2013 (SENIOR - FALL ONLY)
Limited to 59 sets due to injury, making 13 starts in 22 matches ... Made 80 kills on 233 attacks for a .172 attacking percentage ... Smashed a career-best 11 kills vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Sept. 6.
2013 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE - SAND ONLY)
Appeared in 14 matches and went 4-10 ... Primarily partnered with Alannah Cullum (3-6) ... Also paired with Katie Harrington (0-3) and Maria Garcia (1-1) ... Recored a win with Cullum over Georgia State.
2012 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE)
Appeared in 81 of a possible 84 sets and started all 23 matches ... Finished with 82 total blocks to lead the team and averaged just one block per set to finish sixth in the Sun Belt ... Finished fourth on the squad with 71 kills ... Hit a team-best .195 in 2012 ... Set a career high of 9 total blocks vs. Houston Baptist (Sept. 8).
2011 (SOPHOMORE)
Received a medical redshirt and did not compete.
2010 (FRESHMAN)
Appeared in all 82 sets on the season ... Started 10 of those matches ... Finished fifth for ULM in kills, totaling 83 for a 1.01 kills per set average ... Of the offensive players she had the least attack errors (49) ... Ranked third in attack percentage (.118) ... Was also a presence at the net, collecting 40 blocks including five solo to tie for fourth ... Had her best match of the season against McNeese State with a career-high seven kills and seven blocks.
PRIOR TO ULM
Played for the Zvezdi G4 Club Team coached by Strahil Balov and Hristo Kolev ... Won the Bulgarian National Championship in 2006.
PERSONAL
Full name Iren Ognyanova Marinova ... Born December 4, 1991 in Sofia, Bulgaria ... Daughter of Ognyan and Natalia Marinova ... Has one younger sister, Radostina ... Lived in Zimbabwe for four years ... Sister was the National Champion of Bulgaria in rhythmic gymnastics in 2008 ... Favorite movie is The Godfather.
