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Sherridan Atkinson Season 2016

#16
PositionOH
Height6-5
YearRedshirt Sophomore
HometownLong Beach, Calif.
Previous SchoolLong Beach State
2018 / AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR
  • Started in all 33 matches for Purdue
  • Recorded a career-best 546 kills on 1,388 attacks, averaging 4.20 per set
  • Ranked third among Big Ten players with a hitting percentage of 0.296
  • Recorded a conference-high and season-high 32 kills at Penn State (Oct. 27)
  • Finished the season with 197 digs, 75 blocks, and 34 aces over 130 sets

2017 / AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR
  • Claimed All-America honors with a third-team selection
  • Garnered All-America Honor Mention by PrepVolleyball and Volleyball Magazine
  • Was a unanimous All-Big Ten selection
  • Received AVCA All-Northeast Region Recognition
  • Earned Academic All-Big Ten Honors
  • Set career-best totals with 394 kills and a 3.40 kills per set average on 855 swings to record a .322 hitting percentage, along with 23 aces, 108 digs and 86 blocks over the course of 116 sets

2016 / AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
  • Saw action in all 33 matches for Purdue
  • Started at Notre Dame, No. 9 Stanford and Ohio State
  • Hit at a .636 clip (15 kills, 1 error, 22 attempts) at Iowa on (Oct. 7, 2016), ranking third on the five-set match list for 20-plus hitting attempts
  • Averaged 2.09 kills per set with double-digit tallies in 13 matches, including season-best 18 at Indiana
  • Delivered 0.57 blocks per set, leading the team three times, while posting season-best four on four occasions
  • Hit a .250 or better clip in 18 matches, including .300 or better 12 times and .400 or better eight times

PRIOR TO PURDUE
2015 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN AT LONG BEACH STATE
  • Played in three matches against UC Irvine, Cal State Fullerton and No. 6 Hawai'i
  • Tallied four kills and a block

2014 / AS A FRESHMAN AT LONG BEACH STATE
  • Redshirted the season

HIGH SCHOOL
  • Recongized as a PrepVolleyball.com's 2014 Senior Ace
  • Named to PrepVolleyball's Top 50 underclassmen listing
  • Selected to the Long Beach Press-Telegram Dream Team second team as a senior
  • Honored as one of Volleyball Magazine's 30 Underclassmen to Watch as a junior
  • Selected to the Long Beach Press-Telegram Dream Team second team as a senior
  • Garnered All-Moore League Second Team honors her sophomore and junior years
  • Guided Millikan High School to the CIF playoffs each of her three years on the varsity squad
  • Graduated from Millikan High School with academic honors
  • Played for the Socal Juniors Volleyball Club

PERSONAL
  • Intended Major: Law and Society
  • City Born: Long Beach, Calif.
  • Parents: Michael and Darleen Atkinson


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Redshirt Senior
2018

OH
6-5 / -