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2019 Volleyball Roster

23 Catie Cronister

  • Position Outside Hitter
  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-10
  • High School Latin School of Chicago
  • Hometown Chicago, Ill.

Biography

2019: Ended career with program-record 1,735 kills, averaging 5.15 points per set (1st all-time) in 125 matches played ... Second with a kills per set averaged of 3.70, finishing career with a program-best 51 double-doubles ... One of six Terriers to be a part of the 1,000 kills/1,000 digs club ... Third all-time with 192 service aces, ranking first with 4,744 attack attempts ... Started all 31 matches, leading the team in kills (390) and service aces (44) ... Second on the team in digs (326) and blocks (62.0), ranking fourth with 49 assists ... Named to the 2019 All-SoCon Second Team after playing multiple positions in the lineup ... Earned 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-District and 2019-20 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll ... Recorded 12 double-doubles and two triple-doubles ... Opened up season with seven kills, eight digs and three blocks against Kennesaw State ... Registered the program's first ever triple-double against Duke, totaling 20 kills, 12 digs and 11 assists in just four sets ... Recorded her second triple-double against UNC Wilmington with 23 digs, 16 assists and 11 kills ... Totaled 17 kills and 14 digs in win over N.C. Central ... Registered 11 kills and 12 digs against Presbyterian ... Totaled 13 kills in win over N.C. A&T ... Sent home 14 kills and seven digs in win over Gardner-Webb ... Totaled 19 kills and 10 assists in win at Davidson ... Sent home 21 kills with seven digs in win over Mercer ... Tptaled 18 assists and 10 kills in four-set win at UNCG ... Recorded four-straight double-doubles against ETSU, Western Carolina, The Citadel and Chattanooga ... Totaled 20 kills and 11 assists in win over Furman ... Ended season with 20 kills and 12 assists in SoCon quarterfinal against Furman.

2018: Totaled 382 kills and 57 blocks in 111 sets played in 30 matches ... Averaged 3.44 kills per set and 2.50 digs per set, totaling 277 for the season ... Program's all-time leader with 1345 kills ... Ranks first with 1,583.5 points and fifth with 39 double-doubles ... Named First Team All-SoCon while leading the team with 48 service aces ... Fourth in the conference in overall kills and third with 208 against SoCon competition ... Totaled three or more service aces seven times ... Recorded 12 double-doubles for the season with 20-plus kills five times ... Had 15 kills and 11 digs against Tulsa ... Had 12 kills and a season-high 15 digs against Tulane, eclipsing 1,000-career kills ... 13 kills and six aces against Alabama State ... Had a double-double against Georgia Tech ... Back-to-back matched with 20 kills and 14 digs against Florida International and Presbyterian ... Had 20 kills and 11 digs in a win over UNCG ... Had 12 kills, 13 digs and five aces against The Citadel ... Recorded a season-high 21 kills and eight digs at Mercer, passing Amanda Liguori's career-kills record (1,264) ... Notched 20 kills, 12 digs and six aces in a win at Western Carolina ... In the regular-season finale against UNCG, recorded 12 kills, 13 digs and a season-high seven service aces 

