The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2007 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Michelle Moriarty
- Position:
- S
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Stratford
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
HONORS & AWARDS
· UT career leader in assists with 5,819
· 2007 AVCA All-America Third Team
· 2007 AVCA All-Central Region First Team
· 2007 All-Big 12 First Team
· 2007 NCAA Gainesville Regional All-Tournament Team
· 2007 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
· ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Third Team
· ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 6 First Team
· Time Warner Cable Texas Invitational All-Tournament Team (2006, 2007)
· Big 12 Player of the Week (Oct. 15, 2007)
· 2007 U.S. Women[apos]s National Volleyball A-2 Team member
· 2006 AVCA All-America Third Team
· 2005 AVCA All-America Honorable Mention
· AVCA Honorable Mention All-Central Region (2004, 2006)
· 2005 AVCA All-Central Region First Team
· All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (2004, 2006)
· 2005 All-Big 12 First Team
· 2006 ESPN The Magazine CoSIDA Academic All-Region 6 Second Team
· 2005 ESPN The Magazine CoSIDA Academic All-Region 6 First Team
· Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2005, 2006)
· 2006 NCAA All-Austin Regional Team
· 2006 AVCA Volleyball Showcase Tournament MVP
· Preseason All-Big 12 (2005, 2006, 2007)
· Ranked in the Top-20 nationally in assists per-game (2007: 4th-14.18, 2006: 4th-13.68, 2005: 10th-13.38, 2004: 20th-13.26)
· 2005 Ole Miss Magnolia Tournament All-Tournament Team
· Trained with USA Volleyball[apos]s 2005 A-2 Junior National Team
· Ranks 14th all-time at Texas with 983 career digs ... ties for 10th all-time with Alyson Jennings for most games played (427)
AS A SENIOR (2007)
· Played in all 31 matches totaling 103 games
· Recorded 50+ assists in 12 matches and 13 assist/dig double-doubles on the season
· Led the Big 12 with 14.97 assists per-game in conference play
· Tallied 63 assists and 10 digs for her second assist/dig double-double of the season against Pepperdine (9/7)
· Posted 12 digs in an outstanding defensive performance which also included four block assists against Texas Tech (9/26)
· Hit 1.000 against Texas A&M with two kills while contributing 57 assists and 12 digs on 10/3
· Registered 55 assists, 10 digs and three block assists in an all-around effort at Kansas State (10/6)
· Logged 14 digs and contributed 41 assists against No. 1 Nebraska for her sixth assist/dig double-double of the season (10/24)
· Posted a new season-high 67 assists and added 12 digs notching her eighth double-double in sets and digs versus Texas A&M (11/9)
· Tallied a career-high 19 digs and a season-high 69 assists for her seventh assist/dig double-double of the season
· Registered a season-high seven block assists and added three kills versus LSU (12/1) in the NCAA Second Round
· Totaled 58 assists, 11 digs and four blocks assists in a 3-1 victory over Florida in the NCAA Regional semifinals
AS A JUNIOR (2006)
· Played in every game of Texas[apos] 31 matches
· Holds the UT career assist record with 4,358 assist, passing former leader Jill Grimmell with her 46 assist-performance against Stephen F. Austin (12/1)
· Ranked fourth in the country in assists per-game (13.68) and led the Big 12 in assists
· Recorded 17 assist/dig double-doubles on the season, and tallied 50 or more assists in 15 matches
· Named 2006 AVCA Division I National Player of the Week and the Big 12 Conference Player of the Week in the same week after leading UT to season-opening victories over No. 9 Wisconsin (8/25) and No. 3 defending NCAA champion Washington (8/26)
· Notched a game-high 64 assists while adding 12 digs against Washington; also set a then-career high with five aces against Washington and was selected as the AVCA Volleyball Showcase Tournament MVP
· Set a new career-high with 78 assists and added 13 digs for her fifth assist/dig double-double against No. 2 Penn State, and was named to the Time Warner Cable Texas Invitational All-Tournament Team (9/8)
· Totaled 75 assists and a career-high six aces in a three-game sweep of Kansas State (9/30)
· Added a new season high with 17 digs along with 75 assists and a block in a 3-2 defeat of Baylor (10/6)
· Registered her 11th double-double of the season with 64 assists and 15 digs in five games against No. 1 Nebraska (10/18)
· Steadied the Texas offense with 67 assists and 10 digs in the 3-2 win over No. 23 Oklahoma (10/21)
· Registered her 16th assist/dig double-double of the season at No. 1 Nebraska, recording 32 assists and 13 digs (11/25)
· Posted 46 assists, six digs, two aces and four kills in Texas[apos] NCAA Second Round win over Stephen F. Austin (12/2)
· Tallied 68 assists and 13 digs in UT[apos]s NCAA Regional Finals loss to Stanford (12/9).
