The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2013 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Haley Eckerman
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- East
- Hometown:
- Waterloo, Iowa
HONORS & AWARDS
Eckerman was selected to the All-Tournament Team for the 26 West Longhorn Classic in 2014...two-time AVCA First-Team All-American (2012, 2013) ... 2013 Volleyball Magazine Player of the Year ... named 2014 Big 12 Player of the Year for the third year in a row ... finalist for the 2013 Honda Sports Award for Volleyball ... named to the 2013 NCAA Lincoln Regional All-Tournament Team ... three-time All-Big 12 First Team honoree (2011, 2013, 2014) ... two-time AVCA All-Region player (2012, 2013) ... three-time Big 12 Conference Offensive Player of the Week in 2013 (Nov.11, Nov. 25, Dec. 2) ... named to the All-Big 12 Preseason Team for the second consecutive year (2012, 2013) ... 2012 Volleyball Magazine National Co-Player of the Year and COBRA Magazine National Player of the Year ... earned 2012 NCAA All-Tournament Team ... named to 2012 NCAA Austin All-Regional Team ... named as the 2011 AVCA and Volleyball Magazine National Freshman of the Year ... earned 2011 AVCA All-America second team and Volleyball Magazine third team honors ... named 2011 Big 12 Freshman of the Year ... .. she was ranked in 2011 as the No. 5 recruit nationally by Prep Volleyball.
2014
She leads the team in kills (288) and service aces (41) for the season ... notched double-digit kills (10) for the 17th time this season, added two service aces, and led the team in kills (tied Ogbogu with 10) for the 16th time this season vs. Arizona State in the second round of NCAA's (Dec. 5) ... had 12 kills, three service aces, three digs and one block vs. Northwestern State (Dec. 4) ... finished with 19 kills and six digs against No. 8 Florida (Nov. 29) ... led the team in kills with 13 at TCU (Nov. 26) ... collected nine kills and four digs against Kansas (Nov. 22) ... notched 8 kills and six digs at Baylor (Nov. 19) ... added 15 kills, three service aces, four digs and two blocks in a 3-2 batte at No. 24 Oklahoma (Nov. 15) ... put up a season-high 23 points (18 kills, four sevice aces and two blocks) while adding three digs vs. West Virginia (Nov. 12) ... collected 10 kills, three digs, one block and two service aces vs. No. 22 Kansas State (Nov. 7) ... led the team in kills (10) while adding five digs and one service ace during a 3-0 sweep at Texas Tech (Nov. 5) ... totaled 14 kills, two blocks, four digs, one service ace and one assist at Iowa State (Nov. 2) ... finished with 10 kills, three digs and two blocks vs. Oklahoma (Oct. 25) ... added 12 kills, one service ace and four digs vs. TCU (Oct. 22) ... contributed 11 kills and one block at No. 25 Kansas State ... had nine kills and three digs vs. Texas Tech (Oct. 9) ... totaled seven kills, three service aces, five digs and one block vs. Baylor (Oct. 7) ... added nine kills, one service ace, seven digs and three blocks at Kansas (Oct. 5) ... finished with 14 kills and one dig vs. Iowa State (Oct.1) ... led the team in kills (12) while adding two service aces and nine digs in the Big 12 opener at West Virgina (Sept. 24) ... had a season-high 20 kills while adding two digs and two blocks at No. 9 Nebraska (Sept. 20) ... recorded 33 points, 22 kills, 10 service aces, eight digs, two blocks and one assist in the 26 West Longhorn Classic ... added seven kills, one assist, one service ace, five digs and three blocks at No. 11 Florida (Sept. 6) ... finished with nine kills, one assist, one service ace, five digs and two points at New Mexico (Aug. 29) ... totaled eight kills and three digs in the season opener vs. UTEP (Aug. 29).
