University of Miami Athletics
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Genny Mayhew

position

Outside Hitter

Height

5-11

Class

Freshman

Hometown

Clovis, Calif.

High School

Clovis HS

• 2008 All-ACC Second Team
• ACC Co-Player of the Week (Nov. 10, 2008)
• 2008 Century Tel Premier Tournament MVP
• 2008 Asics/Coca Cola Invitational MVP
• 2007 Team MVP

Junior (2008)…

 

One of five Hurricanes to see action in all 32 matches throughout the course of the year … Named to the All-ACC Second Team … Served as a team captain for UM in 2008 … Finished the year fifth all-time at UM in career hitting attempts … Tabbed MVP of the Century Tel Premier Tournament in San Marcos, Texas … Picked up MVP honors for the Asics/Coca-Cola Invitational … Also utilized as a primary passer in the offense … Recorded team’s second-highest 356 kills (3.12 kps), along with 280 digs (2.46 dps), 46 total blocks (0.40bps), 17 service aces (0.15 saps) and 40 assists (0.35 aps) … Finished the year ranked sixth in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in kills … Had 11 matches where she collected at least a .300 clip, including 23 matches with 10-or more kills … Had a season-high 20 kills at Georgia Tech (10/4) … Registered a career-best 13 matches with at least 10 kills, including a team third-best 13 double-doubles … Dropped in multiple service aces in three matches … Ended the season sixth all-time at UM in single-season attempts (1,099), already holding the second-most from 2007 (1,240) … Tied her career-high with four blocks twice–vs. Florida State (9/19) and vs. Florida Atlantic (10/7) … Posted a career-high 68 attempts at North Carolina (11/20) … Tallied 10 or more kills in a stretch of six consecutive matches from Oct. 18 (vs. North Carolina) through Nov. 7 (at Maryland) … Picked up 15 kills and 13 digs at Texas State (8/29) in the Century Tel Premier Tournament … Had 19 kills, five digs and two service aces versus Villanova (9/12) in the Asics/Coca-Cola Invitational in San Francisco, Calif. … Collected 18 kills and 13 digs in Miami’s first-ever victory at Duke (9/25), while also posting two block assists … Registered 10 kills and four digs versus Florida Atlantic (10/7) … Named ACC Co-Player of the Week (Nov. 10) after collecting 14 kills and nine digs against Maryland (11/7) … Finished the year with five-straight matches registering double-digit kills, including 16 kills and 16 digs at North Carolina (11/20) … Also had 13 kills and 13 digs in a win over ACC foe Clemson (11/16).

Sophomore (2007)…
Played in all 31 matches and 111 of a possible 113 games … Finished the season with a team-high 428 kills, placing sixth all-time at UM for kills in a single-season … Tied for eighth in the ACC with a 3.86 kills per game average … Recorded double-digit kills in 26 of 31 matches and 12 of UM’s final 13 matches … Tallied at least 20 kills five times … Recorded a season-high 26 kills at Virginia Tech (9/20) … Accomplished the rare feat of 20+ kills and 20+ digs in the same match, finishing with 25 kills and a career-high 20 digs at Virginia (9/21) just a day after her 26-kill match at Virginia Tech … Ranked ninth in the ACC in points per game (4.19) … Named UM’s Muscle Milk Player of the Week for the week of Oct. 29 – Nov. 4 … Averaged 17 kills per match from Sept. 20 to Oct. 12 … Reached double-digit digs seven times … Finished the season with 224 digs, the fourth-highest total on the team … Hit a career-best .632 at Wake Forest (11/3), recording 25 kills while committing just one error on 38 attempts … Collected a season-high four total blocks vs. Georgia Tech (10/7) … Ranked second on the squad with 14 solo blocks … Led the Hurricanes with 465 points … Averaged 4.14 kills per game and 1.99 digs per game in Atlantic Coast Conference play.

Freshman (2006)…
Appeared in 27 of Miami’s 31 matches, including 15 starts … Played in 73 games … Made her collegiate debut with a 17-kill performance in a win at Alabama … Tallied a personal-best 18 kills against Villanova … Averaged 1.53 kills per game … Posted a season-best 18 digs against Florida A&M … Registered 84 digs for an average of 1.15 digs per game … Recorded four aces against Virginia Tech … Had 14 total blocks and 11 aces for the season.

Clovis High School (2002-05)…
Named the Fresno Bee’s 2005 Player of the Year after leading Clovis to a Central Section Championship … A Prepvolleyball.com Honorable Mention All-American in 2005 … The team captain her junior and senior seasons … Named both an All-City and All-Conference selection in 2003, 2004 and 2005 … Selected as the High Performance Classic Best Attacker in 2003 … In 2004, named a Fresno Bee All-Star, Clovis High School’s Most Outstanding Player and a Prepvolleyball.com Senior Ace … Played club for the Redwave Extreme … Finished among the Top 10 in the 18 National Division at the 2006 Junior Olympics.

Personal…
Majoring in Political Science with a minor in English … Birth name is Genevieve Mayhew … Mother’s name is Corinne … Father’s name is Don and stepmother is Kim … Has two younger brothers, Ted and Trey.