AS A SOPHOMORE (2005)
· Started all 29 matches at setter for a total of 104 games in 2005
· Totaled 1,392 assists and averaged 13.38 assists per game while leading Texas to a .272 hitting percentage
· Ranked 10th nationally in assists per game (13.38) and helped Texas rank 18th nationally in hitting percentage (.272)
· Added 194 digs for a 1.87 per game mark
· Had six matches with 60-plus assists, 12 matches with 50-plus assists and 20 matches with 40-plus assists
· Collected double-figure digs in five matches and had 11 matches with at least three blocks
· Recorded her first double-double of the year in the Longhorns[apos] season-opening victory over Arizona State (9/3) with 41 assists and tied her career-high with 15 digs
· Voted to the Ole Miss Magnolia Invitational All-Tournament Team after leading the Horns to a 4-0 record and the tournament title
· Added another double-double during the second match of conference play at Iowa State (9/17) when she recorded 52 assists and a career-high 16 digs, while matching her career high with six kills on a career-high 11 attacks
· Had a then-season high 69 assists and a season-high four blocks against Kansas (9/21)
· Contributed 69 assists, two aces and a season-high four block assists to the victory at No. 23 Texas A&M (10/5), giving UT its first win in College Station since 1997
· Tallied a season-high 74 assists and set new career-highs in block assists (seven) and totals blocks (eight) at No. 25 Colorado (11/9) in the Horns[apos] five-game victory
· Had 67 assists, a season-high three aces, a career-high 18 digs and two blocks in UT[apos]s upset of previously undefeated and top-ranked Nebraska (11/26)
· Named to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-Region 6 First Team and was an Academic All-Big 12 First Team member.
AS A FRESHMAN (2004)
· Started all 31 matches at setter, playing in 104 games
· With Moriarty at the helm, Texas finished fourth in the nation and led the Big 12 in hitting percentage (.305)
· The team[apos]s .305 attack percentage was the program[apos]s best ever season mark
· UT hit higher than .400 in seven matches, and .350 or higher in 15 matches
· Overall, averaged 13.26 assists per game, the 20th best mark nationally and second-best in the Big 12 Conference
· Had a double-double in her first-career match - against SMU (9/3) - with 29 assists and 10 digs
· Registered 58 assists and eight digs against No. 5 Florida (9/29) as Texas hit .305 for the match, the first time all season a team hit over .200 against the Gators
· Established a then-career high with 77 assists and 13 digs in the team[apos]s 3-2 victory over No. 13 Texas A&M (11/11)
· Had 48 assists as Texas hit .526 - its highest mark of the season and best since 1982 - against Texas State (12/3) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament
· Recorded 52 assists and nine digs in the team[apos]s loss to eventual national champion Stanford in the NCAA Regional semifinals (12/10).
INTERNATIONALLY
Helped lead the 2007 USA Volleyball A-2 Red Team to a second place finish at the 2007 USA Volleyball Adult Open Championship in Austin, Texas ... was selected to train with USA Volleyball[apos]s 2005 A-2 Junior National Team ... participated in three years of training in Colorado Springs, Colo., with the national high performance team, as selected by the USA Olympic Committee ... team captain of the USA Red team (youth division) that finished second in the International Volley Classic (Salt Lake City, Utah) in 2001 ... member of the U.S. Youth National Team in 2002 that won the gold medal at the NORCECA World Qualifier ... captained the U.S. Youth National entry to a fourth-place showing at the World Youth Championships (Pila, Poland) in 2003.
BEFORE TEXAS
Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 recruit ... State of Texas Gatorade Player of the Year ... a four-year letterwinner for Becky Palermo[apos]s Stratford volleyball squad ... helped the Spartans advance to the Texas 5A Final Four in 2001, 2002 and 2003 ... voted Texas All-State three times (2001-03) ... was the district 21-5A MVP in each of her last three years (2001-03) and a three-time First-Team All-Greater Houston (2001-03) ... Houston Chronicle Player of the Year as a senior ... also earned Academic All-State honors and Texas All-Star honors, both senior awards ... played golf (2001-04) and ran track and field (2001-02) at Stratford ... three-time all-district qualifier in golf and advanced to the regional qualifier as a junior ... two-time district finalist in both the shot put and the discus ... a member of the National Honor Society, Spartan Congress, Young Life and Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
PERSONAL
Full name is Michelle Jaye Moriarty ... born April 29, 1986 in Houston ... is the youngest daughter of Debbie and Tim Moriarty ... has three older sisters: Jennifer (30), Kiki (29) and Courtney (24) ... her father played basketball at Rice, while her mother was a member of the NORCECA World Qualifying Volleyball team ... received the 2006-07 Houston Texas Exes Endowed Scholarship (as Volleyball Academic MVP) and the Jill A. Sterkel Leadership Award ... 2005-06 Darrell K Royal Endowed Centennial Presidential Scholarship and the 2004-05 Sylvie and Gary Crum Endowed Legacy Scholarship in Women[apos]s Volleyball recipient ... six-time Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll honoree ... kinesiology major.
