19 - Lizzy Rhoads
Lizzy Rhoads
Born: 09/26/1984
Height: 6-2
Year: Senior
Hometown: Boulder, Colo.
High School: Fairview H.S.
Position: MB


Entering her senior season, needs only 17 block assists and 61 blocks to enter the program's career top 10 lists. 2005: First-team Division I All-Independent selection ... started all 30 matches and 109 sets during the season ... ranked first among D-I Independent players in blocks/game (1.28) and second in total blocks (140) ... 125 block assists was the sixth-highest single-season total in school single-season history ... second on the Bears team in kills (2.90/game), hitting percentage (.239) and total points (395.5) ... named to the All-Tournament team at the LIU Classic after averaging 3.20 kills and 1.47 blocks/game and hitting .404 (48-10-94) during the four-match event ... had five or more blocks in 15 of 30 matches during the season ... had a career-high 11 total blocks to go along with 14 kills in a 3-1 victory over Miami University (Sept. 17) ... had nine blocks and 13 kills in a 3-2 victory at Wyoming (Sept. 3) ... had seven blocks against each Long Island (Oct. 1), North Dakota State (Oct. 8) and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Oct. 28) ... midway through the season had a stretch of seven consecutive matches with 10 or more kills and a stretch of double digit kills in 9 of 10 matches ... had 19 total double digit kill matches during the season ... had a season-high 18 kills and hit .378 (18-4-37) in a match at Utah Valley State (Oct. 21), a match where had a season-high 21.0 points ... also had 18 kills against Boise State (Sept. 2) at the UniWyo Cowgirl Classic ... had 11 kills, hit .556 (11-1-18) and had six blocks in victory over Iona (Sept. 30) at LIU Classic.


2004: Played in 99 of 131 total games during the year ... ranked second on the team with a 0.96 blocks/game average, a figure that ranked seventh among Division I Independent players; had 12 solo and 83 block assists ... hit .301 on the season, which ranked third on the team and fourth among all D-I Independent players ... had a season-high seven blocks in a match three different times, versus Portland State (Sept. 11), Texas-Pan American (Sept. 24) and North Dakota State (Nov. 12), all of which were matches during in-season tournaments ... in that match versus NDSU, had a career-high 13 kills and had three digs while scoring 16.5 points ... hit a season-high .667 (9-1-12) at Utah (Sept. 18) while adding three digs and five blocks ... hit .636 (8-1-11) versus Texas-Pan American (Nov. 13) ... had 11 kills against each Texas-Pan American (Oct. 15) and South Dakota State (Nov. 12) ... had 10 digs and four blocks in five-set win over South Dakota State (Oct. 13). 2003: Played in 32 of 114 games during freshman year ... recorded career-high 11 kills in season-opener against Briar Cliff (Aug. 29) at Hawaiian Style Classic ... also had season-best three block assists in that victory over Briar Cliff ... recorded lone service ace of season in win over Lees-McRae (Oct. 18), where she also recorded a kill and a dig in the match ... had eight kills against nationally ranked Hawaii Pacific (Aug. 29) and four kills in win over Western State (Oct. 31).

Prep: 2003 graduate of Fairview High ... earned three volleyball letters for coach Crutis Griffin ... 5A honorable mention all-state in 2001 ... first-team All-Boulder County in 2001 and 2002 ... team captain during senior season ... MVP of Tourney Sports Hawaii Tournament and all-tournament team at Alameda Tournament which her team won in 2000 and 2001 ... played with Flatirons Volleyball Club ... also played basketball and competed in high jump for the track and field team.

Personal: Born Sept. 26, 1984, in Boulder ... daughter of Jim Rhoads and Linda Kelly ... father played basketball at UNC from 1968-71 ... majoring in business ... UNC Scholar Athlete.

Career Highs

Kills:    18, twice, last vs. Utah Valley State (Oct. 21, 2005)
Attacks:  42 vs. Wyoming (Sept. 3, 2005)
Assists:  1, 10 times, last vs. IPFW (Nov. 11, 2005)
Aces:     1, six times, last vs. Boise State (Sept. 2, 2005)
Digs:     5, twice, last vs. Creighton (Aug. 26, 2005)
Blocks:   11 vs. Miami (Sept. 17, 2005)
Hit. %:   .667 (9-1-12) vs. Utah (Sept. 18, 2004)

Rhoads' Career Statistics


Season                GP-MP      K    K/G     E    TA    Pct     A   A/G    SA  SA/G    SE
2003................  32-21     42   1.31    25   121   .140     1  0.03     1  0.03     1
2004................  99-32    185   1.87    65   399   .301     3  0.03     3  0.03     6
2005................ 109-30    316   2.90   133   766   .239     6  0.06     2  0.02     1
TOTAL............... 240-83    543   2.26   223  1286   .249    10  0.04     6  0.03     8


Season                 DIG   D/G    RE    BS    BA    TB   B/G    BE   BHE  Points Pts/G
2003................     5  0.16     0     0     4     4  0.12     0     0    45.0  1.41
2004................    26  0.26     0    12    83    95  0.96     6     2   241.5  2.43
2005................    46  0.42     0    15   125   140  1.28     8     3   395.5  3.62
TOTAL...............    77  0.32     0    27   212   239  1.00    14     5   682.0  2.84
Rhoads' Match-by-Match Statistics
  • 2003
  • 2004
  • 2005