The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2015 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Amy Neal
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Lake Travis
- Hometown:
- Austin, Texas
- Major:
- Human Relations
HONORS AND AWARDS
2015 Big 12 Player of the Year ... AVCA All-America First Team … Named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team at the Final Four … NCAA Austin Regional All-Tournament Team ... 2015 All-Southwest Region ... 2015 All-Big 12 First Team ... named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week twice (Oct. 19 and Sept. 28) ... named the Wildcat Classic Most Valuable Player ... named to the VERT Challenge All-Tournament Team ... 2014 AVCA All-America honorable mention honoree…named 2014 AVCA All-Region…All-Big 12 Honorable Mention in 2014 ... awarded MVP of the 26 West Longhorn Classic in 2014… selected to the 2015 Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll … ranked No. 18 nationally by Prep Volleyball in 2012.
2015
2015 Big 12 Player of the Year ... AVCA All-America First Team … Named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team at the Final Four … Named to the NCAA Austin Regional All-Tournament Team ... 2015 All-Southwest Region ... 2015 All-Big 12 First Team ... named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week twice (Oct. 19 and Sept. 28) ... 2015 Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... named the Wildcat Classic Most Valuable Player ... named to the VERT Challenge All-Tournament Team ... recorded 10 kills and 10 digs vs. Nebraska (12-19-15) … posted 25 kills and six digs vs. Minnesota (12-17-15) … registered 13 kills, 12 digs and two aces vs. Florida (12-12-15) ... finished with 18 kills and 12 digs vs. UCLA (12-11-15) ... had 17 kills, seven digs and two aces vs. Purdue (12-4-15) ... recorded 14 kills, three aces and six digs vs. Fairfield (12-3-15) ... posted 18 kills, a team-high 15 digs and two aces vs. Kansas State (11-21-15) ... registered 13 kills and three aces vs. Baylor (11-18-15) ... had 12 kills and seven digs at Iowa State (11-14-15) ... recorded 21 kills hitting 273, 12 digs and four service aces at Kansas (11-11-15) ... posted 13 kills on a .303 hitting percentage vs. West Virginia (11-5-15) ... registered a team-high 13 kills and eight digs at Texas Tech (10-30-15) ... had a team-high 10 kills, four digs and three blocks at TCU (10-28-15) ... recorded 14 kills and 11 digs vs. Kansas (10-23-15) ... posted a team-high 13 kills, 10 digs, two blocks and one ace at Kansas State (10-21-15) ... registered 19 kills hitting .485 and 12 digs vs. Texas Tech (10-17-15) ... recorded a team-high 20 kills hitting .298, six digs and two aces vs. Oklahoma (10-11-15) ... had a team-high 12 kills hitting .273 and 10 digs at Baylor (10-7-15) ... posted 11 kills hitting .360 and six digs vs. Iowa State (10-3-15) ... registered a team-high 11 kills, two aces and three digs at West Virginia (9-25-15) ... recorded her third-straight match with double-digit kills with 18, hitting .255, also with seven digs and one ace vs. TCU (9-23-15) ... had 16 kills, hitting .238, also with three aces and eight digs vs. New Mexico State (9-19-15) ... posted a career-high 24 kills, while also adding 10 digs and two blocks vs. Arizona (9-18-15) ... recorded nine kills, hitting a career-high .643 vs. Savannah State (9-18-15) ... registered five aces, nine kills and eight digs vs. Colorado State (9-13-15) ... posted her seventh season with double-digit kills with 14, also with two aces and five digs vs. Santa Clara (9-11-15) ... recorded 17 kills, hitting .351 and a season-high three blocks vs. UTSA (9-11-15) ... had a career day vs. Florida (9-5-15), posting 18 kills (.316), two aces, six digs and two blocks for 21.0 points ... recorded 12 digs, two aces and nine digs vs. Nebraska (9-4-15) ... had a team-high 12 kills and nine digs vs. LSU (8-29-15) ... posted a team-high 10 kills on .381 hitting percentage, while also recording 10 digs and four service aces vs. UCI (8-29-15) ... opened the season with 11 kills on a .375 hitting percentage and nine digs vs. Rice (8-28-15).
