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
Total Attacks per set 8.96 8.84
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