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2017 Women's Volleyball Roster

Hank Griggs
Hank Griggs
Hank Griggs
Hank Griggs

4 Anna Burton

  • Position Defensive Specialist/Libero
  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Blue Valley HS
  • Hometown Leawood, Kan.

Biography

Senior (2017): Was named to the All-Heartland Conference team…ranked 19th in the country in total digs with 633 and 26th with 5.60 digs per set which was also good for fourth in the Heartland…played in 31 matches while playing 113 sets.

Junior (2016): Named to CoSIDA Academic All-District first team ... Appeared in 26 matches as a libero for the Jets, playing in 91 sets ... Led the team with 5.80 digs per set, the 13th-best mark in the nation ... Added 10 total aces and put up a .981 serve receive percentage ... Tallied 20-plus digs 13 times, and topped 30 five times, including a career-high 41 during a record-breaking five-set victory over Black Hills State on Sept. 9 ... Named Heartland Conference Libero of the Week on Sept. 13

Sophomore (2015): Named to CoSIDA Academic All-District first team ... Appeared in all 35 matches throughout the season ... Led the team with 647 digs and 5.18 digs pers set ... Ranked third in the conference in total amount of digs and fifth overall in digs per set ... Was second on the team in assists with 94 and was also in a three-way tie for second place in aces with 28 ... Totaled 33 digs at Arkansas Fort Smith on Sept. 10, which was a season high ... Had a career-high five aces at Texas A&M International on Nov. 12 ... Recorded 20 or more digs in a game, 11 times over the season ... Named Heartland Conference Libero of the Week twice, on Sept. 7 and 21

Freshman (2014): Appeared in all 29 matches, including four starts...Led the team with 550 digs and 5.39 digs per set...Second on the team with 21 aces for 0.21 per set...Ranked fourth on the team with 74 assists...Tallied a career-high 41 digs in a 3-1 win over UA Fort Smith, the Lions only loss in the conference...Totaled 33 digs against Texas-Permian Basin on Sept. 11...Finished with a career-high four aces against Oklahoma Panhandle State on Sept. 30 in a 3-0 victory...Had a double-double of 13 assists and 24 digs in a win against Dalla Baptist on Sept. 4.

Blue Valley HS
Garnered All-State honorable mention...Named EKL All-League Honorable Mention in 2012...Selected to play in the Missouri-Kansas Classic...Teamed with Newman volleyball players Lexi Kuharich and Jarin Braithwait, Blue Valley HS was the 2012 6A State tournament runner-up and finished with a 30-13 record...Advanced to sub-state in junior and sophomore seasons...As a senior, totaled 662 digs and 7.1 digs per set..Named to honor roll and earned bronze community service award and biology student award. 

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2014Freshman

    Defensive Specialist/Libero
    5'3"
    10
  • 10

    2015Sophomore

    Defensive Specialist/Libero
    5'3"
    10
  • 4

    2016Junior

    Defensive Specialist/Libero
    5'3"
    4
  • 4

    2017Senior

    Defensive Specialist/Libero
    5'3"
    4