2013
She started in every match as a junior, recording 447 kills (4.14 kps) while hitting .272 with 14 assists (0.13 aps), 38 aces (0.35 saps), 274 digs (2.54 dps), 44 blocks (0.41 bps) and 511.0 points (4.73 pps) ... Big 12 Conference overall leader in kills (4.18 kps) and points (4.77 pps) … notched her team-high 11th double-double of the season with 17 kills and 14 digs against No. 13 Wisconsin (Dec. 19) in the national semifinal ... recorded 14 kills and 15 digs for her 10th double-double of the season in the NCAA Regional Final at No. 9 Nebraska (Dec. 14) … had 11 kills for her 11th straight double-figure kills performance at the NCAA Regional Semifinal against American (Dec. 13) … also added two aces in the 3-1 win over the Eagles for her 99th and 100th career service aces … led the team with 15 digs and 20 kills while hitting .514 in a four-set win in the second round of the NCAA Tournament against Texas A&M (Dec. 6) … notched her ninth consecutive double-double with 14 kills and 19 digs to open postseason play against Texas State (Dec. 5) … registered a 20-kill performance with nine digs in a sweep over Baylor (Nov. 30) … tallied 18 kills, nine digs and two service aces in the 3-1 win at No. 25 Iowa State (Nov. 27) … added 10 kills and nine digs against Kansas State (Nov. 23) … hit a personal-best .634 on a career-high matching 27 kills and tallied four digs and two aces in a 3-0 win over West Virginia (Nov. 21) … led the team with 12 kills and 10 digs at Texas Tech (Nov. 16) … tallied 25 kills and 13 digs against No. 24 Kansas (Nov. 9) … finished with 19 kills and 11 digs at No. 24 Oklahoma (Nov. 2) … posted 24 kills and seven digs in a four-set home win over TCU (Oct. 30) … added nine kills, nine digs and four blocks at Kansas State (Oct. 26) … registered 14 kills for her 13th double-digit kill performance of the season at West Virginia (Oct. 23) … tallied 14 kills, six digs and three service aces against Iowa State (Oct. 19) … recorded 11 kills and nine digs at Kansas (Oct. 12) … added four kills and four digs against Texas Tech (Oct. 9) … totaled 15 kills and 12 digs at LSU (Oct. 5) … led the team with 15 kills and 12 digs for her third double-double of the season at Baylor (Oct.10) … also tied her season high service aces with five in Waco … tallied six kills and five digs against Oklahoma (Sept. 28) … recorded her third double-double of the year with 13 kills and 10 digs at TCU (Sept. 25) … had 13 kills and eight digs in the five-set win over No. 12 Nebraska (Sept. 22) … notched her first double-double performance with 23 kills and 15 digs at No. 14 Illinois (Sept. 14) … hit .486 (21-4-35) with two blocks against Arizona State (Sept. 13) … led the team with 15 kills and seven digs in a win over No. 2 Stanford (Sept. 8) … posted 15 kills, four digs and two blocks in the home win against No. 1 Penn State (Sept. 7) … totaled four kills, seven digs and two blocks versus San Diego (Aug. 31) … added 11 kills against UTEP (Aug. 30) … posted 13 kills and one dig in the season opener at No. 11 Hawai’i (Aug. 30).
2012
She started in every match as a sophomore, recording 504 kills (4.38 kps) while hitting .298 with 16 assists (0.14 aps), 42 aces (0.37 saps), 234 digs (2.03 dps), 47 blocks (0.41 bps) and 575.0 points (5.00 pps) ... became the ninth player in Texas history to record 500 or more kills in a season ... her 1,257 attempts placed her fifth on UT’s single-season list ... named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week five times ... posted 12 kills while hitting .400 (12-2-25) on Dec. 15 in the national championship match against Oregon ... had 16 kills with eight digs and two blocks on Dec. 13 in the national semifinal against Michigan ... hit .370 on 11 kills with one block on Dec. 8 in the NCAA Austin Regional final against No. 6 seed USC ... led UT with 17 kills while hitting .342 in a four-set win in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Nov. 30 against Texas A&M with four digs and two blocks ... hit .538 on eight kills with a career-high three assists on Nov. 29 against Colgate in the NCAA first-round match ... had 18 kills and six digs in a five-set loss on Nov. 24 at No. 18 Iowa State ... named Sports Imports/AVCA National Player of the Week, along with Big 12 Player of the Week honors after 35 kills in two 3-0 sweeps of Texas Tech and West Virginia while hitting .484 ... hit .481 on 16 kills (16-3-27) with two aces, five digs and two blocks in a 3-0 sweep on Nov. 17 against West Virginia ... hit .486 on 19 kills (19-2-35) with two aces, five digs and two blocks on Nov. 14 against Texas Tech ... posted 16 kills and 15 digs in a five-set win on Nov. 10 at No. 23 Kansas ... against No. 16 Kansas State on Nov. 2, she had 17 kills while hitting .323 with six digs ... recorded the double-double on Oct. 31 at TCU with 14 kills and 17 digs ... did not have an error on Oct. 28 at Oklahoma ... tallied 18 kills and 12 digs while hitting .400 (18-2-40) in a four-set win over Baylor on Oct. 24 ... posted 23 kills and 12 digs in a five-set win on Oct. 17 against No. 22 Iowa State ... hit .484 on 16 kills (16-1-31) with 12 digs and two blocks on Oct. 12 in a 3-0 sweep of No. 21 Kansas ... on Oct. 8 at No. 15 Louisville, she registered career highs with 27 kills and 23 digs in the five-set win ... posted 19 kills while hitting .417 with 11 digs in a four-set win on Oct. 6 at No. 14 Kansas State ... recorded 14 kills while hitting .345 on Sept. 22 against Oklahoma ... had 15 kills and hit .343 in a 3-0 sweep of UCF on Sept. 15 ... tallied 23 kills while hitting .487 on Sept. 15 against Cincinnati ... had 19 kills and two solo blocks on Sept. 7 against No. 14 Minnesota ... against No. 18 Florida on Aug. 31, she had 16 kills while hitting .310 with three aces and three blocks ... hit .538 on 15 kills (15-1-26) with one ace, three digs and two blocks on Aug. 29 at West Virginia ... opened the season on Aug. 24 with 16 kills and a .429 hitting clip against LSU.
