Columbia University Athletics

2006 Season: Second on the team with 24 service aces ... was second on the team with 3.26 digs per game ... averaged 1.88 kills per game ... had a career-high 21 digs in the win vs. Brown and vs. Harvard, also added 13 kills and three service aces in that match ... had a double-double in the win against NJIT, lead the team on both offense and defense with 13 kills and 19 digs ... had a match-high 16 kills and 19 digs in the victory over Hartford ... had a match-high 11 kills vs. Iowa and added 10 digs for the double-double ... led the team on defense with 20 digs in the win vs. College of Charleston ... had a double-double vs. Eastern Michigan and Wagner with 13 kills and 11 digs ... contributed 11 kills and 13 to the win over Wagner ... had a match-high 13 kills in the win vs. Providence ... had a match-high 11 kills and added 10 digs for the double-double vs. Cornell ... led the team with 14 digs vs. Manhattan ... had a match-high 20 digs vs. Dartmouth ... led the team on defense with 15 digs vs. Princeton ... led the team with 12 digs vs. Penn.

2005 Season: Broke the school record for digs in a match with 35 vs. Penn ... was second on the team in digs with 262 (3.49 per game) ... matched a career-high 19 kills vs. Yale ... had four double-doubles on the season ... had over 20 digs in four matches ... led the team in digs in nine matches.

2004 Season: Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week on Sept. 19 ... named to the UMES Hawk Invitational all-tournament team ...led the team with 3.09 kills per game ... was second on the team with 21 service aces ... was second on the team with 3.21 digs per game ... in the first game of her college career, led the team with 14 kills against Lehigh ... had her first career double-double against NC State, posting 11 kills and 10 digs ... led the team in kills with 12 vs. Marist ... led the team on both offense and defense vs. Youngstown State with a match-high 14 kills and 18 digs ... had a team-high 11 kills and a match-high 15 digs at UMES ... had a double-double vs. Sacred Heart with 15 kills and a match-high 19 digs ... had a double-double in team's win over Manhattan with 12 kills and 15 digs ... led the team with 16 digs vs. Hartford ... vs. Cornell, led the match with 19 kills while also having 12 digs ... led the team with 17 kills and 15 digs vs. Dartmouth ... had 14 kills and 18 digs vs. Yale ... led the team with 11 kills vs. Brown while also having 10 digs ... led the team with 12 kills vs. Yale.

Pre-Columbia: Two-year letterwinner in volleyball at Sequoia High ... captained the team her junior and senior years ... named to the all-county volleyball team her senior year (San Mateo County) ... three-time first team all-league ... team most valuable player her junior and senior years ... competed in the Junior Olympics with her club team, Vision Volleyball ... class valedictorian ... four-year Dean's List honoree ... Girl Scout Silver award recipient ... three-time Sequoia HS mathematics achievement award winner ... two-time Sequoia Science Achievement award winner ... received California Scholarship Federation Life Member recognition as a senior.

Personal: Interested in pediatrics and neurology ... plans to study the biological sciences ... Cassandra Alys Ligh ... birthday: 5/10/86 ... parents Adrienne and Robert Ligh.