15 Emiah Burrowes
15 - Emiah Burrowes
Height: 5-9
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Wesley Chapel, N.C.
High School: Sun Valley HS
Position: OH
Major: Psychology
m 26
k/s 3.40
h % .239
a/s 0.09
b/s 0.33
sa/s 0.12
d/s 2.52

2022: Enters season ranked 3rd in TU career kills per set (3.24) and 4th in attempts per set (8.61)

2021: AVCA All-America Honorable Mention... D2CCA Region Player of the Year... D2CCA All-Region First Team... AVCA All-Region... SAC Player of the Year... All-SAC First Team... First player in program history to win both SAC Freshman and Player of the Year during career... Kills per set rate (3.24) ranks 11th-most for a TU single season... Played in all but one set in her third season... Recorded a team-best 311 kills on a .260 hitting percentage, eight assists, 18 service aces, 217 digs (third-most on the team), and 28 total blocks (three solo, 25 assists)... Upped career-best kills to 23 at Mars Hill (Oct. 2)... Reached double-digit kills in 17 matches, including three totaling over 20... Hit .560 vs. Newberry on Sept. 17 (16-2-25), .500 vs. Coker on Oct. 15 (10-2-16), and .500 at UVA Wise on Oct. 19 (11-1-20)... Finished with a career-best 19 digs vs. Carson-Newman (Sept. 24)... Had nine matches with 10+ digs... Two-time winner of the SAC AstroTurf Offensive Player of the Week and Zaxby's Athlete of the Week (Sept. 20 and Oct. 11)... Applebee's Athlete of the Month (October).

2020-21: Preseason All-SAC First Team... Played in 18-of-19 sets during the abbreviated spring season... Notched 42 digs (second-most on team), 30 kills, seven total blocks, and four assists... Match-highs include: nine kills in season's lone home match, vs. Lincoln Memorial (Mar. 9), all four assists at Catawba (Mar. 12), 11 digs in season-opener at Lenoir-Rhyne (Feb. 25), and two block assists (twice).

2019: TU Female Freshman of the Year... AVCA Region Freshman of the Year... AVCA First Team All-Region... SAC Freshman of the Year... SAC All-Conference Second Team... SAC All-Freshman Team... Appeared in 27 matches, seeing action in 94 sets... Finished the season with a team-high 333 kills, 888 attempts (9th in SAC), 34 total blocks, 11 assists, 14 service aces, 51 receptions, 217 digs, and 366.5 points... Averaged a .189 hitting percentage, 3.54 kills per set (6th in TU season records; 3rd in SAC), 9.45 kill attempts per set (7th in TU season records; 3rd in career), .797 serve percentage, .913 reception percentage, 2.31 digs per set, and 3.90 points per set... Notched five double-doubles, 20 double-digit kill outings, and seven matches with double figures in digs... Recorded a career-high 22 kills twice, at Lenoir-Rhyne (Oct. 26) and vs. Lincoln Memorial (Nov. 1)... Racked up 18 digs at Queens (Oct. 18). 

High School: Graduated from Sun Valley HS in Monroe, N.C... Coached by Rachel Henry, Warren Nance, Amy Howell, and Alex Hafliger... Lettered four seasons with the Spartans... Two-time All-Conference selection (2017 & 2018)... Three-time Offensive Player of the Year (2015, 2016, & 2018)... Beta Club member from 2016-19... National Honors Society member (2017-19)... 2015 stats: 176 kills and 143 digs... 2016 stats: 169 kills and 53 digs... 2017 stats: 248 kills, 99 digs, 230 serve receptions, and 16 service reception errors... 2018 stats: 253 kills, 161 digs, and 294 service receptions to 30 reception errors.

