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2020 Volleyball Roster

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19 Abby Bottomley

  • Position Defensive Specialist
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Princess Anne
  • Hometown Virginia Beach, Va.

Biography

2020: Played in 55 sets across 16 games...Totaled 285 digs and 62 assists...Had a season high 36 digs against UCF (April 14)...Recorded a season high 7 assists in win over Gardner-Webb (April 2)...Recorded a career high 5 aces in win over Radford (Feb. 25)...3x Big South Libero of the Week...Big South First Team All Conference...Big South Player of the Year...AVCA Southeast All Region Team...AVCA All American Honorable Mention...Millis Scholar Athlete. 

2019: Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year...Big South First Team All-Conference...CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team...Named Big South Player of the Week 6x throughout the season, the most any player has won the award in a single season...Led the conference in digs (699) and digs per set (5.55)...Played in all 122 sets across all 34 of the team’s matches during the season...Led the team with 43 service aces...Had 30+ digs on four occasions throughout the season...Set a career-high with four service aces against Wofford (Sep. 20)...Had a career-high 44 digs in win against Radford (Sep. 28)...Tied a career-high with four service aces against Hampton (Oct. 4)...Had a career-high 12 assists against Florida State (Nov. 2)...Millis Scholar Athlete.

2018: Recorded 42 digs at East Tennessee State (Oct. 9)...Had 17 digs against Marquette in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament (Nov. 30)...Millis Scholar-Athlete.

2017: Became the fifth Panther to be named Big South Freshman of the Year and the first to make the All-Big South First Team in her first collegiate season...Led the team and the Big South with 5.21 digs per set...Racked up 594 digs - the most by an HPU freshman and the fifth-most by a D-I Panther...Made collegiate debut with 14 digs in the win over NIU (Aug. 25)...Named Big South Freshman of the Week two times (Aug. 28 and Sep. 25)...Recorded 17 digs and an ace in the NCAA Tournament First Round match against Purdue...Millis Scholar Athlete.

PREP: Named Gatorade Player of the Year in Virginia after her senior season...Played four seasons of varsity volleyball for head coach Craig Dooren while leading the team to a state championship in 2016 and three straight regional titles from 2014-16...Three-time All-Virginia selection, four-time all-conference team member and two-time Conference Player of the Year...Racked up over 200 aces and 800 kills in her high school career... Two-time captain who guided her team to four straight conference crowns...Princess Anne was ranked in the top 20 nationally during the 2016 campaign. 

PERSONAL: Daughter of Glenn and Mary Bottomley...Has one older sister named Christy...Was a member of the National Honor Society and International Baccalaureate Program.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2017Freshman

    Defensive Specialist
    5'6"
    19
  • 19

    2018Sophomore

    Defensive Specialist
    5'6"
    19
  • 19

    2019Junior

    Defensive Specialist
    5'6"
    19
  • 19

    2020Senior

    Defensive Specialist
    5'6"
    19