| Haley Eckerman |
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Sophomore
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| Hometown:
Waterloo, Iowa
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| High School:
East
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| Height:
6-3
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| Position:
Outside Hitter
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• Career statistics
Eckerman was named as the 2011 AVCA and Volleyball Magazine National Freshman of the Year ... earned 2011 AVCA All-America second team and Volleyball Magazine third team honors ... named 2011 Big 12 Freshman of the Year ... earned 2011 All-Big 12 first team honors ... she was ranked in 2011 as the No. 5 recruit nationally by Prep Volleyball.
AS A FRESHMAN (2011)
She became the second player in Texas history to earn national freshman of the year honors after playing in every match for the Longhorns ... led the team in kills, kills per set, service aces and points ... recorded 384 kills (3.56 kps) while hitting .254 with three assists (0.03 aps), 20 aces (0.19 saps), 69 digs (0.64 dps), 43 blocks (0.40 bps) and 431.5 points (3.99 pps) ... finished the season by recording double-digit kills in her final 12 matches ... had 16 kills with two digs and one block on Dec. 9 at No. 16 Kentucky in the NCAA Lexington Regional semifinal ... compiled 16 kills while hitting .433 (16-3-30) with two aces, four digs and one block in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Dec. 2 against Texas State ... rung up a season-high five service aces on Nov. 26 against Oklahoma to go with 12 kills and two solo blocks ... hit .455 on 18 kills (18-3-33) in the 3-0 sweep on Nov. 23 at Texas A&M with five digs ... posted 15 kills and four service aces on Nov. 12 against Kansas State ... registered a season-high 23 kills and 25.5 points while hitting a season-high .595 (23-1-37) on Nov. 9 at Texas Tech ... tallied 15 kills while hitting .387 on Oct. 19 at Baylor ... guided the Longhorns to a five-set win at No. 16 Iowa State on Oct. 2 with 21 kills and five digs ... recorded 20 kills while hitting .368 in a five-set loss on Sept. 28 at No. 25 Oklahoma ... in the sweep on Sept. 16 against Santa Clara, she had 15 kills while hitting .406 (15-2-32) with a season-high five blocks ... had 13 kills with two blocks on Sept. 10 against No. 2 Penn State ... recorded 18 kills against No. 7 Florida with two digs and two blocks ... hit .323 on 12 kills at No. 11 Minnesota on Sept. 3 ... made her collegiate debut on Aug. 26 against Pepperdine with 12 kills, four digs and one block.
INTERNATIONAL
Teamed with Hannah Allison and Madelyn Hutson on the 2011 U.S. Junior Women's National Team at the FIVB World Championships to take fourth place ... teamed with Allison, Khat Bell and Hutson to represent the United States at the 2009 FIVB Girls' Youth World Championship in Thailand as a member of the U.S. Girls' Youth National Team member of the 2008 USA Youth National Team.
BEFORE TEXAS
A 2010 Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 recruit ... ranked No. 5 recruit nationally by PrepVolleyball.com ... three-time PrepVolleyball.com High School All-America selection (2008-10) ... 2010 ESPN High School All-America honoree ... PrepVolleyball.com National Freshman of the Year Runner-up in 2007 and National Sophomore of the Year Runner-up in 2008 ... four-time first-team all-state selection (2007-10) ... three-time Iowa 4A Player of the Year (2008-10) and 2009 Iowa Player of the Year ... two-time Mississippi Valley Conference Player of the Year (2009-10) ... four-time first-team Mississippi Valley All-Conference selection (2007-10) ... four-time all-metro area first team honoree (2007-10) ... four-time Iowa Elite 8 Team selection (2007-10) ... led her Waterloo East squad to MVC championships in 2009, 2008 and 2007 ... led the state of Iowa in kills three times (2007-08, 2010) ... recorded 2,494 career kills, connecting for 757 in 2010, 643 in 2009, 574 in 2008 and 520 in 2007 ... played her club volleyball for the Iowa Rockets out of Iowa City ... led her 2008 Rockets squad to a third-place finish at the Northern Lights 16-club division tournament.
PERSONAL
Full name is Haley Jordann Eckerman ... born Nov. 10, 1992 in Waterloo, Iowa ... daughter of Julia Eckerman .... has one sister, Aleah (11) ... has one son, Cayden (1) ... interested in majoring in communication.
