Tela Burnett Class: Junior Hometown: Pleasant Grove, Utah High School: Pleasant Grove HS Last College: Salt Lake CC Height: 6-0 Position: MB Experience: JC Club: High Country

SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Tela Burnett spent two seasons (2006, 2007) at Salt Lake Community College in Taylorsville, Utah ... earned honorable mention All-SWAC Region 18 honors as a middle blocker in 2007 ... the Bruins (44-2) finished third at Nationals in 2007 ... was a two-year starter and posted a .321 hitting percentage while averaging .66 blocks per game in 2007 ... played both seasons for coach Shay Goulding ... accumulated a 3.0 grade point average.

PLEASANT GROVE HS Burnett earned three varsity letters in volleyball at Pleasant Grove High School in Pleasant Grove, Utah ... earned second team All-Region 4 accolades as a junior in 2005 ... the Vikings (34-1) and coach Mike Daniel won the 5A state championship in 2005 and took second in the 4A state championship in 2003-04 ... graduated in 2006 with a 3.8 grade point average.

PERSONAL Born November 27, 1987 ... parents are Tawni Bingham and Wayne Burnett Jr. ... stepmother is LuAnn Beitzel ... has three brothers, Roland, Dallen and Hayden ... lists Kate Hudson as her favorite actress, "24" as her favorite TV show, "P.S. I Love You" as her favorite movie and Alicia Keys as her favorite musician ... paints her nails as a pre-match ritual ... says the biggest fear she's overcome is "my fear of heights" ... major is Family Consumer Sciences.