Personal
High School: Marcos de Niza Major: Psychology Parents: Kent and Kay Layton Family: Three older brothers ... father played college basketball at Adams State and Air Force High School Academic Honors: Member of the National Honor Society ... winner of the 1997 President's Education Award Favorite Movie: 10 Things I Hate About You Favorite Book: The Partner, by John Grisham Favorite Actress: Sandra Bullock Favorite Musical Groups: Sarah McLachlan, Pearl Jam and Chicago Favorite Food: Pasta Sports Hero: Her dad Biggest Sports Thrill to Date: Beating the Czech Republic National Team during the 1999 summer tour of Europe. Favorite Move: Slamming an overpass
Before BYU
1994 Marcos de Niza team Most Improved Player ... 1995 and 1996 Team MVP ... two-time 1st Team All-City ... two-time 1st Team Central Region and 1996 Central Region MVP ... 1995 2nd Team All-East Valley and 1996 East Valley Co-Player of the Year ... 1995 Honorable Mention Class 5A All-State and 1996 1st Team Class 5A All-State ... earned Athlete of the Month honors on both freshman and JV basketball teams. Club: Led her East Valley Juniors team to a third-place finish at 1996 Junior Nationals. Honors: 1994 prep team ranked 17th nationally in Volleyball magazine.
Stats
Year GP K E A Pct. SA SE RE BS BA TB BE Dig Ast.
1997 41 96 50 229 .201 9 33 3 2 16 18 3 37 1
1998 111 301 97 579 .353 12 35 0 17 129 146 9 42 5
1999 104 185 95 431 .209 46 118 20 5 93 98 9 204 46
Total 256 582 242 1239 .274 67 186 23 24 238 262 21 283 52
Stepped in as one of two outside hitters to replace Caroline Steuer Bower after her injury ... recorded 10 kills and seven digs in East Regional semi-final match against Texas A&M ... hit .462 against TCU ... averaged 2.34 kills per game and a .201 hitting percentage.
Was named 2nd Team All-WAC Pacific Division ... led the Cougars in hitting percentage with a .353 average ... hit .386 in WAC matches ... was second on the team in blocking with a 1.32 average ... had season high 13 kills vs. Utah State ... recorded a double-double against Hawai`i in the WAC Championship with 12 kills and 15 blocks.
Played in 104 of the Cougars 110 games on the season ... was second in the Mountain West Conference in service aces with 0.44/game ... finished the season sixth on the team in kills, averaging 1.78 kills/game ... played middle blocker, outside hitter and rightside hitter ... finished the season fifth on the team in digs with 204 ... had three matches where she finished with a double-double in kills and digs.