2024 USC Women's Volleyball Roster
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Batenhorst, Ally
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Jersey Number 14
Ally Batenhorst
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Height:
- 6-5
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Seven Lakes HS
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
Bio
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Ally Batenhorst was born on July 26, 2002, in Omaha, Neb.… parents are Kurt and Susan Batenhorst… mother Susan attended Nebraska and father Kurt played basketball and ran track at Nebraska Wesleyan… graduated from Nebraska with a degree in communication studies in 2024.
- 2024 AVCA All-America Honorable Mention
- 2024 AVCA All-Pacific Region Team
- 2024 Big Ten All-Conference First Team
- 15th overall pick in 2024 PVF Draft (2nd Rd, 7th Pick)
- 2024 AVCA National Player of the Year Watch List
- 2022 NCAA Louisville Regional All-Tournament Team
- 2022 Academic All-District
- Academic All-Big Ten (2022; Beach, 2022, ‘23, ‘24)
- AVCA All-America Honorable Mention
- AVCA All-Pacific Region Team
- Big Ten All-Conference First Team
- 15th Overal Pick in 2024 PVF Draft (2nd Rd, 7th Pick)
- Big Ten Player of the Week (Nov. 4)
- AVCA National Player of the Year Watch List
- USC/LMU Class All-Tournament Team (Co-MVP)
- Trojans/Lions Invitational All-Tournament Team (MVP)
- Started 32 matches and saw action in 122 of 122 sets
- Totaled 1,319 kills (3.94 kps) to rank fourth in the Big Ten (25th in the NCAA) and had a season-high 20 kills at Indiana (Nov. 10)
- Recorded 257 digs (2.11 dps), 98 blocks (0.80 bps), and 30 service aces (0.25 saps)
- Put up a career-high 23 kills against Michigan State (Oct. 24)
- Registered a career-high 18 digs at Indiana (Nov. 10)
- Tallied nine double-doubles to up her career total to 11
- Transferred to USC from Nebraska following graduation
- Played in 30 matches and averaged 2.25 kills per set with 54 digs and 52 blocks
- Notched 13 kills in a 3-2 win over No. 1 Wisconsin (Oct. 21)
- Also had 13 kills and hit .545 with four blocks in a sweep of Rutgers (Oct. 28)
- Had 13 kills and two blocks in a 3-1 win at Minnesota (Nov. 25)
- Recorded 12 kills and two digs in a 3-1 win over No. 21 Kentucky (Sept. 17)
- Tallied 11 kills in a 3-1 win over Illinois (Nov. 12)
- Finished with 11 kills and seven digs in a sweep at Rutgers (Nov. 5)
- Put down 10 kills in a sweep of Georgia Tech (Dec. 7)
- Posted 10 kills in a 3-1 win over Northwestern (Nov. 8)
- Registered nine kills in a sweep at Iowa (Nov. 19)
- Had nine kills and hit .333 in a sweep of No. 12 Minnesota (Sept. 24)
- Finished with eight kills and four blocks in an NCAA semifinal win over Pittsburgh (Dec. 14)
- Recorded seven kills and four blocks in a 3-2 reverse sweep at No. 16 Penn State (Nov. 3)
- Posted six kills on eight swings (.750) in a sweep of Long Beach State (Sept. 9)
- Registered a career-high seven blocks in a sweep of No. 21 Ohio State (Sept. 22)
- Played in 26 matches and posted 2.33 kills per set to go with 1.06 digs per set and 0.57 blocks per set in 72 total sets played
- In her season debut, tallied seven kills on .278 hitting with one block and one dig against Tulsa (Aug. 26)
- Notched 10 kills against LMU (Sept. 1)
- Posted seven kills with a pair of blocks in a sweep at No. 24 Michigan (Oct. 8)
- Tallied eight kills with three blocks and three digs in a 3-0 sweep of Northwestern (Oct. 16)
- Posted seven kills in a 3-0 sweep at No. 12 Purdue (Oct. 19)
- Had four kills with a career-high five blocks at No. 5 Wisconsin (Oct. 26)
- Put down nine kills with three blocks in a 3-2 win at Northwestern (Nov. 6)
- Had a season-best 15 kills and hit .256 at No. 6 Ohio State (Nov. 13)
- Followed up with 11 kills on .286 hitting in a sweep at Iowa (Nov. 18)
- Had 10 kills with nine digs and five blocks vs. No. 3 Wisconsin (Nov. 25)
- Totaled 10 kills with 10 digs in the NCAA second round win against Kansas (Dec. 2)
- Tied her season high with 15 kills and added a career-high 12 digs against No. 9 Oregon in the NCAA regional semifinal and was named to the Louisville Regional All-Tournament Team (Dec. 8)
- Appeared in 28 matches, making 16 starts
- Averaged 1.99 kills, 0.63 digs and 0.31 blocks per set
- Had seven double-digit kill performances
- Totaled nine kills with three digs and a block vs. Arizona State (Sept. 4)
- Finished with 10 kills vs. No. 20 Utah (Sept. 11)
- Followed up with 10 kills, eight digs and three blocks at No. 16 Stanford (Sept. 14)
- Posted eight kills, four digs and a block in NU’s Big Ten opener at Northwestern (Sept. 22)
- Registered eight kills and hit .348 with three blocks in a sweep of Michigan (Oct. 1)
- Put up a season-high 15 kills while hitting .375 to go with three digs and two blocks at No. 13 Penn State (Oct. 8)
- Had an 11-kill effort off the bench with five digs and a block at Indiana (Nov. 14)
- Collected 11 kills with two blocks vs. Florida State in the NCAA Second Round (Dec. 4)
- Matched her season high of 15 kills while hitting .406 and adding two blocks and two digs at No. 2 Texas in the NCAA Regional Final (Dec. 11)
- Capped the year with 11 kills and two blocks vs. No. 4 Wisconsin in the NCAA title match (Dec. 18)
- 2020-21 Gatorade National Player of the Year
- 2020-21 Gatorade Texas Player of the Year
- Was an Under Armour first-team All-American in 2020 and PrepVolleyball.com All-American in 2017 and 2019
- Named the Texas AVCA/MaxPreps Player of the Week twice in her prep career
- Earned PrepVolleyball.com’s National Freshman of the Year in 2017
- Selected to the AVCA All-Region Team in 2020 and named a MaxPreps Underclass All-American in 2017 and 2018
- Was a member of the 2020 U.S. Women’s National Training Team and the 2019 U.S. U18 Women’s National Training Team program
- Played on the U.S. U18 National Team that won gold at the NORCECA Championship in Honduras in 2018
- Named VYPE Magazine All-State Team Hitter of the Year on 2019
- Named the 6A District Most Valuable Attacker four times in her career
- Was a four-time first-team all-district selection and Texas Girls Coaches Association All-Texas Team selection
- Led Seven Lakes High School to the Texas state title in 2020 and was named tournament MVP
- Helped Seven Lakes win the 6A district title in 2017, 2018 and 2020
- Named to the UIL 6A All-Tournament Team at the state championships and was the only underclassman to make the team
- Played club volleyball for Houston Juniors and won the gold medal at the 2016 USAV National Championships
- Ranked the No. 3 overall prospect and No. 2 outside hitter by PrepVolleyball.com, as well as the No. 1 prospect in Texas
Ally Batenhorst was born on July 26, 2002, in Omaha, Neb.… parents are Kurt and Susan Batenhorst… mother Susan attended Nebraska and father Kurt played basketball and ran track at Nebraska Wesleyan… graduated from Nebraska with a degree in communication studies in 2024.
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