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#8 Emmaline Walters Season 2024

Position
Defensive Specialist
Height
5'7
Class
Graduate Student
Hometown
Huntington Beach, Calif.
High School
Huntington Beach HS
Previous School
Illinois

2021 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll

Graduated May 2021 – Interdisciplinary Studies (summa cum laude)

COVID SENIOR SEASON (2021)
Played in all 27 matches and saw 98 of the team’s 109 sets…totaled 60 digs and 14 aces on the year…had four matches with multiple aces, including a career-high three aces vs. No. 20 Tennessee (Oct. 23) and had two double-digit dig matches which includes matching a career-best 12 at Samford (Sept. 17).

SENIOR SEASON (2020-21)
Played in all 22 of LSU’s matches, seeing action in 78 sets as a defensive specialist… Finished the season with 13 service aces, the fourth most on the team… Earned her LSU career-high with 12 digs at Alabama on Nov. 15… Registered 85 digs throughout the season… Granted an extra year of eligibility because of COVID-19, which she plans to use.

JUNIOR SEASON (2019)
Saw play in 86 sets on the year as a defensive specialist…Tallied her season-high digs with 11 against Iowa State (Sept. 8)… In her 86 sets she averaged 1.56 digs per set… Also recorded 12 assists on the season with an average 0.16 per set… Recorded 14 service aces on the season which was the fourth highest on the team.

PRIOR TO LSU (2017-2018 AT ILLINOIS)
Saw action in a total of 26 matches in her two seasons … Tallied a total of 31 digs … Was named to the Academic All-Big Ten team in 2018 … Last season, she posted a pair of services aces and a pair of digs in win over Bowling Green … Played in all five sets in both of the Illini’s five-set wins at No. 25 Colorado State and Northern Colorado … Notched five digs and two aces at No. 25 Colorado State … In 2017, she saw action in 14 matches, playing in 28 sets … Totaled three points on three service aces, while also registering 21 digs … Made her Illinois debut at the Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational, playing two sets against Chattanooga and all three sets in win over Tennessee State, registering her first two career digs against the Tigers … Totaled a season-high five digs in win over Indiana.

HIGH SCHOOL
Was named to the JVA Beach Watch list as a junior and was an AVCA Phenom List honoree … Earned PrepVolleyball.com Soph 79 Honorable Mention, Frosh 59 Honorable Mention and Defensive Dandies … Was a two-time Virginia Conference 27 All-Conference … Earned Huntington Beach High School Scholar-Athlete Award, the Oiler Award and a spot on the Sunset League All-Academic Team in 2015 … Led Kettle Run High School team to the third place finish in State 3A Division, pacing the squad with 321 digs and 82 aces and was second with 231 kills … She was the first freshman to make varsity at KRHA, helping the team to a 25-2 record and Top-10 finish in the State 3A playoffs.

PERSONAL
Full name is Emmaline Jean Walters … Born December 22, 1988 … Daughter of Dixie and Lee Walters … Has a younger brother, Rhett … majoring in international business.

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