Tanya Beckford

Sophomore l Outside Hitter l 5’5” l Framingham, MA l Framingham H.S.

Notables Great athlete ... Fundamentally sound ... Should be one of the team’s best players and leaders ... Will see time exclusively at outside hitter.

2005 Enjoyed an outstanding freshman season, appearing in all 23 matches … Led the Beacons with 196 kills (2.33 per game) … Second on the team with 43 aces and 139 digs … Finished eighth in the Little East Conference in service aces … Recorded her career high with 16 kills in her first collegiate match vs. Simmons College on September 8 … Tallied a season-best seven aces at UMass Dartmouth on September 17 … Named Little East Rookie of the Week October 10 (after compiling 28 kills, 23 digs and 10 aces in 10 games) and earned the honor for a second time on October 24 (39 kills and 24 digs in 13 games) ... Spiked for five or more kills in 20 matches, including eight outings with double-digits ... Owned a six-match streak with at least one ace from October 15-26 and fired 16 aces in a four-match span from September 16-20 ... Solid defensively with five or more digs in 14 matches, including a personal-best of 14 digs in a four-game match vs. Babson on October 15 in the UMass Dartmouth Invitational.

Personal/High School Played one year of high school volleyball at Framingham High School … Also attended Massachusetts Bay Community College for one year … Other interests include reading and traveling … A biology major hoping to enter the field of neurology … Born August 1, 1983, she is the daughter of Paul and Sonia James.