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Leah Karratti
- Height: 5-9
- Year: Senior
- Position: Right-Side Hitter
- Hometown: Waimea, Kauai
1997 (Junior):
Appeared in 31 of 33 matches and 63 games, hitting .199 while
averaging 1.05 kills and 1.46 digs per game
playing in her
first season as a Wahine after redshirting in 1996
had her
best outing of her career, posting nine kills, nine digs, and
seven blocks vs. Tulsa (Oct. 18)
also recorded eight kills
and nine digs vs. San Diego State (Oct. 4)
against Colorado
State in the WAC Tournament, recorded a career-best 11 blocks
played
in all 14 WAC matches, hitting .220.
1996:
Redshirted.
Weber State:
Earned two letters while playing as both a right-side hitter and
backrow specialist for the Wildcats...played in all 28 matches
as a freshman with 171 digs and 26 aces...as a sophomore, played
in all 29 matches leading the squad in aces with 42 and was third
on the team with 268 digs...a member of the Polynesian Club.
Prep:
A 1994 graduate of Waimea High School on the Garden Isle of Kauai...a
four-sport athlete earning four letters in volleyball (right-side
hitter), basketball (guard), and track (high jump) while lettering
twice in soccer (center)...led her volleyball team to four straight
Kauai Interscholastic Federation (KIF) championships...earned
two KIF Most Valuable Player honors in volleyball (1992, '94)
and one MVP in basketball (1994)...as a high jumper, she won the
KIF in the event all four years during her high school stint and
placed second in the states as a senior...selected to the Nissan
Hall-of-Fame in 1994...member of the National Honor Society and
Hawaiian Club.
Personal:
Born Leah Ewalani Karratti on March 12, 1976, in Waimea...majoring
in education
plans to return to Kauai and teach elementary
education after graduating from college...favorites are blue,
Oreo cookies, and the TV show "Lois and Clark"...she
has four brothers, Enoka, Michael, Keola, and John and one sister,
Shereen...daughter of Phyllis and Steven Karratti of Waimea, Kauai.
Karratti Career Highs
Kills 9 vs. Tulsa (10/18/97)
SA 2 at Rice (11/15/97)
BS 1 2x,last vs. TCU (11/6/97)
BA 11 vs. Colorado State (11/26/97) WAC
Tournament
Digs 9 2x, last vs. Tulsa (10/18/97)
Karratti Career Statistics
Year GP K E TA PCT KPG SA DG DPG TB BPG
1997 63 66 34 161 .199 1.05 10 92 1.46 58 0.92