Annie Shurtz

Photo by: Parker Waters

Position:
Outside Hitter
Height:
6-1
Class:
Senior
High School:
Campolindo
Hometown:
Moraga, Calif.

2015: Played in 24 matches and 86 sets with three starts as a junior…finished with 121 kills, 1.4 kills per set, and had a season high 11 vs East Carolina (11/22)…notched 45 blocks, .45 blocks per set, 55 digs, .64 digs per set, and seven assists.

2014: Saw action in 26 matches and 86 sets with 10 starts at outside hitter as a sophomore...finished fifth on the team in kills (130), kills per set (1.51), blocks (35), blocks per set (0.41), points (150.0) and points per set (1.74) to go with seven assists and a service ace...posted five-plus kills 14 times with three double-digit kill efforts, including a career-high 17 vs Houston (10/1)...tallied five or more digs on three occasions with a season-best 12 at Texas A&M (8/29)...recorded eight multiple-block performances, including a career-high five vs USF (11/23) while chipping in with a pair of assists...lone aces came vs UTSA (8/29)...off the court, was a member of the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team and Tulane's 3.0 Club.

2013: Played in all 32 matches and all 115 sets as a true freshman...ranked third on the team in kills (351), kills per set (3.05), points (392) and points per set (3.41), fourth in total blocks (45), and fifth in digs (261), digs per set (2.27), service aces (16), aces per set (0.14) and blocks per set (0.39)...finished 17th in Conference USA in kills per set and 19th in points per set...tallied 21 double-digit kill contests, including a season-best 16 at Radford (9/20) at the Highlander Classic and vs Tulsa (11/23) during the C-USA Championship semifinals...posted 11 double-figure dig outings, including a career-high 15 at UAB...completed seven kill/dig double-doubles...recorded 13 multiple-block matches with a season-best four vs FAU (10/25)...add four multiple-assist and four multiple-ace outings, including career-high marks of three assists at Youngstown State (9/6) and three aces vs Louisiana Tech (11/15)...claimed all-tournament honors at the Kathy Trosclair Memorial after averaging 3.6 kills and 1.1 digs per set to go with two blocks, one assist and an ace...off the court, was a member of the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll and Tulane's 3.0 Club.

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Campolindo High for coaches Scott Bishop and John Vuong...helped lead the Cougars to a combined 107-27 overall record, Diablo Foothill league titles in each of her final three prep seasons and four trips to the playoffs, including a state title as a sophomore, the section semifinals as a junior and a state runner-up finish as a senior...claimed first-team All-Diablo Foothill honors as a junior and senior and was named the league MVP in her final season...named a PrepVolleyball.com All-American and a third-team Max Preps Medium Schools All-American while claiming Cal-High Sports Co-NCS and Contra Costa Times East Bay Player of the Year as a senior after tallying 352 kills, 98 digs, 48 blocks and 47 service aces...played club volleyball for the Encore Volleyball Club where she helped the team finish first in the Northern California 18s Open...also lettered once in basketball...off the court, was a Scholar-Athlete.

Personal: Born in Moraga, Calif....has one brother and one sister...majoring in business management.

Shurtz' Career Statistics

Year	MP-SP	Kills	Kills/Set	Err.	Att.	Pct.	Assists	Asst/Set	Service Ace	Service Error	Aces/Set	Digs	Digs/Set	Block Solo	Block Assists	Total Blocks	Blocks/Set	Block Errors	Ball-Handling Errors	Points	Points/Set
2013	32-115	351	3.05	148	1010	.201	22	0.19	16	35	0.14	261	2.27	5	40	45	0.39	6	1	392.0	3.41
2014	26-86	130	1.51	84	498	.092	7	0.08	1	5	0.01	67	0.78	3	32	35	0.41	4	0	150.0	1.74
Career	58-201	481	2.39	232	1508	.165	29	0.14	17	40	0.08	328	1.63	8	72	80	0.40	10	1	542.0	2.70