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2017 Women's Volleyball Roster

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15 Whitney Beck

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Albion, Ill.
  • Highschool Edwards County

Biography

*BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week 9/12/17

2017 – Senior Season:
Appeared in all 31 matches, playing 117 sets… Led Butler with 357 kills (3.05 k/s)… Led Butler with 361 digs on the season (3.09 d/s)… Led Butler with 424.5 points… Recorded 73 blocks… Added 25 service aces… Recorded a double-double in ten-straight matches at the start of the season… Ended the year with a team-high 18 double-doubles… Erupted for a season-high 24 kills and 17 digs in the win over Robert Morris (8/26)… Impacted the win over College of Charleston with 17 kills and 11 digs (9/9)… Season-high dig total (22) came vs. Georgetown (10/29)… Stepped up with 15 kills and 17 digs vs. Creighton (11/12)… Ended the regular season with 12 kills and 15 digs at St. John’s (11/18)... Named to the Michigan Invite All-Tournament Team... Tabbed Tournament MVP at the Golden Flashes Classic... Member of the Golden Flashes Classic All-Tournament Team... Made the BU-BSU All-Tournament Team.

2016 - Sophomore Season: Played in 130 of Butler's 131 sets... Finished second on the team with 349 kills, averaging 2.68 per set... Ranked fourth on the team with 21 service aces and fifth in digs (225)... Turned in eight double-double performances, seven of them coming in BIG EAST play... Had an 18-kill, 14-dig match in win at Eastern Illinois (8/30)... Registered 18 kills and 20 digs against Xavier (10/27)... Posted a season-high 19 kills to go along with 12 digs in win at Georgetown (11/12)... Amassed 394 points, averaging 3.03 per set to finish the season.

2015 - Freshman Season: Played in 71 sets... Ended the year with 82 kills and 84 digs... Had her best game of the season in the win over Georgetown, as she recorded a season-high 13 kills and 11 digs (10/17).

2014 - Redshirt Season: Injuried during preseason... Sat out the entire 2014 campaign.

High School: Four-year letter winner in volleyball under the direction of head coach Linda Oxby… Four-time First Team All-Conference selection… Earned Sportstown Chicago First Team All-State accolades as a senior… Led her team to a 41-1 overall record and a second place finish in the IHSA State Tournament during her senior campaign… Placed fourth in the IHSA State Tournament during her junior season… Named Second Team All-State as a junior… Finished her high school career with 1,381 kills ranking her 15th all-time in the state of Illinois… Posted the highest hitting percentage of any Illinois player participating in Class 2A and the third highest mark of any player Classes 1-4 (.446).

Personal: Daughter of Todd and Nita Beck… Has an older brother named Gregory O’Neal… Majoring in exploratory business.

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Historical Player Information

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    2014Freshman

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    2015Redshirt

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    2016Redshirt Sophomore

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    2017Redshirt Junior

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