Bio


#8 - Amanda Willey

#8 - Amanda Willey

Class:
Junior
Height/Weight:
5-10
   
Hometown:
Bel Air, Md.
Position:
Middle Blocker/Right Side
   
High School:
Bel Air HS/VCU
   

2005:  Missed the opening of the season due to injury but flourished in her first game, recording nine kills, a .500 hitting percentage and six total blocks in a win over St. Peter’s…played in 18 matches with 13 starts…ranked second in the conference in blocks per game (bpg) at a 1.00 clip…recorded a season-high 10 kills against LaSalle, adding four blocks in the match…recorded eight assisted blocks in a home win over Stony Brook…finished with 58 total blocks on the season, recording 50 assisted and eight solo…hit .178 with a 1.31 kills per game (kpg) average…recorded 1.33 kpg and 0.95 bpg in conference play. 

At VCU (2004):  Played in 22 matches and 40 games during her freshman year at VCU…finished with 18 total blocks for a 0.45 bpg average, ranking third on the team…recorded 22 kills but made 20 errors for a .020 hitting percentage…finished with six digs on the season as well….earned Dean’s List honors her freshman year and was inducted into the Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society for freshman.

High School:  A four-year letterwinner at Bel Air High School earning all-county honors all-four years…named honorable mention all-county by The Aegis in 2000, second team in 2001, and first team in 2002 and 2003…her senior year in 2003 earned second team all-metro by the Baltimore Sun…played for the Orange Crush Volleyball Club, earning third place at the national tournament in 2004…a member of the school’s National Honor Society. 

Personal:  One of two daughters to Milton and Valerie Willey…younger sister’s name is Sarah…born on March 25, 1986.