This is the sixth in a series of articles profiling ASU's 12 Hall of Fame inductees. Up next: Jeff Pentland, baseball
Things were different when Christy Nore played for the ASU volleyball team.
The former Sun Devil outside hitter, who played in Tempe from 1985-88, graduated one year before head coach Patti Snyder-Park took over the reigns. Nore not only played under a different head coach, Debbie Brown, but also competed alongside players this year's team knows only as names in the school's record books.
But the biggest difference between ASU now and when Nore played is the absence of a big swinger at the outside hitter position.
In four years at the collegiate level, Nore amassed 1,517 kills and 1,597 digs while leading the Sun Devils to the NCAA tournament every season. Nore is one of only eight players in school history to attain 1,000 digs and 1,000 kills in a career.
Nore finished her career with averages of 3.36 kills and 3.53 digs per game. She ranks first on the career digs list and fourth on the career kills chart.
Upon coming to ASU, Nore's impact was immediately felt. Nore never ended a season with less than 200 kills. She helped the Sun Devils advance to the second round of the NCAA West Regional in 1986.
As a senior in 1988, Nore was named the Pac-10 Player of the Week three times, the most in a single season by any player in the program's 30-year existence. In the same season, Nore led the nation with a 4.92 digs per game average. Nore also was a first-team American Volleyball Coaches Association All-American.
Nore was later selected to the 1987 World University Games. She competed internationally in Zagreb, Yugoslavia.
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