2008 Women's Volleyball Roster

Heather Lyons #8 OH

  • Position:
    OH
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Highschool:
    Service/South Anchorage
  • Hometown:
    Anchorage, AK

Summary

Biography

2008:3rd on team in digs (162), 4th in points with 134 (1.79 per game), 4th in kills with 120 (1.60 per game), and 5th in digs per game (2.16)...recorded 18 digs against CWU on Nov. 15...recorded a double-double (season-high 13 kills, 14 digs) and 4 blocks at UAA on Oct. 15...notched career high, 21 digs, in win against then ranked #3 WWU...recorded a double-double with 10 kills (0 errors) and 12 digs in a 3-2 win over UAA on Sept. 27...earned Toyota Player of the Game on Sept. 27 against UAA...recorded 12 kills and a .391 hitting percentage (career-high) on Sept. 13 against University of Mary.

Prior to Alaska:2006led the Seawolves and was ranked 15th in Great Northwest Athletic Conference with 2.79 kills per game...second for UAA and 20th in league in points per game (kills+aces+blocks/GP) with 3.18...led UAA with six double-doubles...ripped team season-high and career-best 22 kills emes/advanced/langs/en.js[quote][quote][quote][quote][quote] type=[quote][quote][quote][quote][quote]text/javascript[quote][quote][quote][quote][quote]> in 3-2 home loss to Seattle...named to the UAA[apos]s Extended Stay Delux Invite All-Tournament Team...named to GNAC All-Academic squad with 3.34 overall GPA...finished sophomore season No. 6 on UAA career kills per game list at 2.84...also 19th in career digs per game (2.52)...2005paced UAA and was ranked 12th in GNAC with 2.89 kills per game...led Seawolves in points per game (3.18)...ranked 18th in GNAC with 2.87 digs per game...led Seawolves with seven double-doubles ...twice recorded team season-high 18 kills, in 4-game losses to North Dakota (Sept. 2) and Northwest Nazarene (Oct. 20)...tallied double-digit kills and digs 12 times each...HIGH SCHOOL - three-time All-Cook Inlet Conference selection at South and Service high schools...earned all-state honors in sophomore and junior seasons at Service...helped Cougars go undefeated against in-state competition in 2003 and capture state title...as a senior at South in 2004, led Wolverines to early-season upset of eventual state champ Service at Chugiak Invitational...despite missing the majority of the middle of the season due to illness, still returned and earned South[apos]s MVP award...all-league and all-state softball pitcher all four high school seasons...honor roll student...played for Midnight Sun Volleyball Club for three years...helped Team Alaska to gold ulu at 2004 Arctic Winter Games.

PERSONAL: Daughter of John and Marcey Lyons...studied one semester at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in the spring of 2007...
majoring in Sociology.

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