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2011 Volleyball Roster

3 Courtney Whittleman

  • Position L/DS
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Kingwood
  • Hometown Houston, Texas

Biography

2010: Moved up to third on HBU’s all-time digs list with 1,534 for her career…Invited to United States National Team Tryouts…voted Great West Conference Defensive Player of the Year and selected to the all-conference second-team…earned Great West Academic All-Conference honors…appeared in all 30 matches, playing in 100 sets…led the Great West Conference with 5.42 digs per set, the 19th-highest average in the nation…posted 542 digs for the season, the sixth-highest single-season total in HBU history, and was second on the team with 31 service aces and ranked sixth in the Great West with 0.31 per set…recorded 26 double-digit dig matches, including 12 matches with 20 digs or more…had a season-high 31 digs against Florida Atlantic (8/27) and at Louisiana (9/3)…had 30 digs in a four-set match against St. Thomas (10/19)…had 27 digs in a three-set match against Jackson State (9/4) and 25 digs in a three-set match against North Dakota (11/9)…had two streaks of seven-straight matches with an ace from Aug. 28 to Sept. 11 and from Oct. 16 to Nov. 4…went seven-straight matches without a reception error from Sept. 18 to Oct. 9.

2009: Was voted to the Great West Conference All-Tournament Team…appeared in all 33 matches and played in 114 sets as a sophomore…registered 534 digs, which ranked sixth on HBU’s single-season list, averaging 4.68 digs per set for the season and 4.97 per set in conference games…led the team with 43 service aces…named Great West Conference Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 29…recorded double-digit digs in 27 of 33 matches, including nine matches with 20 or more…had a season-high 31 digs in four sets against NJIT (9/26)…had at least 20 digs in the last three matches with 28 at Texas-Pan American (11/13), 29 against NJIT (11/20) in the first round and 23 against Utah Valley (11/20) in the second round of the Great West Conference Tournament.

2008: Appeared in all 31 matches as a freshman…led the team with 445 digs and was fourth on the team with 29 service aces…posted a career-high 34 digs in a five-set victory over South Dakota in the National Transition Tournament championship match (11/15)…recorded 22 digs in a four-set victory over North Dakota in the first round of the National Transition Tournament…had 47 digs on the first day of the season, 25 in a five-set loss to Charlotte and 22 in a three-set win over North Carolina Central (8/29)...tallied 23 digs in a four-set win at Texas Southern (10/24).

High School: Earned Class 5A All-State and All-District honors…was named MVP of the Kingwood Tournament…also served as team captain.

Personal: Full name is Courtney Leigh Whittleman…born May 8, 1990, in Houston…daughter of John and Donna Whittleman…has one brother, Johnny, who was a second-round pick by the Texas Rangers in 2005 and is now in the Kansas City Royals organization…majoring in kinesiology/wellness management.


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