Player Bio: Britni Churnside - University of Washington Official Athletic Site
April 18, 2013 | Volleyball
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PERSONAL
Born March 27, 1981, in Springfield, Ore. ... parents are Susan (an English teacher) and Don (a lawyer) ... has a younger brother named Adam ... enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences as a Spanish major.
WASHINGTON
2001 (Senior):Will compete with junior Gretchen Maurer for the team's starting setter position ... one of the team's best defensive players ... is an experienced on-court leader ... has worked on adding a jump serve in the off-season.
2000 (Junior): Shared starting setting duties for part of the season with Gretchen Maurer ... two-time Pac-10 all-academic ... led the team in assists per game (9.49) and digs per game (2.74) ... second in aces with 19 ... only player on UW roster to have more service aces than service errors (13) ... moved up the Husky career ladder in assists with 1,890, good for sixth place all-time ... seventh in the Pac-10 in assists per game ... averaged 10.52 assists per conference game ... led the UW in double-doubles, logging 16 ... recorded seven straight double-doubles from October 21 to November 10 ... reached double-digits in both assists and digs in 12 of the last 15 matches ... registered 11 digs versus both New Mexico and Texas-San Antonio ... career-high 22 digs to go along with 55 assists in five-game upset at Texas ... 54 assists and 12 digs in the team's win over Oregon ... reached the 20-dig plateau for the second time in 2000, with 21 digs in four games at Arizona State ... also had 60 assists versus the Sun Devils ... season-best three blocks against California and 68 assists in just four games at Oregon ... helped serve the Huskies to a five-game victory at Oregon State, notching four aces with no errors in five games ... also had 66 assists, five kills on .625 hitting, along with 14 digs at OSU ... finished season with a 45-assist, 11-dig performance against Gonzaga.
1999 (Sophomore): Spent the season as the Huskies' top setter ... also displayed excellent skills as a defensive player ... seventh in the Pac-10 in assists with 979, sometimes sharing the setting duties with Gretchen Maurer ... third on the team in total digs and second in digs per game with 2.65 ... had 10 double-digit digs matches ... showed good blocking skill with 37 total blocks, 0.47 per game ... had 17 digs on three separate occasions - at Washington State, again at home vs. Washington State and at California in the season finale ... also had four blocks in three different matches ... top assists match came vs. Wisconsin, when she had 73 ... had career-high five kills twice on the same day vs. Wisconsin and Illinois State ... finished the year with 1,007 career assists, seventh-most in school history ... honorable mention All-Pac-10 Academic.
1998 (Freshman): Played in 64 games and 22 matches as a defensive specialist and setter ... had two extensive outings as the primary setter - at Stanford and at Arizona ... season-high 12 assists came in Stanford match ... reached double-digits in digs twice - at UCLA (11) and at home against Stanford (10) ... did not record a hitting error and killed three balls in 15 attacks ... had season-high three aces against Florida at the Pac-10/SEC Challenge on the last weekend of the season.
SHELDON HIGH SCHOOL Earned four varsity letters in volleyball, playing for coach Robin Wells ... named her team's most valuable player in each of her four seasons and the Midwestern League MVP as a senior ... second-team all-league as a sophomore and first-team as a junior and senior ... also earned all-state as a senior ... led the team to league titles as a freshman and senior, when Sheldon posted an 18-0 league mark ... earned top 10 state finishes both of those league-title seasons ... played club volleyball for Emerald City ... in total, won 11 varsity letters in high school: four in volleyball, three in softball, two in swimming and one each in track and tennis ... a National Honor Society member with a high school grade point average of 3.95 ... also served as student body treasurer and earned high honors on the International Spanish Exam three times.
BRITNI CHURNSIDE'S CAREER UW STATISTICS
YEAR G K E ATT PCT SA SE RE AST DIGS TB B/AVG 1998 64 3 0 15 .200 6 8 7 28 100 0 0.00 1999 82 40 24 106 .151 12 21 2 979 217 37 0.45 2000 93 44 18 113 .230 19 13 1 883 255 14 0.15 Totals 239 87 42 234 .192 37 42 10 1890 572 51 0.21
