University of Northern Colorado Athletics
2021 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Rachel Hickman
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- OH
- Hometown:
- Lawrence, Kan.
- Prev School:
- Kansas
- Major:
- Economics
Honors & Awards
- 2022 AVCA All-Region
- 2022 All-Big Sky First Team
- 2021 All-Big Sky First Team
- 2021 All-Big Sky Tournament Team
- 2021 Big Sky Player of the Week (Nov. 8)
- 2020 Big Sky Newcomer of the year
- 2020 All-Big Sky Second Team
- 2020 All-Big Sky Tournament Team
- 2020 Big Sky All-Academic
2022
- Her third season with the Bears and played 112 sets in 30 matches
- Had a season high with 22 kills against Sacramento State on Oct. 1
- Scored 23.5 points in back-to-back games against Sacramento State and Northern Arizona in October
- She had 350.5 points in the season, averaging 11.7 points a match
- Finishing the season with 309 kills, 8 assists, 5 aces, and 72 digs
2021
-Played in 94 sets for the Bears
-Tallied 288 kills
-Recorded 5 assists and 3 aces this season
2020
- Played i n 68 sets for the Bears
- Recorded 203 Kills this season, Second on the team in Kills
- Tallied 43 kills this season with 5 assist
- Finished second on the team in locks with 45
2019 (Kansas)
- Finished with 64 kills, 56 digs and 27 total blocks, averaging 1.28 kills per set, 1.12 digs per set and 0.54 blocks per set
- Tallied a season-high 11 kills vs. Albany Sept. 6, 2019 in her only double-digit kill performance
- Registered double-figure digs at Omaha (12) Sept. 3, 2019 and vs. South Carolina (11) Sept. 7, 2019
HIGH SCHOOL
- Four-year letter winner at Free State High School in Lawrence, Kan., under head coach Keely Hammontree- Helped the Firebirds capture the 2017 Sunflower League Championship and was a 2016 6A Substate Champion
- School record holder for kills in a season and is the career kill leader at Lawrence Free State HS
- Broke her sister’s (Naomi) career kill record total her senior season
- Three-time Sunflower League First Team selection, and three-time Lawrence Journal World First Team All-Area Team
- 2017 Lawrence Journal-World Player of the Year and 2017 Kansas All-State First Team honoree
- One of 18 invited to the 2019 United States Women’s National Team Open Tryouts with four-years of collegiate eligibility remaining
- Played club volleyball for the Kansas City MAVS
PERSONAL
Rachel was born in Lawrence, Kansas. She is the daughter of Ryan and Miriam and the sister to Naomi, Isaac and Hope. Her sister hope plays volleyball at Creighton.
