Sophie Hoekstra
19 Sophie Hoekstra
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Year:
    Fr.
  • Hometown:
    Millersville, Md.
  • High School:
    Severna Park
  • Position:
    RS
  • m
    32
  • k/s
    2.92
  • h %
    .247
  • a/s
    0.24
  • b/s
    0.63
  • sa/s
    0.00
  • d/s
    0.87

Bio

As a freshman: NEC Rookie of the Year ... All-NEC First Team ... NEC Player of the Week ... Two-time NEC Rookie of the Week ... ECAC Rookie of the Week ... Appeared in 32 matches, earning 26 starts while playing in 117 of 124 sets as a rookie ... Led the team with 342 kills on the year, good for third-most in the league ... Boasted the eighth-highest hitting percentage in the conference at .248, good for tops among all NEC rookies ... Averaged 2.92 kills per set (6th in NEC) ... Also topped the team charts in points (379) and points per set (3.24), both good for top-10 in the league ... Finished third on the squad with 74 blocks ... Added 102 digs and 28 assists while posting a .916 reception percentage ... Hit double-digit kill totals in 19 contests, including in nine of the final 12 matches ... Posted a season-high 18 kills three times.

Before Bryant: Hoekstra was a three-year varsity letterwinner and starter for Severna Park High School … Led the Falcons to a Maryland Class 4A State Championship as a senior in 2014, also winning county and regional titles … Team was the state runner up and regional champ in 2013 … 2015 Washington Post All-Metro First Team selection ... 2014 Maryland Gatorade Player of the Year nominee … Capital Gazette Player of the Year as a senior … Baltimore Sun All-Metro Player of the Year … Three-time first team all-county selection … Two-time Baltimore Sun First Team All-Metro pick (2013, 2014) … Baltimore Sun Second Team All-Metro selection as a sophomore … 2013 Washington Post All-Metro Honorable Mention … Class President as a junior and senior … Four-year honor roll student … Played club for Metro American Volleyball Club, helping her team win the 2015 USAV U18 National Championship (GJNC National Division).

Personal:  Daughter of Merrill and Lisa Hoekstra, Sophia Hoekstra was born March 7, 1997 … Has one sister, Abbie, who plays volleyball at Hope College (DIII) … Mother played volleyball at Simpson University from 1985-88.

Career Game Highs
Kills: 18, three times (last at CCSU, 11/6/15)
Assists: 4 vs. Robert Morris, 10/17/15
Aces: --
Digs: 11 vs. Robert Morris, 10/17/15
Blocks: 5, three times (last vs. LIU Brooklyn, 9/27/15)

