Career Statistics

As a Senior (2004)
» Hitting .332 from the outside and averaging 5.85 kills/game (fifth nationally), and 3.37 digs/game.
» Averaging 6.04 kills/game, 3.67 digs/game and 0.89 blocks/game against ranked opponents
» Recorded 15 double-doubles (kill-dig) in 24 matches this season
» Leads the Big 12 Conference in kills/game (5.85 overall and 6.18 conference only)
» Has two 30+ kill matches and 11 20+ kill matches, including a Big 12-high 33 kills vs. No. 13 Texas A&M (Nov. 11)
» Second on the Texas career kills list (10 shy of UT career record of 2,012) and UT career attacks list
» Only the third player in Big 12 history to record career 2,000 kills
» Four-time Big 12 Player of the Week (Sept. 13-19, Sept 27-Oct. 3, Oct. 4-10, Nov. 8-14) - set the Big 12 record for volleyball weekly honors in a single season
» On pace to shatter both the Big 12 (overall) and Big 12 (conference only) kills/game season averages
» Two-time tournament MVP in 2004: SMU Invitational and Time Warner Cable Texas Invitational

Has started all 24 matches and has played all but four points of the season … has recorded double-figure kills in 22 matches and double-figure digs in 15 matches … has 15 double-doubles on the season ... has recorded 30+ kills in two matches, 20+ kills in 11 matches and 15+ kills in 20 matches ... recorded her 2,000th career kill at Missouri (11/14), becoming only the third player in Big 12 history to reach that milestone ... recorded her 1,000th career dig in the team's victory at Baylor (9/15), becoming the seventh player in UT history to collect 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs ... had 19 kills and 21 digs (one short of her career high) against SMU (9/3) and then followed with match highs of 16 kills and 12 digs against Cal Poly (9/4) … earned MVP and all-tournament team honors at the SMU Invitational ... repeated the honors at the Time Warner Cable Texas Invitational when she had 50 kills (5.56/game), a .538 hitting percentage, three aces, 29 digs (3.22/game) and eight blocks in the three-match tournament ... had a then-season-high 24 kills in the 3-0 victory over Louisiana Tech (9/11) ... had another double-double at Baylor with 17 kills and 14 digs ... had a season-high 27 kills, and 17 digs, in the team's come-from-behind 3-2 victory over Colorado (9/18) ... named Big 12 Player of the Week (Sept. 13-19) for her play against Baylor and Colorado ... hit for 22 kills and added 10 digs and three blocks against Iowa State (9/22) ... also had three aces to tie the UT record for career aces (166) in the ISU match ... had 13 kills, nine digs and four block assists at No. 21 Kansas (9/25) ... paced UT to an upset victory at No. 5 Florida (9/29) with a double-double on a match-high 23 kills and 15 digs, and added a career-high seven blocks with five aces ... had a match-high 16 kills, and added five digs with a .407 attack percentage, against Oklahoma (10/2) ... named Big 12 Player of the Week for the second time this season after her performances at Florida and against OU ... had a match-high 18 kills and added seven digs at Texas Tech (10/6) ... had 25 kills, 10 digs, a .538 hitting percentage and four blocks (one solo, three block assists) at No. 16 Kansas State (10/9) ... earned her third Big 12 Player of the Week honor of the season for her play at Tech and K-State ... had 28 kills against Missouri (10/13), tying the highest three-game total in UT history and matching the Big 12's best kills performance this season ... had 11 digs in the match for her 10th double-double of the year, and had a UT three-game record 57 attacks against the Tigers ... had a 20-20 performance at No. 20 Texas A&M (10/16) with 25 kills and 20 digs in the loss ... had 25 kills and 13 digs against No. 4 Nebraska (10/20) ... connected for 19 kills, 15 digs and four blocks against No. 18 Kansas City (10/23) ... had a match-high 15 kills and a .429 attack percentage at Oklahoma (10/27), to go with seven digs and three blocks ... added 20 kills and a .405 attack percentage, with three aces and two blocks against Baylor (10/30) ... had 18 kills, one ace, eight digs and four blocks (one solo, three block assists) at Colorado (11/3) ... became the first Big 12 player to record 30+ kills in 2004 when she connected for 33 against No. 13 Texas A&M; added 17 digs, a .328 attack percentage, two aces and two blocks in the 3-2 victory ... the match was Topic's sixth-career 30-kill match and was the third-highest kill total in UT history ... Topic now holds the first (35), second (34) and third (33) spots on the all-time single-match kill totals list, and is tied for fouth (32) ... repeated her 30-kill performance the following match with 32 kills at Missouri while hitting .422 ... also had a career-high 23 digs against the Tigers ... named Big 12 Player of the Week for a record fourth time in 2004 for her performances against the Aggies and Tigers ... is on pace to finish the season with the highest kill/game average in Big 12 history, both overall and in conference matches only.

