2018 Volleyball Roster
Houser, Amy
vs
Southeastern Louisiana
Sep 18 (Thu)
6:00 PM
Jersey Number 11
Amy Houser
- Position:
- Libero/Defensive Specialist
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Memorial
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
Bio
HONORS
2018
2018 (SENIOR)
The team captain was the only senior on the team…Was the libero in every set except for the third set in the sweep against Nicholls…Her 479 digs broke the school record for digs in a season in the 25-point rally scoring era and ranks fourth in the program’s all-time season records…Closed out the season having recorded double-figure digs in 22 consecutive matches and a team-best 27 matches overall…Recorded 20 or more digs in a team-leading seven matches…Led A&M and ranked seventh in the SEC with 3.93 digs per set for the full season…Also led A&M and ranked seventh in the SEC with 3.92 digs per set in conference matches only…Recorded the first double-double of her career at LSU (Sept. 30) with a career-high 11 assists and tying her then-career high with 24 digs…Her career-high 26 digs against South Carolina (Nov. 9) were the most by an A&M player in a match in 2018…Led or tied for team-high honors in digs in a team-leading 24 matches…Led A&M with 693 service receptions and sported a team-best .970 reception percentage among players with 15 or more attempts…Named both SEC Player and Defensive Player of the Week for the first time in her career on Sept. 24 after averaging 5.25 digs per set in conference season-opening wins over both Arkansas and Georgia...Had a save at Georgia (Oct. 14) that was No. 5 on ESPN SportsCenter’s Top 10 plays of the day and was NCAA Volleyball’s No. 2 play of the week…Was presented the team’s Aggie Excellence award for the second consecutive year.
2017 (JUNIOR)
Teammates voted her the recipient of the team’s most esteemed Aggie Excellence award, recognizing the player who best represents A&M’s core values of respect, integrity, leadership, excellence, loyalty and selfless service…Maintains the highest GPA on the team and was a member of the Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll…Also was the team’s representative on the SEC Community Service Team…Played in all but two matches and made four starts…Averaged 1.89 digs per set in all matches and 1.48 digs per set in SEC matches only…Posted double-figure digs in four matches, including a career-high 19 digs in the victory against Tennessee…Led or tied for the team lead in digs three times…Tied her career high with three aces at No. 1 Florida.
2016 (SOPHOMORE)
Played in 28 matches and 91 sets, appearing in all but two sets in each of the last 20 matches of the season…Typically played back row for outside hitter Kiara McGee…Drew her one start of the season and the seventh start of her career in the victory against Missouri (Oct. 26)…Was second on the team with 15 total aces and 0.16 aces per set in all matches…In SEC matches, was second on the team with 13 total aces and 0.20 aces per set…Led the back row players with a .960 reception percentage in SEC matches only…Was second on the team with a .964 reception percentage for the full season…Ranked third on the team with 326 service reception attempts for the full season and 226 service reception attempts in SEC matches only…Averaged 1.85 digs per set for the full season and 1.88 digs per set in SEC matches only…Posted double-figure digs five times, including a career-high 12 digs in a 3-1 loss at Kentucky…Took team-high honors in digs with a then-career-high 11 in a 3-0 loss to No. 6 Wisconsin.
2015 (FRESHMAN)
Made her Texas A&M career debut and made the first of six starts in the Aggies’ season opener at No. 2 Stanford…Went on to appear in the back row in 16 matches throughout the season…Played in 39 sets overall and averaged 1.49 digs per set for the full season and 1.48 digs per set in SEC matches only…Posted a career-high nine digs in the Aggies’ 3-2 victory at South Carolina on Oct. 11.
PREVIOUS ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE
The two-sport athlete was a two-year starter and two-time team MVP for volleyball coach Beth Gammill at Memorial High School…Led the Mustangs to back-to-back district titles, posting a 63-18 record during her two seasons…As a senior, was the team’s setter and was named District 18-6A MVP…Also selected to the Greater Houston Volleyball Coaches Association (GHVCA) All-Greater Houston team and the GHVCA All-Star team after leading the Houston area with 913 assists (8.58 per set)…Also added 103 kills, 211 digs, 57 blocks and 35 aces and was named to PrepVolleyball.com’s 2015 Defensive Dandies third team…As a junior, the United States Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete honoree split time as both an outside hitter and setter and was named first-team All-District 19-5A…Played three years of club ball for Houston Juniors before switching to Houston Skyline Juniors in 2011…Coached by former Aggie volleyball defensive standout Jen (Moore) Woods from 2011-13, was named to the 2013 USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championship American Division all-tournament team after leading Skyline’s 16 RoShamBo Royal team to a silver medal…Coach by Todd Kolkhorst in 2014, received the Skyline Award after setting the club-wide record for assists with 1,123…Coached by Amanda Watts in 2015, her 18 RoShamBo Royal team qualified for Junior Nationals…Was a four-year member of the Memorial High School varsity basketball team and helped lead the Mustangs to the playoffs every year…A team captain as a junior and senior, also was a two-time team MVP, All-District 19-5A first team selection, TABC All-Region nominee and recipient of the school’s Tina Young Award of Excellence, named in honor of the former longtime and inspiring Memorial High School coach who succumbed to cancer…Also was named the 2015 District 18-6A Offensive Player of the Year after leading the Mustangs to their first district title in school history…In addition to her athletics achievements, the salutatorian was repeatedly honored for her academics, earning a combined four academic all-state citations for both volleyball and basketball, as well as six academic all-district certificates…Was named to the PrepVolleyball.com 2014 High School Volleyball Academic All American fifth team…Most memorable moment of prep career is shooting a 3-point buzzer beater in a sixth grade championship basketball game.
