| Amber Roberson |
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Sophomore
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| Hometown:
San Antonio, Texas
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| High School:
Wagner
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| Height:
6-2
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| Position:
OH
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| Experience:
So.-1L
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· Career statistics
HONORS & AWARDS
• 2009 Collegiate Beach Nationals participant with partner Juliann Faucette
AS A FRESHMAN (2008)
• appeared in 14 matches and 19 sets
• recorded her first career kill in UT's 3-0 sweep of Utah (9/5)
• amassed a career-best five kills on .333 hitting, while adding two digs in a sweep at Texas Tech (10/22)
• registered two kills and a dig in two sets of action as UT swept BYU (10/24)
• tallied three kills and added a block and a dig in the Horns' sweep of Texas Tech (11/12)
INTERNATIONALLY
Selected to the 19-member 2008 U.S. Women's Junior National Volleyball Training Team in the Spring of 2008 with Texas teammate Michelle Kocher ... trained with the USA Youth National A2 team in the summer of 2007.
BEFORE TEXAS
A three-sport letterwinner at Wagner High School where she played volleyball for former Longhorn and four-time All-American Demetria Sance Padgitt ... garnered Texas Girls Coaches Association All-State honors in 2007 ... two-time first-team All-District 26-5A selection ... named to the 2007 San Antonio Express News Super Team ... headlined Wagner in 2007 with a team-best 554 kills and 322 digs ... as a junior, she paced Wagner's attack in its first varsity season, leading the club with 365 kills on .313 hitting and adding 241 digs and 23 solo blocks ... played club volleyball for the 18 Kaepa Alamo Volleyball club ... garnered 2008 Nike, Adidas and BCI All-America honors in basketball ... earned all-district, all-city, all-region and all-state honors in basketball her senior season ... led Wagner to the 2008 5A State basketball semifinals ... garnered unanimous all-district honors on the hardwood in 2007 ... ranked No. 5 in the nation in the high jump in 2008 ... two-time District 26-5A high jump champion ... 2007 Regional high jump champion and a two-time top-5 finisher at state, earning third place in 2007 and fifth place in 2006 ... first-team all-state, all-region and all-district honoree in the high jump as a senior ... member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL
Full name is Amber Cherie Roberson ... born Jan. 24, 1990 in Las Cruces, N.M. ... daughter of John and Lisa Roberson ... has four sisters, Ashlee (21), Arielle (16), Aaliyah (5) and Arianna (3) and two brothers, Andre (17) and Anthony (14) ... her father played collegiate basketball at New Mexico State (1985-89) before going on to play professionally overseas ... her mother played volleyball at New Mexico State (1985-89) ... her sister Ashlee is a senior forward for the Texas Tech women's basketball team ... education major.
