2017 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Amanda Conlin
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Deer Valley
- Hometown:
- Glendale, Ariz.
Honors and Awards
•Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2016-17)
As a Senior (2017)
Appeared in 21 matches with nine starts as a senior middle blocker… Averaged 1.15 kills, 0.84 blocks and 0.79 digs per set… Ranked eighth in The Summit League with 0.9 blocks per set in league play… Totaled 70 kills, 48 digs and 51 blocks as a senior… Tallied a career-high of 10 kills and a season-high of seven blocks against Fort Wayne (Oct. 28, 2017)… Also recorded a career-high of 14 digs against Denver (Oct. 3, 2017) … Finished with 270 kills, 184 blocks and 94 digs for her career.
As a Junior (2016)
Started all 30 matches as a junior...Averaged a team-leading 0.78 blocks with 1.44 kills per set while hitting .233 for the year...Ranked fifth in the Summit League for solo blocks (16) and seventh for total blocks (89) and block assists (73)...Totaled five or more blocks on five occasions...Narrowly missed a double-double vs. Drake (Sept. 3), finishing with a season-best 11 kills and nine blocks alongside four digs and two assists while hitting a season-high .550...Credited with a season-high 10 blocks with seven kills vs. Murray State (Sept. 17)...Had nine kills with three blocks vs. Fort Wayne (Sept. 23)...Put up 10 kills vs. Western Illinois (Sept. 27)...Finished with six kills, two blocks and a season-high three aces vs. South Dakota (Oct. 14)...Closed the season with six kills, six blocks and a season-high eight digs at Western Illinois (Nov. 12)...Named to the Summit League's Academic Honor Roll.
As a Sophomore (2015)
Did not see competitive action.
As a Redshirt Freshman (2014)
Appeared in 18 matches, making five starts…Averaged 1.16 blocks and 0.96 kills per game…Ranked third in the Summit League for blocks per set…Came off the bench vs. Tennessee (Sept. 6) to finish with season highs of eight blocks and six kills in Omaha’s sweep…Earned her first career start at Saint Louis (Sept. 12), posting five stops at the net…Came up with seven blocks and five kills vs. Air Force (Sept. 13)…The same day, added six blocks and four kills vs. Canisius.
As a Freshman (2013)
Redshirted.
Deer Valley High School
Lettered four years at Deer Valley High School for Coach Jackie Wallace...As a senior, named AIA Division II Player of the Year and earned second-team AIA Division II all-state honors and all-state honorable mention...Four-time first-team AIA Division II all-section selection...In 2010-11, was part of the 5A Division II regional championship team and garnered 5A Conference Northwest second-team all-region accolades...Holds school records for kill efficiency and solo blocks...Also lettered four years in both basketball and track & field...Three-time AIA Division I regional shot put champion...As a senior, earned the Great Southwest National shot put title...Holds the school record in the shot put at 45',4.5"...Honored as the Deer Valley School District Female Athlete of the Year and Deer Valley High School Student of the Year...Ranked in the top 10 percent of her class and carried a 4.07 GPA...Member of the National Society of High School Scholars.
Club Volleyball
Played club volleyball for the Arizona Desert Sky for Coach Julie Southwick...Helped her team to the 2012 Arizona Region 17-Open Silver Division title...Participated in USA Volleyball’s Olympic High Performance Camps in 2010 and 2011.
Personal
Born Aug. 21, 1995 to Michael and Thuy Conlin in Glendale, Ariz....Has one sister, Emily...Also a member of the Omaha track & field program as a thrower...Member of the UNO Dean's List...Majoring in computer science and engineering.
