Marianne Beal

	Class: Junior
	Hometown: Lee's Summit, Mo.
	High School: Lee's Summit North

	Height: 6-0
	Position: Right Side/Middle Blocker
	Experience: 2L

04/01/2013

Kansas Starts Spring With Good Showing in Colby

KU joined fellow NCAA Tournament teams Wichita State and Colorado State in full-day of training, winning four of six sets

03/27/2013

Kansas Volleyball Adds Dominant Trio to 2013 Roster

Kansas Gatorade Volleyball Player of the Year Cassie Wait, Tri-County Player of the Year Tayler Soucie and Regent Scholar Emma Hanson make up the talented incoming class

03/14/2013

Beal and Hagan Earned Prestigious Dr. Gerald Lage Award

Volleyball duo named to the Big 12's highest academic honor

11/17/2012

No. 22 Kansas Keeps Breaking Records, Tops TCU, 3-0

Jayhawks collect their 23rd win of the season, the most by a Kansas team in the Big 12 era

10/29/2012

Tolefree Perfect as Jayhawks Sweep Mountaineers

Lawrence native Tayler Tolefree becomes only player in KU history to hit 1.000 in a match

2012: Junior Season
Started one match at outside hitter for the Jayhawks, played in 11 overall... Posted a kill in the season opener at Northwestern State (8/24)... Landed her first-career service ace at Arkansas (8/25)... Earned the start and recorded a block versus Sam Houston State (8/31)... Chalked up a career-high four digs against Saint Louis (11/21).

2011: Sophomore Season
Started once and appeared in seven matches as an outside hitter for the Jayhawks... Finished the season with three kills and four digs... Three of her four digs came when she started in the season opener against Florida A&M (8/26).

2010: Freshman Season
Played outside hitter in eight matches for the Jayhawks... Collected first career kills versus UMKC on Aug. 31... Made just one attack error in 13 attempts on the season... Perfect in four service receptions... Blocked first career attack versus Arkansas Little Rock on Sept. 11.

High School
Presented with the Evelyn Gates Award as a senior, which is given to the top female volleyball player in the Kansas City area... Ranked No. 91 nationally in the 2010 recruiting class by PrepVolleyball.com... Led Lee's Summit North High School to a district championship in 2009 to earn all-state first team accolades... Also named all-conference and all-district all four years with the Broncos... First Bronco to reach 1,000 career kills and holds LSN single-season kills record... Voted team offensive MVP all four seasons... An academic all-state honoree in 2007 and 2008.

Personal
Daughter of Mike and Debra Beal... Has an older sister, Molly, and younger sister, Morgan... Father played football at Kansas while Molly played basketball at Florida State... Did not start playing volleyball until the eighth grade... Majoring in human biology.