Amherst College Athletics

VWC Career Statistics

Season Highlights

2013

• TBA

Collegiate Accomplishments

• Academic Dean's Scholarship recipient
• Dean's List honoree Spring 2013

Prep Accolades

• Team captain as a senior
• Helped lead her team to a 21-4 record as a senior
• Selected to the Virginia High School Coaches All-State East team as a senior
• All-Virginia honorable mention as a junior
• Three-time all-district honoree, first team 2009, 2010
• Two-time all-region honoree, first team 2010
• Two-time all-area honoree
• Recorded 304 kills, 335 assists, 172 digs, 46 aces and 31 total blocks as a senior, highlighted by a season-high 25 kills vs. Nelson County
• Recorded 89 aces as a junior, including eight against Dan River
• Also competed in basketball, track and field and softball
• Team captain as a senior
• Second team all-district as a senior in basketball; selected as her team's Best Defensive Player
• Honorable mention all-district in softball as a senior after helping her team to a 22-5 record
• District and regional qualifier in track and field in the 100 and 300 meter hurdles and shot put in 2008, in the shot put and discus in 2010
• Academic Counsel member
• Placed second in the All Area Alliance Francais Writing contest as a senior
• Athletic Award winner 2009-10
• Highest grade point average (4.083) for a winter sport in 2010
• Recipient of the J.P. Stevens Award in Foreign Language
• Relay for Life member

Personal

• Daughter of Wylia and Michael Holbrooks; dad attended North Carolina State University, mom attended Towson State University
• Has three brothers, Bryan, a student at Hampden-Sydney College, Adam and Tyler
• Enjoys listening to techno music and spending vacation time at any beach
• Favorites include the book "Twilight," the movie "Transformers," and the TV series "Vampire Diaries"
• A fan of football's Washington Redskins and actor Robert Pattison
• Self-description in 10 words or less: "competitive, funny, athletic, stubborn, friendly"
• My favorite aspect of being an athlete is: "the competition and being on a team"
• The part of my game I've improved the most is: "my attitude"
• My personal athletic goal at VWC is: "to become a better athlete and to help the team win"
• People might be surprised to know: "I love to read!"
• If I could participate in a reality show it would be: "The Amazing Race because of the competition. I would get to travel and I could win a million dollars"
• If I could spend one day with a famous person from any time period it would be: "King Henry VIII because he led a crazy life and I would want to know why he did some of the things he did"
• If I could possess one superpower it would be: "invisibility because I could do whatever I wanted and nobody would know it was me"
• It's the year 2025 and: "I am married and have a child. We would be living near a beach and I am a stay at home mom"
• The most important advice I've received is: "keep you head up!" -- Coach Harper, my high school volleyball and basketball coach