Sheila Doyle

Position:
DS/L
Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
La Grange Park, Ill.
High School:
Benet Academy

Career Honors:
2016:
» ACC Player of the Week (10/17)
» ACC/Big Ten Challenge All-Tournament Team
» ACC Academic Honor Roll
» bCLA Leader of Distinction

2015:
» ACC Top Six for Service Award
» bCLA Leader of Distinction

2014:
» ACC Academic Honor Roll

2013:
» ACC Academic Honor Roll

Career Notes: Appeared in 98 career matches (290 sets) • Began her career as a serving specialist/defensive substitute, but earned the starting libero role in the final nonconference match of her junior year and went on to start the remaining 56 consecutive matches at libero • Ranked fourth all time at UNC with 3.54 career digs per set, posting a total of 1,027 digs, 277 assists and 46 aces • Tallied 21 20-dig performances, including three 30-dig matches, as well as two double-doubles • Just the fourth Tar Heel to register more-than-one 30-dig performance during the rally-scoring era.

2016 (Senior): Played all 125 sets (33 matches) as the Tar Heels' starting libero • Led the team with 584 digs, ranked second with 24 aces and added 160 assists on the season • Ranked fourth in the ACC in digs per set with 4.67 overall and 4.78 d/s during conference play • Posted the fifth-most digs in UNC history with a total of 584, ranking seventh in digs per set • Ranked 30th in the nation in total digs • Registered 11 20-dig performances, including 31 in four sets vs. Duke (11/23) and 40 at Notre Dame (10/14) • Named ACC Player of the week on Oct. 17 after recording the second-most digs in a single match in UNC history with 40 against Notre Dame • Named to the ACC/Big Ten Challenge All-Tournament Team after tallying 40 digs, eight assists and two aces over the pair of top-5 matchups, including 27 digs in UNC's marquee victory over No. 2 Wisconsin • Recorded her second career double-double with a personal-best 12 assists to go with 19 digs in the five-set win over Georgia Tech (11/12) • Led a Carolina defense that held its opponents to just .165 hitting, which led the ACC, ranked 20th in the nation and is the fourth-lowest in program history • Team co-captain.

2015 (Junior): Appeared in all 31 matches, totaling 102 sets • Made her first career appearance at libero against Michigan on Sept. 19, and played every set in the lead defensive role for the remainder of the season • Totaled 411 digs, 117 assists and 15 aces • Ranked eighth in the ACC and 10th all-time at UNC in digs per set (4.03) • Ranked fourth in the ACC in digs per set during conference matches (4.80/s) • Posted her first career double-double against NC State on Nov. 18 with 24 digs and a career-high 10 assists • Registered 10 20-dig performances • Tallied an unprecedented 35 digs in just four sets against Notre Dame, with 17 in the second set alone, for the most digs in a match since 2009 • Named UNC's Most Improved Player • Won the ACC Top Six for Service Award and was named a Leader of Distinction from the Carolina Leadership Academy.

2014 (Sophomore): Played in 53 sets as a strong serving and defensive substitute • Recorded 24 digs and seven service aces for the season • Notched a career high six digs versus Long Beach St. (8/30) • Dropped in a career high two aces against VCU (9/13) in the Carolina Classic.

2013 (Freshman): Appeared in 10 sets in eight matches • Recorded three digs vs. James Madison (9/14).

Prep: Starting libero for two-time Class 4A state championship teams • Named to the 2012 Mizuno/Volleyball Girls' High School All-America first team • Named Academic All-State in 2012 • News Gazette First-Team All-State and Chicago Sun First-Team All-Area • Naperville Sun Player of the Year • Named SportstownChicago.com All Star • Named PrepVolleyball.com Defensive Dandy in 2011 • National Honor Society member, Benet Academy Honor Roll, and student government class representative.

Personal: Born Sheila Catherine Doyle on May 19 in Hinsdale, Ill. • Daughter of Michael and Mary Doyle • Has two brothers and three sisters • Participates in the Richard A. Baddour Carolina Leadership Academy in the Veteran Leaders Program • Double majoring in psychology and romance languages.

Career Highs:
Kills: 1 vs. Florida State (10/7/16)
Attacks: 1, 7x-last vs. UCLA (12/9/16)
Assists: 12 vs. Georgia Tech (11/12/16)
Aces: 3 at Louisville (10/16/16)
Digs: 40 at Notre Dame (10/14/16)

Career Statistics
Year	MP-SP	K	K/S	E	TA	PCT.	A	A/S	SA	SA/S	SE	RE	D	D/S	BS	BA	TB	B/S	PTS	P/S
2013	8-10	0	0.00	0	0	.000	0	0.00	0	0.00	1	2	8	0.80	0	0	0	0.00	0	0.00
2014	26-53	0	0.00	0	0	.000	0	0.00	7	0.13	9	0	24	0.45	0	0	0	0.00	7	0.13
2015	31-102	0	0.00	1	4	-.250	117	1.15	15	0.15	11	12	411	4.03	0	0	0	0.00	15	0.15
2016	33-125	1	0.01	1	3	.000	160	1.28	24	0.19	20	29	584	4.67	0	0	0	0.00	25	0.20
Career	98-290	1	0.00	2	7	-.143	277	0.96	46	0.16	41	43	1027	3.54	0	0	0	0.00	47	0.16