2014
Finished the season with 263, the team’s second-highest mark…had a team-high four double-doubles…posted seven kills and 10 digs in the semifinal match vs. BYU (Dec. 18)…had her fourth double-double of the season with 11 kills and 15 digs in the win over North Carolina in the regional final (Dec. 13)…finished with seven kills and 14 digs vs. Colorado State in the regional semifinal (Dec. 12)…added four kills, three assists, four digs and one block vs. Arizona State in the second round of NCAA's (Dec. 5) ... had four kills, nine digs and three blocks vs. Northwestern State in the first round of NCAA's (Dec. 4) ... notched eight kills and 11 digs against No. 8 Florida ... had 9 kills and 14 digs at TCU (Nov. 26) ... posted three kills and 10 digs against Kansas (Nov. 22) ... recorded eight kills and 15 digs at Baylor (Nov. 19) ... went 8-2-1 with 11 digs and one block in a 3-2 battle at No. 24 Oklahoma (Nov. 15) ... tailed 16 digs, nine kils, two blocks and one service ace vs. West Virginia (Nov. 12) ... posted her third double-double of the season, while leading the team in kills, with 14 kills and 12 digs and one service ace vs. No. 22 Kansas State (Nov. 7) ... recorded 11 digs, six kills and one service ace during a 3-0 sweep at Texas Tech (Nov. 5) ... posted 14 kills and 16 digs while adding three blocks, two service aces and 17.5 points at Iowa State (Nov. 2) ... had 10 kills and eight digs at No. 25 Kansas State ... finished with three kills, six digs, four service aces, two blocks and one assists vs. Baylor (Oct. 7) ... ended with eights kills, 15 digs and one assist at Kansas (Oct. 5) ... totaled four kills, eight digs, one block, three service aces and one assist vs. Iowa State (Oct. 1) ... added seven kills and 10 digs in the Big 12 opener at West Virginia (Sept. 24) ... had a career day against No. 9 Nebraska (Sept. 20) after posting 15 kills and 15 digs, her first double-double for the season ... recorded 26 points, 19 kills, 16 digs, five service aces, four blocks and one assist in the 26 West Longhorn Classic ... led the team with eight kills and added two blocks, five digs and nine points at No. 11 Florida (Sept. 6) ... totaled 12.5 points, 11 kills, one service ace, four diggs and one block vs. Seattle U (Aug. 30) ... collected seven kills, six digs and one block in the seaon opener vs. UTEP (Aug. 29).
2013
She made 16 starts in 30 matches, recording 48 kills (0.44 kps) with 18 assists (0.17 aps), 24 aces (0.22 saps), 237 digs (2.19 dps) and 80.5 points (0.75 pps) … recorded 11 digs against No. 13 Wisconsin (Dec. 19) in the national semifinal … registered a pair of double-digit dig performances at the NCAA Regional including 10 against American (Dec. 13) and 13 at No. 9 Nebraska (Dec. 14) … had an ace and two digs in the NCAA Second Round win over Texas A&M (Dec. 6) … posted two assists and six digs in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament (Dec. 5) … finished with four digs, one service ace and one kill against Baylor (Nov. 30) … totaled six digs in four sets at No. 25 Iowa State (Nov. 27) … tallied two digs against Kansas State (Nov. 23) … collected nine digs in the sweep over West Virginia (Nov. 21) … recorded seven digs and two assists at Texas Tech (Nov. 16) … added seven digs and one service ace in the win over No. 24 Kansas (Nov. 9) … racked up eight digs and three kills at No. 25 Oklahoma (Nov. 2) … tied for the team high with 14 digs in the win over TCU (Oct. 30) … totaled six digs, two kills and one service ace at Kansas State (Oct. 26) … posted six digs at West Virginia (Oct. 23) … tallied five digs in the win over Iowa State (Oct. 19) … reached double-digit digs with 10 at Kansas (Oct. 12) … recorded six digs in three sets against Texas Tech (Oct. 9) … added six digs and one kill in the road win at LSU (Oct. 5) … collected seven digs and two kills at Baylor (Oct. 2) … registered four digs and two service aces against Oklahoma (Sept. 28) … had four digs, two service aces, and one kill at TCU (Sept. 25) … posted eight digs and three kills against No. 12 Nebraska (Sept. 22) … tallied six digs, four kills, and one block at No. 14 Illinois (Sept. 14) … collected seven digs and two kills against Arizona State (Sept. 23) … registered another double-digit dig performance with 14 against No. 2 Stanford (Sept. 8) … recorded her first 20-dig performance of the season against No. 1 Penn State (Sept. 7) … tallied a season high six blocks against San Diego (Aug. 31) … totaled nine digs in three sets versus UTEP … saw her first action of the season at No. 11 Hawai’i (Aug. 30) where she registered 12 digs and two assists.