As a Junior (2003)
2003 AVCA Honorable Mention All-America … 2003 AVCA First Team All-Central Region … 2003 First Team All-Big 12 … 2003 Preseason All-Big 12 Team … one of two players on the team to play every point of every match during the season, joining setter Jenny Andrew … just missed being the first UT player to record 500 kills in each of her first three seasons when her season ended with 466 kills … was second on the team in kills behind Bethany Howden’s 500 … was second on the team in digs with 291 and led the team in service aces with 53 … added 60 blocks (26 solo blocks and 34 block assists) … recorded double-figure kills in 24 of 29 matches and had double-figure digs in 13 matches … had 12 double-doubles on the season, including five against ranked opponents: at No. 16 Long Beach State (8/30), vs. No. 22 Texas A&M (10/1), at No. 8 Kansas State (10/15), vs. No. 24 Missouri (10/29) and at No. 10 Nebraska (11/12) … collected 20 or more kills in 10 matches … had a season-high 32 kills in the team’s 3-1 victory over UT-Arlington (9/11) … was third in the Big 12 in kills per game (4.44) and third in points per game (5.35) in all matches … in Big 12 matches only, was fourth in kills per game (4.28) and third in points per game (5.18) … also led the conference in both categories in service aces per game (0.50 in all games, 0.49 in conference matches only) … was the Big 12 Conference Player of the Week (Oct. 20) after recording a 20-kill, season-high 18-dig, four ace, four block performance in the team’s slim 3-2 loss at K-State and a 14-kill, .370 hitting percentage, three ace and five block (including four solo efforts) performance in the team’s 3-0 victory against Texas Tech … was also selected to the Longhorn Classic All-Tournament after recording 29 kills (14 vs. Nicholls State and 15 vs. Notre Dame) in two matches … was a second-team Academic All-Big 12 honoree.

As a Sophomore (2002)
Earned 2002 AVCA third-team All-America honors … became the 23rd All-American in Texas Volleyball history … the first All-American in Jerritt Elliott's tenure and the first at Texas since Erin Aldrich earned All-America honors in 1999 …earned a place on the 2002 AVCA All-Central Region Team … a 2002 first-team All-Big 12 honoree … broke the 1,000 kill mark by becoming the first Texas player to record 500 kills in their first two seasons as she tallied 523 in 2002 to lead the team after having 534 as a freshman in 2001 … led the team with 4.71 kills per game and 5.37 points per game … was second on the Horns’ squad with 2.58 digs per game … in the Big 12 ranks, Topic was second in kills per game and points per game and was seventh in aces (0.35) in overall games … in Big 12 matches only, was third in kills (4.60 kills/game) and points (5.22 points/game), and was seventh in aces (0.33 aces/game) … was tied for fifth for most kills in a match and tied for second for most kills in a four-game match (31 vs. Colorado, 11/6) … set record for attacks in a three-game match with 49 vs. Kansas (11/2) … was fifth in the UT individual season records for total attacks (1,159) and was third in kills (523) … was the Big 12 Player of the Week (Sept. 15) … voted to the Time Warner Cable Texas Invitational All-Tournament Team … named MVP of the Longhorn Classic and at the Ohio State Invitational.

