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William & Mary Athletics

2015 Volleyball Roster

14 Carolyn Albright

  • Position M
  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • Major Finance
  • Hometown Raleigh, N.C.
  • High School Cardinal Gibbons
  • Club Team Triangle

Biography

2014-15 W&M Provost's Award

2014:
Appeared in all 31 matches, including a team-high 109 of 110 sets ... Led the team in blocks with 1.05 per set and 114 total ... That was the second-most blocks in a single season in the current scoring format, behind only her 2013 campaign ... First player since 2004-05 to have back-to-back 100 block seasons ... Only two players have ever had three-straight 100+ block years (Anna Agbe-Davies and Caitlin Geraghty) ... Her 1.05 average was the third-best season in the record books ... Her 20 solo blocks were the second-most in the current era, and she is the only player since 2005 to record more than 20 solo blocks in a year ... Is the only player with two 90+ block-assist seasons since 2005 ... Also was the team's best hitter at .247 ... That was the ninth-best season in the 25-pt era ... Finished the year just 12.5 points away from the career top-10 ... Season-best eight blocks came against Wofford ... Had 13 matches with 5+ blocks ... High of eight kills was against Lehigh ... Hit .462 at home against Elon.

2013: Started a team-high 31 matches ... Named CAA Defender of the Week in back-to-back weeks, Oct. 28 and Nov. 4 ... Averaged 1.45 blocks per set over those two weeks, helping W&M improve from seventh to third in the league standings ... Ended the year with 132 blocks, sixth-best all-time ... Most in a season for W&M since 1992 ... Her 107 block-assists are tied for eighth all-time, and her 25 solo blocks are 15th in school history ... Set career-bests with three solo blocks against both Duquesne and at James Madison ... Also had a lifetime-best eight block-assists against both UNCW and Hofstra ... Totaled 10 blocks at home against UNCW ... Had a season-best 11 kills in the season-opener against San Jose State while hitting .417 ... Also reached double-digits with 10 kills against Duquesne and against Delaware ... Hit .533 against the Blue Hens.

2012: Started 17 matches along the net, and appeared in 80 sets total ... Led the team with 0.95 blocks per set, totaling seven solo and 69 block-assists ... Also averaged 1.31 kills per set while hitting .256, second on the team ... Named CAA Rookie of the Week on Sept. 3, after averaging 2.0 kills and 0.8 blocks per set during the Tribe Invitational ... Had five blocks in a match six times ... Hit 10 kills against Liberty on Aug. 28 ... Hit a season-high 14 kills while hitting .542 with four blocks against Norfolk State.against Norfolk State.

Prep: Helped lead Cardinal Gibbons to each of the last three North Carolina 3A State Championships … Member of PrepVolleyball.com’s Senior Aces list … Named all-conference in 2010 and 2011 … Selected to the region all-tournament team in 2008, 2009, and 2010 … Competed for the Triangle Volleyball Club … Awarded the “Triangle Award” in 2009 and 2010, signifying the player who best embodies the club’s core values … Named to the Cardinal Gibbons Honor Roll all four years … National Honor Society … Volunteered with the Raleigh-area Soup Kitchen, as well as with Habitat for Humanity.

Personal: Daughter of Karen and Daniel Albright … Mother rowed crew at Dartmouth … Father played rugby at Dartmouth … Brother, Eric, plays football at North Carolina … Grandfather, Peter Hannaway, played professional soccer for several clubs in Scotland … Uncle, Leif Murphy, earned his MBA from W&M in 1994 … Interested in politics.

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Historical Player Information

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    2012Freshman

    M
    6'2"
    14
  • 14

    2013Sophomore

    M
    6'2"
    14
  • 14

    2014Junior

    M
    6'2"
    14
  • 14

    2015Senior

    M
    6'2"
    14