Christie Landry Class: Senior Hometown: Naperville, Ill. High School: St. Francis Height: 6-2 Position: Setter Birthdate: 08/25/1979 Experience: 3 Letters

Named preseason All-Big Ten ... Michigan State’s starting setter ... begins the season ranked fourth in career assists at MSU with 2,187.

1999: Michigan State’s starting setter until tearing the ACL in her right knee against Ohio State on Sept. 26 ... tied a career high with four service aces against Massachusetts on Sept. 19 ... season-high of 65 assists also came against the Minutewomen ... MVP of the WMU Ameritech Invitational ... season-best 13 digs against Loyola on Sept. 18 ... had three matches with double-figure digs; 12 vs. Texas A&M (9/13), 13 vs. Loyola (9/18), 12 vs. Penn State (9/24) ... hit .667 (6-0-9) with 49 assists, 13 digs and four blocks against Loyola ... played on the A2 Pan Am Games/National Training team in Colorado Springs, Colo., the summer before the season.

1998: Played in 107 of MSU’s 108 games at setter ... averaged 13.39 assists per game, fourth in the Big Ten and 25th in the NCAA ... named honorable mention All-Big Ten ... fourth on the team with 2.21 digs per game ... also averaged 0.73 blocks per game ... recorded 26 service aces for the season, second-best on the squad ... dished up 1,433 assists, third-best in the MSU single-season record book ... moved into fifth on the all-time MSU assists list with 1,751 ... set career high with 74 assists vs. Indiana (10/31) ... tied career best with four aces against Pittsburgh (9/5) ... set season high kills mark with seven against Notre Dame (9/19) ... tallied 18 digs vs. Pepperdine (12/3) to go with 71 assists and four blocks ... tallied 70 or more assists three times during the season, including twice in the Spartans’ last three matches ... named to the all-tournament team at the L&L Foods/MSU Classic and the MSU Invitational.

1997: Started every match for the Spartans ... played first 29 matches at opposite hitter before switching to setter after Vicki Basil was injured ... recorded back-to-back career highs with 18 kills vs. Drake (9/5/97) and 19 kills vs. Duquesne (8/30/97) ... set MSU season high, recording 25 digs at Indiana (10/24/97) ... third on the team with 2.37 digs per game average ... tallied double digit kills in 10 matches ... had 10 or more digs in 15 matches, including seven of last nine.

High School: A four-year letterwinner for Peg Kopec at St. Francis High ... a 1997 Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 selection and Honorable Mention All-American ... a three-time all-state and four-year all-conference honoree ... named the 1996 Chicago Sun Times Player of the Year ... team captain as a senior ... captained the all-area team as a junior and senior ... guided the Spartans to a record of 135-30 during her four-year career ... a National Honor Society member.

Club Ball: A member of the Sports Performance volleyball clubs for six years ... coached by Rick Butler ... guided team to 1997 U.S. Junior National Volleyball Championships title, earning all-tournament team honors along the way ... a two-time USAV Junior Olympic All-American.

Personal: Born Aug. 25, 1979, she is the daughter of Joe and Terri Landry ... father played basketball at the University of Detroit ... majoring in family community services.