Personal: Nicknamed "E"... Born Aug. 5, 2001 in Rockville, Md... Daughter of Nicole and Cecil Burrowes... Majoring in psychology... SAC Commissioner's Honor Roll... Athletic Director's Honor Roll... Plans after graduation: Go to medical school and become a psychiatrist... Hobbies: Photography, cooking... TU community service: Nettie Day at Greene County Humane Society... Favorite book: "To Kill A Mockingbird"... Favorite class at TU: Counseling Methods... Favorite midnight snack: Twix... Favorite movie: "Bad Boys II"... Favorite musical artist: Lauryn Hill... Favorite song: "Pretty Wings" by Maxwell... Favorite sports team: Baltimore Ravens... Can't imagine a week without: Listening to music... Favorite athlete: Serena Williams... Advice to kids: "Cherish your childhood years because there will come a time where you wish you could be a kid again."... Favorite color: Blue... Favorite food: Pad Thai... What people don't know about her: Did four years of competitive hip-hop dance when she was younger... When she was a kid, she tried to be like: Shawn Johnson.

Recent Games
Oct 25 at Lincoln Memorial W, 3-1
Oct 28 Emory & Henry W, 3-1
Oct 29 UVA Wise W, 3-0
Nov 1 at Limestone W, 3-0
Nov 7 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 3-0
Nov 11 vs. Carson-Newman L, 3-1
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 26 18
Sets 93 67
Kills 316 224
Kills per set 3.40 3.34
Errors 117 78
Total Attacks 833 592
Hitting Percentage .239 .247
Assists 8 6
Assists per set 0.09 0.09
Service Aces 11 9
Service Errors 22 18
Service Aces per set 0.12 0.13
Receptions 633 436
Reception Errors 37 25
Digs 234 162
Digs per set 2.52 2.42
Block Solo 13 8
Block Assist 18 13
Block Total 31 21
Blocks per set 0.33 0.31
Block Errors 12 9
Ball Handling Errors 1 1
Points 349.0 247.5
Points per set 3.8 3.7
Matches started 24 16
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 30 Carson-Newman L, 3-2 1 5 23 4 44 .432 0 1 1 24 2 4 1 0 1 1 0 25.0
Sep 2 at #1 Tampa L, 3-0 1 3 6 1 17 .294 0 0 1 16 1 5 0 2 0 2 0 7.0
Sep 3 vs. Wheeling University L, 3-1 1 4 23 7 40 .400 1 1 1 32 2 10 1 0 0 1 0 25.0
Sep 3 vs. #24 Colorado Mesa L, 3-0 1 3 9 7 34 .059 0 0 0 14 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 10.0
Sep 6 Mars Hill L, 3-2 1 5 15 12 54 .056 0 0 2 30 0 14 2 2 0 4 0 18.0
Sep 9 at Emory & Henry W, 3-0 1 3 13 2 25 .440 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.0
Sep 10 at UVA Wise W, 3-0 1 3 9 1 24 .333 0 0 1 13 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 9.0
Sep 13 Lincoln Memorial W, 3-1 1 4 17 2 26 .577 0 0 2 44 3 13 1 1 0 2 0 18.5
Sep 23 at Coker W, 3-0 1 3 12 1 22 .500 0 1 2 19 2 7 0 1 0 1 0 13.5
Sep 24 at #24 Wingate L, 3-0 1 3 3 8 23 -.217 0 0 0 23 1 9 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
Sep 27 Limestone W, 3-0 1 3 13 3 30 .333 0 0 1 30 2 8 0 2 0 2 0 14.0
Oct 1 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 3-1 1 4 9 4 36 .139 1 0 0 19 0 16 0 1 0 1 0 9.5
