Brookah Palmer

Vanderbilt

Sep 26 (Fri)

6:30 PM

Photo by: Sam Craft/Texas A&M Athletics

Photo by: Russell James/Texas A&M Athletics

Photo by: Sam Craft/Texas A&M Athletics

Photo by: Sam Craft/Texas A&M Athletics

Photo by: Kirk Irwin

Photo by: Kirk Irwin

Photo by: Sam Craft/Texas A&M Athletics

Position:
Outside Hitter
Height:
6-2
Class:
Junior
High School:
Hebron
Hometown:
Carrollton, Texas

HONORS (AT TEXAS A&M)

MVP, Texas A&M Invitational
Sports Imports D.C. Koehl Classic All-Tournament Team

HONORS (AT UNIVERISTY OF HOUSTON)

2015

AVCA All-Southeast Region Honorable Mention
All-American Athletic Conference First Team
The American Offensive Player of the Week (Aug. 31, Nov. 16)
American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll (Sept. 7, 28)
Sawyer Camillo Memorial MVP (UL-Lafayette)
North Texas Invite All-Tournament Team
Flo Hyman Collegiate Cup All-Tournament Team (Houston)
Texas Tech Fall Invite All-Tournament Team

CAREER HIGHS AT TEXAS A&M

Category	Career High
Kills	24 vs. Missouri State (9/7/18)
Attempts	52 vs. Missouri State (9/7/18)
Hit% (min. 10 k)	.474 [11-2-19] vs. Temple (9/1/18)
Assists	3 at Florida (10/5/18)
Aces	4 vs. Arkansas (9/19/18)
Digs	16 at Georgia (10/14/18)
Solo Blocks	1 vs. Arkansas (9/19/18); at Mississippi State (11/18/18)
Assisted Blocks	4 vs. LSU (11/23/18)
Total Blocks	4 vs. LSU (11/23/18)
Points	26.0 vs. Missouri State (9/7/18)

2018 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR - AT TEXAS A&M)
In her first season competing for the Aggies, started 24 matches and appeared in 29 of 30 matches overall after sitting out 2017 due to NCAA transfer rules and redshirting the 2016 season while at Houston…Reached double-figure kills in seven matches, including an A&M career-high 24 against Missouri State…In her inaugural A&M career debut, recorded a double-double with 16 kills and 14 digs while hitting a team-high .414 in the Aggies’ season-opening victory against Ohio…Posted three double-doubles for the full season…Reached double-figure digs seven times…Hit .181 and averaged 1.70 kills, 1.86 digs and 2.09 points per set for the full season…In SEC matches only, hit .129 with 1.31 kills, 1.82 digs and 1.69 points per set…Was named MVP of the Texas A&M Invitational after hitting .347 and averaging team highs with 4.0 points and 3.33 kills per set while leading the Aggies to the tournament title…Was named to the all-tournament team at the season-opening Sports Imports D.C. Koehl Classic at Ohio State…Slated to graduate in May 2019 and will forego her senior season.

2017 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE - AT TEXAS A&M)
Sat out the season as per NCAA transfer rules.

AT UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON

2016 (SOPHOMORE)
Sat out the season with a shoulder injury.

2015 (FRESHMAN)
Started in all 32 matches and appeared in all but one set as a true freshman as the Cougars went 19-13 overall and tied for seventh in the American Athletic Conference with a 9-11 record.…Led the AAC and ranked 40^th in the nation with 4.15 kills per set…Recorded double-digit kills in all but three matches…For the season, tallied 506 kills (next closest teammate had 244 kills) while hitting .224…Also led the conference and ranked 16^th in the nation with 50 aces, and her 0.41 aces per set led the league and ranked 31^st in the nation…In addition, led the conference in both total points (582) and points per set (4.77), ranking 15^th and 31^st in the nation, respectively…Was second on the team with 301 total digs and a 2.47 dig average…Recorded 15 double-doubles…Posted a single-match high 31 kills in the five-set win over Tulane (Oct. 7)… Selected to the All-American Athletic Conference First Team and also was named AVCA All-Southeast Region Honorable Mention…Was named all-tournament in all four tournaments played, including MVP honors at UL-Lafayette’s Sawyer Camillo Memorial Volleyball Tournament...Was a two-time American Offensive Player of the Week.

PREVIOUS ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE
Was a four-year starter for coach Karin Keeney at Hebron High School…Played right side hitter her first two seasons…Her last two seasons, moved to the outside and earned back-to-back all-district Offensive Player of the Year honors and also was a two-time Texas Girls Coaches Association all-state selection…Led the Hawks to the state playoffs every year, including an appearance in the regional finals as a senior…Was named to 2014 PrepVolleyball.com All-American Special Mention list and also was named to the website’s 2015 Senior Aces “the 150”…Most memorable moment of athletic career is Hebron’s exciting upset over No. 1-ranked Colleyville Heritage in a state playoff match that went to five sets...Played club ball for Dallas Premier Volleyball Club…Coached by Bryan Stanfield, her 15s team placed sixth at the 2011 USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championship

PERSONAL
Is the first person in her family to attend college…Began playing volleyball when she was 12 years old…Describes herself as very competitive and a perfectionist…Only official recruiting visit was to the University of Houston…Made a visit to Texas A&M after she made the decision to transfer from Houston and fell in love with the school…Most memorable athletic moment at Texas A&M was when she finally was cleared to play while Europe…Volunteered at The Big Event, the largest one-day, student-run service project in the nation in which Aggies assist residents within the community…Hobbies include shopping and hanging out with friends…Majoring in university studies leadership…Career ambition is to be a volleyball coach.

PALMER UP CLOSE

Favorites:

Favorite class subject: Math
Favorite volleyball player of all time: Karch Kiraly
Favorite professional sports team (any sport): Dallas Cowboys
Favorite social media site: Snapchat
Favorite emoji: eye rolling emoji
Favorite type of music: country or rap
Favorite food: Mexican
Favorite binge watching TV show: One Tree Hill
Favorite book: Gone Girl
Favorite movie: Unbroken
Favorite Disney character: Pocahontas
Favorite animal: shark
Favorite part about the sport of volleyball: when someone gets a kill and everyone celebrates
Favorite sport to play other than volleyball: softball
Favorite thing about A&M: all of the traditions
Favorite Aggie tradition: Aggie Ring
Favorite place to vacation: Destin, Florida
Favorite memories of the team’s trip to Europe: Everything in Slovenia, including finally being able to play in a Texas A&M jersey, sliding down the hill and going to the gelato place down the street with my teammates

Miscellaneous:

My nickname is: B
One word to describe me when I’m on the court: competitive
One word to describe me away from the court: sassy
The person who has had the greatest impact on my athletic career: my high school coach, Karin Keeney
The accomplishment (athletic or non-athletic) that I am most proud of: making it to D1 volleyball
The most famous athlete I have met: Misty May Treanor
When I was little, I dreamed of being a: Vet
Early bird or night owl: night owl
The reality show I would most like to participate in is: The Voice, except I can’t sing
My best non-athletic talent: Dancing, haha
My most prized possession: my phone
My most annoying habit: chewing on the inside of my cheek
My pet peeve: People who chew with their mouth open
My superstitions: when it comes time to put on my shoes and stuff for a game, I always start with my right sock and then left, then right kneepad and so on
Two things on my bucket list are:
- Swim with sharks
- Scuba divie in Australia (Great Barrier Reef)
Best piece of advice for your freshmen teammates: It’s cliché but these 4 years will go by in a flash so cherish every moment and every opportunity you are given. Make the most out of these years you have.
I am most thankful for: my parents