Sorrel Houghton
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  • Height:
    6-0
  • Hometown:
    Osteen, Fla.
  • Position:
    OH
  • Year:
    Grad.
  • High School:
    Pine Ridge HS
  • Major:
    Criminology
  • Phone:
    @sorrelhoughton
  • m
    35
  • k/s
    2.47
  • h %
    .214
  • a/s
    0.16
  • b/s
    0.34
  • sa/s
    0.26
  • d/s
    2.33
Bio

As a Grad Student (2021-2022): A 2021 Division II National Champion... Honorable Mention AVCA All-American... With a total of 311 kills on the season, she ranked 12th in the conference, and 9th for total attacks with 910... Against Eckerd (10/26) she had a total of 14 kills, and a hitting percentage of .522... She recorded a career high in assists with 18 total this season.

As a Senior (2020-21): Competed in spring 2020-21 season, receiving a COVID-19 waiver, played in 9 matches, starting in 7 of them... Of the 9 matches, 31 sets were played...Established a career-high in kills with 17 kills vs West Florida (3/26)...Matched career-high twice with 2 assists vs Flager (2/26) and vs Florida Southern (4/1)...Matched career-high of 14 digs at Flagler (2/23)...Matched career-high of 2 block solo vs Flager (2/26)...Had a season-high of hitting percentage of .469 vs West Florida (3/26)...Last two matches with .450 or higher, vs Rollins (4/9) and vs Palm Beach Atlantic (4/10)...Season-high of 3 service aces at Saint Leo (4/6)... Season high of 18 points vs West Florida (3/26)... Ranked second on the team in the following categories: kills (102), Kills per set (3.29), attempts (235), service aces (9), service aces per set (0.29), block solo (5), total points (120.5), points per set (3.9)... Finished third in team with blocks (14).

As a Junior: Logged first-ever triple-double in Spartan history… Competed in 33 matches and 123 sets… Has the second-most kills on the team with 374… Ranked eighth in the SSC in kills… Recorded about three kills per set with a season-high of 19 kills against Lynn (10/05)… Also ranked 10th in the SSC in service aces with a total of 38… Recorded a career-high of four service aces against Embry-Riddle (11/15)… Tallied 162 digs, eight assists, and 32 blocks, six of which were solo blocks...Ranked eighth in the SSC in kills per set, sixth in kills, 10th in service aces per set and seventh in service aces.

As a Sophomore: A 2018 NCAA Division II National Champion... An AVCA Second-Team All-American... A member of the NCAA South Regional Championship Team... An NCAA South Regional All-Tournament team selection... An AVCA and D2CCA All-South Region Second-Team selection... A member of the 2018 SSC Championship Team... An All-SSC First-Team selection... A member of the 2018 South Region Crossover All-Tournament team... A member of PrepVolleyball's National Team of the Week (9/28)... Raven First Serve Invitational Second-Team selection... SSC Offensive Player of the Week (10/22)... Competed in 37 matches and 133 sets... During her sophomore campaign, she recorded a total of 489 kills, 98 digs, 46 blocks, six assists, and four service aces... She ended the 2018 season third in the SSC in total kills with 489, averaging 3.68 per set... She logged 15 or more kills on 15 different occasions... Had a season-high of 23 kills, hitting .370 against New Haven (8/24)... Stated 13 kills against No. 4 Ferris State (9/1)... Earned 12 kills against No. 3 PBA (9/21)... Compiled a whopping 22 kills, hitting .475 against No. 12 West Florida (10/20)... Had 15 and 14 kills in back-to-back games against ranked opponents No. 17 PBA and No. 23 Barry... Accumulated 77 total kills during the NCAA tournament with an average kill percentage of .280... Earned a team-high of 17 kills, hitting .224 in the National Championship match. 

As a Freshman: 
Sunshine State Conference all-newcomer team... 2017 South Region Crossover all-tournament team... Sunshine State Conference Offensive Player of the Week (10/23)... Competed in all 32 matches for the Spartans... Ended the season second on the team in kills with 340, she also recorded six assists, four service aces, 79 digs, and had 32 total blocks... Stated a season and career-high of 24 kills against Lynn (10/26)... Logged 20 kills against No. 6 Palm Beach Atlantic (11/4)... In the NCAA South Regional Tournament, she had 11 kills against No. 17 University of West Florida (11/30).

High School: Graduated from Pine Ridge High School...Four-year letterwinner for the Florida Panthers was also three-time team captain...Played outside, middle and right-side hitter positions for coach Sarah Eckertt...Record-holder for Volusia/Flagler County with 596 kills...All-area first-team selection since sophomore year...Also set a record for most kills in a game for Pine Ridge...Also played for 18's OT South Red Rox and coach Danny Eleutiza.

Personal: Criminology major...Daughter of Cynthia Gould, Justin Houghton, Sean Gould and Lara Houghton...Birthdate: 8/11/1999.

Career Highs

NCAA Career Statistics

 
Recent games
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Matches 35 20
Sets 126 72
Kills 311 180
Kills per set 2.47 2.50
Errors 116 65
Total Attacks 910 506
Total Attacks per set 7.22 7.03
Hitting Percentage .214 .227
Assists 20 12
Assists per set 0.16 0.17
Service Aces 33 21
Service Errors 49 28
Service Aces per set 0.26 0.29
Receptions 636 363
Reception Errors 17 11
Digs 294 149
Digs per set 2.33 2.07
Block Solo 7 2
Block Assist 36 21
Block Total 43 23
Blocks per set 0.34 0.32
Block Errors 3 1
Ball Handling Errors 2 1
Points 369.0 213.5
Points per set 2.9 3.0
Matches started 34 19
Game Log - Offense
Game Log - Defense
Game Log - Serve/Receive

Career Stats: Offense

Career Stats: Defense

Career Stats: Serve/Receive

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