2011
She became the second player in Texas history to earn national freshman of the year honors after playing in every match for the Longhorns ... led the team in kills, kills per set, service aces and points ... recorded 384 kills (3.56 kps) while hitting .254 with three assists (0.03 aps), 20 aces (0.19 saps), 69 digs (0.64 dps), 43 blocks (0.40 bps) and 431.5 points (3.99 pps) ... finished the season by recording double-digit kills in her final 12 matches ... had 16 kills with two digs and one block on Dec. 9 at No. 16 Kentucky in the NCAA Lexington Regional semifinal ... compiled 16 kills while hitting .433 (16-3-30) with two aces, four digs and one block in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Dec. 2 against Texas State ... rung up a season-high five service aces on Nov. 26 against Oklahoma to go with 12 kills and two solo blocks ... hit .455 on 18 kills (18-3-33) in the 3-0 sweep on Nov. 23 at Texas A&M with five digs ... posted 15 kills and four service aces on Nov. 12 against Kansas State ... registered a season-high 23 kills and 25.5 points while hitting a season-high .595 (23-1-37) on Nov. 9 at Texas Tech ... tallied 15 kills while hitting .387 on Oct. 19 at Baylor ... guided the Longhorns to a five-set win at No. 16 Iowa State on Oct. 2 with 21 kills and five digs ... recorded 20 kills while hitting .368 in a five-set loss on Sept. 28 at No. 25 Oklahoma ... in the sweep on Sept. 16 against Santa Clara, she had 15 kills while hitting .406 (15-2-32) with a season-high five blocks ... had 13 kills with two blocks on Sept. 10 against No. 2 Penn State ... recorded 18 kills against No. 7 Florida with two digs and two blocks ... hit .323 on 12 kills at No. 11 Minnesota on Sept. 3 ... made her collegiate debut on Aug. 26 against Pepperdine with 12 kills, four digs and one block.
INTERNATIONAL
She teamed with Hannah Allison, Khat Bell and Madelyn Hutson on the 2011 U.S. Junior Women’s National Team at the FIVB World Championships to take fourth place … teamed with Allison, Khat Bell and Hutson to represent the United States at the 2009 FIVB Girls’ Youth World Championship in Thailand as a member of the U.S. Girls’ Youth National Team member of the 2008 USA Youth National Team.
BEFORE TEXAS
A 2010 Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 recruit … ranked No. 5 recruit nationally by PrepVolleyball.com … three-time PrepVolleyball.com High School All-America selection (2008-10) … 2010 ESPN High School All-America honoree … PrepVolleyball.com National Freshman of the Year Runner-up in 2007 and National Sophomore of the Year Runner-up in 2008 … four-time first-team all-state selection (2007-10) … three-time Iowa 4A Player of the Year (2008-10) and 2009 Iowa Player of the Year … two-time Mississippi Valley Conference Player of the Year (2009-10) … four-time first-team Mississippi Valley All-Conference selection (2007-10) … four-time all-metro area first team honoree (2007-10) … four-time Iowa Elite 8 Team selection (2007-10) … led her Waterloo East squad to MVC championships in 2009, 2008 and 2007 … led the state of Iowa in kills three times (2007-08, 2010) … recorded 2,494 career kills, connecting for 757 in 2010, 643 in 2009, 574 in 2008 and 520 in 2007 … played her club volleyball for the Iowa Rockets out of Iowa City … led her 2008 Rockets squad to a third-place finish at the Northern Lights 16-club division tournament.
PERSONAL
Full name is Haley Jordann Eckerman ... born Nov. 10, 1992 in Waterloo, Iowa ... daughter of Julia Eckerman .... has one sister, Aleah (14) ... has one son, Cayden (4), born May 10, 2010 ... interested in majoring in youth and community studies.
