Rachel Hockaday

Position:
Outside Hitter
Height:
6-0
Class:
Senior
High School:
Maroa-Forsyth
Hometown:
Decatur, Ill.

Awards and Honors

Academic All-Big 12 first team (2012)...Academic All-Big 12 second team (2011)...Preseason All-Big 12 Team (2010)...All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (2009) ... Big 12 All-Freshman Team (2008) ... CVU.com Rising Star (2008) ... Diet Coke Classic All-Tournament Team (2009) ... Iowa State Invitational All-Tournament Team (2008).

2012 (Senior)

Tallied 335 digs in 2012, earning a spot in the Iowa State 1,000 Dig Club with a career total of 1,227 digs, eighth-most at Iowa State…finished the year with 11 double-doubles…was one of four Big 12 players to record at least 10 double-doubles…tied a career-high with 20 kills at Texas Tech…ranked 10th in the Big 12 with 2.94 digs per set on the season.

2011 (Redshirt Junior)

Returned to the court for the first time since injuring her knee in the first match of 2010...posted 11 matches with double-digit digs...has a season-high 19 digs against Texas A&M...played in 25 matches, spending most of the time in the back row...finished third on the team with 2.78 digs per set.

2010 (Junior)

Received a medical redshirt after playing in the first set of the Cyclones season-opener against Florida and having knee surgery that ended her season...had a season-high two kills and one dig against the Gators.

2009 (Sophomore)

Saw action in all 32 matches, playing in 106 of 107 sets ... one of three six-rotation players for the Cyclones ... finished second on the team with 341 kills and third with 314 digs, becoming just the third player in ISU history to record 300 kills and 300 digs in back-to-back seasons ... was 10th in Big 12 with 3.22 kills ... in conference matches, her 3.31 kills was tied for eighth ... had nine solo blocks and 40 block assists for a 0.46 per set average ... finished ninth in the Big 12 with 3.62 points per set ... led team in kills in seven matches ... posted 10 or more kills in 22 matches, including a season-high 18 in road wins at Northern Iowa and Nebraska ... hit over .250 in 16 matches ... had double-figure digs in 13 matches ... posted double-doubles in 10 matches ... recorded a career-best 25 digs to go along with 13 kills as ISU upset second-ranked Texas ... posted a season-high five block assists in win over Nebraska ... hit .579 with 12 kills in sweep of Texas Tech ... took a career-high 71 swings, finishing with 15 kills, in a five-set win over Baylor ... had eight kills and seven digs in win over George Mason to open NCAA Tournament ... followed with 12-kill/15-dig performance in second round win over Wichita State ... had eight kills, six digs and a solo block in loss to Nebraska in regional semifinal.

2008 (Freshman)

Started all 35 matches and played in all 129 sets ... six-rotation player ... broke teammate Victoria Henson's freshman record for kills, finishing with 353 which was second on the team ... her kill total ranks 20th on the single-season charts and her 1,065 attacks is the 11th most in school history and the most-ever by a freshman ... became just the fifth freshman in ISU history to average over 2.00 kills and 2.00 digs, finishing with 2.74 kills and 2.43 digs per set ... third on team with 24 service aces and 313 digs ... had six solo blocks and 44 block assists for a 0.39 average ... posted eight double-doubles ... had 19 matches with 10+ kills and 11 with 10+ digs ... ripped a career-high 20 kills at Colorado ... recorded her first career double-double with 15 kills and 11 digs in regular season match against Northern Iowa ... had 13 digs, eight kills and eight block assists against Milwaukee ... finished with 11 kills and seven digs against Illinois State in first career match ... had 16 kills in a win over Baylor ... posted double-digit kills in all four NCAA Tournament matches ... opened postseason career with 11 kills and 13 digs in win over UNI ... had one of the best matches of her career in the second round against No. 10 Minnesota, finishing with 16 kills and hitting .349 to go along with a career-high 17 digs ... had 12 kills and 10 digs in regional semifinal win over No. 7 Oregon ... finished the season with 12 kills in loss to No. 3 Texas.

High School

Four-year starter at Maroa-Forsyth High School ... led the Trojans to three regional championships and a third-place finish at state in 2007 ... top-150 selection by PrepVolleyball.com ... first-team all-state as a senior and honorable mention all-state as a junior ... Macon County Player of the Year in 2007 ... three-time first-team all-county honoree ... three-year captain led team to a 69-3 record her final two seasons ... school record holder with 1,158 career kills, including 568 as a senior ... had career-best 40 kills in sectional championship win over Pana ... originally signed with Ohio, but was granted release after a coaching change ... played club for Illini Elite Volleyball Club ... team won the 2007 Big South Qualifier in Atlanta.

Personal

Marketing major ... born July 10, 1990 ... daughter of John and Cheryl Hockaday ... has three brothers (Luke, Joe and Jack) ... Luke is a redshirt freshman quarterback at Eastern Illinois.