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2017 Beach Volleyball Roster

3 Halli Amaro

  • Position Blocker
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Los Alamitos, Calif.
  • Highschool Los Alamitos H.S.

Biography

As a Senior (2015): Leaves Arizona as the leader in career sets played in Arizona history (454) … Was a part of 80 victories in her career, tied with the 2014 class for most career victories since 2005 … Posted 422 career blocks, sixth most in Arizona history … Also ranks sixth in UA history with 354 career block assists … Had six matches with double-digit kills, including a season-high 14 vs. Cal (10/2) … Tied for the team lead with 11 matches with five-or-more blocks … Named Arizona Invitational Most Outstanding Player … Averaged 1.8 kills per set on a team-best .310 hitting.
 
As a Junior (2014): Saw action in all 34 matches and was one of three players to play all 119 sets ... Finished the season with 171 kills (1.44/set) on .295 hitting … Led the team with 95 blocks (0.80/set) … Added 54 digs (0.45/set), three aces (0.03/set) and nine assists (0.08/set) … Ranked fourth on the team with 229.5 total points on the year … Had 16 solo blocks to go along with a team-high 79 block assists … Her 171 kills ranked fourth on the club … Set a career mark with an impressive .500 hitting percentage vs. Arizona State when she had 12 kills on 20 swings with two errors (9/24) … Dug eight balls vs. Oregon to set a new career mark (11/13) … In addition to her 12-kill game against ASU, also put up double-digit kills against Oregon State when she recorded 10 kills on .240 hitting … Notched a season-high six blocks on three occasions (vs. Tulane, 11/19; vs. Washington State, 11/17; at Washington State, 11/22) … Hit .615 on 13 swings vs. UMBC (9/20).
 
As a Sophomore (2013): Saw action in 30 matches and in 104 total sets on the season … Finished the season with 172 kills (1.65 p/s) on .239 hitting … Had 111 blocks on the season, which was second on the team … Also had 40 digs, 16 assists and three service aces … Her standout performance of the season came in the team’s thrilling come from behind win against UC Santa Barbara, where she recorded eight kills and 13 blocks ... The 13 blocks tied for the second most in school history and they were the most since Dominique Lamb also recorded 13 back on Oct. 26, 2007 against Oregon State … The 13 blocks were also the most by anyone in the Pac-12 for a single match on the season … Had a season-high 13 kills on .480 hitting in the victory over Northwestern on Sept. 12 … The .480 hitting percentage was a career-high … Finished with 12 kills in a loss at Utah on Oct. 27 … Her most efficient outing came in a win against Utah on Nov. 14 as she recorded eight kills on .615 hitting to go along with seven blocks … Was named to the Wildcat Classic All-Tournament Team on Sept. 21.
 
As a Freshman (2012): Earned Pac-12 All-Freshman honorable mention honors ... Was just one of three Wildcats to play all 113 sets in 2012 ... Recorded 254 kills (2.25 k/s) on .291 hitting ... Finished second on the squad with 100 blocks (0.88 b/s) ... Had eight matches with double-figure kills ... Was named to the all-tournament team at the season opening Wildcat Classic ... Posted a career-high 16 kills on .414 hitting in a victory over Utah (10/12) ... Finished with 11 kills to go along with a career-high eight blocks in the season finale against Arizona State (11/23).
 
Prior to Arizona: Was a four-year letterwinner at Los Alamitos High School ... Was team captain and the team's Most Valuable Player her senior year ...  Dave Mohs tournament MVP, all-tournament team at the Durango Invitational, Sunset League MVP and a CIF-SS Division 1-AA first-team selection and the OC Register's 2010 Girls Volleyball Player of the Year ...  Earned All-American honors by PrepVolleyball.com ... Earned a spot on Volleyball Magazine's Fab 50 Team ... Ranked No. 29 on PrepVolleyball.com's Senior Aces ... Compiled 257 kills, 159 digs, 80 blocks and 35 service aces during her senior season ... Played her club volleyball for Mizuno Long Beach.

Historical Player Information

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    2014Sophomore

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    2015Redshirt Sophomore

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    2016Redshirt Junior

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    2017Redshirt Senior

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