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2021 Women's Volleyball Roster

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Brooker Van Sickle Head Shot 2021

2 Brooke Van Sickle

2 Brooke Van Sickle

  • Position:
    Outside Hitter
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Battle Ground, Wash.
  • Highschool:
    Battle Ground HS

Summary

Biography

Beach Volleyball Bio

Awards & Honors at UH
  • 2021 AVCA All-American, Honorable Mention
  • 2021 AVCA All-Pacific Northwest Region
  • 2021 Big West Player of the Year
  • 2021 All-Big West First Team
  • Big West Offensive Player of the Week (2x) - 11/29/21, 9/27/21
  • 2021 Hawaiian Airlines Rainbow Wahine Classic All-Tournament Team
  • 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District 8
  • 2021 Big West Academic All-Conference
  • 2021 UH Scholar Athlete
  • 2019 All-Big West Honorable Mention
  • 2019 NCAA All-Regional Team
  • 2019 Outrigger Hotels & Resorts Volleyball Challenge All-Tournament Team
  • 2019 Baylor Classic – Best Defender Award
  • 2019-20 UH Scholar-Athlete

2021 (Senior):
  • Is the first player to ever be named Big West indoor volleyball and beach volleyball Player and Pair of the Year in the 2021-22 school year
  • Became the 13th Rainbow Wahine to earn AVCA All-America honorable mention honors and was the lone player from the Big West Conference to earn All-America recognition
  • Became the second-straight and 11th Rainbow Wahine to be named Big West Player of the Year, and the 28th UH player to earn overall conference Player of the Year honors
  • Was voted Big West Offensive Player of the Week twice (9/27/21 and 11/29/21)
  • Voted to the CoSIDA Academic All-District team
  • Appeared in all 30 matches with 29 starts and 103 sets played at outside hitter
  • Finished the season atop the Big West averaging 4.47 points/set; second in the league with 3.73 kills/set; and fourth in service aces with 38
  • Led UH with career-high season totals in kills (384), kill/set (3.73), service aces (38), aces/set (0.37), and points (460.5). She was second on the team with 324 digs and third (behind only UH's two middle blockers) with 63 total blocks.
  • Led UH with 12 double-doubles, including a 16 kill/14 dig performance which helped lead the 'Bows to a five-set upset of Mississippi State (12/3/21) in the NCAA tournament's opening round
  • Tallied double-digit kills in 21 and in double-digit digs in 14 of UH's 30 matches
  • Posted a career-high 21 kills twice this season against Cal State Fullerton (10/3/21) and UC Santa Barbara (11/27/21)
  • Popped up a career-high 24 digs at Utah Valley (9/2/21) which was tied for the most digs by a UH player with Tayli Ikenaga

2020: Season canceled by the Big West Conference due to COVID-19, student-athletes will not lose a year of eligibility and maintain their athletic standing for the 2021-22 academic year.

