- “I chose Virginia Wesleyan because it was the complete package. Coach Hoover sparked my interest (she is an incredible person), but once I delved deeper, I found a community and a home here.”
- Selected VWU over TCU, Fordham, Dayton, Wingate, Hartford, and Appalachian State
Career Highs
Kills: NA
Assists: 9 - (Hollins - 10/7/17)
Service Aces: 1 - (Hollins - 10/7/17)
Digs: 4 - (Hollins - 10/7/17)
Total Blocks: NA
Freshman (2017): Appeared in one match as a freshman setter… Posted nine assists, four digs, and a service ace in a win over Hollins University on October 7.
Before VWU: Played four years of varsity volleyball at Middle Creek High School… 2016 Offensive Player of the Year at Middle Creek… Team captain as a senior… Led her team to the state finals twice… Led the SWAC Conference in aces as a junior… Two-time AAU Academic All-American… SWAC Academic All-Conference selection all four years… Named to the all-state volleyball team as a senior… Member of the National Honor Society, Art Honor Society, Math Honor Society, and Science Honor Society… Received the 2014 MCHS Academic Excellence Award… Built the MCHS Black Box Theatre and painted three murals on campus… Graduated with Distinguished Honors… Received NC Scholar Award and President’s Award.
Personal: The daughter of John and Tina Herring… Has two younger brothers, Brice and Brock… Father, John, ran track and cross country at Frostburg State… Art minor.
Get to Know Elise
- Enjoys being outside, reading, cooking and baking, creating any kind of art, and playing ukulele or piano
- Fan of actress Emma Watson
- Favorites include the TV show “How I Met Your Mother” and any Agatha Christie novel
- My favorite aspect of being an athlete is: "the connections that come from being on the court, in the weight room, or on the track together are life-long”
- It’s the year 2030 and I am doing this… “teaching at an elementary school, making art and baking on weekends, and happy”
INDIVIDUAL ACCOLADES
- ODAC All-Academic Team (2017-18)
