2010 Volleyball Roster
Sep 19 (Fri)
6:00 PM
Elise Hendrickson
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Wilson
- Hometown:
- Long Beach, Calif.
One of the most consistent returners who serves a vital role as a versatile, all-purpose player...Has trained as a libero, defensive specialist, right-side hitter and middle blocker throughout her club and college career...Has starting experience and also provides quality depth at multiple positions with her all-around, top-level experience...Is a technically sound blocker...Has good height and range, along with a long reach and will take pressure off the back row defense...In addition, her experience and accuracy as a passer is a huge bonus to the team.
Hendrickson's Honors
2011Academic All-Big 12 First Team
At Texas A&M
2011 - Senior
Started every match and played in all but
one set...Led A&M and the Big 12 with 0.33 aces per set for full season...Also
led A&M and was third in the Big 12 with 0.27 aces per set in Big 12
matches only...Had at least one ace in 23 of 31 matches and tallied two
or more aces in 12 matches...Twice posted double figures in kills and
averaged 1.40 kills and 2.05 points per set...Led or tied for team-lead in blocks
in six matches.
2010 - Junior
Appeared in 23 of 30 matches...Drew 10 starts, one on the left side and the other nine as a right-side hitter...Had the first double-double of her career with 10 kills and 13 digs against Missouri on Oct. 13...Recorded her second double-double with 10 kills and a career-high 15 digs in the 3-1 win against Oklahoma on ESPNU (Nov. 3)... Posted double figures in kills in four matches overall, including a career-high 13 in a five-set victory over North Carolina...Reached double-digit digs in four matches...Averaged 1.52 kills and 2.05 digs per set for the full season...Had a career-high four blocks in three consecutive matches and twice tied for team-high honors in blocks.
At Arizona
2009 - Sophomore
Played in 101 of 110 sets as a defensive specialist and helped direct the Wildcats to a 19-11 overall record and an NCAA tournament appearance...Ranked fourth on the team with 1.85 digs per set for the full season...Averaged 1.96 digs per set in Pac-10 matches only...Posted double figures in digs in nine matches...Named to the Arizona Invitational all-tournament team after leading the Wildcats to the tournament title...Twice took team-high honors in digs during the tournament, posting 11 digs in a sweep against Utah followed by a career-high 17 digs in a 3-0 victory against Tulane...Had 11 digs in the Wildcats' 3-1 loss to Texas A&M in the first round of the NCAA tournament...A Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention selection.
2008 - Redshirted
Missed entire season while rehabbing a knee injury.
2007 - Freshman
Saw action in 28 sets and 17 matches, making one start as a freshman...Played in three sets in a match five times...Posted a career-high four kills on .375 hitting, an ace and two digs against Western Carolina (9/8)...Made her collegiate debut against Nevada (9/1).
Previous Athletic Experience
Four-year varsity letter winner for coach Susan Pescar at Wilson Classical High School...Named team captain her senior year...Helped team to four Moore League Championships, including three undefeated seasons...Three-time All-Moore League first team selection (2004-06)...Earned first-team All-CIF honors in 2005 and 2006...Selected to the Los Angeles Times 2006 All-Star Girls Volleyball Second Team...Two-time Long Beach Press-Telegram Girls Volleyball Dream-Team selection... Was a Junior Olympics All-America selection as a sophomore...Selected to the USA Volleyball National Girls Youth A2 Team in 2005...Selected to the SCVA High Performance Team which competed internationally in the 2006 Global Challenge, Maribor, Slovenia...Earned the Academic Team Award in 2005 and the Wilson High School Scholar Athlete Award in 2006...Also earned the Wilson High School Distinguished Scholar Medallion...Named Wilson "Best Offensive Player" in 2004 and 2005 and team MVP in 2006...Was an all-tournament selection at the 2006 Torrey Pines California Challenge and the 2006 Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions...Played club ball for Cal Juniors under coach Melissa Ohta...Was a Cal Juniors club member for nine years...Team was ranked in the top 20 of SCVA for eight years...Team earned bids to the USA Volleyball Junior National Championships seven times...16U National Gold Division Champions...Earned All-Tournament honors in 2005...Team won 2005 Junior National Championship...Ranked No. 75 on PrepVolleyball.com's 2007 Senior Aces.
Personal
Elise Paula Hendrickson is the daughter of Paul and Janine Hendrickson...Her sister, Emily, played volleyball at UC Santa Barbara, where she was a four-year letterwinner and earned All-Big West first-team honors as a libero...Elise began playing volleyball when she was 9...Most memorable moment in athletics is winning a gold medal at Junior Olympics...Transferred to A&M because "I have always heard great things about Laurie Corbelli and the A&M Volleyball program"...Lists playing beach volleyball as her hobby......A 2010-11 Champs/Texas A&M scholar athlete...Is majoring in psychology and aspires to go to medical school...Born April 13, 1989, in Long Beach, Calif.
Hendrickson Up Close
The person who has had the greatest impact on my athletic career: my club volleyball coach Melissa OhtaThe accomplishment (athletic or non-athletic) that I am most proud of: All-American at Junior Olympics
People have told me that I look like (name of celebrity): Cameron Diaz
When I was little, I dreamed of being a: doctor
Favorite class subject: science
Favorite quote: "You must be the change you wish to see in the world" Mahatma Gandhi
Favorite volleyball player: Misty May
Favorite professional sports team (any sport): Lakers
Favorite type of music: I listen to all kinds of music
Favorite food: Thai food
Favorite TV shows: Gossip Girls, that 70's show
Favorite movie: Pretty in Pink
Favorite part about the sport of volleyball: competing
Favorite Karaoke song to sing: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Favorite piece of advice: Treat others the way you want others to treat you
