Synda enters the 2005 season as the only Lady Bison senior.
Career - Games Played/Matches Played: 214/84 … Ranks second in Harding's career record book with 3.15 kills per game ... tenth overall with 674 total kills ... sixth in attack percentage (.226) ... fifth in serve percentage (.975 on 629 serves).
Honors - 2004 1st Team All-Gulf South Conference ... 2004 GSC All-Tournament Team.
2004 - Matches Played/Started: 38/34 ... She had 25 double-doubles ... totaled a Harding record 525 kills and averaged 4.13 kills per game ... She blocked 66 attacks and had .244 hitting percentage … Had 25 kills vs. Central Missouri on Oct. 8, 2004, fifth all-time.
2003 - Matches Played/Started: 24/0 … saw action in 45 games as a reserve outside hitter … hit .199 with 1.64 kills per game … credited with 35 digs and 7 blocks … set a career-high with 15 kills against Southeastern Oklahoma (9/20).
2002 - Matches Played/Started: 22/0 … Saw action in 42 games as a reserve outside hitter … hammered 75 kills and hit .141 … notched 42 digs and nine blocks … recorded two double figure kill matches including a season high 12 against Ouachita Baptist (10/15) … followed that match with 10 kills against Christian Brothers (10/18) … 40 of her 75 kills came in her last five matches.
High School - Led Windthorst High School to their fifth consecutive Class A state championship and a 28-9 overall record as a senior … Veitenheimer was the state tournament most valuable player and a first team all-state honoree … also and accomplished track athlete, Veitenheimer was the state champion in the 100 meter hurdles as a junior … was a gymnast, played volleyball, basketball, ran track and was a cheerleader for six years in high school.
Personal - Born: July 13, 1984 … Major: Communication Disorders … Parents: James and Joy Veitenheimer... Lists her hobbies as swimming, watching football and sunbathing ... would like to meet Ray Charles and Peyton Manning ... aspires to a career as an FBI agent ... the town she grew up in has a 10-to-1 cow to person ratio ... would like to travel to Hawaii ... lists her favorites as Pirates of the Carribean, Mexican food, Denzel Washington, Reese Witherspoon, The O.C., The Notebook and the Indianapolis Colts.
Career Totals
Season GP-MP K K/G E TA Pct A A/G SA SA/G SE
2002................ 42-22 75 1.79 42 234 .141 4 0.10 2 0.05 0
2003................ 45-24 74 1.64 30 221 .199 2 0.04 3 0.07 1
2004................ 127-38 525 4.13 179 1419 .244 13 0.10 22 0.17 15
TOTAL............... 214-84 674 3.15 251 1874 .226 19 0.09 27 0.13 16
Season DIG D/G RE BS BA TB B/G BE BHE Points Pts/G
2002................ 43 1.02 11 2 7 9 0.21 1 1
2003................ 35 0.78 6 1 6 7 0.16 1 0
2004................ 481 3.79 75 7 59 66 0.52 8 1
TOTAL............... 559 2.61 92 10 72 82 0.38 10 2
Career Highs
Kills - 26 (26- 9-70) at Washburn (Nov 18, 2004)
Assists - 2 vs. Ouachita Baptist (Nov. 7, 2002)
Digs - 29 at Henderson State (Oct. 26, 2005)
Aces - 2, four times
Blocks - 5 vs. Henderson State (Oct. 5, 2005)
