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2016 Women's Volleyball

3 Carissa Hill

  • Height 5-5
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Lanham, Md.
  • High School St. Vincent Pallotti
  • Position DS/LB
  • Major Political Science

Biography

2016: CAC All-Academic Team ... Saw action in all 33 matches (116 sets) with 19 starts, missing just four sets ... Third for the Seahawks in service aces (23) and digs (329) ... Fourth on the team with 55 assists ... Added 52.0 points, 25 kills, 7.0 total blocks, and six block assists ... Averaged 2.84 digs, 0.47 assists, 0.45 points, 0.22 kills, and 0.20 aces ... 17 matches with double-digit digs ... Career-best four kills vs. Medgar Evers (Sept. 17) ... Season-high six assists and career-best two block assists at Virginia Wesleyan (Sept. 2) ... Season-best three aces twice ... Season-best 20 digs vs. William Peace (Sept. 16).

2015: CAC All-Academic Team ... Stepped on the court for 29 matches (99 sets) ... Fifth in the CAC in total digs (441) and digs per set (4.45) ... Led the team in both categories ... Fourth on team with 16 service aces ... Added 35 assists and six kills ... 24 double-digit matches ... Seven matches with 20 or more digs ... Season-best 33 digs at Mary Washington (Oct. 21) ... Season-high three aces vs. Methodist (Sept. 12) ... Season-best two kills vs. Eastern Mennonite (Sept. 12).

2014: CAC All-Academic Team ... Played in 27 matches (98 sets) ... Led the Seahawks with 419 digs ... Third on team with 32 aces ... Contributed 58 assists and six kills ... 20 matches with double-digit digs ... One double-double ... 23 digs and career-best 17 assists at Wesley (Nov. 1) ... Season-high four aces vs. Dickinson (Aug. 30) ... Season-best 28 digs at Stevenson (Sept. 13).

2013: Saw action in all 28 matches (101 sets) with one start ... Made collegiate debut vs. N.C Wesleyan (Aug. 31) ... Finished second in the CAC in digs/set (4.99) and fourth in total digs (504) ... Led team in digs, digs/set, service aces (39), and service aces/set (0.39) ... Added 47 assists and five kills ... 25 double-digit dig matches, including a pair of 30+ efforts ... Career-best 35 digs vs. Gallaudet (Oct. 1) ... Career-high six aces at Gettysburg (Sept. 14) ... Season-best five assists three times ... Season-high two kills at Hollins (Sept. 7).

St. Vincent Pallotti HS: 2013 graduate ... Two-sport athlete (volleyball, lacrosse) ... Volleyball: Coached by Scott Fifield ... Two-time honorable mention All-Met ... Three-time first team All-Prince George's County ... MVP all four years ... Co-captain last three years ... Lacrosse: Played for Paul Billingsley ... 75 goals, 33 assists, 14 ground balls, 12 takeways, and six draw controls as a senior ... Laurel Leader Female Athlete of the Year ... Rick Diggs Senior Athletic Award ... National Honor Society ... French honor society ... French club ... Honor roll.

Personal: Carissa Marie Hill ... Dean's List (Fall '14, '15; Spring '15) ... Chi Alpha Sigma (student-athlete, inducted Spring '16) ... Provost Language Award ... SMCM 3.0 Club (2014-15) ... Survey Club ... Born August 14, 1995 in Cheverly, Md. ... Daughter of John and Tina Hill ... Her older sister, Carla, played volleyball at Mary Baldwin.

Best SMCM Sports Moments: Although we ended up losing to CAC champs, Christopher Newport, in the 5th set, 16-14, I've never felt more powerful than I did sensing the shock and hearing the silence in that gym as we won the two games we did take from them (2014) ... Winning Lycoming tournament (2013) ... Having the honor of playing the sport I love w/some of my best friends the last 3 years.

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2013Freshman

    DS/LB
    5'5"
    3
  • 3

    2014Sophomore

    LB
    5'5"
    3
  • 3

    2015Junior

    LB
    5'5"
    3
  • 3

    2016Senior

    DS/LB
    5'5"
    3