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 31 FDU W, 3-1
Nov 1 Sacred Heart W, 3-2
Nov 6 at Central Connecticut W, 3-1
Nov 14 at Robert Morris L, 3-2
Nov 15 at Saint Francis U L, 3-0
Nov 21 vs. #2 Robert Morris L, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Matches 32 14
Sets 117 54
Kills 342 174
Kills per set 2.92 3.22
Errors 132 61
Total Attacks 849 410
Hitting Percentage .247 .276
Assists 28 16
Assists per set 0.24 0.30
Service Aces 0 0
Service Errors 0 0
Service Aces per set 0.00 0.00
Receptions 140 69
Reception Errors 13 7
Digs 102 48
Digs per set 0.87 0.89
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 74 34
Block Total 74 34
Blocks per set 0.63 0.63
Block Errors 2 2
Ball Handling Errors 3 2
Points 379.0 191.0
Points per set 3.2 3.5
Matches started 26 14
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 28 Quinnipiac W, 3-1 - 4 7 7 27 .000 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 2 0 8.0
Aug 28 Holy Cross W, 3-1 1 3 4 2 16 .125 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 4.5
Aug 29 Iona W, 3-1 1 4 11 1 19 .526 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 4 0 4 0 13.0
Sep 1 Providence W, 3-0 1 3 15 1 29 .483 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 16.0
Sep 4 at UConn L, 3-1 - 4 8 5 23 .130 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 5 0 5 0 10.5
Sep 4 vs. James Madison L, 3-0 1 3 6 1 12 .417 0 0 0 4 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Sep 5 vs. UMBC L, 3-1 1 4 10 5 30 .167 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 12.0
Sep 8 at New Hampshire L, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 11 at Marist L, 3-2 - 3 3 2 13 .077 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 12 vs. Bucknell W, 3-0 - 3 12 3 26 .346 2 0 0 7 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 13.0
Sep 12 vs. La Salle W, 3-1 - 4 16 3 31 .419 0 0 0 7 1 2 0 3 0 3 0 17.5
Sep 15 Hartford W, 3-0 1 3 10 3 15 .467 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Sep 18 vs. No. 23 Minnesota L, 3-0 1 3 9 2 20 .350 0 0 0 8 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 9.5
Sep 19 at Col. of Charleston L, 3-0 1 3 10 6 27 .148 0 0 0 6 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Sep 19 vs. Sam Houston St. L, 3-1 - 4 12 10 39 .051 2 0 0 2 0 5 0 4 0 4 0 14.0
Sep 22 Dartmouth W, 3-1 1 4 8 3 22 .227 0 0 0 7 1 6 0 5 0 5 0 10.5
Sep 26 St. Francis Brooklyn W, 3-0 1 3 10 7 27 .111 1 0 0 8 0 4 0 2 1 2 0 11.0
Sep 27 Long Island W, 3-1 1 4 17 3 35 .400 1 0 0 9 1 2 0 5 0 5 0 19.5
Sep 29 at UMass Lowell L, 3-0 1 3 6 6 23 .000 1 0 0 9 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Oct 3 at FDU W, 3-0 1 3 8 4 22 .182 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 9.0
Oct 4 at Sacred Heart L, 3-2 1 5 7 6 20 .050 1 0 0 - 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Oct 10 Central Connecticut W, 3-0 1 3 10 3 21 .333 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 11.0
Oct 13 Holy Cross W, 3-1 1 4 12 2 31 .323 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 12.0
Oct 17 Robert Morris W, 3-1 1 4 8 3 25 .200 4 0 0 10 0 11 0 4 0 4 0 10.0
Oct 18 Saint Francis U W, 3-1 1 4 17 6 35 .314 3 0 0 5 2 6 0 1 0 1 0 17.5
Oct 24 at St. Francis Brooklyn W, 3-1 1 4 18 2 30 .533 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 19.5
Oct 25 at Long Island L, 3-0 1 3 5 6 18 -.056 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Oct 31 FDU W, 3-1 1 4 18 6 41 .293 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 4 0 4 0 20.0
Nov 1 Sacred Heart W, 3-2 1 5 17 2 37 .405 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 19.0
Nov 6 at Central Connecticut W, 3-1 1 4 18 5 36 .361 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 20.0
Nov 14 at Robert Morris L, 3-2 1 5 10 5 37 .135 2 0 0 7 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Nov 15 at Saint Francis U L, 3-0 1 3 11 3 26 .308 1 0 0 6 0 5 0 1 0 1 1 11.5
Nov 21 vs. #2 Robert Morris L, 3-1 1 4 9 9 36 .000 2 0 0 7 1 8 0 3 0 3 0 10.5
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2015-16 32 117 342 2.92 132 849 .247 28 0.24 0 0.00 140 13 102 0.87 0 74 74 0.63 379.0 3.2
Total 32 117 342 2.92 132 849 .247 28 0.24 0 0.00 140 13 102 0.87 0 74 74 0.63 379.0 3.2
    m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Event Total 32 117 342 2.92 132 849 .247 28 0.24 0 0.00 140 13 102 0.87 0 74 74 0.63 379.0 3.2
Conference 14 54 174 3.22 61 410 .276 16 0.30 0 0.00 69 7 48 0.89 0 34 34 0.63 191.0 3.5
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 14 52 164 3.15 49 380 .303 12 0.23 0 0.00 54 5 52 1.00 0 37 37 0.71 182.5 3.5
Away 11 40 104 2.60 50 275 .196 9 0.23 0 0.00 49 5 21 0.53 0 19 19 0.47 113.5 2.8
Neutral 7 25 74 2.96 33 194 .211 7 0.28 0 0.00 37 3 29 1.16 0 18 18 0.72 83.0 3.3
Result Wins 19 70 236 3.37 66 525 .324 16 0.23 0 0.00 81 6 60 0.86 0 51 51 0.73 261.5 3.7
Losses 13 47 106 2.26 66 324 .123 12 0.26 0 0.00 59 7 42 0.89 0 23 23 0.49 117.5 2.5
Month August 3 11 22 2.00 10 62 .194 2 0.18 0 0.00 3 0 9 0.82 0 7 7 0.64 25.5 2.3
September 15 51 152 2.98 60 372 .247 10 0.20 0 0.00 76 6 40 0.78 0 37 37 0.73 170.5 3.3
October 9 34 103 3.03 38 243 .267 11 0.32 0 0.00 37 5 32 0.94 0 17 17 0.50 111.5 3.3
November 5 21 65 3.10 24 172 .238 5 0.24 0 0.00 24 2 21 1.00 0 13 13 0.62 71.5 3.4

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Rookies lead as Bulldogs cruise past Providence, 3-0, Tuesday night

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September 1, 2015

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Bulldogs claim Hampton Inn-vitational title with 3-1 win over Iona Saturday

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Photos

Sophie Hoekstra action photo 1

Photo by: Dave Silverman

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Sophie Hoekstra action photo 2

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Sophie Hoekstra action photo 3

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Sophie Hoekstra action photo 4

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Sophie Hoekstra action photo 5

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Sophie Hoekstra action photo 6

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