8 Amanda Walker
Amanda Walker
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Newport Beach, CA
  • High School:
    Newport Harbor
  • Position:
    OPP
  • Major:
    Economics and Computer Science
  • College:
    Scripps
  • m
    29
  • k/s
    3.54
  • h %
    .239
  • a/s
    0.09
  • b/s
    0.66
  • sa/s
    0.10
  • d/s
    1.16

Bio

At CMS
2018 season (Junior): Third-Team AVCA All-American ... AVCA All-West Region ... First-Team All-SCIAC ... MVP of the Trinity (Texas) Classic ...
Led the Athenas with 407 kills ... Added 133 digs and 76 blocks ... Had 19 kills against Trinity, 18 against Texas-Tyler and 16 against Texas Lutheran to earn MVP honors of the Trinity Classic ... Started off the year with 20 kills in a loss to Johnson & Wales ... Had a season-high 23 kills at Whittier ... Tallied 21 kills in a 3-2 win at La Verne ... Had 19 kills and a season-high 15 digs in a 3-2 loss at Cal Lutheran, after having 20 kills and nine digs in a 3-1 win over Cal Lutheran in the first meeting ... Had 17 kills and five blocks in a 3-1 home win over Whittier ... Matched her season high with five blocks against Cal Lutheran in the SCIAC Championship match. 

2017 season (Sophomore): 
Appeared in 42 sets across 16 matches … Tallied 79 kills for 1.88 per set, to go along with 27 digs and 22 blocks…Totaled 90.5 points

2016 season (First-Year): Appeared in 13 sets across eight matches … Tallied 26 kills.

High School Achievements
2012 Captain and led team to undefeated season ... Varsity player 2013/2014/2015 seasons ... Sunset League All-Academic Team honors 2015 ... Second-Team All-Sunset League 2015. 

Club Achievements
Four time Junior National Competitor.  Silver Medal finish at Southern California Qualifier 2014.  Bronze Medal finish at 2015 Junior National Championships (Minneapolis).  Seventh place finish at Arizona Festival 2013.  USA Volleyball High Performance Championships Des Moines Iowa 2015 representing the SCVA Region High Performance Team.  USA Volleyball High Performance A2 participant July 2014/Colorado Springs. 

Personal
Majoring in economics and computer science

Favorite Athlete: Serena Williams

Favorite Activities besides volleyball: going to the beach, hiking, being with friends and traveling

Favorite Quote: “Somewhere behind the athlete you’ve become, and the hours of practice, and the coaches who have pushed you, is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back… play for her.”– Mia Hamm

