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2012 (As A Freshman)
Named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team as an honorable mention, as she became a six-rotation player in her first season, starting 23 matches and played in 112 of 117 sets ... her 155 kills ranked fourth on the team and her 254 digs ranked second overall ... one of the top servers in the league, firing 30 aces for a 0.27 aces per set average that ranked seventh in the Pac-12 ... five matches with double-digit kills and 11 matches with double-digit digs ... twice led the team in kills and seven times led the way in aces ... a double-double in UW's 3-2 thriller over Hawaii in the NCAA 2nd round (12/1) with 13 kills and 14 digs, hitting .312 ... shared the team lead with 7 kills in the NCAA opening sweep of Central Arkansas (11/30) adding 2 aces, 8 digs and 3 blocks for 10.5 points ... despite a tough night offensively (2 kills, 17 swings), had 11 digs, 2 blocks and an ace in win at WSU (11/23) ... against Arizona State (11/21), registered 9 kills and 17 digs ... led the Huskies in kills for the first time vs. Oregon State (11/17), posting 10 kills, 1 ace, and 7 digs ... played a huge role in the 3-2 win over No. 4 Oregon (11/16) as she raised her season-high for kills to 14, hitting .394 to go with 12 digs, a season-best 5 blocks, and an ace, as UW saved 14 match points ... at No. 1 Stanford (11/8), notched 5 kills, 8 digs, and 3 blocks ... an outstanding match at California (11/7), tallying 11 kills (.348 Att%) and serving 2 aces to go with 9 digs in the 3-2 comeback win, including 6 kills in the 4th set win ... put up season-highs for aces in consecuive matches, serving up 4 against Colorado (11/2) and 4 more against Utah (11/4), and adding 8 kills and 21 digs in the 3-2 win over the Utes ... 7 kills, 9 digs, 3 assists at No. 6 UCLA (10/28) ... huge season-best for digs with 23 at No. 7 USC (10/26), adding 7 kills, 2 blocks ... had a big 4 blocks vs. Cal (10/21) plus 4 kills, 1 ace, 10 digs ... 3 kills, season-high 5 assists, 2 aces and 12 digs vs. No. 2 Stanford (10/19) ... had 3 kills, 10 digs at No. 5 Oregon (10/13) ... 15 digs with 4 kills, 1 ace, 2 blocks in win at OSU (10/12) ... hit .385 with 6 kills and 5 digs at Colorado (10/7) ... set new season-bests with 11 kills and 31 attacks at Utah (10/5), plus 6 digs ... big contributor in 3-0 win over No. 3 USC (9/28), with 4 kills (.231 Att%), 4 digs, and 1 block ... started and had 12 digs with 2 aces and 3 kills, one that saved a match point, in win over No. 4 UCLA on 9/26 ... got the start at Arizona (9/22) and hit a season-high .556 with a 5-0-9 line in the win ... 1 ace and 1 dig in three sets at Portland (9/11) ... smashed 3 aces in a row during the second set of the 3-0 victory against Seattle on Sept. 6 ... played eight of nine sets in the Tiger Classic as UW won the tourney, averaging 1.38 digs per set as mostly a defensive and serving sub ... made her Husky debut in the Northwest Challenge, playing in five of nine sets and starting the match against Gonzaga on 8/25, and averaging 2.20 kills and 1.40 digs per set while hitting .132, with a pair of aces coming against Boise State (8/24).
High School and Personal
Born in Pomona, California ... parents are Nancy and Filipo Strickland ... has one older brother, Tyler, and two older sisters, Alicia, and Arianna ... Tyler played volleyball and Filipo was a rugby player ... her cousin, Everette Thompson, played football at Washington from 2008-11, starting every game on the defensive line his junior and senior seasons ... a standout outside hitter as well as defender in high school, she was ranked 50th overall in PrepVolleyball.com's 2012 list of Senior Aces and fourth nationally among liberos ... named to the 2012 Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 ... named an ESPNHS First Team All-American in 2010, one of just 12 players ... ESPN Rise named her one of its 25 Players To Watch entering 2011 season ... a first team All-CIF, All-Country and All-League selection her junior and senior seasons ... played club volleyball for TCA from 2007-11 and coaches Mike Hinton, Neil Mason, and Steve Aird ... with TCA, took first at the 2009 Cross Roads tourney in Denver ... took second at the 2009 Junior Olympics Open division in Miami and named All-Tournament ... also played for T Street and coach Joaquin Acosta in 2011-12 ... named All-SoCal for club her senior season ... won Cal Cup beach tourney sophomore year and second in a Best of the Beach tourney ... inducted into high school's hall of fame ... played three years of Pop Warner football as a quarterback and linebacker ... interested in sports psychology.
Career Statistics
