Anissa Whitney #18
6-3, Senior
Middle Blocker
Norwood, NJ
Cresskill High School
Temple University
Cutshot Volleyball Club
AT HOFSTRA
2010: Missed the entire season due to injury...Received a medical red-shirt...CAA Commissioner's Academic Award recipient...2009: All-Colonial Athletic Association Third Team selection...Played 111 sets in 30 matches...Posted 251 kills and a team-high 107 blocks...Ranked second on the team in kills...Averaged 2.26 kills and 0.96 blocks per set...Ranked fifth in the CAA in blocks per set...Led team with a .230 hitting percentage...Tallied 53 digs...Had 11 matches with double-digit kills...Had a career-best 18 kills in season finale versus Delaware...Notched 15 kills at Northeastern and Georgia State...Established a new personal-best with nine blocks against Stony Brook...Had eight blocks at Delaware...Picked up a career-high eight digs and three service aces against Georgia State...CAA Defensive Player of the Week on October 19...All-tournament selection at the CenturyTel Premier and Seton Hall Invitational's.
BACKGROUND: Played two years of volleyball at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...Played in 32 matches during her two seasons with the Owls...Lettered in volleyball and basketball at Cresskill High School in Cresskill, New Jersey...Was an All-New Jersey selection as a senior and a two-time first team all-league pick...Recorded 185 kills, 92 digs and 34 aces during her senior campaign...Also earned all-league honors in basketball.
PERSONAL: Has one brother and one sister...Hobbies include writing, drawing and dancing...Lists "CSI" as her favorite television show and Kate Winslet as her favorite actress...Sister, Aiyana, is a member of the USA Volleyball Youth National Training Team... Uncle, Ubusuku Abukusumo, played soccer for the Columbus Crew from 1997 to 2000 after competing on the USA U-20 Youth National Team/Olympic Pool Team in 1998-99 and the CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying Team in 1996...Uncle, Mochtar Abukusumo, played soccer and earned High School All-American honors in 1992 and was part of California Jaguars A League National Championship squad in 1996...Speech communications and rhetorical studies major.
CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 18 vs. Delaware (11-15-09)
Assists: 3 vs. Binghamton (8-29-09)
Blocks: 9 vs. Stony Brook (9-8-09)
Aces: 3 vs. Georgia State (11-6-09)
Digs: 8 vs. Georgia State (11-6-09)
CAREER STATISTICS
Year MP SP K E TA PCT. A SA BS BA DG
2007* 8 16 18 19 48 -.021 0 0 1 2 6
2008* 24 58 52 26 143 .182 4 7 3 24 19
2009 30 111 251 111 609 .230 26 8 16 91 53
2010 Red-shirt
Career 62 185 321 156 800 .206 30 15 20 117 78
*at Temple
