Didem Ege Class: Senior Hometown: Istanbul, Turkey High School: Nisantasi Isik Ozel Isik Lisesi Height: 5-8 Position: L Major: Psychology

2009 - As a Senior

• Named the 2009 ACC Defensive Player of the Year
• 2009 All-ACC selection, her second such career honor.
• 2009 AVCA All-East Region Selection
• 2009 AVCA All-American
• Holds ACC record for total digs in a career with 2,303 as well as the ACC record for number of digs per set with an average of 4.88
• Her 2,303 digs ranks among the top-15 in NCAA history
• Preseason All-ACC selection
• Was named to the 2009 Big Orange Bash All-Tournament Team
• Had 607 digs in 2009, the third-best mark in school history
• Posted 20 or more digs 11 times in 2009, including a high of 36 against Furman, tying the school mark.
• Finished her career with 109 service aces

Top Performances

• Recorded 25 digs in five-set match with South Carolina, moving over 1,700 in her career
• Named as a member of the DePaul Challenge All-Tournament team after averaging 5.7 digs per set
• Had 22 digs in a four-set match against Mississippi
• Recorded 36 digs against Furman, tying the Clemson record for a single match
• Had 28 digs in Clemson's three-set defeat of Boston College, an average of 8.7 per set
• Had 29 digs and three assists against Virginia Tech
• Had 21 digs against Duke
• Had 14 digs in three-set win over Wake Forest
• Dished out 14 digs in defeat of NC State
• Played in five sets against North Carolina, recording 35 digs
• Broke ACC record for career digs during match against Virginia Tech with 18 digs in four sets
• Had 12 digs against #17 ranked Oregon in the first round of the NCAA tournament

2008 - As a Junior
• Saw her numbers decrease some with the change in format to fewer points per set but still managed to record 537 digs to rank sixth-best in school history
• Extended her double-digit digs streak to 47 straight, dating back to Oct. 30, 2007, with at least 10 defensive saves in every Clemson match in 2008
• Her 4.44 digs per set average for the year was also ranked sixth all-time
• Named the team's Best Defensive Player and earned the 3.0 Passer Award at the postseason awards banquet and
• Set the Clemson record for defensive saves over a career during her junior season and maintained her hold on the record for digs per set
• Ranked seventh in the ACC for digs per set, falling from the top of the list partly due to Clemson's top-ranked blocking averages
• Her 27 service aces tied with Kelsey Murphy for the most on the team and had a 95.6-percent serving percentage
• Had 10 matches with 20 or more digs
• Season-high came against Duke on Nov. 7 with 31 in a four-set match
• Had 26 in a 3-2 win at Virginia on Sept. 27 and 25 against South Carolina on Sept. 12
• Recorded 23 defense saves in a five-set thriller at Georgia Tech to conclude the regular season
• Other 20+ matches came against Florida A&M, Virginia Tech, Maryland, Florida State, Miami and Tennessee
• Tallied a trio of aces in several matches during the season
• Started the year with three against Syracuse in the Big Orange Bash
• Also had three against Duke on Oct. 11 and Maryland on Nov. 21.

2007
• Started all 33 matches and played in all 114 games as the team's libero
• Led team with 615 defensive saves in 2007 and had a team-best 5.39 digs per game average
• Recorded at least 20 digs in 14 matches and had just two matches with fewer than 10 defensive saves; both were 3-0 wins for the Tigers
• Finished season with three straight 20-plus dig matches; had 20 in 3-0 win over Boston College on Nov. 23, 24 against Alabama in the NCAA first round and 23 in season-ending loss to UCLA
• Tied her career high for defensive saves in a pair of matches in 2007
• Had 32 against Furman on Sept. 8 and then recorded 32 in a 3-1 win over then-ranked #14 Duke on Nov. 9
• Tallied 30 service aces on the year to rank second on the team behind Sue Eckman's 31
• Had three aces in four matches (at Mississippi State, vs. Purdue, vs. Virginia Tech, and at Georgia Tech)
• Had just 31 reception errors in 708 attempts for a .956 percentage that was second on the team
• Also had 40 set assists and six kills during the year.

2006
• Tallied 544 defensive saves as the team's libero
• Ranked fourth in the ACC with a 4.86 digs per game average
• Earned the starting position just two matches into the season
• Ranked second on the team with 31 service aces
• Was one of only two Clemson players to have more aces than service errors on the year
• Had over 20 digs in 11 matches in 2006
• Set Clemson single match record for a freshman with 32 against Miami on Nov. 5
• Had 21 digs and three service aces against NCAA Tournament team Northern Iowa on Aug. 26
• Followed with 22 digs against 16th-ranked Purdue later that day
• Then had 23 digs in three-game victory over Tennessee State on Sept. 1
• Also had 23 digs in 3-0 win against Florida State on Sept. 30
• Tallied 24 digs with a season-high five assists at Virginia Tech on Oct. 22
• Had 23 digs verse 25th-ranked Duke on Oct. 28
• Finished season with 20+ digs in four of the final three matches
• Had 21 at Georgia Tech, 28 against Maryland, 25 verse Boston College and 25 against Virginia Tech
• Recorded three service aces against Georgia Tech at home on Oct. 17
• Had eight total matches with more than one service ace
• Charged with just 23 reception errors in 717 attempts for a .968 percentage
• Also had four kills and 35 assists on the year

High School
• Led the Turkish Youth (under 18) National Team to a first-place finish in the 2004-05 in the European Qualifying Group
• Played in the 2006 European Championships with the Turkish Junior (under 20) National Training Team
• Club team, the Eczacibasi Sports Club, was ranked first in the Istanbul Region from 2001-06 and earned a third-place finish at the Turkish Championships in 2005
• Club team claimed the Turkish Championships twice, earned two second-place finishs and placed third three times