2012 Volleyball Roster

18 Valerie El Houssine

  • Position Outside Hitter
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Sophomore
  • High School Centre Scolaire Saint Hubert
  • Hometown Eghezee, Belgium

Biography

2012 - Named to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team ... Earned USF Invitational All-Tournament Team Honors ... Set a new career-high for single-match hitting percentage, collecting 15 kills at a .565 clip to help push the Bulls past VCU on Sept. 1 ... Named to the NC State Invitational All-Tournament Team... Had a season high 20 kills vs UCF (8/26)... Season high 23 digs vs UCONN (10/19)... Recorded a season high 4 blocks vs FGCU (9/18)... Had 241 kills, 295 digs, and 31 blocks on the season... Appeared in 25 matches for the Bulls.

2011 - Named to the All-BIG EAST Second Team as a freshman ... Led the team in four statistical categories as a freshman: matches played (28), sets played (104), kills (3.65 per set) and service aces (0.44) ... Was the only BIG EAST freshman to rank in the top three of three different statistical categories in conference only play: kills (4.15 per set), service aces (0.44 per set), and points (4.80 per set) ... Led the conference and ranked 20th nationally with 0.44 aces per set ... Ranked third in the conference in kills for overall matches with 3.65 per set ... 11/13 - Notched a second straight double-double with a 15-kill, 13-dig performance at Pittsburgh ... 11/12 - Posted a double-double with 17 kills and a career-high 20 digs in a five-set win over West Virginia ... 11/4 - Led the team in kills for the fifth consecutive match with 22 kills against Villanova ... 10/24 - Averaged 4.58 kills per set against DePaul and Notre Dame en route to earning BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll accolades for the second time of the year ... 10/9 - Tallied 21 kills, seven digs and three clutch service aces in the fifth set to lead the Bulls to a five-set victory over St. John's ... 10/1 - Netted 11 kills, nine digs and five service aces in a sweep over Rutgers ... 9/23 - Registered a double-double performance with a personal-best totals of 30 kills and 16 assists against Syracuse ... 918 - Narrowly missed a double-double effort with 13 kills and nine digs against Northern Illinois ... 9/12 - Earned BIG EAST Rookie of the Week accolades ... 9/11 - Named MVP of the UCF Invitational on the strength of 42 kills, nine aces, 16 digs and five blocks in a 3-0 weekend for the Bulls ... 9/11 - Tallied season high totals of 17 kills and six service aces against the University of North Carolina Greensboro ... 9/4 - Named to the All-Tournament Team of the USF Invitational following a pair of double-double performances out of four matches ... 9/4 - Recorded a personal best 15 kills along with 10 digs against Bethune-Cookman ... 9/3 - Posted 11 kills and 11 digs for first career double-double effort.

High School/Club: Played for the VC Mosan Yvoir Club team in Belgium’s premier league called the Honor Division … Competed for the Belgian National Team at the Junior World Championship in the summer of 2011 … Led the Belgian Youth National Team to a gold medal in the Youth Olympic Games in August of 2010 … Participated in the European Championships in September of 2010 … Helped the Belgian Junior National Team secure first place honors in the Tournament of Guadalajara in December of 2009 … Club team finished in first place of the National Junior Tournament (2009) and finished second in the National Youth Tournament (2010) … Presented with the Trophy Sports Award in 2010 as the “Best Sportsman of Namur” … Nominated for the Trophy Sports Awards of the French Community (Most Promising Female and Best Female Group) … Won the “Best Student Award” for her accomplishments in the classroom.

 

Year

MP

SP

K

K/S

PCT

A

A/S

SA

SA/S

DIGS

DIG/S

BLK

BLK/S

2011 28 104 380 3.65 .180 15 0.14 46 0.44 220 2.12 45 0.43
2012 25 99 241 2.43 .188 14 0.14 31 0.31 295 2.98
31 0.31
TOTAL 53 203 621 3.06 .183 29 0.14 77 0.38 515 2.54 76 0.37

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2011Freshman

    Outside Hitter
    5'11"
    18
  • 18

    2012Sophomore

    Outside Hitter
    5'11"
    18