Oct 4 at Mars Hill L, 3-2 - 5 26 10 65 .246 0 1 1 26 2 9 0 1 0 1 0 27.5
Oct 8 Catawba W, 3-0 1 3 12 0 22 .545 0 2 1 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.0
Oct 14 Anderson L, 3-1 1 4 9 7 29 .069 0 0 0 36 3 9 1 1 3 2 0 10.5
Oct 15 Newberry W, 3-1 1 4 12 2 31 .323 0 0 2 19 2 5 0 0 2 0 0 12.0
Oct 18 at Carson-Newman L, 3-1 1 4 9 8 32 .031 0 0 1 35 2 11 1 0 1 1 0 10.0
Oct 21 vs. Augusta L, 3-0 1 3 5 6 23 -.043 0 0 0 41 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Oct 22 vs. Georgia College W, 3-0 1 3 12 3 26 .346 1 1 0 16 0 12 1 0 0 1 0 14.0
Oct 22 vs. USC Aiken L, 3-0 1 3 6 4 19 .105 0 0 0 30 4 5 1 1 0 2 0 7.5
Oct 25 at Lincoln Memorial W, 3-1 1 4 6 3 28 .107 0 1 2 42 0 14 0 0 0 0 1 7.0
Oct 28 Emory & Henry W, 3-1 1 4 16 7 43 .209 2 2 1 19 1 11 2 1 0 3 0 20.5
Oct 29 UVA Wise W, 3-0 1 3 10 2 20 .400 2 1 1 19 3 9 0 1 2 1 0 11.5
Nov 1 at Limestone W, 3-0 - 3 10 2 38 .211 1 0 0 18 0 14 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Nov 7 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 3-0 1 3 13 4 41 .220 0 0 2 3 0 13 1 1 3 2 0 14.5
Nov 11 vs. Carson-Newman L, 3-1 1 4 18 7 41 .268 0 0 0 45 3 13 0 1 0 1 0 18.5
  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
2019-20 27 94 333 3.54 165 888 .189 11 0.12 14 0.15 567 51 217 2.31 5 29 34 0.36 366.5 3.9
2020-21 6 18 30 1.67 28 123 .016 4 0.22 0 0.00 122 11 42 2.33 1 6 7 0.39 34.0 1.9
2021-22 26 96 311 3.24 108 780 .260 8 0.08 18 0.19 513 43 217 2.26 3 25 28 0.29 344.5 3.6
2022-23 26 93 316 3.40 117 833 .239 8 0.09 11 0.12 633 37 234 2.52 13 18 31 0.33 349.0 3.8
2023-24 29 99 357 3.61 134 995 .224 9 0.09 23 0.23 499 44 255 2.58 5 26 31 0.31 398.0 4.0
Total 114 400 1347 3.37 552 3619 .220 40 0.10 66 0.17 2334 186 965 2.41 27 104 131 0.33 1492.0 3.7
  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
Total 26 93 316 3.40 117 833 .239 8 0.09 11 0.12 633 37 234 2.52 13 18 31 0.33 349.0 3.8
Conference 18 67 224 3.34 78 592 .247 6 0.09 9 0.13 436 25 162 2.42 8 13 21 0.31 247.5 3.7
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Home 9 35 127 3.63 39 299 .294 4 0.11 6 0.17 234 17 75 2.14 7 8 15 0.43 144.0 4.1
Away 11 38 116 3.05 44 351 .205 2 0.05 3 0.08 221 9 105 2.76 2 8 10 0.26 125.0 3.3
Neutral 6 20 73 3.65 34 183 .213 2 0.10 2 0.10 178 11 54 2.70 4 2 6 0.30 80.0 4.0
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Wins 14 47 164 3.49 36 412 .311 7 0.15 8 0.17 281 15 131 2.79 5 9 14 0.30 181.5 3.9
Losses 12 46 152 3.30 81 421 .169 1 0.02 3 0.07 352 22 103 2.24 8 9 17 0.37 167.5 3.6
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August 1 5 23 4.60 4 44 .432 0 0.00 1 0.20 24 2 4 0.80 1 0 1 0.20 25.0 5.0
September 10 34 120 3.53 44 295 .258 1 0.03 2 0.06 228 12 78 2.29 5 9 14 0.41 131.5 3.9
October 12 44 132 3.00 56 374 .203 6 0.14 8 0.18 315 20 112 2.55 6 6 12 0.27 149.0 3.4
November 3 10 41 4.10 13 120 .233 1 0.10 0 0.00 66 3 40 4.00 1 3 4 0.40 43.5 4.3