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Jersey Number 14
Adora Anae
- Position:
- Outside Hitter/Right Side
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Junior
- Letters:
- 2
- Hometown:
- Punaluu, Hawaii
- High School:
- Kahuku High School
Bio
2017 (Senior)
• 1st-Team AVCA All-America Team ... becoming first Utah player to earn back-to-back All-American honors and first player to ever earn first-team honors
• 1st-Team AVCA All-Pacific South Region Team
• 1st-Team All-Pac-12
• Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 9)
• AVCA and espnW National Player of the Week (Oct. 10)
• Two-time VolleyballMob.com Player of the Week (Aug. 28, Oct. 10)
• Became Utah's all-time leader with 1,920 career kills
• Finished the season with 547 kills, becoming the first player in school history to record at least 500 kills in three straight seasons
• Second on the team with 395 digs, ending her career with 1,319 career digs and becoming just the fifth player in school history to earn membership into the 1,000-kills/1,000-digs club
• Tallied at least 20 kills and 20 digs in a match five time during her career
• Posted an all-time school-record 66 career double-doubles
• Tallied at least 10 kills in a match 103 times and at least 20 kills in a match 35 times
Anae's 2017 Match-by-Match Stats
2016 (Junior)
• 2nd-Team AVCA All-America Team
• 1st-Team AVCA All-Pacific South Region Team
• 1st-Team All-Pac-12
• Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 19)
• North Marriott Harbour Challenge MVP
• Utah Classic All-Tournament Team
• Played and started in all 32 matches
• Became first Utah player to register multiple 500-kill seasons after breaking her own single-season record; finished the campaign with a school-record 592 kills
• Her 592 kills ranked first in the Pac-12 and No. 6 overall in the nation
• Broke her own single-match record for kills with 31 kills in upset win over #9 BYU (9/15)
• Posted double-digit kill efforts in all but one match on the season; Tallied 20 kills or more in 15 of 32 matches
• Became first Utah player to post 500 kills and 400 digs in the season season; finished the year with team-high 407 digs
• Became Utah's first 25/25 player, registering 25 kills and 25 digs against USC (Oct/28)
• Averaged 4.7 kills, 3.23 digs, 0.43 blocks and 0.27 service aces-per-set
Anae's 2016 Match-by-Match Stats
2015 (Sophomore)
• 1st-Team All-Pac-12
• Honorable Mention Pac-12 All-Academic Team
• Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (11/7)
• Started all 31 matches
• Appeared in all 118 sets
• Became Utah's all-time single-season kills leader with 501 kills on the season
• Just the second-ever Utah player to record 500 kills in a single season
• Set single-match school record (rally-scoring era) with 28 kills against Oregon State (11/01) and again at California (11/19)
• Registered a school record 12 matches with 20 kills or more
• Led team 501 kills, 388 digs, 22 service aces and 555 points
• 501 kills ranked third in Pac-12 and 24th in the nation
• Averaged 4.25 kills, 3.29 digs, 0.46 blocks and 0.19 service aces-per-set
• 4.25 kills-per-set average ranked fourth in Pac-12 and 35th in the nation
Anae's 2015 Match-by-Match Stats
2014 (Freshman)
• Became Utah's first-ever player to be named to 1st-Team Pac-12 All-Freshman Team
• Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (11/17)
• Third on the team with 280 kills and a 2.46 kills-per-set average
• Hit .233 in her first season with the Utes
• Posted 129 digs (1.13/set) and tallied 70 total blocks (0.61/set)
• Collected four double-doubles on the season
• Notched 17 kills while hitting a season-best .424 vs. Arizona State (10/5)
• Posted career-high six total blocks (2 BS, 4 BA) at Arizona State (10/31)
• Tied second-most kills in NCAA Tournament with 20 kills in NCAA second-round at Nebraska (12/5)
Anae's 2014 Match-by-Match Stats
High School/Club Volleyball
• No. 79 on PrepVolleyball.com's Senior Ace list
• Led Kahuku High School to Oahu Interscholastic Association championship as a junior
• OIA 1st-Team All-Star in 2012
• OIA 2nd-Team All-Star in 2011
• Honorable Mention all-state selection as a sophomore in 2011
• Played guard on the basketball team and goalkeeper for soccer team
• Also ran long distance, and participated in long and triple jumps for track & field team
Personal
• Daughter of Ina and Brad Anae
• Has five siblings; Ryan, Gavin, Pati, Bradlee and Bradina
• Born Oct. 1, 1996
• Uncle Robert Anae is offensive coordinator at Virginia
• Major is nursing with a minor in health promotion and education
Utah Volleyball's Emrie Moea'i - ESPN+ Feature
Thursday, September 25
Hear It From Harlan featuring Utah Volleyball's Kamryn Gibadlo
Thursday, September 25
Crimson Corner with Bill Riley - Tony Caridi, voice of the West Virginia Mountaineers
Tuesday, September 23
Crimson Corner with Bill Riley - Urban Meyer
Wednesday, September 17
