21 Cori Martone
Class: Junior Hometown: Baton Rouge, La. High School: St. Joseph's Height: 6-0 Birthdate: 01/15/1992 Experience: 1L Major: Communications

2012: Played in all 11 matches as a sophomore, posting a 3-8 overall record...tied for the team lead in wins (3) with all of her matches coming at the No. 1 position...teamed with Grace Weaver to go 3-7 while going 0-1 with Lilly Wolfe...won three-set contests at Stetson (3/14), at UAB (4/6) and vs Webber International (4/15).

Indoor: Three-year letterwinner of Tulane's indoor program, posting 987 kills (3.10/set), 87 assists (0.27/set), 63 service aces (0.20/set), 638 digs (2.01/set) and 204 blocks (0.64/set) in 84 matches and 318 sets of action...has 50 double-digit kill matches, 24 double-digit dig outings and two double-digit block contests to go with 20 kill/dig double-doubles and a pair of kill/block double-doubles...posted career highs of 29 kills at Marshal (10/30/11), 21 digs at East Carolina (10/28/11), 11 blocks at Memphis (10/31/10), five aces vs Mississippi State (9/7/12) and four assists vs Marshall (10/23/10) and at Baylor (8/25/12)...named Conference USA Freshman of the Year, second-team All-Louisiana and to the C-USA All-Freshman Team as a rookie in 2010...claimed second-team All C-USA the last two seasons while being tabbed first-team all-state as a sophomore and second-team all-state as a junior...earned all-tournament honors at the Kathy Trosclair Memorial Tournament as a sophomore and junior, and the Allstate Sugar Bowl Classic as a sophomore...named C-USA Player of the Week on Nov. 8, 2010, and again on Sept. 17, 2012.

High School: Four-year letterwinner at St. Joseph's Academy for head coach Sivi Miller...helped the Red Stickers post a combined 79-4-3 record during her junior and senior seasons and SJU's 46-1 record her senior year stands as the second-most wins in Louisiana high school volleyball history...named first-team all-state, Louisiana Division I 5A Miss Volleyball, first-team all-metro, first-team all-district and team MVP her final two years while claiming All-America honors and listing among the "Senior Aces" from from PrepVolleyball.com as a senior...as a senior, named first-team All-Division I District 3 and was selected to play for Team East in the LHSCA All-Star Game where she was named MVP...also named Most Outstanding Player in the state championship match after posting a match-high 19 kills, including the game winner, in a 3-0 victory over Mount Carmel...in addition to her time at SJU, played club volleyball for the Volleyball Institute of America...in 2008, suited up for Louisiana Volleyball Club where she helped the team finish fifth in the JVDA in Kentucky and ninth in the AAU Nationals in Orlando, Fla.

Personal: Born Cori Payton Martone on Jan. 15, 1992, in Baton Rouge, La...daughter of Darren and Susan Martone...has one brother...majoring in communications.