Victoria Henson

Position:
Outside Hitter
Height:
5-11
Class:
Junior
High School:
Leavenworth
Hometown:
Leavenworth, Kan.

Awards and Honors
Co-Captain (2009) ... AVCA First Team All-American (2010) ... AVCA Third Team All-American (2009) ... AVCA Honorable Mention All-American (2008) ... AVCA All-Central Region First Team (2008, 2009, 2010) ... All-Big 12 First Team (2008, 2009, 2010) ... CVU.com Second-Team Stellar Spiker (2009) ... Omaha Regional All-Tournament Team (2009) ... Austin Regional All-Tournament Team (2008) ... AVCA National Player of the Week (2009) ... CVU.com National Player of the Week (2008) ... Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Three - 2009; One - 2008) ... Preseason All-Big 12 (2009) ... Hawkeye Challenge Most Valuable Player (2009) ... Diet Coke Classic All-Tournament Team (2009) ... Panther Invitational All-Tournament Team (2008) ... Iowa State Invitational All-Tournament Team (2008).

2010 (Senior)
Played in all 29 matches and 105 sets … second Cyclone to earn AVCA First Team All-America honors … broke the all-time Iowa State kill record with 1,720 … also holds the school record for kills per set (3.90) and points (1,921.0) … had 28 double-figure kills matches, with eight being 20-plus, to end career with 103 … ranked first in the Big 12 in kills (4.50 per set) and points (5.01 per set) … ranked 11th nationally in kills and 19th in points … posted a season-high 26 kills and 21 digs vs. Creighton in the NCAA Tournament … also had a 20 kill/20 dig match at Texas Tech with 23 kills and 20 digs … hit 11 kills at a season-high .625 vs. FIU ... had two errorless performances with 10 or more kills ... went out to 11 matches hitting over .300 while totaling 10-plus kills ... led the Cyclones in kills in 19 matches … put up 14 double-doubles to lead the team … totaled 473 kills at a hitting percentage of .272, 302 digs, 52 blocks, 15 assists and 13 aces.

2009 (Junior)
Played in 31 matches and 103 sets ... six-rotation player for first time in her career ... led team with 426 kills ... 4.14 kills per set was third in the Big 12 and 39th in the country ... averaged 4.68 points per set, which was third in the league and 37th in the nation ... fourth on team with 312 digs for a 3.03 per set average ... only player in Big 12 to post 400 kills and 300 digs ... also had 14 solo blocks and 45 block assists ... second on team with 20 aces ... became fastest player in school history to reach 1,000 career kills, doing so in her 80th career match ... fourth all-time at ISU with 1,253 kills ... needs just 367 kills to become all-time record holder ... led team in kills 22 times ... posted 14 double-doubles and 28 double-figure kill matches ... hit over .250 in 17 matches ... notched 24 kills in wins over Oklahoma and Baylor ... hit .310 against the Bears and added a career-high 22 digs ... posted 21 kills and 20 digs against Minnesota, becoming the first Cyclone with a 20-kill/20-dig performance in 286 matches ... had 10 kills, 12 digs and four aces in NCAA Tournament opening round win over George Mason ... finished with 15 kills and 10 digs in sweep of Wichita State ... hit .321 and notched 13 kills in Sweet 16 loss to Nebraska ... 157 career postseason kills is the most by any ISU player.

2008 (Sophomore)
Saw action in all 35 matches and 129 sets ... led Big 12 with 540 kills for a 4.19 per set average ... just the fifth Cyclone to post over 4.00 kills per set in a season ... 4.19 kills ranked 22nd in the nation ... 540 kills is the third-most in ISU single-season history ... racked up 593.5 points for a 4.60 per set average, which ranked second in the Big 12 ... posted 30 matches with 10+ kills, the second most for a single-season in school history ... improved hitting percentage to .253 after hitting just .140 as a redshirt freshman ... had three double-doubles on the season ... was named national player of the week after posting 50 kills and 21 digs on the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament ... blasted 27 kills and hit .372 in first meeting with Northern Iowa ... opened Big 12 play by hitting .441 and tying the ISU rally scoring three-set record with 18 kills against Texas A&M ... hit a career-best .652 with 16 kills against Texas Tech ... followed that performance with the first 30-kill match by a Cyclone in over a decade, blasting a career-high 30 kills and hitting .321 at Colorado ... posted first career double-double in final match of the regular season, registering 15 kills and 11 digs in win over Kansas ... opened NCAA play blasting an ISU tournament-record 25 kills and hitting .375 against Northern Iowa ... also had 10 digs against the Panthers ... in second round of the tournament, she ripped another 25 kills and dug 10 balls as ISU beat No. 10 Minnesota ... also had three service aces against the Gophers ... notched 18 kills in five-set come-from-behind win over No. 7 Oregon ... ended the season with 14 kills in regional final loss to third-ranked Texas.

2007 (Redshirt Freshman)
Played in 26 matches and 96 of 125 games ... finished fourth on team with 276 kills ... averaged 2.88 kills, 0.82 digs and 0.48 blocks per game ... had 17 double-figure kill matches ... opened the season with 10 kills, eight digs and five total blocks (1 BS, 4 BA) against Middle Tennessee ... had a breakout match against Texas, posting 20 kills against the Longhorns ... recorded 18 kills against Baylor and matched that with 18 against San Diego in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament ... hit .450 with 11 kills in win over Texas Tech ... posted 17 kills at Missouri ... wrapped up the season with 12 kills against No. 6 Cal in the NCAA Regional Semifinal.

2006 (Freshman)
Received a medical redshirt after seeing action in just six matches and having shoulder surgery that ended her season ... had a season-best five kills against Chicago State and UMKC.

High School
Four-year letterwinner at Leavenworth High School, earning first-team all-conference honors her junior and senior years ... all-state honorable mention in 2003 and 2004 ... named to the Seamon All-Tournament Team her senior year ... played club ball for OZ Volleyball, which won the championship at the Des Moines Tournament in 2005 ... lettered four years in both basketball and track ... member of ROTC her freshman year.

Personal
Communications major ... born Oct. 23, 1987 ... daughter of Lewis and Juanita Williams.