2017: Named Co-SoCon Player of the Year ... Named CoSIDA Academic All-District ...Named SoCon Tournament All-Tournament Team ... SoCon Student-Athlete of the Week (Nov.15) ... Three time SoCon Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 4, Oct. 9, Nov. 13) ... SoCon Offensive Player of the Month for October ... Georgia State Invitational MVP/ All-Tournament Team ... AmericInn Runnin' Bulldogs Invitational MVP/ All-Tournament Team ... Tennessee Classic All-Tournament Team ... Recorded 10+ kills in 29 of Wofford's 33 matches ... Had 20+ kills in 12 matches ... Led Wofford with 14 double-doubles, tied for seventh most in a single season ... Led the Terriers in kills in 26 of the 33 matches and led all players in kills in 22 matches ... Tallied 10+ digs in 15 matches and hit above .300 in 11 matches ... Finished with 556 kills (4.56 avg.), a Wofford record for kills in a season and a league best ...  Had 55 aces, a conference best ... Recorded 640.5 points, a new Wofford record by more than 100 points ... Finished the season fifth nationally in points and kills, 10th in aces ... Had 28 kills in the win over USC Upstate, an NCAA best on the season for kills in a three set match ... Averaged 5.25 points per set, second best in a season in program history ... Against George Washington in the season opener, led all players with 16 kills and added five service aces ... Led all players with 12 kills at Tennessee ... In the first win of the season against Western Michigan, she hit .311, led all players with 20 kills, and added 10 digs to record her first double-double of the season ... Recorded another double-double in the next match, a 3-0 sweep of Winthrop, with 18 kills (.400) and 14 digs ... Tallied 28 kills, a match high, in the win over USC Upstate, the NCAA best for kills in a three set match this season ... Hit .423 in the win over the Spartans ... Had four kills and six digs in just two sets in the sweep of NC Central ... Against Gardner-Webb, finished one dig shy of a double-double as she tallied 12 kills, a match high, and nine digs ...  Hit .311 with 17 kills and nine digs against Florida Gulf Coast ... In the win over Georgia just Wofford's second ever over an SEC opponent, Cronister hit .260 and led all players with 23 kills ... Earned a double-double at Davidson with 13 kills and 10 digs while adding four service aces ... In the sweep at Georgia State, Cronister hit .341, tallied a match-high 22 kills, eight digs and three service aces ... Had three kills and three digs in just one set against SC State ... Recorded 10 kills against Furman ... In the 3-0 win at Mercer, had 12 kills, a match high, and hit .269 with six aces and seven digs ... Earned a double-double at Samford with 13 kills and 17 digs while also adding three block assists and three aces ... In a sweep over The Citadel, hit .360 with 12 kills, six digs and three aces ... In the final non-conference match against Presbyterian, Cronister hit .333 and finished with 22 kills and 16 digs, her fourth double-double of the season ... Had 30 kills, a match high, and 20 digs in the five set win over UNCG at home ... Led all players with 24 kills and added 15 digs and four aces, giving her another double-double in the win over Western Carolina ... Tallied eight kills and 11 digs in the loss to ETSU ... Led all players with 17 kills and added 15 digs, three aces and three blocks, earning another double-double in the five set win over Chattanooga ... Had 10 kills and four digs at Furman ... In the sweep of Samford, had 13 kills and six digs ... In the four set win over Mercer on senior day in the home finale, Cronister hit .366, led all players with 20 kills and earned a double-double with 12 digs ... At The Citadel, led all players with 23 kills, her second straight match with 20+ kills, and again earned a double-double with 15 digs ... Earned her third straight double-double with 10 kills and 13 digs at Western Carolina ... Led all players with 31 kills, her second match with 30+ kills on the season, at UNCG ... Added 20 digs and three aces as she hit .338 in the loss ... In the win at Chattanooga, hit .347, led all players with 24 kills and added nine digs ... At ETSU in the season finale, Cronister tallied 19 kills, a match high, and added four digs and three blocks ... Led Wofford with 23 kills and had 16 digs in the win over Samford in the quarterfinal round of the Southern Conference tournament, Wofford's first in program history ... In the sweep of No. 1 seed Furman in the semifinal round, the sophomore led all players with 14 kills and had eight digs ... Agianst ETSU in the SoCon championship match, Cronister recorded her 14th and final double-double of the season with 14 kills and 10 digs.    

2016: Played in 120 sets ... Led the team in kills (407), kills per set (3.39), service aces (45), and double-doubles (13) ... Second on the team in digs (311), tied for third on the team in blocks (51) ... Named the Southern Conference Freshman of the Year ... Selected to the Southern Conference Second-Team ... Had five kills and five digs in the season opener against High Point ... Recorded her first 10+ kill night with 10 kills to hit .421 in the contest, while also adding eight digs and a season high five service aces ... Had 19 kills, 11 digs, and three blocks in a close loss at Clemson, giving Cronister her first career double-double ... Saw action vs. Ohio ... At Appalachian State, had 12 kills and a season high 26 digs while adding three blocks ... Had 11 kills and 10 digs, her second double-double, vs. UNCW ... Hit .333 against Presbyterian with 13 kills, seven digs, four service aces and two blocks ... Had 19 kills and 11 digs at Elon ... Hit .250 with eight kills and eight digs in the matchup with Norfolk State ... In the win over Wake Forest, had a stellar day with 18 kills and 12 digs ... Recorded 16 kills, 12 digs and five blocks while hitting .263 against Charlotte ... Had 11 kills and seven digs against High Point ... Tallied 16 kills, 20 digs and four service aces against USC Upstate ... Had four kills and eight digs against UNCG ... Hit .386 with 24 kills to hit .386, while adding 11 digs and four aces in the five set thrilling win over Mercer ... Recorded 20 kills and nine digs in a win at The Citadel ... Hit .414 at Western Carolina, her second highest percentage of the season, with 14 kills and seven digs ... Threw down 11 kills and added five digs at Chattanooga ... Hit .360 in the sweep at Furman with 12 kills, four service aces, four digs and two blocks ... Had six kills and 11 digs against ETSU ... Had 12 kills and eight digs against Samford ... Recorded another double-double against Furman, hitting .333 with 16 kills, 10 digs and three blocks ... Had six kills and eight digs at UNCG ...  Recorded a double-double at home against Western Carolina, finishing with 12 kills and 13 digs ... At Presbyterian, hit .231 with 16 kills, 11 digs and five aces ... Had seven kills and 15 digs at ETSU ... Recorded a season high 29 kills on a season high 76 attempts, while also added 22 digs in a five set win at Mercer ... Had a well balanced performance against Chattanooga, finishing with 15 kills, four digs, four blocks and three aces ... Hit .295 with 21 kills, seven kills and four blocks in the home finale against The Citadel ... Had 11 kills and six digs in the final regular season match of the year at Samford ... Against Samford in the SoCon quarterfinals, recorded her 13th and final double-double of the season with 10 kills and 12 digs ... Named Wofford's first ever SoCon Freshman of the Year and also named Second-Team All-SoCon and to the All-Freshman team for her impressive 2016 campaign.

