 2005, she was chosen as the Alabama 6A Most Valuable Player, the Alabama State Player of the Year, an Alabama All-American and McGill-Toolen's Female Athlete of the Year...Was also nominated for National Player of the Year recognition, reaped the Alabama South All-Star Most Valuable Player nod, was the area MVP and picked up a Kiwanis Player of the Week award in 2005...Tabbed to the Mobile Press- Register's second-team in 2004...Also chosen to the Mobile All-County 6A volleyball team and to the area all-tournament squad (`04)... Named honorable mention by the Mobile Press-Register in 2002.

PERSONAL: Is majoring in psychology... Selected a divisional winner of the Arthur Ashe Essay Contest...Chose Tennessee over Texas A&M, South Carolina and LSU...Lists former NBA great Michael Jordan, current WNBA superstar Lisa Leslie, golfer Tiger Woods and tennis professionals Venus and Serena Williams as famous people she admires...Claims to have modeled her game after former Florida All-America volleyball player Aury Cruz...Was a member of the African-American Club and the School Pride Club at McGill-Toolen High School...Has one sister, Lauren, 17, and one brother, Xavier, 19...Farren Simmone Powe, the daughter of Roger and Velma Gamble, was born on Dec. 24, 1987, in Montgomery, Ala.