The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2010 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Rachael Adams
- Position:
- MB
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Mount Notre Dame
- Hometown:
- Cincinnati, Ohio
HONORS & AWARDS
• 2011 Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year
• 2011 Preseason All-Big 12
• 2010 AVCA All-America First Team
• 2010 Volleyball Magazine All-America First Team
• 2010 NCAA Austin Regional All-Tournament Team
• 2010 AVCA All-Central Region First Team
•Two-time All-Big 12 First Team (2009, 2010)
• 2010 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
• Big 12 Player of the Week (Oct. 4, Oct. 11 & Nov. 29, 2010)
• 2010 Nike Big Four Classic All-Tournament Team
• 2010 Texas Invitational All-Tournament Team
• 2009 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Second Team
• Ranked No. 3 recruit nationally by PrepVolleyball.com (2008)
AS A JUNIOR (2010)
• started all 33 matches and appeared in 117 sets
• ranked No. 1 in the NCAA statistics with her .443 hitting percentage
• led the Horns and ranked sixth in the Big 12 with 1.18 blocks per-set
• connected for 14 kills on .455 hitting and added a then-career high eight block assists in UT[apos]s 3-2 loss to No. 4 Florida (Sept. 11)
• registered 18 kills and hit .519 with four blocks in UT[apos]s 3-2 win over No. 9 Iowa State (Sept. 29)
• hammered out 15 kills and added six blocks, while hitting .429 in Texas[apos] 3-1 loss at No. 3 Nebraska (Oct. 2)
• tallied 13 kills on 15 swings and hit .800 in the Horns[apos] sweep of Colorado (Oct. 6)
• totaled a career-high 10 total blocks and chipped in 12 kills on .588 hitting to lift Texas past Kansas State, 3-0 (Oct. 9)
• posted 16 kills, seven blocks and a .393 attack mark in UT[apos]s 3-1 win at Oklahoma (Oct. 13)
• notched 10 kills on .368 hitting and added eight block assists as UT downed Baylor, 3-1 (Nov. 10)
• recorded 11 kills and hit .714 with three blocks in a sweep of Missouri (Nov. 17)
• connected for 15 kills and committed just one error while hitting .737 in Texas[apos] sweep of Texas A&M (Nov. 24)
• posted 13 kills and a .435 attack mark in UT[apos]s 3-1 win at No. 16 Iowa State (Nov. 27)
• connected for a team-best 12 kills and hit .588 in Texas[apos] sweep of UTSA (Dec. 3)
• hit .611 with 12 kills in UT[apos]s 3-1 win over UCLA in the NCAA Second Round (Dec. 4)
• recorded a career-high 19 kills and hit .438 with five blocks in a 3-2 win over No. 14 Illinois in the NCAA Regional semifinal (Dec. 10)
• tallied 13 kills, six blocks and hit .476 in a 3-1 win against No. 24 Purdue in the NCAA Regional final (Dec. 11)
AS A SOPHOMORE (2009)
• led the team with her .486 hitting percentage and ranked second on the squad with 1.09 blocks per-set.
• started all 31 matches at middle blocker
• tallied five kills and a season-high seven total blocks in a 3-1 win over No. 10 California at the Wahine Classic (Sept. 3)
• registered 11 kills on 13 swings with zero errors to hit a career-best .846 in UT[apos]s 3-1 win over No. 4 Hawaii (Sept. 5)
• notched seven kills and hit .600 in Texas[apos] sweep of No. 10 Iowa State (Sept. 18)
• totaled seven kills and added four total blocks in the a 3-1 win at No. 6 Nebraska (Sept. 26)
• recorded seven kills on .668 hitting and added five block assists as UT swept Kansas (Oct. 14)
• posted six kills and hit .714 in Texas[apos] 3-0 win over Missouri (Oct. 21)
• tallied 10 kills and hit at a .538 clip as the Horns swept past No. 25 Texas A&M (Oct. 28)
• amassed a season-high 12 kills on .500 hitting, while adding four blocks in UT[apos]s 3-2 loss to No. 8 Iowa State (Nov. 4)
• equaled a season-high with seven total blocks in a 3-0 win at Missouri (Nov. 7)
• hammered out 10 kills, hit .615 and tallied four blocks in Texas[apos] sweep of Oklahoma (Nov. 25)
• registered seven kills, six total blocks and hit .667 in a sweep of Texas State in the NCAA First Round (Dec. 3)
• connected for eight kills and hit .462 in Texas[apos] 3-1 win over No. 7 Nebraska at the NCAA Omaha Regional (Dec. 12)
• registered 11 kills, six total blocks and hit .529 in UT[apos]s 3-2 loss to No. 1 Penn State in the NCAA Championship match (Dec. 19)
AS A FRESHMAN (2008)
• appeared in 25 matches (73 sets) and earned a start against Iowa State (Sept. 24)
• missed eight matches with a sprained knee that she suffered at Oklahoma (Oct. 1)
• tallied two total blocks as UT swept No. 4 USC in her collegiate debut at the Runza/AVCA Showcase (Aug. 29)
• registered a season-high five block assists in a 3-0 sweep at New Mexico State (Sept. 6)
• recorded six kills on .300 hitting and notched four total blocks in a 3-1 win at Kansas (Sept. 27)
• recorded three kills on four swings and added three blocks in the Horns[apos] 3-0 sweep of Texas Tech (Nov. 12)
• aided Texas[apos] defense with two block assists in its five-set victory at No. 14 Kansas State (Nov. 15)
• hammered out a career-best nine kills on .692 hitting, committed zero errors and posted a career-high seven total blocks in UT[apos]s 3-1 win at Missouri (Nov. 26)
• notched three crucial blocks in UT[apos]s 3-1 win over No. 9 UCLA in the NCAA Regional semifinal (Dec. 12)
INTERNATIONALLY
Teamed with Michelle Kocher to help the 2011 U.S. A2 White Team to a bronze medal at the USA Volleyball Open National Championship ... Teamed with Jennifer Doris, Juliann Faucette and Sydney Yogi to lead the U.S. A2 Blue Team to the 2010 USA Volleyball Open National Championship ... member of the 2006 and 2007 U.S. Youth National Teams with Yogi ... helped the 2006 team to the NORCECA Continental Girl[apos]s Youth Championship.
BEFORE TEXAS
A 2007 Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 recruit ... ranked No. 3 recruit nationally by PrepVolleyball.com ... 2007 PrepVolleyball.com and AVCA All-American ... Ohio High School Volleyball coaches Association Division 1 All-Ohio First Team selection in 2007 and Third Team selection in 2006 ... 2007 District 16 Volleyball Coaches Association First Team, all-city, all-conference and All-Southwest Ohio honoree ... led her club squad, Team Z to the 2007 17-Open Junior Olympic national championship ... paced her Mount Notre Dame High School squad to the 2006 Ohio Division I State Championship in volleyball and basketball ... led Mount Notre Dame in kills (452) and blocks (129) in 2007 and headlined the squad with 311 kills and 104 blocks in 2006 ... appeared in Sports Illustrated[apos]s Faces in the Crowd feature in the magazine[apos]s Nov. 26, 2007 issue.
PERSONAL
Full name is Rachael Alexis Adams ... born June 3, 1990 in Cincinnati, Ohio ... daughter of Robin Mealy-Adams and Richard Adams ... her father was a four-year letterwinner at the University of Illinois (1974-78) where he twice earned honorable mention All-Big Ten honors ... he continued his career in the NBA and was drafted in the fourth round of the draft in 1978 by the San Antonio Spurs ... four-time Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll selection ... advertising major.
