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Nittany Lion Sophomores
11 Darcy
Dorton
Outside Hitter • 6-2 • So. Muncie, Ind. • Delta
Lion Career 2009 (Freshman): AVCA Honorable Mention All-America … AVCA Mideast Region Freshman of the Year ... AVCA Honorable Mention AllMideast Region ... Big Ten Freshman of the Year ... Unanimous Big Ten All-Freshman Team ... Big Ten Freshman of the Week (8/31, 9/7, 9/28, 10/12, 11/2) ... played in all 38 matches starting 19 and 116 sets … ranked fourth on the team with 276 kills, good enough for 2.39 kills per set … had double-digit kills in eight matches, including putting down 13 in the National Championship match against No. 2 Texas … made her collegiate debut against Miami (Ohio) (8/28) and tallied a career-high 15 kills on .565 hitting … registered 14 kills at Illinois (9/26) … had 13 kills at Ohio State (10/7) …totaled 66 blocks … tallied at least one block in 28 matches, with two or more in 23 matches … posted a personal-best five total blocks at Wisconsin (10/3) and tied the amount at Indiana (11/21) … recorded 53 digs for the season, with at least one in 27 matches … had a career-best eight digs vs. Robert Morris (9/5).
High School Four-year letterwinner and two-year team captain at Delta High School in Muncie, Ind. ... ree-time AAU 18 Open All-American ... named a JVDA 18 Open All-American ... was a member of the Youh National Team that competed in the 2007 World Championships...captained the Junior National Team that won the 2008 NORSECA Championship ... 2008 PrepVolleyball.com National Player of the Year ... 2008 Indiana Gatorade Player of the Year ... IHSAA Mental Attitude Award Winner ... member of the 2008 State Championship Team, the 2009 AAU 18 Open National Champions and the 2009 JVDA 18 Open National Champions ... also earned a letter in track in 2006. Personal Born Darcy Lin Dorton on July 6, 1990 in Muncie, Ind. ... parents are Joe and Juli Dorton ... has one brother, Tad (17), and one sister, Kylie (22) ... sister Kylie played volleyball at the University of West Florida ... is undecided on a major ... names going to the lake house as a hobby, “Twilight” as her favorite book, “e Office” as her favorite TV show, “e Dark Knight” as her favorite movie, Lebron James as her favorite athlete, Brad Pitt as her favorite actor and Katherine Heigl as her favorite actress and e Diner’s Mac and Cheese as her favorite food. Quoting Russ Rose “Darcy is in that strange place where you’re recuperating from an injury and you’re not as involved in some things. Darcy’s strength is her passion and energy to play and I hope those things win out in the end. Until she’s ready to play, we’ll need her to be a mentor and help the younger players.”
Dorton’s Expectations “With the experienced players we have returning and the talented freshmen coming in, this year will be just as exciing as the last. Our team will be very different from last year’s, but our goals will remain the same. I expect us to remain a frontrunner for another national title.” Year MP-SP 2009 38-116 Career 38-116
K 276 276
E TA 103 697 103 697
Pct. .285 .285
2009 Season Highs Kills: Attacks: Hitting Percentage: Assists: Digs: Blocks:
15 vs. Miami (Ohio) (8/28) 31 vs. Texas (12/19) .643 (9-0-14) at Florida (12/11) 1, 3x, last vs. Texas (12/19) 8 vs. Robert Morris (9/5) 5, 2x, last at Indiana (11/21)
Kills: Attacks: Hitting Percentage: Assists: Digs: Blocks:
15 vs. Miami (Ohio) (8/28/09) 31 vs. Texas (12/19/09) .643 (9-0-14) at Florida (12/11/09) 1, 3x, last vs. Texas (12/19/09) 8 vs. Robert Morris (9/5/09) 5, 2x, last at Indiana (11/21/09)
Opp. Miami (OH) Alabama Saint Louis Buffalo Robert Morris Pittsburgh Loyola Charleston Duke Temple Saint Francis Temple Northwestern Illinois Iowa Wisconsin Ohio State Minnesota Michigan Michigan St. Indiana Purdue Ohio State Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa Illinois Northwestern Purdue Indiana Michigan St. Michigan Binghamton Pennsylvania Florida California Hawaii Texas
E 2 3 4 0 3 4 0 3 2 2 6 2 1 2 4 3 5 4 5 0 4 2 4 1 3 2 2 1 8 3 2 2 1 2 0 5 3 3
Career Highs
2009 Match-by-Match
Dorton’s Career Stats
Assists 3 3
Aces Digs 0 53 0 53
BS 3 3
K 15 7 11 4 9 11 1 3 4 8 8 8 7 14 9 5 13 9 9 3 2 6 10 8 8 4 7 7 10 6 4 1 1 9 9 4 8 13
BA 63 63
TB 66 66
TA 23 16 19 6 17 21 1 8 13 15 18 15 11 22 20 13 26 17 22 9 14 17 25 11 14 13 14 14 25 15 10 15 4 21 14 18 20 31
Pct. .565 .250 .368 .667 .353 .333 1.000 .000 .154 .400 .111 .400 .545 .545 .250 .154 .308 .294 .182 .333 -.143 .235 .240 .636 .154 .154 .357 .429 .080 .200 .200 -0.67 .000 .333 .643 -.056 .250 .323
KPS APS 2.38 0.03 2.38 0.03
1999, 2007, 2008 & 2009 NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, 29 CONSECUTIVE NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES
A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 2 0 1 0 8 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 3 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 3 3
TB 2 2 3 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 4 5 3 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 0 5 2 0 3 4 0 2 3 1
SAPS DPS BPS 0.00 0.46 0.57 0.00 0.46 0.57
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