PERSONAL
Is from a family of Aggies as both her parents and all three of her sisters graduated from Texas A&M…Was the 2015 salutatorian at Memorial High School…Began playing volleyball when she was 12 years old…In addition to Texas A&M, also made official recruiting visits to Stephen F. Austin and TCU…Chose to attend Texas A&M because “A&M has been part of my family for years. I love the environment and the people who go there”…Wears No. 11 because her sister wore the same number when she played sports in high school…Describes herself as being “definitely very intense on the court; volleyball to me is about giving your all every play and I definitely try to do this”…Most memorable moment of Texas A&M athletic career is winning the SEC championship at Missouri her freshman year...Is a member of Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women…Has served as a volunteer for numerous organizations and activities, including helping local ESL adults become more proficient in English at the Bryan Adult Learning Center and serving as a note taker for special needs students at Texas A&M…Has helped out at the Brazos Valley Food Bank with her Business Honors organization…Also volunteered at the Special Olympics Spring Games and was an AVID volunteer in which she taught a class on leadership at a local middle school…Joined other Texas A&M student-athletes on a mission trip to Haiti in both 2016 and 2017…Hobbies include spending time with her family and hanging out at the family’s ranch…Is majoring in business honors with a minor in sports management…Will graduate in December 2018…Career ambition is to own a volleyball club.
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Favorites:
2018
- SEC Player of the Week (9/24)
- SEC Defensive Player of the Week (9/24)
- PrepVolleyball.com Player of the Week Runner Up (9/26)
- Aggie Excellence Award
- Team captain
- Aggie Excellence Award
- SEC Community Service Team
- Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
- First-Year SEC Honor Roll
| Category | Career High |
| Kills | 1 four times |
| Attempts | 2 vs. Missouri (9/24/17); at Ohio State (8/25/18) |
| Hit% (min. 10 k) | n/a |
| Assists | 11 at LSU (9/30/18) |
| Aces | 3 at South Carolina (10/30/16); at Florida (10/4/17) |
| Digs | 26 vs. South Carolina (11/9/18) |
| Solo Blocks | 0 |
| Assisted Blocks | 0 |
| Total Blocks | 0 |
| Points | 3.0 at South Carolina (10/30/16); at Florida (10/4/17) |
2018 (SENIOR)
The team captain was the only senior on the team…Was the libero in every set except for the third set in the sweep against Nicholls…Her 479 digs broke the school record for digs in a season in the 25-point rally scoring era and ranks fourth in the program’s all-time season records…Closed out the season having recorded double-figure digs in 22 consecutive matches and a team-best 27 matches overall…Recorded 20 or more digs in a team-leading seven matches…Led A&M and ranked seventh in the SEC with 3.93 digs per set for the full season…Also led A&M and ranked seventh in the SEC with 3.92 digs per set in conference matches only…Recorded the first double-double of her career at LSU (Sept. 30) with a career-high 11 assists and tying her then-career high with 24 digs…Her career-high 26 digs against South Carolina (Nov. 9) were the most by an A&M player in a match in 2018…Led or tied for team-high honors in digs in a team-leading 24 matches…Led A&M with 693 service receptions and sported a team-best .970 reception percentage among players with 15 or more attempts…Named both SEC Player and Defensive Player of the Week for the first time in her career on Sept. 24 after averaging 5.25 digs per set in conference season-opening wins over both Arkansas and Georgia...Had a save at Georgia (Oct. 14) that was No. 5 on ESPN SportsCenter’s Top 10 plays of the day and was NCAA Volleyball’s No. 2 play of the week…Was presented the team’s Aggie Excellence award for the second consecutive year.
