University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2007 Women's Volleyball Roster
Erika Castro
- Position:
- Libero
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- St. Mary's Hall
Major: Kinesiology (Exercise Science)
2006-07 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List
2006 ? Junior Season
? Played in all 29 matches, starting two at libero
? Led the team in digs (491) and digs per game (4.59)
? Recorded four of her top five digs performances as a junior
? Tallied a career-high 43 digs against
? Followed with a 33-dig performance on Sept. 8 at Texas-Arlington
? Recorded three 30-dig performances and seven 20-dig performances
? Threw down a season-best 14 kills in the season finale at UALR on Nov. 11
? Twenty-two of her 27 season kills came in the season’s final weekend at ASU (8) and UALR (14)
? Registered a season-high two block assists at
? Posted a double-double on Nov. 11 at UALR (14 kills, 19 digs)
2005 ? Sophomore Season
? Started the season as the team’s libero playing the first eight matches at the position
? Through roster attrition she was forced to play at outside hitter in the season’s final 17 matches
? At libero she tallied a career-high 31 digs Sept. 6 at Louisiana Tech
? Reached double digits in digs on 13 different occasions
? Led to 300 total digs for the season which marked her second straight season with 300-plus digs
? Tallied a career-best 96 kills
? Season-best of 14 kills came on Sept. 17 against Tennessee-Martin at MSU/Microtel Classic
? Contributed a career-best 11 assists against
? Notched double digit digs in four of the final five matches including a pair of 16-dig outings
against
2004 ? Freshman Season
? First season with the Ragin’ Cajuns volleyball program
? Rotated between defensive specialist and outside hitter
? Saw action in 29 matches, playing in 100 games
? Led the team with 32 service aces and had four matches with at least three aces
? Ranked second on the team with 301 digs
? Reached double digits in digs 16 times and had a stretch of five straight matches of double digit
digs from Sept. 3-10
? Had four aces in her collegiate debut against
? Posted her first career double-double on Oct. 29 at
? Her best weekend in Sun Belt play was Oct. 29-30 on the South Alabama-UNO road
trip ? in the two matches combined she put down 17 kills and collected 43 digs.
High School
? Four-year letterwinner who made varsity and started as outside hitter every year
? Ranked in top 10 in kills, digs and hitting percentage in
? Team Captain
? Team MVP (three years)
? Southwest Preparatory Conference All-South Zone Team (four years)
? Numerous tournament MVP honors
? Led team to 36-3 record and the No. 1 ranking among private schools in
? Led team to SPC Division I Championship for the first time in the school’s 125-year history in 2002
? Participated in the Junior Olympic program for eight years last playing Texas Tornados 18U Nike
Personal
? Full name is Erika Angelique Castro
? Born on
? Daughter of Dennis and Sabrena Castro
? Has one sister, Alexis
