Erica Denney
Position: Middle Blocker
Height: 6-5
Weight: 185
Hometown/Residence: Centennial, Colorado / Centennial, Colorado
Birth Date: Aug. 7, 19992
Club Team/Coach: Front Range VBC (Englewood, Colo.) / Jim Miret
High School/Grad Year: Grandview High School (Aurora, Colo.) / 2010
College Status: Verbal commitment to Penn State University
INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: 2008 – NORCECA Girls’ Youth Continental Championship (Gold).
USA VOLLEYBALL HIGHLIGHTS: 2009 – Selected to the U.S. Girls’ Youth National Training Team. 2008 – Part of gold-medal winning team which won the gold medal at the NORCECA Girls’ Youth Continental Championship, which qualified the U.S. into the 2009 FIVB World Championship. Scored 30 points (15 kills, 7 blocks, 8 aces) at the NORCECA Championship, ranking ninth in the Best Blocker and seventh in the Best Server categories...Participated on U.S. Girls’ Youth Team that toured Europe in December 2008 and January 2009. 2007 – Helped U.S. Girls’ Select A1 Blue Team to the gold medal at the USA Volleyball High Performance Championship.
CLUB/PREP HIGHLIGHTS: 2008 – Named All-State and helped Grandview High School to Colorado State Tournament runner-up finish, leading to her selection to the All-Tournament Team…Named most valuable player of European summer tournament while playing for Front Range. 2007 – Selected All-State and assisted Grandview High School to the title of the Colorado State High School Championship, while earning All-Tournament in the process. 2006 – Helped Grandview High School to Colorado State Tournament runner-up finish. 2004 – Began playing club volleyball with Front Range 14 Open.
PERSONAL: Born Erica Lynn Denney on Aug. 7, 1992, in Aurora, Colo… Parents are Michael and Nancy Denney…Sister is Catherine (1994)…Hobbies are hunting, spending time with friends and volleyball…Favorite foods are steak and pizza…Favorite book is Maximum Ride…Favorite music types are rock and country…Favorite musical group is Nickelback…Favorite professional team is Denver Nuggets…Favorite athlete is Chauncey Billups…Most admired people are her parents because “they are always there to help and support everything I do both in the classroom as well as in the gym.”…Happiest moment in life was winning the gold medal at the 2008 NORCECA Girls’ Youth Continental Championship and winning the Colorado State High School championship in 2007.
