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#32 Amber Hawthorne
Position: Setter
Height: 5'10"
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Granada Hills, CA
High School: Granada Hills Charter HS
College: Marshall
Major: Human Development
Experience: 1 Letter
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AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2012 
All-CCAA Second Team ... Her 1,078 assists rank ninth on UCSD's single season list ... Ranked 74th nationally in assists per set (9.46).

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2011 
A CCAA All-Academic honoree ... Named to the Athletics Director's Honor Roll ... One of just three Tritons to play in all 102 sets ... Started 14 matches ... Split time at setter with senior Roxanne Brunsting ... Averaged 5.17 assists per set ... Held a .359 assist percentage ... Third on roster with 25 service aces ... Averaged 2.03 digs per set ... Recorded a career-high 32 assists vs. Northwest Nazarene (9/3) ... Had seven double-doubles (assists-digs), including four straight from Oct. 22 to Nov. 4 ... Totaled 20-plus assists 12 times.

CLUB
Played for Point West Mizuno (2011), Legacy (2009-10) and Elite (2008).

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2011 graduate of Granada Hills Charter High School in Granada Hills ... The 2009 and 2010 CIF Los Angeles City Section Division I Player of the Year ... Also the West Valley League Player of the Year in 2009 and 2010 ... L.A. Daily News All-Area First Team in 2010 ... Highlanders were CIF Los Angeles City Section Division I champions in 2009 and 2010 ... Won West Valley League titles in 2008, 2009 and 2010 ... As a senior, totaled 107 kills, 836 assists, 75 service aces, 132 digs and 97 blocks ... Also competed in softball.

PERSONAL
Born Oct. 27, 1993 in Van Nuys ... Parents are Andrew and Tamara Hawthorne ... Both parents attended Occidental ... Father played football and rugby for the Tigers ... Has an older sister named Ashley and two younger brothers named Bryce and Wade ... One cousin swims for USC, another played baseball at LMU ... A human development major at Marshall College ... Interested in attending grad school and becoming a physical therapist ... Misty May-Treanor is her most admired athlete ... The Blind Side is tops on her movie list ... Could eat frozen yogurt only for the rest of her life if she had to ... All country music all the time ... Hobbies include beach volleyball, hiking, swimming, playing the piano and singing ... In 2008, donated over a foot of her hair to Locks of Love.

MATCH-BY-MATCH STATISTICS
2011
2012

MATCH HIGHS
Kills 14 at Cal State Monterey Bay 11/17/12
Assists 58 vs. Western Washington 9/7/12
Aces 3 multiple times -
Digs 23 vs. Cal State San Bernardino 11/7/12
Blocks 6 vs. Central Washington 9/7/12
Points 17.0 at Cal State Monterey Bay 11/17/12
   
CAREER STATISTICS
Season SP MP MS K E TA Pct. Ast. SA Digs BS BA TB Points
2011 102 28 14 1 0 2 .500 527 25 207 0 1 1 26.5
2012 114 31 31 94 33 226 .270 1078 26 298 3 55 58 150.5
Totals 216 59 45 95 33 228 .272 1605 51 505 3 56 59 177.0

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