2019 (Junior):
  • Appeared in 25 matches with 22 starts and 90 sets played at outside hitter 
  • Missed five matches at the beginning of the Big West season due to injury
  • Finished third on the team with 209 kills with a 2.32 k/set average and 20 service aces, fourth on the team with 201 digs and 42 total blocks
  • Recorded a UH career-high 14 kills twice against West Virginia (9/12/19) and again in the NCAA Regionals vs. Nebraska (12/13/19)
  • In the season opener, hit a career-high .440 hitting percentage with 12 kills, 1 error in 25 attacks against No. 21 San Diego (8/30/19)
  • Posted a career-high seven blocks against No. 13 Washington (9/1/19)
  • Recorded three double-doubles in her first year at UH against San Diego (12K/14D – 8/30/19), West Virginia (14K/11D – 9/12/19), and Cal Poly (12K/11D – 11/3/19)
  • Tallied a career-high 20 digs against Army West Point (9/5/19)
  • Recorded double-digit kills in seven matches and double-digit digs in nine matches
  • Earned UH Scholar-Athlete Award
Prior to UH:
  • Played two seasons at Oregon on their indoors women's volleyball team 2016, 18 (medical redshirt 2017) and one season on their beach volleyball team
  • Appeared in 67 career matches spanning three seasons with 30 starts
  • Played in all 31 matches as a freshman for the Ducks
  • After a strong start as a sophomore, a season-ending injury derailed her second season after appearing in just six matches and earned a medical redshirt in 2017.
  • In 2018 as a redshirt sophomore, Van Sickle appeared in 30 matches and finished third on the team with 31 service aces, fourth with 252 digs. She also posted 108 kills
  • In her three year career at Oregon, Van Sickle played in 237 sets and tallied 203 kills, 42 service aces and 468 digs
  • Is second in the Oregon single-game record books with nine aces against Portland State (8/28/18)
  • Notched a career-high 12 kills twice--last season against Stanford (10/21/18) and as a freshman against Utah (11/9/16).
  • Against #5 Nebraska in the Ducks' opening tournament of 2017, Van Sickle recorded a double-double with 11 kills and a team-high 22 digs with three service aces.
  • Earned scholar-athlete honors as a freshman in 2016
  • Was a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and the Make-A-Wish Club
 
Prep:
  • a 2016 graduate of Battle Ground High School (Wash.)
  • A highly touted three-sport athlete, she earned four varsity letters in volleyball, one in tennis and one in basketball 
  • She was ranked at No. 88 in the PrepVolleyball.com's "Senior Aces" list and earned Under Armour First Team All-America honors as a senior
  • Named all-state first team in 2014 and '15
  • Earned all-league honors 2012-15
  • Named Regional Player of the Year in her junior and senior seasons
  • Helped lead the Ground Tigers to the 2014 4A state tournament for the first time in 25 years as her team finished in third place.
  • Also a member of the 2014 U.S. Girls' Youth National Volleyball Team as well as the USA Girls' A1 Team in 2012 and 2013.
  • Was a scholar-athlete at Battle Ground HS all four years and was vice-president of th ASB club and she was secretary in the Interact Club
  • was a member of the USA Girls Youth Junior Naitonal Team  (2014) and the USA High Performance A1 Select Team (2012, '13)
  • In beach volleyball, was a member of the USA High Performance A2 team from 2012-'14
    • Won several Seaside Beach tournaments--Women's AA First Place (2014); Women's A First Place (2013); Girl's 14's First Place (out of 120 teams) (2012)
 
Personal:
  • Born in Hilo, Hawai‘i
  • Majoring in business economics
  • Hsa one older brother
  • Parents are Lisa and Gary Van Sickle
  • Father Gary Van Sickle played for the UH men's volleyball team from 1988-90
  • Mother, Lisa (Bragado) Van Sickle played collegiate volleyball at Hawai'i Pacific and professionally indoors in Argentina and later played sand volleyball.
  • Aunt Danalee (Bragado) Corso played on the AVP beach tour

Career Highs
    At Hawai‘i
  • Kills - 21 (2x) last UC Santa Barbara (11/27/21)
  • Attacks - 57, Southern California (9/11/21)
  • Hitting % - .583 (8-1-12)) at Cal State Bakersfield (11/19/21)
  • Assists - 5, Washington (9/1/19)
  • Service Aces - 4 (2x), last UC Riverside (10/30/21)
  • Digs - 24, at Utah Valley (9/2/21)
  • Total Blocks - 7.0, Washington (9/1/19)
  • Block solo - 3, Southern California (9/11/21)
  • Block assists - 7, Washington (9/1/19)
  • Total Points - 25.0, at Utah Valley (9/2/21)
    At Oregon 
  • Service Aces - 9, Portland State (8/28/18)
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Historical Player Information

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    2019Redshirt Junior

    Outside Hitter/Libero
    5'9"
    2
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    2020Redshirt Senior

    Outside Hitter/Libero
    5'9"
    2
  • 2

    2021Redshirt Senior

    Outside Hitter
    5'9"
    2