The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2015 Volleyball Roster
Roster

Nicole Dalton
- Position:
- Setter
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Chaparral
- Hometown:
- Parker, Colo.
- Major:
- Physical Culture & Sports
HONORS AND AWARDS
2016 Academic All-Big 12 First Team … 2015 Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Named to the 2015 Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll … ranked No. 6 nationally by Prep Volleyball in 2012.
2016
Posted eight digs and two assists vs. BYU (12-9-16) … had five digs vs. SMU (12-3-16) … recorded six digs vs. UTRGV (12-2-16) … Team second for digs with eight on senior day vs. West Virginia (11-26-16) … registered eight digs and one assist vs. Kansas State (11-19-16) … had two digs vs. Texas Tech (11-16-16) … contributed nine digs and two assists at Iowa State (11-12-16) … had four digs and three assists vs. Baylor (11-9-16) … registered five digs and four assists at TCU (11-2-16) … recorded eight digs and three assists at #6 Kansas (10-29-16) … made four digs and one assist vs. Oklahoma (10-26-16) … had four digs and one assist at Texas Tech (10-21-16) … registered four digs vs. TCU (10-19-16) … posted a team-best 12 digs at Baylor (10-12-16) … recorded six digs and three assists vs. Iowa State (10-8-16) … had one dig at Kansas State (10-16-16) … contributed five digs and two assists at Oklahoma (9-28-16) … had eight digs and four assists vs. #8 Kansas (9-24-16)… recorded a career high of 41 assists, adding nine digs and three total blocks from setter at West Virginia (9-20-16) … posted four digs vs. #6 Wisconsin (9-18-16) … had two digs vs. #16 Texas A&M (9-14-16) … tied second for digs with eight vs. Wichita State (9-10-16) … recorded three digs and two assists at Colorado State (9-9-16) … had two digs and two assists vs. Miami (9-3-16) … posted six digs, one service ace, and one assist vs. Army (9-2-16) … recorded one dig vs. UTSA (9-1-2016) … contributed four digs vs. Lipscomb (9-1-16) … had 11 digs and one assist vs. #1 Nebraska (8-27-16) … recorded seven digs in Texas’ season opener at Oregon (8-26-16).
2015
2015 Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... posted seven digs vs. Nebraska (12-19-15) … recorded 12 digs and three assists vs. Minnesota (12-17-15) … finished with 14 digs vs. Florida (12-12-15) ... had 10 digs and three assists vs. UCLA (12-11-15) ... posted four digs and two aces vs. Purdue (12-4-15) ... posted six digs vs. Fairfield (12-3-15) ... recorded seven digs at Oklahoma (11-27-15) ... registered 11 digs vs. Kansas State (11-21-15) ... had 10 digs and three assists vs. Baylor (11-18-15) ... posted seven digs and two assists at Iowa State (11-14-15) ... recorded nine digs at Kansas (11-11-15) ... had four digs vs. West Virginia (11-5-15) ... registered seven digs and two assists at TCU (10-28-15) ... posted eight digs and three assists vs. Kansas (10-23-15) ... recorded a team-high 13 digs at Kansas State (10-21-15) ... had seven digs and one ace vs. Texas Tech (10-17-15) ... registered seven digs vs. Oklahoma (10-11-15) ... added five digs and a team-high two aces at Baylor (10-7-15) ... posted a team-high six digs and one ace vs. Iowa State (10-3-15) ... recorded a season-high five digs and one ace at West Virginia (9-25-15) ... had 12 assists and four digs vs. Savannah State (9-18-15) ... added two assists and one block vs. Nebraska (9-4-15) ... posted nine assists and three blocks vs. UCI (8-29-15).
2014
Posted 23 assists and seven digs in the semifinal match vs. BYU (Dec. 18)…led the team with 27 assists and also had eight digs in the win over North Carolina in the regional final (Dec. 13)…recorded 18 assists, three aces and nine digs vs. Colorado State in the regional semifinal…added six digs and led the team in assists (19) for the 7th time while marking her 19th time to record 15+ assists this season vs. Arizona State in the second round of NCAA's (Dec. 5) ... had 12 assists and two digs vs. Northwestern State in the first round of NCAA's (Dec. 4) ... contributed six digs against No. 8 Florida (Nov. 29) ... recorded 16 assists at TCU (Nov. 26) ... notched 13 assists against Kansas (Nov. 22) ... totaled 23 assists and nine digs at Baylor (Nov. 19) ... tied her season-high assists (25) while addng nine digs at No. 24 Oklahoma (Nov. 15) ... tailed 24 assists, three digs and one kill vs. West Virginia (Nov. 12) ... 19 assists, seven digs, two blocks and one service ace vs. No. 22 Kansas State (Nov. 7) ... collected 12 assists, eight digs, one block and one assist during a 3-0 sweep at Texas Tech (Nov. 5) ... totaled 20 assists and eight digs at Iowa State (Nov. 2) ... had 17 assists, nine digs, two blocks, one kill and one service ace vs. Oklahoma (Oct. 25) ... added 19 assists and five digs vs. TCU (Oct. 22) ... finished with 19 assists and five digs at No. 25 Kansas State ... contributed 14 assists and four digs vs. Texas Tech (Oct. 9) ... posted 10 assists and one dig vs. Baylor (Oct. 7) ... tailed 23 assists, 8 digs and one block at Kansas (Oct. 5) ... had 12 assists and five digs vs. Iowa State (Oct. 1) ... added 17 assists and six digs in the Big 12 opener at West Virgina (Sept. 24) ... recorded her thrid double-double of the season with 22 assists, 10 digs and one point at No. 9 Nebraska (Sept. 20) ... totaled 35 assists, 19 digs, one kill, two points and one service ace in the 26 West Longhorn Classic ... added four kills, season-high 25 assists and 6 digs at No. 11 Florida (Sept. 6) ... recorded 20 assists, two digs, two blocks and four points vs. Seattle U (Aug. 30) ... had her first double-double for the season at New Mexico (Aug. 28) with a team-leading 18 assists and 12 digs ... added 18 assists and five digs vs. UTEP in the season opener (Aug. 29).
