USA WOMEN'S PLAYER PROFILE

Marcie Hampton

Position: Outside Hitter
Height: 6-1
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Hometown: Gainesville, Fla.
Birth Date: Jan. 11, 1986
College: Florida
Joined Team: May 2005

MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: 2007 – Pan American Cup (Fourth Place)…Pan American Games (Bronze Medal). 2005 – Montreux Volley Masters.

INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: 2007 –Averaged 1.78 points per set during Pan American Cup…Totaled nine point with six kills on eight swings and three aces against Trinidad Tobago on June 24…Entered three sets during the Pan American Games. 2005 – Montreux Volley Masters.

COLLEGE: 2006 – Selected AVCA All-South Region Honorable Mention and Second-Team All-SEC as a junior… Average of 3.35 digs per game was third best by a junior and ninth overall in school history…Became fastest player in school history to reach 1,000-career digs and the first in school history to reach at least 300 digs in each of first three seasons…Seventh player in school history to reach 1,000 kills and digs in career. 2005 - Second-Team All-SEC…First player in school history to reach 300 digs in freshman and sophomore seasons...Third player in school history to reach 300 kills in freshman and sophomore seasons...Tallied 366 digs on the season and 3.13 digs per game average ranked as second-best totals by a sophomore in school history. 2004 - SEC All-Freshman Team...Set school records for digs (354) and attempts (1,056) as a freshman...Tied school freshman record for kills with 357 and averaged 2.97 per game.

OTHER VOLLEYBALL HIGHLIGHTS: Played on USA Volleyball National A2 Team at USA Open Volleyball Championships in New Orleans in 2006…Competed on USA Junior Women’s National Team at 2005 FIVB World Championships, 2004 NORCECA Championships, 2002 FIVB World Championships and 2001 NORCECA Championships…Captained the 2002 U.S. Girls’ Youth National Team that won the gold medal at NORCECA Continental Championships, while earning the best attacker award for the event.

PERSONAL: Born Maurelle Ayashizu Hampton on Jan. 11, 1986, in Milledgeville, Ga. … Parents are William and Kim Hampton…Also has four siblings, brothers William and Vincent, and sisters Nirelle and Linda…Attended P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School in Gainesville, Fla., before enrolling at University of Florida…Tore ACL junior year of club volleyball (May 2003).

Posted and updated: July 25, 2007