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Victoria McPherson

Position:
MH
Height:
6-2
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
High School:
North Broward Prep

Career Honors:
2015:
AVCA All-America Honorable Mention
AVCA All-East Coast Region
NCCSIA All-State First Team
All-ACC First Team
ACC Player of the Week (11/16)

2014:
AVCA All-America Honorable Mention
AVCA All-East Coast Region
All-ACC Second Team

2013:
All-ACC Third Team
Two-time ACC Player of the Week (9/23, 11/18)

Career Notes: A three-time All-ACC selection and two-time AVCA All-America Honorable Mention • Appeared in a total of 111 matchse (350 sets) over her career as a middle blocker, totaling 710 kills, 431 blocks and a .304 hitting percentage • Posted the third-most career blocks per set (1.23), fourth-most block assists (383) and fifth-best career hitting percentage of all time • Broke the single-season record for blocks per set as a junior (1.48) and ranked fourth all-time in season hitting percentage (.360) as a senior • Tied the single-match record for hitting percentage on Nov. 25, 2015, at Wake Forest, going 11-for-13 (.846).

Senior Season: Garnered her second-straight AVCA All-America Honorable Mention and All-East Coach Region selections, earning All-ACC First Team honors • Appeared in all-but-one match (30), playing in 104 sets • Led the Tar Heels and ranked fourth in the ACC with a .360 hitting percentage, the fourth-highest single-season clip of all time • Totaled 241 kills, 132 blocks, 36 digs and a service ace on the year • Ranked fifth in the ACC in blocks per set (1.27) • Named ACC Player of the Week on Nov. 16 after hitting .488 with an errorless 21 kills and 10 blocks in sweeps of Pittsburgh and Virginia Tech • Tied the single-match record for hitting percentage on Nov. 26, going 11-for-13 (.846) at Wake Forest • Slammed a career-high 16 kills at Virginia Tech (9/25) • Won the Sharon D. German Memorial Award for the team's best offensive player.

Junior Season: Named an All-ACC Second Team selection, her second All-ACC award of her career • Selected as an AVCA Honorable Mention All-American for the first time in her career • Honored as an AVCA East Coast Division I All-Region selection • Led the ACC and No. 7 in Division I with 1.48 blocks/set, the best single-season blocking average in school history • Started 30 matches and played 96 sets for the Tar Heels in the middle blocker position • Posted 1.69 kills/set on a .289 hitting percentage for the season • Knocked down a season-high 12 kills twice vs. Boston college (11/7) and vs. USC (12/6) • Turned back a career-high 11 blocks vs. Oklahoma (9/19).

Sophomore Season: Received an Honorable Mention for the AVCA East Coast Division I All-Region Team • Earned All-ACC Third Team recognition • Led the Tar Heels and ranked sixth in the ACC with 121 total blocks (1.21/set) • Recorded career highs of 14 kills vs. Virginia (11/16) and vs. Pittsburgh (10/27), and eight blocks vs. Virginia (11/16) • Named ACC Co-Player of the Week on Sept. 23 and ACC Player of the Week on Nov. 18 • Ranked fourth on the team with 222 total kills (2.22/set) and third in attack percentage at .286.

Freshman Season: Earned a starting spot late in the season, playing 20 matches and starting five • Grabbed double-digit kills in her final three matches, with a season-high 12 kills vs. NC State (11/21) • Recorded four or more blocks in four matches, with a season-high five vs. Iowa State (11/30).

Prep: The #56 recruit in the nation • Named team captain as a senior • Helped team finish runners-up in state tournament • Named to Senior Aces Top 50 List • Was a member of student government and was the school yearbook editor-in-chief.

Personal: Majoring in communications • Born Feb. 5, 1994, in Newark, N.J. • Victoria Danielle McPherson is the daughter of Gwen and Wade McPherson.

Career Highs:
Kills: 16 at Virginia Tech (9/25/15)
Attacks: 33 at Iowa State (11/30/12)
Hitting Pct: .846 (11-0-13) at Wake Forest (11/25/15)*
Assists: 2 at Georgia Tech (10/26/14)
Aces: 1, 3x-last vs. BYU (8/29/15)
Digs: 4, 3x-last at Pittsburgh (9/27/15)
Blocks: 11 vs. Oklahoma (9/19/14)

* Denotes program record

Career Statistics:

Year	MP-SP	K	K/S	E	TA	PCT	A	SA	SE	D	BS	BA	TB	B/S	PTS	P/S
2012	20-50	85	1.70	39	199	.231	0	1	1	8	8	28	36	0.72	108.0	2.16
2013	30-100	222	2.22	88	468	.286	6	0	1	22	16	105	121	1.21	290.5	2.90
2014	31-96	162	1.69	55	370	.289	6	1	0	25	12	130	142	1.48	240.0	2.50
2015	30-104	241	2.32	59	505	.360	7	1	2	36	12	120	132	1.27	314.0	3.02
Total	111-350	710	2.03	241	1542	.304	19	3	4	91	48	383	431	1.23	952.5	2.72