2013
Announced on Oct. 2 that Dalton would redshirt the 2013 season following a season-ending right hip injury … Dalton underwent surgery to repair the injured hip on Sept. 30
2012
She has made 14 starts in 31 matches for the season, recording 35 kills (0.35 kps) while hitting .206 with 171 assists (1.71 aps), three aces (0.03 saps), 184 digs (1.84 dps), 32 blocks (0.32 bps) and 56.5 points (0.56 pps) ... started the season as a 6-2 setter with teammate Hannah Allison before switching to a defensive specialist role on Sept. 15 ... had two aces on Nov. 14 against Texas Tech ... recorded five digs on Nov. 10 at No. 23 Kansas ... posted 11 digs in a five-set win on Oct. 8 at No. 15 Louisville ... had a kill and 10 digs on Sept. 25 at Baylor ... tallied a season-high 17 digs along with three kills and two assists on Sept. 15 against UCF ... had six kills, three assists, five digs and three blocks on Sept. 15 against Cincinnati ... recorded her fourth double-double of the season on Sept. 14 in a five-set loss to No. 23 Illinois with 11 assists and 12 digs ... had 19 assists and 13 digs on Sept. 7 in a four-set win against Minnesota ... had a season-high 21 assists to go with 10 digs and four blocks in a four-set loss on Sept. 6 to Minnesota ... tallied 20 assists in a 3-0 loss to No. 4 Penn State on Sept. 1 ...against No. 19 San Diego on Aug. 25, she hammered a season-high eight kills and added 18 assists, one ace, seven digs and two blocks ... recorded a season-high seven blocks (two solo) to go with 16 assists and 13 digs on Aug. 25 against Cal Poly ... made her collegiate debut on Aug. 24 against LSU and had a kill with 15 assists, seven digs and one block.
NATIONAL TEAM EXPERIENCE
She played on the 2011 U.S. Girls’ Youth National Team that competed at the FIVB Girls’ Youth World Championship ... named to the 2010 U.S. Girls’ Youth National Training Team ... attended the 2010 USA Volleyball High Performance Holiday Camp.
BEFORE TEXAS
Named as a Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 recruit in 2011 ... named to the 2011 Under Armour Girls’ High School All-American Team ... two-time Gatorade Player of the Year in 2011 and 2012 ... earned all-state honors in her junior and senior seasons ... led her Chaparral High team to the 5A state championship in 2010 and 2011 ... earned All-Continental League honors all four years ... played club volleyball for Front Range VBC under coach Jim Miret ... played on the bronze-medal team at the 2011 AAU Championships ... led Front Range to a fifth-place finish at the 2010 USA Junior Nationals ... helped her club win the silver medal at the 2010 AAU Championships ... helped her club to a silver-medal finish at the 2009 AAU Championships and was named All-American in the 16 and Under division.
PERSONAL
Full name is Nicole Elizabeth Dalton ... parents are Matt and Mindy ... second-oldest of seven children ... has three brothers, Hayden, Joseph and Levi and three sisters, Karlie, Julianna and Katie ... lists A Walk To Remember and Despicable Me as her favorite movies ... lists The Voice as her favorite television show ... enjoys working with ceramics in her spare time ... lists the Denver Broncos as her favorite sports team ... Majoring in Physical Culture and Sports with a Disability Studies concentration
MP |
SP |
K |
KPS |
TA |
PCT |
A |
APS |
SA |
SAPS |
DIG |
DPS |
BS |
BA |
TB |
BPS |
PTS |
PPS |
|
2012 |
31 |
100 |
35 |
0.35 |
102 |
.206 |
171 |
1.71 |
3 |
0.03 |
184 |
1.84 |
5 |
27 |
32 |
0.32 |
56.5 |
0.56 |
2013 |
DNP |
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2014 |
30 |
104 |
9 |
0.09 |
26 |
.208 |
541 |
5.20 |
16 |
0.15 |
184 |
1.77 |
0 |
9 |
9 |
0.09 |
29.5 |
0.28 |
2015 |
31 |
89 |
1 |
0.01 |
14 |
-.07 |
53 |
0.60 |
12 |
0.13 |
168 |
1.89 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
0.04 |
15.0 |
0.17 |
2016 |
32 |
120 |
7 |
0.06 |
16 |
.312 |
80 |
0.67 |
1 |
0.01 |
173 |
1.44 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
0.03 |
10.0 |
0.08 |
TOT |
124 |
413 |
52 |
0.13 |
158 |
.190 |
845 |
2.05 |
32 |
0.08 |
709 |
1.72 |
6 |
42 |
48 |
0.12 |
111.0 |
0.27 |