2017 (JUNIOR)
Teammates voted her the recipient of the team’s most esteemed Aggie Excellence award, recognizing the player who best represents A&M’s core values of respect, integrity, leadership, excellence, loyalty and selfless service…Maintains the highest GPA on the team and was a member of the Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll…Also was the team’s representative on the SEC Community Service Team…Played in all but two matches and made four starts…Averaged 1.89 digs per set in all matches and 1.48 digs per set in SEC matches only…Posted double-figure digs in four matches, including a career-high 19 digs in the victory against Tennessee…Led or tied for the team lead in digs three times…Tied her career high with three aces at No. 1 Florida.
2016 (SOPHOMORE)
Played in 28 matches and 91 sets, appearing in all but two sets in each of the last 20 matches of the season…Typically played back row for outside hitter Kiara McGee…Drew her one start of the season and the seventh start of her career in the victory against Missouri (Oct. 26)…Was second on the team with 15 total aces and 0.16 aces per set in all matches…In SEC matches, was second on the team with 13 total aces and 0.20 aces per set…Led the back row players with a .960 reception percentage in SEC matches only…Was second on the team with a .964 reception percentage for the full season…Ranked third on the team with 326 service reception attempts for the full season and 226 service reception attempts in SEC matches only…Averaged 1.85 digs per set for the full season and 1.88 digs per set in SEC matches only…Posted double-figure digs five times, including a career-high 12 digs in a 3-1 loss at Kentucky…Took team-high honors in digs with a then-career-high 11 in a 3-0 loss to No. 6 Wisconsin.
2015 (FRESHMAN)
Made her Texas A&M career debut and made the first of six starts in the Aggies’ season opener at No. 2 Stanford…Went on to appear in the back row in 16 matches throughout the season…Played in 39 sets overall and averaged 1.49 digs per set for the full season and 1.48 digs per set in SEC matches only…Posted a career-high nine digs in the Aggies’ 3-2 victory at South Carolina on Oct. 11.
PREVIOUS ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE
The two-sport athlete was a two-year starter and two-time team MVP for volleyball coach Beth Gammill at Memorial High School…Led the Mustangs to back-to-back district titles, posting a 63-18 record during her two seasons…As a senior, was the team’s setter and was named District 18-6A MVP…Also selected to the Greater Houston Volleyball Coaches Association (GHVCA) All-Greater Houston team and the GHVCA All-Star team after leading the Houston area with 913 assists (8.58 per set)…Also added 103 kills, 211 digs, 57 blocks and 35 aces and was named to PrepVolleyball.com’s 2015 Defensive Dandies third team…As a junior, the United States Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete honoree split time as both an outside hitter and setter and was named first-team All-District 19-5A…Played three years of club ball for Houston Juniors before switching to Houston Skyline Juniors in 2011…Coached by former Aggie volleyball defensive standout Jen (Moore) Woods from 2011-13, was named to the 2013 USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championship American Division all-tournament team after leading Skyline’s 16 RoShamBo Royal team to a silver medal…Coach by Todd Kolkhorst in 2014, received the Skyline Award after setting the club-wide record for assists with 1,123…Coached by Amanda Watts in 2015, her 18 RoShamBo Royal team qualified for Junior Nationals…Was a four-year member of the Memorial High School varsity basketball team and helped lead the Mustangs to the playoffs every year…A team captain as a junior and senior, also was a two-time team MVP, All-District 19-5A first team selection, TABC All-Region nominee and recipient of the school’s Tina Young Award of Excellence, named in honor of the former longtime and inspiring Memorial High School coach who succumbed to cancer…Also was named the 2015 District 18-6A Offensive Player of the Year after leading the Mustangs to their first district title in school history…In addition to her athletics achievements, the salutatorian was repeatedly honored for her academics, earning a combined four academic all-state citations for both volleyball and basketball, as well as six academic all-district certificates…Was named to the PrepVolleyball.com 2014 High School Volleyball Academic All American fifth team…Most memorable moment of prep career is shooting a 3-point buzzer beater in a sixth grade championship basketball game.
PERSONAL
Is from a family of Aggies as both her parents and all three of her sisters graduated from Texas A&M…Was the 2015 salutatorian at Memorial High School…Began playing volleyball when she was 12 years old…In addition to Texas A&M, also made official recruiting visits to Stephen F. Austin and TCU…Chose to attend Texas A&M because “A&M has been part of my family for years. I love the environment and the people who go there”…Wears No. 11 because her sister wore the same number when she played sports in high school…Describes herself as being “definitely very intense on the court; volleyball to me is about giving your all every play and I definitely try to do this”…Most memorable moment of Texas A&M athletic career is winning the SEC championship at Missouri her freshman year...Is a member of Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women…Has served as a volunteer for numerous organizations and activities, including helping local ESL adults become more proficient in English at the Bryan Adult Learning Center and serving as a note taker for special needs students at Texas A&M…Has helped out at the Brazos Valley Food Bank with her Business Honors organization…Also volunteered at the Special Olympics Spring Games and was an AVID volunteer in which she taught a class on leadership at a local middle school…Joined other Texas A&M student-athletes on a mission trip to Haiti in both 2016 and 2017…Hobbies include spending time with her family and hanging out at the family’s ranch…Is majoring in business honors with a minor in sports management…Will graduate in December 2018…Career ambition is to own a volleyball club.