2012
She made one start in 20 matches as a freshman, recording seven kills (0.17 kps) while hitting .138 with two aces (0.05 saps), 18 digs (0.44 dps) and nine points (0.22 pps) ... recorded her first collegiate ace on Nov. 17 against West Virginia, adding a season-high six digs ... posted two kills on 15 attempts on Sept. 6 against No. 14 Minnsota ... made her collegiate debut on Aug. 25 against Cal Poly with two kills and one dig.
BEFORE TEXAS
She was named 2011 Gatorade Volleyball Player of the Year for the state of Texas and earned Prep Volleyball High School All-American honors ... led Lake Travis to a Texas-record 50-0 season, the Class 4A state title and a No. 2 national ranking in the ESPNHS Fab 50 under coach Jennifer Kazmierski ... named 2011-12 Under Armour First Team All-American ... recorded 538 kills, 287 digs and 63 service aces ... two-time Class 4A State Tournament MVP and a two-time member of the Lone Star Volleyball All-Texas Team ... earned Lonestar Player of the Week honors during the 2011 season ... in her 2011 senior season, she was named most valuable player at three tournaments (Westwood High Tournament, Byron Nelson Classic and Pearland Tournament) ... Lake Travis won the 4A state title in her 2010 junior season ... earned district and team most valuable player honors in her 2010 junior season ... in 2010, she appeared in Sports Illustrated’s Faces In The Crowd ... earned District 25 4A most valuable player honors in her 2009 sophomore season ... played club volleyball for Austin Juniors under coach Glen Lietzke ... named to the 2012 Junior Nationals All-Tournament Team for the 18 Open division ... earned the 2012 Austin Juniors Director’s Award ... named most valuable player in the 17 Open division during the 2011 Junior Nationals as part of her squad that won the national championship ... her 2010 club team won the bronze medal in the 16 Open division at the Junior Nationals while she was named to the All-Tournament Team ... named to the 2009 Junior Olympics All-Tournament Team ... named to Prep Volleyball’s Top 29 nationally among sophomores in 2009.
PERSONAL
Full name is Amy Elizabeth Neal ... parents are Russell and Kim Neal ... has one sister, Kate and one brother, David ... her brother played baseball at Furman ... favorite movies are Just Go With It, A Walk To Remember, The Dark Knight, all Harry Potter movies, The Blind Side and Easy A ... favorite television shows are Gossip Girl, That 70s Show and Friends ... lists the Miami Heat as her favorite sports team ... favorite athlete is LeBron James ... listens to Drake, J. Cole and The Weekend ... enjoys shopping, going to the lake and watching NBA basketball in her spare time ... has served as a volunteer for the Special Olympics and Lake Hills Church Vacation Bible School ... Majoring in Human Relations
MP | SP | K | KPS | TA | PCT | A | APS | SA | SAPS | DIG | DPS | BS | BA | TB | BPS | PTS | PPS | |
2012 | 20 | 41 | 7 | 0.17 | 29 | .138 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.05 | 18 | 0.44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9.0 | 0.22 |
2013 | 30 | 108 | 48 | 0.44 | 192 | .109 | 18 | 0.17 | 24 | 0.22 | 237 | 2.19 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 0.13 | 80.5 | 0.74 |
2014 | 27 | 91 | 204 | 2.24 | 565 | .223 | 19 | 0.21 | 22 | 0.24 | 263 | 2.89 | 0 | 30 | 30 | 0.33 | 241.0 | 2.65 |
2015 | 33 | 113 | 482 | 4.27 | 1253 | .260 | 23 | 0.20 | 49 | 0.43 | 264 | 2.34 | 0 | 42 | 42 | 0.37 | 552.0 | 4.88 |
TOT | 110 | 353 | 741 | 2.10 | 2039 | .234 | 60 | 0.17 | 97 | 0.27 | 782 | 2.22 | 3 | 83 | 86 | 0.24 | 882.5 | 2.50 |
