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Tigers Volleyball: 12 Days 'Til Set To Roar
Aug 14, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Get To Know Me: Summer Morgan
It's 12 days until the University of Memphis volleyball team is "Set to Roar" its 2016 season with the Aug. 26 opener.
In preparation for the season, GoTigersGo.com will shed some light on the 2016 Tigers squad. Today's Get To Know Me is senior Summer Morgan, a middle blocker from Springdale, Ark. A transfer from the University of Arkansas in the summer of 2015, Morgan was the Tigers' third-leading scorer last season (341 points). She also had 261 kills and a team-best 134 total blocks.
Sport-Related
1. How did you get into playing volleyball? My basketball/track and field coach introduced me to volleyball. She said it's a sport I should try because of my athleticism
2. What has been your most embarrassing moment in a match? Going up to spike an overpass and completely missing the ball
3. When others see you around campus (excluding close friends), do they know you play volleyball? Or do they think you play another sport? They always think I play basketball. Some say I run track
Pop Culture
1. Read the book or watch the movie? Why? Watch the movie. It's so much more entertaining
2. Which form of social media do you prefer the most? Why? Instagram. I love posting selfies
3. What song can you not help to sing along to? Work by Rhianna
Miscellaneous
1. When not at practice, what can someone find you doing? Sleeping or doing make-up
2. What did you do this past summer? Worked out and slept
3. If you won the lottery, what would you do with the money? Buy make-up
4. If you were a superhero, what super power would you have? To obtain any power that I needed at any given time
5. If you could compete in another sport, which sport would it be? Basketball
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Quick-Hitters
1. #1 thing on your "bucket list" to do … Meet Beyoncé
2. My favorite meal my mom cooks for me is … Chicken, mashed potatoes and mac-and-cheese
3. Favorite store to shop at … Charlotte Russe
4. Other sports played as a child were … Basketball, track and field, T-ball (it was short-lived!)
5. No one can believe I watch this TV show … SpongeBob
6. A reality show that I could win … America's Next Top Model
7. One word that best describes you … Sociable
8. Favorite TV show as a child … That's So Raven
9. If I could have dinner with anyone, it would be … Ciara
10. My dream job is … My own talk show
In preparation for the season, GoTigersGo.com will shed some light on the 2016 Tigers squad. Today's Get To Know Me is senior Summer Morgan, a middle blocker from Springdale, Ark. A transfer from the University of Arkansas in the summer of 2015, Morgan was the Tigers' third-leading scorer last season (341 points). She also had 261 kills and a team-best 134 total blocks.
Sport-Related
1. How did you get into playing volleyball? My basketball/track and field coach introduced me to volleyball. She said it's a sport I should try because of my athleticism
2. What has been your most embarrassing moment in a match? Going up to spike an overpass and completely missing the ball
3. When others see you around campus (excluding close friends), do they know you play volleyball? Or do they think you play another sport? They always think I play basketball. Some say I run track
Pop Culture
1. Read the book or watch the movie? Why? Watch the movie. It's so much more entertaining
2. Which form of social media do you prefer the most? Why? Instagram. I love posting selfies
3. What song can you not help to sing along to? Work by Rhianna
Miscellaneous
1. When not at practice, what can someone find you doing? Sleeping or doing make-up
2. What did you do this past summer? Worked out and slept
3. If you won the lottery, what would you do with the money? Buy make-up
4. If you were a superhero, what super power would you have? To obtain any power that I needed at any given time
5. If you could compete in another sport, which sport would it be? Basketball
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Quick-Hitters
1. #1 thing on your "bucket list" to do … Meet Beyoncé
2. My favorite meal my mom cooks for me is … Chicken, mashed potatoes and mac-and-cheese
3. Favorite store to shop at … Charlotte Russe
4. Other sports played as a child were … Basketball, track and field, T-ball (it was short-lived!)
5. No one can believe I watch this TV show … SpongeBob
6. A reality show that I could win … America's Next Top Model
7. One word that best describes you … Sociable
8. Favorite TV show as a child … That's So Raven
9. If I could have dinner with anyone, it would be … Ciara
10. My dream job is … My own talk show
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