Micha Hancock
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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November 10, 1992 McAlester, Oklahoma, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 305 cm (120 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 297 cm (117 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Setter | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Impel Wrocław | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Micha Danielle Hancock (born November 10, 1992 in McAlester, Oklahoma) is an American indoor volleyball player, a member of the United States women's national volleyball team and Italian club Saugella Team Monza. Hancock played setter for Penn State, where she led Penn State to two NCAA consecutive championships.
Career
High school
Hancock played high school volleyball for Edmond Memorial High School in Edmond, Oklahoma. She guided her team to the 2007, 2009 and 2010 Oklahoma 6A State Championship, was a two-time All-Edmond Player of the Year, All-City Player of the Year and MVP of the State Championship All-Tournament Team She was named the Oklahoma Gatorade Player of the Year twice.
College
She played college women's volleyball at Penn State University.In her freshman season in 2011, Hancock was the Big Ten Freshman of the Year as well as the AVCA Mideast Region Freshman of the Year and set the Penn State single season aces record with 91. As a sophomore in 2012, she was a first team All American and Big Ten Setter of the Year. Hancock set the NCAA Tournament record for aces in tournament play with 22 including Penn State single match record for aces with 10. In her final two seasons, she helped Penn State to back-to-back NCAA Titles. In 2013, Hancock was named a First Team All-American and earned NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player honors and she became the Nittany Lions' all-time career aces leader with 254. In 2014, she was named the AVCA National Player of the Year and her third consecutive First Team All-America honor. Under her guidance, Hancock ranked first national as a college senior in aces per set (1.05) with at least one ace in all but three matches in 2014. Hancock finished her career among Penn State's all-time career record-holders, ranking first in service aces (380) and service aces per game (0.76), fifth in assists (5,578) and sixth in assists per game (11.16).
2016
In the 2016 Pan-American Cup she was awarded Best Server[1] after she set a new serving record in a single match, first with 11 aces in the pool play against Costa Rica, then 12 aces in the bronze medal match over Cuba.[2].
2017
She was named Most Valuable Player in the 2017 Pan-American Cup .[3] She was selected to play the Italian League All-Star game in 2017.[4]
Awards
Individuals
References
- ↑ "Brayelin Martinez named MVP of Pan Am Cup". NORCECA. July 10, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
- ↑ "U.S. Women Win Bronze at Pan Am Cup". USA Volleyball. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ↑ "Micha Hancock named MVP of XVI Pan Am Cup". NORCECA. June 25, 2017. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
- ↑ "All Star Game: A Bergamo la sfida Selezione Italia vs Resto del Mondo" (in Italian). Bergamo: Volleyball.it. December 18, 2017. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
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