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 26 Whittier W, 3-1
Oct 27 at Chapman W, 3-2
Nov 1 La Verne W, 3-1
Nov 3 Cal Lutheran W, 3-0
Nov 9 vs. Augsburg W, 3-0
Nov 10 vs. Wis.-Eau Claire L, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Matches 29 14
Sets 115 52
Kills 407 195
Kills per set 3.54 3.75
Errors 142 62
Total Attacks 1111 516
Hitting Percentage .239 .258
Assists 10 7
Assists per set 0.09 0.13
Service Aces 11 5
Service Errors 13 9
Service Aces per set 0.10 0.10
Receptions 4 3
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 133 80
Digs per set 1.16 1.54
Block Solo 4 4
Block Assist 72 38
Block Total 76 42
Blocks per set 0.66 0.81
Block Errors 6 4
Ball Handling Errors 3 0
Points 458.0 223.0
Points per set 4.0 4.3
Matches started 29 14
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 31 Johnson & Wales (RI) L, 3-2 1 5 20 7 53 .245 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 22.5
Aug 31 Carthage W, 3-2 1 5 15 4 42 .262 2 0 0 0 0 7 0 4 1 4 0 17.0
Sep 1 Brandeis W, 3-2 1 5 13 6 42 .167 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.0
Sep 1 Southwestern (Tex.) W, 3-0 1 3 17 3 38 .368 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 19.0
Sep 7 vs. Texas-Dallas W, 3-1 1 4 9 3 32 .188 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 2 0 2 1 10.0
Sep 7 at Trinity (Tex.) W, 3-2 1 5 19 6 46 .283 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 0 2 0 20.0
Sep 8 vs. Texas-Tyler W, 3-2 1 5 18 9 41 .220 0 1 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 19.0
Sep 8 vs. Texas Lutheran W, 3-1 1 4 16 7 47 .191 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 19.0
Sep 14 Emory W, 3-1 1 4 11 4 40 .175 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 4 0 13.0
Sep 15 Texas-Dallas W, 3-2 1 5 15 7 55 .145 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 15.5
Sep 15 Washington (Mo.) L, 3-1 1 4 15 8 39 .179 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 17.0
Sep 18 at La Verne W, 3-2 1 5 21 8 61 .213 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 23.0
Sep 22 Redlands W, 3-0 1 3 15 4 25 .440 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 18.5
Sep 25 at Caltech W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 Occidental W, 3-0 1 3 8 1 19 .368 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 9.5
Sep 29 at Whittier W, 3-2 1 5 23 7 66 .242 0 0 3 - 0 5 1 3 1 4 0 25.5
Oct 2 Chapman W, 3-0 1 3 10 3 25 .280 0 1 2 0 0 7 0 4 0 4 0 13.0
Oct 4 Cal Lutheran W, 3-1 1 4 20 7 54 .241 2 0 0 2 0 9 1 1 1 2 0 21.5
Oct 9 Pomona-Pitzer W, 3-0 1 3 9 0 28 .321 2 0 1 0 0 13 1 1 1 2 0 10.5
Oct 12 at Cal Lutheran L, 3-2 1 5 19 11 53 .151 0 1 1 0 0 15 0 2 0 2 0 21.0
Oct 13 La Verne W, 3-0 1 3 12 5 28 .250 0 1 0 - 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 13.5
Oct 19 at Redlands W, 3-0 1 3 8 3 28 .179 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 4 0 10.0
Oct 20 Caltech W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 23 at Occidental W, 3-0 1 3 7 1 21 .286 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 4 0 9.5
Oct 24 at Pomona-Pitzer W, 3-0 1 3 12 2 29 .345 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 3 0 13.5
Oct 26 Whittier W, 3-1 1 4 17 3 38 .368 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 19.5
Oct 27 at Chapman W, 3-2 1 5 14 7 41 .171 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 14.5
Nov 1 La Verne W, 3-1 1 4 15 9 39 .154 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 15.5
Nov 3 Cal Lutheran W, 3-0 1 3 9 4 28 .179 0 0 0 - 0 1 0 5 0 5 0 11.5
Nov 9 vs. Augsburg W, 3-0 1 3 11 0 24 .458 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Nov 10 vs. Wis.-Eau Claire L, 3-1 1 4 9 3 29 .207 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 11.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2016-17 8 13 26 2.00 10 52 .308 1 0.08 1 0.08 0 0 6 0.46 0 1 1 0.08 27.5 2.1
2017-18 16 42 79 1.88 37 231 .182 1 0.02 0 0.00 1 0 27 0.64 1 21 22 0.52 90.5 2.2
2018-19 29 115 407 3.54 142 1111 .239 10 0.09 11 0.10 4 0 133 1.16 4 72 76 0.66 458.0 4.0
2019-20 30 103 367 3.56 110 953 .270 4 0.04 0 0.00 0 0 56 0.54 0 86 86 0.83 410.0 4.0
Total 83 273 879 3.22 299 2347 .247 16 0.06 12 0.04 5 0 222 0.81 5 180 185 0.68 986.0 3.6
    m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Event Total 29 115 407 3.54 142 1111 .239 10 0.09 11 0.10 4 0 133 1.16 4 72 76 0.66 458.0 4.0
Conference 14 52 195 3.75 62 516 .258 7 0.13 5 0.10 3 0 80 1.54 4 38 42 0.81 223.0 4.3
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 16 61 221 3.62 75 593 .246 9 0.15 7 0.11 3 0 69 1.13 2 42 44 0.72 251.0 4.1
Away 8 34 123 3.62 45 345 .226 1 0.03 1 0.03 1 0 45 1.32 2 22 24 0.71 137.0 4.0
Neutral 5 20 63 3.15 22 173 .237 0 0.00 3 0.15 0 0 19 0.95 0 8 8 0.40 70.0 3.5
Result Wins 25 97 344 3.55 113 937 .247 9 0.09 8 0.08 3 0 114 1.18 4 61 65 0.67 386.5 4.0
Losses 4 18 63 3.50 29 174 .195 1 0.06 3 0.17 1 0 19 1.06 0 11 11 0.61 71.5 4.0
Month August 2 10 35 3.50 11 95 .253 3 0.30 2 0.20 1 0 10 1.00 0 5 5 0.50 39.5 4.0
September 13 55 200 3.64 73 551 .230 2 0.04 6 0.11 0 0 49 0.89 1 32 33 0.60 223.0 4.1
October 10 36 128 3.56 42 345 .249 5 0.14 3 0.08 3 0 65 1.81 3 25 28 0.78 146.5 4.1
November 4 14 44 3.14 16 120 .233 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 9 0.64 0 10 10 0.71 49.0 3.5

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