2017 Volleyball Roster
Holly Carlton
- Position:
- S/OPP
- Height:
- 6-7
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Sterling, Va.
- High School:
- Potomac Falls
Career Honors:
» 2016-17 UNC Strength & Conditioning Most Improved Player
2017 (RS Freshman): Took on a huge role as a redshirt freshman, playing all six rotations as a setter and a right-side hitter • Started all 28 matches, appearing in all 106 sets • Led the Tar Heels with 595 assists (5.61/s) and 29 service aces (0.27), ranking third in kills (173) and digs (218) and fourth in blocks (76) • Ranked seventh all time among Carolina freshmen in total assists and ninth in both assists per set and aces per set • Registered double-digit assists in all-but-one match, with five double-digit kill performances, nine double-digit dig matches, and a 10-block outing • Recorded 10 double-doubles, including four triple-doubles • Posted 10+ kills, assists and digs against Coastal Carolina (10k, 25a, 10d), Duke (13k, 18a, 11d) and Louisville (10k, 21a, 12d), then registered 22 assists, 13 digs and 10 blocks at Wake Forest (11/22) • The first Tar Heel to register a triple-double since 2005 • The first Tar Heel with multiple triple-doubles since 1992, and the only Tar Heel in recorded history to register two different types of triple-double • Ranked sixth in the nation in triple-doubles during the regular season • The only Power 5 player in the nation with more than two triple-doubles and the only underclassman with more than three • Recorded a season-high 51 assists against LSU, earning her first career double-double with 13 digs while hitting .400 with five kills.
2016 (Freshman): Used 2016 as a redshirt season.
International: Named to the 2017 U.S. Women's Junior National Team • Won gold at the U20 Pan American Cup in Costa Rica in May 2017 and finished seventh at the FIVB Women's U20 World Championship in Mexico in June 2017.
Prep: Named to three All-America teams as a senior at Potomac Falls High School (PrepVolleyball.com, MaxPreps Second Team, Under Armour Third Team), after garnering a PrepVolleyball.com All-America High Honorable Mention as a junior • 2015 Virginia Gatorade Player of the Year • Ranked No. 25 on PrepVolleyball.com's list of Senior Aces • 2015 Washington Post All-Met Player of the Year • 2015 VHSL Group 5A State, VHSL Region 5 North, VHSL Conference 14, Pigskin Club of Washington and VivaLoudoun.com Player of the Year • 2015 Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 Recruit • 2014 Washington Post All-Met First Team • Led Potomac Falls to a 5A North Regional title and to the State Finals, tallying 669 assists, 368 kills, 326 digs, 63 blocks, 81 aces and a .399 hitting percentage as a senior • Two-time PFHS Female Athlete of the Year and three-time team MVP • Broke PFHS career aces record (265) and ranked second all time in both kills and assists • Set the school single-match kills record with 28 • Named to the 2016 Sports Performance National Junior Classic All-Tournament Team after leading Metro VBC to the national title • 2015 USAV Junior Nationals All-America after winning the 18 National Division Championship.
Personal: Born Holly Nicole Carlton on May 14 • Daughter of Robin and Brian Carlton • Has an older sister, Kayla • Father Brian played basketball at Averett University from 1985-88 • Participates in the Richard A. Baddour Carolina Leadership Academy in the Rising Stars program and serves as a CREED Mentor • Plans to major in business administration.
Career Highs
Kills: 14 vs. Virginia Tech (10/13/17)
Attacks: 33 vs. Coastal Carolina (9/16/17)
Assists: 51 vs. LSU (9/10/17)
Aces: 3, 2x-last vs. Virginia (10/14/17)
Digs: 13, 3x-last at WF (11/22/17)
Blocks: 10 at Wake Forest (11/22/17)