Prior to Wofford: Four-year starter at the Latin School of Chicago ... Led her team to four consecutive Independent School League (ISL) titles and three regional championships ... Slammed an impressive 568 kills (seven per set) and added 130 aces in 2015 to earn First Team All-State recognition ... Ranked 11th in Illinois history in all-time career kills and fourth in career aces ... Named an EsMark High School All-American, Under Armour Honorable Mention All-American and Prep Volleyball Senior Ace Honorable Mention ... At the club level, played for Michio Chicago Volleyball Academy ... Led her team to fifth place at the USA Volleyball 17U Open Nationals and was named to the 17U Open All-Tournament Team ... Landed on Prep Volleyball’s All-American Third Team ... A First Team Academic All-American by PrepVolleyball.com who graduated in the top 10 percent of her high school class ... Boasted a 4.2 GPA and co-captained the Robotics team which, in 2014, won the state championship and made it to the world championship ... Co-founded and was co-head of Latin School of Chicago’s High School mentoring program.

Personal: Born July 19, 1998 in Chicago ... Daughter of Timothy Cronister and Debra Sampey ... Father, Tim, played soccer at Haverford College from 1978-82 ... Mother, Debra, played volleyball at George Williams College from 1979-83 ... Has other relatives that participated in collegiate field hockey, skiing and football ... Double-majoring in Biology and Math with a minor in Physics. 

Honors & Awards:
- 2019-20 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
- 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-District
- 2019 All-SoCon Second Team
- SoCon Fall Academic All-Conference Team (Fall 2019)
- 2018-19 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
- 2018 All-SoCon First Team
- 2017-18 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
- 2018 Bosscars winner - Female MVP
- SoCon Fall Academic All-Conference Team (Fall 2017)
- SoCon Student-Athlete of the Week (Nov. 15, 2017)
- CoSIDA Academic All-District 2017
- 2017 SoCon Tournament All-Tournament Team 
- 2017 SoCon Co-Player of the Year 
- SoCon Offensive Player of the Week (Week 12, Nov. 13, 2017)
- SoCon Offensive Player of the Month (October 2017)
- SoCon Offensive Player of the Week (Week 7, Oct. 9, 2017)
- 2017 Georgia State Invitational MVP/ All-Tournament Team
- SoCon Offensive Player of the Week (Week 2, Sept. 4, 2017)
- 2017 AmericInn Runnin' Bulldogs Invitational MVP/ All-Tournament Team
- 2017 Tennessee Classic All-Tournament Team
- 2017 Preseason All-Conference selection
- 2016 Rayna Taylor Southern Conference Freshman of the Year
- 2016 Second Team All-SoCon
- 2016-17 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
- 2016-17 Southern Conference Commissioner’s Medal

Statistics

Season:
2019

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Historical Player Information

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    2016Freshman

    Outside Hitter
    5'10"
    23
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    2017Junior

    Outside Hitter
    5'10"
    23
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    2018Junior

    Outside Hitter
    5'10"
    23
  • 23

    2019Senior

    Outside Hitter
    5'10"
    23