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Career Stats

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2016 AAC Weekly Honor Roll (Oct. 17)
2016 USF Invitational Most Valuable Player
2016 USF Invitational All-Tournament Team
2016 AAC Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 5)
2016 AAC Preseason All-Conference
2015 Second Team All-AAC
2015 Weekly AAC Honor Roll (Nov. 23)

AS A SENIOR (2016): Appeared in all of the team's 32 matches and 108 of 117 sets...Ranked 10th in The American in kills per set (2.93)...Posted team-high in kills (216), kills per set (2.93) and points (349.5)...Recorded seven double-doubles...Posted 18 double digit kill totals and eight double digit dig matches...Notched double digit kills in the first 12 matches of the season (Aug. 26 - Sept. 17)...Registered 23 digs a career-high, including her 1,000th career dig, while also adding 13 kills in four-set win versus Mercer (Aug. 27)...Tallied 18 kills, a .319 hitting percentage and 14 digs in road sweep at Charlotte (Aug. 27)...Logged 19 kills and a .321 hitting percentage in the four-set win over New Mexico (Sept. 2)...Hit .424 with 15 kills and 1 error in 33 attempts in the sweep of LIU Brooklyn (Sept. 17)...Posted 1,000th career kill against UCF (Nov. 2)...One of nine players in school history with both 1,000 digs and 1,000 kills.

AS A JUNIOR (2015): Appeared in 32 matches and 110 sets…Totaled team-highs of 342 kills, 3.11 kills/set, 29 service aces and 389.5 points while also posting 347 digs, second most, and a .188 hitting percentage, fourth highest…Ranked eighth in the AAC in service aces/set (0.26) and ninth in kills/set (3.11)…Placed fourth in conference play in service aces/set (0.29) and eighth in kills/set (3.14)…Recorded team-high 17 double-doubles…Tallied 10+ digs in 23 matches and double digit kills in 20 matches…Posted 12 straight double-doubles (10/4 – 11/6)…Recorded 18 kills, 10 digs and a personal best six assists in the five set win over Tulane (10/4)…Logged 13 kills, 13 digs and a career-best five service aces in 3-1 win at Memphis (10/9)…Set career-highs with 21 kills, a .463 hitting percentage and five blocks in four set win over Memphis (11/22)…Fueled USF with 15 kills and 20 digs in the 3-1 upset win at AAC Champion, SMU (11/25).

AS A SOPHOMORE (2014): Saw time in 30 matches and 112 sets…Compiled 226 kills and 285 digs, both second-highest on the team...Posted six double-doubles throughout the season…Tallied a career-high 16 kills in the USF Invitational against Buffalo (9/6)…Recorded four service aces in the Active Ankle Challenge at Auburn (9/13)…Posted a career-high 21 digs against Houston (10/26).

AS A FRESHMAN (2013): Appeared in all 32 matches and 119 sets…Totaled 168 kills and 349 digs…Registered five double-doubles…Tallied 10+ kills in 19 matches and double-digit kills five matches... Recorded a then career-high 20 digs against UConn (10/6)…Set a career-high with 11 kills at Houston (10/20).

HIGH SCHOOL: Started three years as an outside hitter at Attended Carl Sandburg High School in Orland Park, Ill. …Played three years of volleyball as a starting outside hitter…Earned all-state recognition from the Chicago Sun Times and Champaign Gazette...Named to all-area team by the Southtown Star twice….Posted 855 career kills, including 355 kills, 250 digs and 60 blocks during her senior year...Played for Sports Performance and First Alliance club volleyball programs.

PERSONAL: Born Dakota Diane Hampton on June 21, 1995 in Orland Park, Ill. …Daughter of Dan Hampton and Julie Craig…Has one younger brother, Daniel…Father, Dan, played 12 years in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears and was inducted into the National Football League Hall of Fame in 2002.