RETURNING LION PROFILES #14 • CIARA HOLMES SENIOR • OUTSIDE HITTER • 6-0 • TERRELL, TEXAS (TERRELL H.S.) 2012: Saw action in 20 matches for A&M-Commerce with 13 starts ... Averaged 1.10 kills, 0.47 digs, 0.61 blocks and 1.45 points per set while hitting .166, playing in 59 sets on the year ... Recorded a career-best 65 kills on the year, highlighted by a personal-best eight against both Alabama Huntsville (Aug. 31) and West Alabama (Aug. 31) ... Hit a season-best .500 against the Tigers with no errors ... Recorded seven kills against Ouachita Baptist (Sept. 7) with three solo blocks ... Notched seven kills in the win over William Jewell (Sept. 8) with a career-best five digs ... Finished with 31 blocks on the year, including five solo ... Recorded a career-best seven blocks in the win over Eastern New Mexico (Sept. 22) ... Posted four blocks on two different occasions, including against Alabama-Huntsville and at Cameron (Sept. 29) ... Added 28 digs on the year. 2011: Appeared in 17 matches on the year with six starts ... Averaged 0.95 kills, 0.34 digs and 0.26 blocks per set ... Finished with 36 kills on the year, hitting .033 on the year ... Tied a career-best with six kills against Texas Woman’s (Oct. 25) ... Notched five kills at Midwestern State (Sept. 8) ... Posted 13 digs on the year, including a pair on five separate occasions ... Tallied 10 blocks, highlighted by a pair against Abilene Christian (Sept. 15) and Texas A&M Kingsville (Oct. 29). 2010: Saw action in 22 matches for the Lions as a freshman, garnering 10 starts ... Played in 55 sets, averaging 0.8 kills, 0.7 blocks and 1.2 points ... Ranked fifth on the team in blocks (37), including 13 solo ... Finished with 43 kills on the year, including a career-high six against Fort Hays State (Sept. 4), finishing with just one hitting error on nine attempts for a .556 attack percentage ... Posted five kills and a career-best six blocks later that evening against Arkansas-Monticello (Sept. 4) ... Matched her career-high six block performance in the season opener against Southern Arkansas (Sept. 3), which included four solo blocks, and at Southwest Oklahoma State (Oct. 16) ... Finished the year with 10 assists and 12 digs, including a career-best four in the season opener against the Muleriders.
SINGLE MATCH-HIGHS Kills...............................................................8, two times .....................................last vs. West Alabama (8/31/12) Attacks............... 23, vs. Arkansas-Monticello (9/4/10) Attack Pct................. .556, vs. Fort Hays State (9/4/10) Assists...........................2, at Incarnate Word (10/1/10) Service Aces.............................................................. N/A Digs..................................5, vs. William Jewell (9/8/12) Blocks...................... 7, Eastern New Mexico (9/22/12)
Prior to A&M-Commerce: Named first team all-district and recognized as the district’s blocker of the year as a senior ... Led team to a school record 25 wins ... A three-time team MVP selection ... Honored as the team’s Offensive MVP as a freshman ... Earned second team all-district recognition in basketball as a senior. Personal: Born May 16, 1992 ... Daughter of Johnnie Holmes.
HOLMES’ CAREER STATISTICS Year MP MS SP K K/S E TA PCT A A/S SA SA/S RE DIG D/S BS BA TB B/S BE BHE 2010 22 10 55 43 0.78 24 143 .133 10 0.18 0 0.00 1 12 0.22 13 24 37 0.67 9 1 2011 17 6 38 36 0.95 31 152 .033 1 0.03 0 0.00 0 13 0.34 1 9 10 0.26 3 0 2012 20 13 59 65 1.10 32 199 .166 1 0.02 0 0.00 0 28 0.47 5 31 36 0.61 12 0 Totals 59 29 152 144 0.95 87 494 .115 12 0.08 0 0.00 1 53 0.35 19 64 83 0.55 24 1
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