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Favorites:
- Favorite class subject: Management of Human Resources
- Favorite quote: “Live without fear.”-Tina Young
- Favorite volleyball player of all time: Misty May
- Favorite athlete (any sport): José Altuve
- Favorite professional sports team (any sport): Houston Rockets
- Favorite social media site: Instagram
- Favorite emoji: nerdy one with glasses
- Favorite type of music: country
- Favorite food: Mexican
- Favorite binge watching TV show: The Office
- Favorite book: Outliers
- Favorite movie: Finding Dory
- Favorite Disney character: Moana
- Favorite animal: chipmunk
- Favorite part about the sport of volleyball: intensity of play, and the celebrations when you win a point
- Favorite sport to play other than volleyball: basketball
- Favorite thing about A&M: it is really a network of people who care for each other
- Favorite Aggie tradition: singing the War Hymn
- Favorite Karaoke song to sing: Don’t Stop Believin’
- Favorite place to vacation: Cayman Islands
- Favorite memory of team’s Europe trip: cliff jumping in Croatia
- My nickname is: House
- One word to describe me when I’m on the court: focused
- One word to describe me away from the court: quirky
- The person who has had the greatest impact on my athletic career: Tina Young
- The accomplishment (athletic or non-athletic) that I am most proud of: winning the SEC Championship
- The Aggie volleyball player I most idolized while growing up: Jen Moore
- The person I would most like to meet: Jesus
- People have told me that I look like (name of celebrity): Jennifer Lawrence
- The song title that best describes me: Sugar
- Best pump-up song: 24K Magic by Bruno Mars
- Musical instruments that I play: recorder
- When I was little, I dreamed of being a: professional sports player
- Early bird or night owl: neither
- The reality show I would most like to participate in is: Wipeout
- I can’t believe I watch this show: The Bachelorette
- Few people know that I: got prescribed a contact for one eye, but not the other
- My best non-athletic talent(s): L
- My most prized possession: engagement ringJ
- My most annoying habit: cannot multitask well
- My pet peeve: sound of crunching on apples
- My superstitions: wear the same hairstyle every match
- If I had a million dollars, I would: travel
- Two things on my bucket list are:
- have a family
- travel to Thailand
- Being at A&M has taught me: love on others, you don’t know how meaningful it can be to do so
- Best piece of advice for your freshmen teammates: soak it all in, it goes by fast!
- After I graduate, I plan to: work at Houston Skyline Juniors Volleyball Club
- My dream job is: owning my own volleyball club
- I am most thankful for: my family, my faith, and my fiancé!
- The teammate who will surprise people the most this year: Mallory Talbert
- The teammate who can always make me laugh: Berkley Adams
- The teammate who dominates in the weight room: Haley Slocum
- Teammate most likely to be on People’s “Best Dressed” list: Maddie Douglas
- Teammate most likely to become president: Mallory Talbert
- America’s Got Talent: Maddie Douglas
- America’s Next Top Model: London Austin-Roark
- American Ninja Warrior: Camille Conner
- The Amazing Race: Haley Slocum
- The Apprentice: Brookah Palmer
- Big Brother: Morgan Davis
- Dancing with the Stars: Berkley Adams
- Fear Factor: Mallory Talbert
- Fixer Upper: Hollann Hans
- Jeopardy: Camille Conner
- Impractical Jokers: Berkley Adams
- Lip Sync Battle: Kaitlyn Rogers
- Pawn Stars: Samantha Sanders
- The Price is Right: Makena Patterson
- Project Runway: Maddie Douglas
- Shark Tank: Samantha Sanders
- Survivor: Mallory Talbert
- Top Chef: Haley Slocum
- The Voice: Hollann Hans
- Wheel of Fortune: Makena Patterson
- World of Dance: Sydnye Fields
Highlights: Texas A&M vs TCU
Wednesday, September 10
Utah State Postgame: Jamie Morrison
Saturday, September 06
Highlights: Texas A&M 3, Utah State 1
Friday, September 05
Utah Postgame: Jamie Morrison
Thursday, September 04
