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

Career:
After three seasons of competition, she has logged 336 sets of play over 110 matches ... Stands No. 1 on the school's career hitting percentage list (.386) and is 8th in kills per set (3.04 kps) ... Has registered 59 outings of double-figure kills ... Has registered 1,021 terminations, good for the No. 14 spot on the Eagles' all-time chart ... Tied for 10th all-time at Emory with 277 total blocks and is 10th in block assists (202) while tied for 11th in block solos (75).

Junior (2011):
Outstanding season that saw her capture AVCA First Team All-America acclaim ... Saw action in a total of 38 matches and totaled 121 sets of action ... Her school seasonal record of hitting .427 (406---79) led the UAA and was good for third place nationally ... Her 406 kills tied for 15th on the school's seasonal list ... Chalked up 22 matches of double-figure kills ... AVCA All-South Region ... First Team All-UAA for the second straight year ... Very consistent with 23 matches of hitting .400 or higher ... Earned a spot on the Emory National Tournament All-Tournament Team (Oct. 7-8) after averaging 3.25 kills and 1.3 blocks per set while registering a .523 hitting percentage (39-6--63) ... Big effort vs. Maryville (Oct. 8) in the final match of that Tournament, putting up a team-high 12 kills en route to an attack percentage of .846 (12-1--13) along with a season-high tying seven (3-4) total blocks, tying her third-highest mark as an Eagle ... Finished second on the squad and fourth among UAA players with a 3.36 kills-per-set average, good for 19th place on the school's seasonal chart ... Her .727 hitting percentage (17-1--22) vs. Chicago (Oct. 1) during the UAA Round Robin I tied for the 10th-highest effort in school history ... Fine showing the UAA Championships (Nov. 4-5). averaging 3.36 kills per set and finishing with a .428 hitting mark (37-7--70) ... Banged out a team-high 18 terminations, her fourth highest career total, and hit .405 (18-3--37) vs. Washington University in the title match ... Earned a berth on the Wittenberg Invitational (Sept. 2-3) All-Tournament Team after leading or sharing for the team lead in kills in all four matches, averaging 3.67 terminations per set and manufacturing an attack percentage of .373 (40-10--91) ... Hit .448 with 13 kills and no errors in 29 opportunities and chipped in three block assists in a 3-1 decision at No. 14 Cal Lutheran (Sept. 17) ... Team-high 11 kills, hit .688 (11-0--16) and recorded seven block assists in a 3-0 win vs. Randolph-Macon (Sept. 23) ... Led or shared for team honors in kills in 16 outings ... Named UAA Player of the Week (Oct. 24) after tying for the club lead with nine successful put-aways while finishing with a .429 attack percentage (9-3--14) in a 3-0 triumph over Berry ... Team-high 14 terminations and hit .478 (14-3--23) in a 3-0 verdict over Richard Stockton (Nov. 11) in the NCAA Tournament ... No. 2 on the team and No. 8 in the UAA in blocks (0.82 bps) ... Finished with 81 block assists, tying for 15th on the school's seasonal list ... 10 matches with four or more total blocks.... Emory Homecoming (Sept. 23-24) All-Tournament Team ... Doc Partin Classic All-Tournament Team (Sept. 9-10).

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 SA BS BA TB
2009 75 - 32 167 2.23 16 14 31 45
2010 140-40 448 3.20 10 43 90 90
2011 121-38 406 3.36 6 18 81 99
TOTAL 336 -110 1021  3.04 32  75 202  277

 
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
Washington University 5 18 11/5/2011
Lee University 5 17 10/29/2011
Washington University 5 17 10/16/2011
Chicago 5 17 10/1/2011
Eastern Univ. 4 17 9/10/2011
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
Maryville 3 7 (3-4) 10/8/2011
Randolph-Macon 3 7 (0-7) 9/23/2011
Tufts 3 7 (2-5) 9/10/2010
Springfield 3 7 (0-7) 9/10/2010
Claremont-MS 3 6 (1-5) 9/16/2011
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."