Brittany Fennell
Brittany Fennell

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Hendersonville, NC

High School:
West Hendersonville

Height:
6-2

Position:
MH

Major:
Health Science

2011 - As a Senior

  • Will earn medical hardship and will graduate in May 2012

2010 - As a Junior

  • Forced to sit out with a back injury

2009 - As a Sophomore

  • Played in 27 sets, averaging 1.52 kills per set and 1.07 blocks per set while hitting .348.
  • Had 11 kills in 21 attempts against only two errors for a .429 hitting mark against South Carolina; Also had five block assists
  • Notched 10 kills in 19 attempts with only one error (.474) and seven total blocks (2BS, 5BA) against College of Charleston
  • Had eight kills in 10 attempts against Loyola; also had five block assists
  • Had six kills in 14 attempts against only two errors for a .286 hitting mark against Western Illinois; Also had four block assists
  • Had three kills in seven attempts for a .429 hitting mark against DePaul
  • Appeared in one set against North Carolina

2008 - As a Freshman

  • Earned the team's Rookie-of-the-Year Award.
  • Played in all 25 matches in which she was healthy, starting 21
  • Missed eight matches at the end of the season after an emergency appendectomy
  • Returned for the Tigers' match against Utah in the second round of the NCAA Tournament and recorded two kills and four block assists
  • Had 111 kills and hit at a .258 clip, while ranking third on the team with 83 total blocks in her first collegiate season
  • Came off the bench in her first match but played in two sets to record the first kill and block of her career against Syracuse in the Big Orange Bash
  • Played in five more sets during the tournament and recorded another kill and 11 total blocks
  • Had 10 of the 11 blocks against Florida International on Aug. 30, which was a top-five mark for a Clemson freshman in a single match
  • Earned the starting assignment the following weekend at the UNI Invitational; responded with 12 kills and nine total blocks in the three-match tournament
  • Match against Northern Illinois at the event was one of her best from a hitting standpoint with seven kills in 12 attempts without an error for a .583 hitting percentage
  • Had 11 kills and 11 total blocks against Winthrop, South Carolina and the College of Charleston combined at the Carolina Challenge over the Sept. 12-13 weekend
  • Recorded 13 kills with a .476 hitting percentage in a pair of matches against Florida A&M; also posted nine blocks versus the Rattlers
  • Saw significantly more swings in the first conference weekend with 56 combined attempts at Virginia Tech and Virginia; had 18 kills with 12 blocks in the two matches
  • The 10 kills and 10 block assists against the Cavaliers were season-highs
  • Had an impressive offensive night against Miami on Oct. 3 with eight kills in 12 attempts without an error for her season-best .667 hitting percentage
  • Was consistent over the next two weekends, averaging five kills and nearly two blocks in 13 sets
  • Did not record an error at either Boston College or Maryland
  • Totaled seven blocks at NC State in just three sets on Oct. 25
  • Had five block assists in a three-set match against Virginia on Nov. 1, which was her last full match of the year
  • Gained valuable experience over the summer by participating on a USA/Bring It Promotions Development Team
  • Was one of 12 American collegiate players that competed against teams from eight different countries at the Global Challenge in Pula, Croatia in July.

Before Clemson

  • Four-sport athlete at West Hendersonville (NC) High School.
  • Earned two letters in track and field, two in volleyball, two in swimming and two in basketball over her high school career.
  • Named all-conference in volleyball in 2006 and 2007 and to the all-area team in those years as well.
  • Led volleyball team to a 26-1 record in 2006 and the finals of the state championships.
  • North Carolina State Champion in the 400m in 2006.
  • Was an all-area and all-conference selection in track and field in 2005 and 2006.
  • Also named to the all-conference swimming team in 2004-05 and 2005-06.
  • Father Bill played basketball for Wake Forest from 1958-1961 and was a member of the first Deac team to win an ACC Championship.
  • Born Aug, 2, 1990.
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