22 Breanah Bourque
22 - Breanah Bourque
Height: 5-11
Year: So.
Hometown: Houston, TX
High School: Clear Lake
Position: MH
Major: Biology

Career:
After two seasons of competition, she has logged 215 sets of play over 72 matches ... Stands No. 3 on the school's career hitting percentage list (.361) and is 11th in kills per set (2.86 kps) ... Has registered 37 outings of double-figure kills ... Has posted four outings of 10 or more digs.

Sophomore (2010):
Breakout campaign that saw her AVCA Second Team All-America Honors ... Played in 40 matches and totaled 140 sets worth of action ... .364 hitting percentage (448-104--945) led the team, was 10th on the school's seasonal chart, ranked No. 2 among UAA performers and was 27th nationally ... Churned out 30 matches of double-figure kills ... AVCA All-South Region honoree ... First Team All-UAA ... Averaged 3.20 kills per set, second on the squad and seventh in the UAA ... Topped the club and was No. 3 in the conference in total blocks (0.95 bps) ... Her total of 133 blocks placed her seventh on the Eagles' seasonal list while her kills mark of 448 placed her ninth ... Named the Most Outstanding Player at the NCAA Atlanta Regional after hitting .425 (39-5--80) and averaging 3.25 kills per set ... Paced the team with 17 kills, hit .517 (17-2--29) and contributed five block assists in a 3-2 win over Cal Lutheran (Nov. 14) in the Atlanta Regional championship ... Career-high 24 kills was the high-water mark by an Emory player during the season and propelled the Eagles to a 3-1 win over No. 1 Washington University (Nov. 20) in the national semifinals ... Team's top terminator with 16 kills vs. Calvin (Nov. 22) in the NCAA Championships match ... Earned a spot on the NCAA Championships All-Tournament Team ... Led or shared for team's lead in kills in 12 matches ... Credited with 10 total blocks (7-3), the high by an Eagle during the season, and tying the seventh-highest match total in school history in a 3-1 triumph vs. Washington University in the UAA Championship contest ...  Led the team with nine total blocks (3-6) and rang up 12 kills and seven digs in a 3-2 victory over UW-Whitewater (Sept. 24) ... Her .632 hitting percentage (13-1--19) vs. Springfield College (Sept. 10) tied for the team's best mark during the year ... Hit .350 or better in 23 matches ... Enjoyed a torrid six-match stretch (Sept. 4 through Sept. 10) where she hit .515 (78-10--132), leading the team in kills in three of those matches ...  CoSIDA Academic Third Team All-District ... Chalked up a double-double with 12 kills and 10 digs in a 3-1 triumph over No. 1 Juniata (Oct. 22).

Freshman (2009):
Fine initial campaign that saw her emerge as a key contributor ... Saw action in 32 matches and played in 75 sets ... Ranked No. 3 among UAA players with a 35.5 hitting percentage (167-40--358) ... No. 16 in the league with a 2.23 kills per-set average ... Turned in seven matches of double-figure kills ... Two performances of 10 or more digs including a season-high 13 vs. Randolph-Macon College (Oct. 31) ... Led the Eagles in kills in three matches including a season-best 15 vs. Covenant College (Oct. 10), an outing that also saw her hit 52.0 percent (15-2--25), dish out two aces, record five digs and post four total blocks (3-1) ... Hit a blistering 83.3 percent with a team-leading 11 terminations and just one error in 12 attack attempts vs. Southern Virginia (Sept. 11) ... Her 72.2 hitting percentage (13-0--18) against Berry College (Oct. 30) was the high-water mark by an Emory player during the year (minimum 12 kills) ... Second high on the team with nine put-aways and hit 50 percent (9-1--16) against Washington University (Nov. 7) in the UAA Championships match ... Came through with a solid 41.9 attack percentage (15-2--31) and racked up 13 total blocks (3-10) in matches vs. Chicago, NYU and Carnegie Mellon during the UAA Round Robin I (Oct. 3-4) ... Nine kills, a season-high four aces and 10 digs vs. LaGrange College (Oct. 30) ... Led or shared for the team lead in total blocks on six occasions.

Prior to Emory
High School: Four-year member of the Clear Lake High School volleyball program where she played for Chanda Eager... Team captain her junior and senior years ... Three-time team MVP ... First Team all-district in 2007 and 2008 ... Named her high school's Student Athlete of the Year (2008-09) ...Recipient of the US Army Reserve Scholar Athlete Award in 2008-09 ... Selected as her team's Best Offensive Player Award winner as a junior and senior ... Played club volleyball for AVA of Texas 18 Performance ... Trent Hermann was her club coach ... Her club team was 2009 Junior Olympic champions (National Division) .... Named to the 2009 Junior Olympic All-Tournament Team.

Personal: Born November 26, 1990.

Stats

Year GP-MP K KPG A SA DIGS DPG
2009 75 - 32 167 2.23 6 16 88 1.17
2010 140-40 448 3.20 6 10 161 1.15
TOTAL 215 - 72 615  2.86 12  26 249  1.16

 
Breanah Bourque Career-High Kill Matches

Opponent GP Kills Date
Washington University 4 24 11/20/2010
Christopher Newport 5 19 11/19/2010
Mount St. Joseph 5 19 9/5/2010
Cal Lutheran 5 17 11/14/2010
Lee University 4 17 10/8/2010

 
Breanah Bourque Career-High Total Blocks Matches

Opponent GP Blocks Date
Washington Univ. 4 10 (7-3) 11/6/2010
UW-Whitewater 5 9 (3-6) 9/24/2010
Tufts 3 7 (2-5) 9/10/2010
Springfield 3 7 (0-7) 9/10/2010
Rochester 3 6 (3-3) 11/5/2010
Carnegie Mellon 3 6 (1-5) 10/4/2009

 

(On Why You Chose Emory)
"I chose Emory because it just felt right for me. I knew that I would be playing for an extremely talented and competitive team with coaches who love what they do and treat you like family. Emory offered me all of this and presented challenging academics, a combination that is not easy to come by at other universities."