* SEC Player of the Week (Oct. 16, 2000)
Junior Season (2000): Competed in all 32 matches and played in 108 of a possible 112 games on the season … Ranked second on the team with 343 kills on the year and led the team in kills per game at 3.18 … Her 94 blocks from the right side was third best on the squad … She broke or tied her career high in every statistical category during the year … Was named SEC Player of the Week for her efforts in LSU’s wins over Mississippi State and Ole Miss in mid-October … She notched 23 kills and a .423 attack percentage against the Bulldogs and 13 kills and a .385 attack percentage against the Rebels, all while fighting off a stomach virus … Hit for double-digit kills 15 times on the season, including in eight straight contests at one point … Notched at least 20 kills on three occasions, including in back-to-back matches against Tennessee and Mississippi State in October … Her 23 kills in just three games against the Bulldogs is the second most in school history for a three-game match … Led LSU to its first victory at Auburn in 10 years with 23 kills and 12 digs, her first double-double of the season … Finished the year with seven double-doubles, six of which came in SEC play … Blocked a career-high seven balls in the second match up with Mississippi State … Had a career-high 18 digs to go along with 13 kills and four blocks in the upset of Alabama in the first-round of the SEC Tournament.
Sophomore Season (1999): Competed in each of LSU’s 32 matches, starting each conference match … Played in 110 games overall, third most on the team … Was third on the team in blocks with 74 on the year … Had 218 kills, averaging nearly two kills per game … Hit for double-digit kills nine times on the season, including a season-high 15 against New Orleans … Had a team season-high attack percentage of .520 (15-2/25) against the Privateers … Set a career high in blocks with six against San Jose State and then tied the mark later in the year against Mississippi State … Led the team in kills twice during the year, against New Orleans (15) and Ole Miss (14).
Freshman Season (1998): The biggest surprise of the year for the youthful Tigers … Was fourth on team in kills with 185 … Eight times she had double-digit kills, including in four of last seven matches … Had a double-double in kills with 17 and digs with 11, both career highs, against Mississippi … Against South Carolina she hit .433 on 30 attempts.
High School: Received first team All-District honors her junior and senior seasons … Was a starter at the Texas Final Four tournament and was selected second-team All-District … Was a three-year letterwinner in both volleyball and basketball … Played center in basketball, helping lead Clear Creek to the District Championship in 1995 and 1996.
Personal: Full name is Meghan Elizabeth Bedford … Daughter of Gordon and Elizabeth Bedford … Has two older sisters Shannon and Jillian … Majoring in Kinesiology … Born March 22, 1980 in Niagra Falls, N.Y.
Career High
Kills 24 vs. Tennessee (10/18/00)
Attempts 65 vs. Tennessee (10/18/00)
Hitting Percentage .545 (6-0/11) vs. Southern Miss (9/5/00)
Assists 6 three times, last vs. Alabama (11/3/00)
Service Aces 4 vs. Kentucky (10/6/00)
Digs 18 vs. Alabama (11/17/00)
Block Solos 1 twelve times, last vs. Arkansas (11/12/00)
Block Assists 7 vs. Mississippi State (10/29/00)
Total Blocks 7 vs. Mississippi State (10/29/00)