As a Freshman (2001)
Named to the 2001 ASICS/Volleyball Magazine Freshman All-America squad … 2001 AVCA Central Region Freshman of the Year … 2001 Big 12 Freshman of the Year … a 2001 First Team All-Big 12 honoree … was the co-MVP of the team with Bethany Howden … was the second Longhorns freshman to reach 500 kills (534) and only UT freshman ever to collect 500 kills in a regular season … was the first freshman to collect 500 kills and 300 digs since Dee Sance recorded 565 kills and 435 digs in 1995 … led the team in kills, digs (347), service aces (60) and points (637.0) … ranked second among Big 12 performers in kills per game (4.81) while leading in service aces per game (0.54) … finished second in kills per game (4.86) and first in service aces (0.46) among Big 12 players in conference-only matches … ranked No. 16 nationally in kills per game … led all Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 recruits at the outside hitter position in kills, attempts and kills per game despite not being a preseason listing because she was a late signee … recorded double-digit kills in 29 of 31 matches and double-digit digs in 20 of 31 matches … second and third on the UT attacks lists for a match with 82 versus Missouri (10/13) and 81 at Missouri (11/10), respectively … was named Big 12 Co-Player of the Week (Oct. 15) after posting her first 30-kill match against Missouri (34 – 10/ 13) … one of five players in the nation to have three or more 30-kill matches for the season … earned Point Huskies Invitational MVP honors … named to the Fall 2001 Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

Before Texas
Was a member of the Croatian National Team (1998-2000) … played organized volleyball for Kastela since 1996 under head coach Damir Jurko … helped lead her 2001 senior team (19 and older) to the Croatian Championship, while being named the Most Valuable Player in the Croatian League … tabbed MVP for three years in the junior league (17-19 years old) … led her junior team to place third in the Croatian Championships in 1999-2000 after winning the regional championships … helped the 1998 Croatian National Kadet Team (14-16 years old) to a seventh-place finish at the Junior Olympic games in Moscow, Russia and the 1999 national kadet team to an eighth-place finish at the World Championships in Madeira, Portugal … finished seventh at the European Championships in Swizterland, as a member of the junior national team in 2001

Personal
Full name is Mira Topic … daughter of Olga and Ante Topic … born June 2, 1983, in Split, Croatia … has two sisters, Marija (26) and Ivana (24) … majoring in corporate communications … her sister, Marija, also played volleyball with Kastela from 1992-2001 … received the 2002-03 UT Women's Athletics Carolyn Frost Keenan Endowed Presidential Scholarship ... awarded the 2001-02 UT Women’s Athletics Sylvie and Gary Crum Endowed Legacy Scholarship in Women’s Volleyball.

Career Stats

Season                GP-MP      K    K/G     E    TA    Pct     A   A/G    SA  SA/G    SE
2001................ 111-31    534   4.81   244  1301   .223     8  0.07    60  0.54    51
2002................ 111-31    523   4.71   213  1159   .267    14  0.13    39  0.35    64
2003................ 105-29    466   4.44   193  1043   .262    26  0.25    53  0.50    54
2004................  86-25    503   5.85   167  1008   .333    26  0.30    29  0.34    35
TOTAL............... 413-116  2026   4.91   817  4511   .268    74  0.18   181  0.44   204

Season                 DIG   D/G    RE    BS    BA    TB   B/G    BE   BHE
2001................   347  3.13    29    16    54    70  0.63    13     0
2002................   286  2.58    23    14    41    55  0.50    10     2
2003................   291  2.77    40    26    34    60  0.57     8     2
2004................   283  3.29    14    13    49    62  0.72     6     0
TOTAL...............  1207  2.92   106    69   178   247  0.60    37     4