REDSHIRT JUNIOR ERICA DENNEY QUOTING COACH ROSE “Erica has a great set of skills and she also works hard. She's had her share of challenges to work through, yet she's a great teammate and team player."
ERICA
DENNEY 6-5, REDSHIRT JUNIOR MIDDLE HITTER AURORA, COLO. • GRANDVIEW
NITTANY LION CAREER 2012 (Redshirt Sophomore): Academic All-Big Ten … Appeared in six matches and nine sets … Made her 2012 debut vs. Stanford (8/31) ... Recorded her first career start against DePaul (9/8) and had a team-best five blocks ... Posted a block vs. Northwestern (11/10). 2011 (Redshirt Freshman): Academic All-Big Ten ... Made her collegiate debut vs. Rutgers (9/17) and tallied one kill ... Played in one set at Iowa (9/24). 2010 (Freshman): Redshirt season.
DENNEY’S EXPECTATIONS “This year, I think that because we have a lot more people returning, we have an older group. With this group, I think we have a lot of experience and the ultimate goal is to win a national championship. The biggest thing that I'm expecting this year is for us to work together better as a team. If we can figure that out, than who knows what we can accomplish together."
HIGH SCHOOL Four-year varsity letterwinner at Grandview High School in Aurora, Colo. … Guided her team to an undefeated record (31-0) and the Colorado State Championship in 2007 … Guided the team to a second-place finish in the state in 2006 and 2008 and third in 2009 … Two-time State Championship All-Tournament Team selection … Four-time All-Conference (Centennial League) selection … Three-time All-State honoree … Selected to the All-Colorado team her senior season … Earned first team AVCA/ Under Armour High School All-America honors … PrepVolleyball Senior Ace … Attended the A1-Select camp with USA Volleyball in 2007 and was a member of the gold medal winning Blue Team … Won a gold medal at the 2008 NORCECA Championships and participated in the 2009 World Championships in Thailand as a member of the Youth National Team … Named to the All-Conference Academic team … A Wolf Award recipient. PERSONAL Born Erica Lynn Denney on Aug. 7, 1992 in Aurora Colo. … parents are Mike and Nancy Denney … has one sister, Catherine (17) … names hunting, hiking and hanging with friends as favorite hobbies, “Maximum Ride” as favorite book, Nickelback, Jason Aldean and Chris Brown as favorite entertainers, “House” and “Family Guy” as favorite TV shows, the Denver Nuggets as favorite professional sports team, “Aladdin” as favorite movie, Lebron James as favorite athlete, Sandra Bullock as favorite actress and prime rib, pizza and anything chocolate as favorite foods.
2012 SEASON HIGHS Kills:......................................................................................................4 vs. DePaul (9/8) Attacks:................................................................................................7 vs. DePaul (9/8) Hitting Percentage:........................................ .600 (3-0-5) vs. Eastern Illinois (9/15) Assists:..........................................................................................................................N/A Aces:..............................................................................................................................N/A Digs:....................................................................... 1, 2x, last vs. Eastern Illinois (9/15) Blocks:..................................................................................................5 vs. DePaul (9/8) CAREER HIGHS Kills:.............................................................................................. 4 vs. DePaul (9/8/12) Attacks:..........................................................................................7 vs. DePaul (9/8/12 Hitting Percentage:..................................600 (3-0-5) vs. Eastern Illinois (9/15/12) Assists:..........................................................................................................................N/A Aces:..............................................................................................................................N/A Digs:................................................................1, 2x, last vs. Eastern Illinois (9/15/12) Blocks:.......................................................................................... 5 vs. DePaul (9/8/12) 2012 MATCH-BY-MATCH OPP. Stanford DePaul Duquesne Eastern Illinois Northwestern Binghamton
K E TA PCT. A SA D 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 4 0 7 .571 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 3 0 5 .600 0 0 1 0 1 1 -1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0
TB 1 5 0 1 1 0
DENNEY’S CAREER STATS SEASON MP-SP K E 2010 Redshirt season 2011 2-2 1 1 2012 6-9 7 1 CAREER 8-11 8 2
TA
PCT. ASSISTS ACES DIGS BS BA TB KPS APS SAPS DPS BPS
6 .000 13 .462 19 .316
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2 0 7 0 0.78 0.00 0.00 0.22 0.78 2 0 7 0 0.73 0.00 0.00 0.18 0.64
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