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Nicole Marie Fawcett (born December 16, 1986) is an American indoor volleyball player who won the 2014 World Championship and 2015 Pan American Games gold medal with the United States national team.
Fawcett played for Penn State University from 2005 to 2008, winning two NCAA national championships in 2007 and 2008.
During her collegiate career, Fawcett was a four-time All-American and racked up many honors, including the AVCA National Player of the Year in 2008,[1] National Freshman of the Year in 2005, and the Honda Sports Award winner for volleyball in 2008. She played professionally for Gigantes de Carolina (The Carolina Giants) in Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino, Puerto Rico's pro league in 2009.
Fawcett set the most points in a single match world record, scoring 55 points while playing for the
High school and early life
Nicole Fawcett was born in
She grew up in Zanesfield, Ohio, and was a four-year volleyball letterwinner and three year track letterwinner at Benjamin Logan High School near Bellefontaine, Ohio, where she set a school record for kills in a single season for four consecutive years and was the 2004–05 Ohio Gatorade Player of the Year.[3]
She was a two-year member of the USA Junior National Team, including the 2004 squad that won the
Fawcett was considered a top three recruit in the class of 2005. She said one of the reasons she chose Penn State was because Rec Hall was her favorite place to be in and that she compared it to every school she visited.[5]
Penn State
Nicole is a 6'3'' (1.91 m) left side hitter and is known for her extremely powerful, hard kills and serves, which makes it very hard for the opposing team to defend.[6]
2005 (Freshman)
Fawcett made Penn State history, as she was named the program's first ever
During the season, she led the Lions and ranked third in the Big Ten with an average of 4.51 kills per seton .309 hitting and also ranked second in the league in conference-only matches with 4.53 kills per set. She led the team in kills on 28 occasions and recorded 31 double-digit kill matches, including a then-career-high 26 kills at
She set an NCAA tournament record for hitting percentage in a single match, which was held since 1983, when she attacked at a career high .889 clip with 16 kills, 0 errors, on 18 attempts against Long Island.[9]
2006 (Sophomore)
Fawcett was named a First Team All-American and was also a unanimous first Team All-Big Ten pick as she played in all 35 matches and 113 of 114 sets for the year.[10] She averaged 4.27 kills per set, good for second on the team and eighth in the Big Ten. She finished the season ranked fourth on the team and sixth in the conference in hitting percentage (.331), the only pure left-side hitter in the league within the top six.
Other awards include the
2007 (Junior)
Fawcett reached exactly 1,000 kills in the first match of the season in the 3–1 win over the Texas Longhorns at Rec Hall, earning her Penn State's Golden Volleyball for 1,000 career kills.
She helped her team win their second
2008 (Senior)
In her final year playing for Penn State, Fawcett was named the
In conference play, Fawcett had 236 kills on a .400 hitting % average. By years end, Fawcett totaled 431 kills. In the
Fawcett ended her career with 1,943 total kills, which ranks second in Penn State history.
Professional
In March 2009, Fawcett made her professional debut with
South Korea V-League (2012−2015)
In the 2012−13 season, Fawcett moved to
In the 2013−14 seasons, Fawcett's team failed to reach the Playoffs finishing fourth two years in a row, but she signed a one-year contract extension with the team for the 2014−15 season. Fawcett had another breakout time in the 2014−15 season when she was ranked third in most points with 896 and won the Season MVP Award, leading her team to the regular season championship. In the Finals of the 2014−15 Playoffs, Fawcett led the team in scoring in all three games, racking up 22 points in Game 1, 34 in Game 2 and 21 in Game 3. However, her team failed to win the V-League championship, swept in three games by Hwaseong IBK Altos.
International competition
In June 2009, Fawcett joined the U.S. National Team.[23] As her team won the 2013 Pan-American Cup, she was named the Most Valuable Player and Best Server.[24] Fawcett was part of the USA national team that won the 2014 World Championship, defeating China 3-1 in the final match.[25][26] As the United States won the 2015 Pan American volleyball championship, defeating Brazil 3-0,[27] she won the competition's Best Opposite individual award.[28] National team coach Karch Kiraly chose to remove her from the team in late June 2016.[29]
Coaching
On February 11, 2020, it was announced that Fawcett was named as Ohio State's women's volleyball team volunteer assistant coach.[30] She helped lead Ohio State to a 16–4 record in her first season as well as a 2020 NCAA Tournament sweet sixteen appearance.
Awards
College
- Four-time AVCA All-American (2005, 2nd team; 2006, 2007 & 2008, 1st team)
- Four-time First Team All-Big Ten (2005–08)
- Four-time AVCA Mideast Region First Team (2005–08)
- 2009 Finalist for Honda-Broderick Cup
- 2008–09 Penn State Female Athlete of the Year
- 2008 Honda Awardwinner for volleyball
- 2008 AVCA National Player of the Year
- 2008 Volleyball Magazine National co-Player of the Year
- 2008 Volleyball Magazine First Team All-American
- 2008 NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team
- 2008 NCAA University Park Regional All-Tournament Team
- 2008 Big Ten Player of the Year
- 2008 Big Ten Player of the Week (9/1, 9/22, 10/6)
- 2008 Hampton Inn Penn State Classic Most Outstanding Player
- 2008 Chicago Classic Championship All-Tournament Team
- 2008 Hawaiian Airlines Classic Most Valuable Player
- 2008 Unanimous Preseason All-Big Ten
- 2007 NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team
- 2007 NCAA University Park Regional All-Tournament Team
- 2007 Volleyball Magazine First Team All-American
- 2007 Unanimous Preseason All-Big Ten
- 2007 Penn State Classic All-Tournament Team
- 2007 YaleClassic All-Tournament Team
- 2007 Big Ten Player of the Week (10/8)
- 2007 Penn State Golden Volleyball for 1,000 kills
- 2006 Volleyball Magazine First Team All-American
- 2006 NCAA Seattle Regional All-Tournament Team
- 2006 Big Ten Player of the Week (9/4)
- 2006 Texas Invitational Most Valuable Player
- 2006 LSU Classic Most Valuable Player
- 2006 Academic All-Big Ten
- 2006 Unanimous Preseason All-Big Ten
- 2005 AVCA National Freshman of the Year
- 2005 AVCA Mideast Region Freshman of the Year
- 2005 Volleyball Magazine National Freshman of the Year
- 2005 Big Ten Freshman of the Year
- 2005 Big Ten All-Freshman Team
- 2005 Hawaiian Airlines Classic All-Tournament Team
- 2005 Nebraska Players Challenge All-Tournament Team
- 2005 Penn State Classic All-Tournament Team
- 2005 NCAA tournament record for hitting percentage in a single match (.889)
- 2005 Big Ten Player of the Week (9/26, 11/14, 11/28)
High school
- Four-time First Team CBC (2002–05)
- Four-time First Team District IX (2002–05)
- Three-time District IX Player of the Year (2003–05)
- Three-time First Team All-Ohio (2003–05)
- 2004–05 Ohio Gatorade Player of the Year
- 2005 Volleyball Magazine Fab 50
- 2005 Prepvolleyball.com "Senior Ace" #3
- 2005 Ohio High Magazine Player of the Year
- 2005 Prepvolleyball.com National Senior Player of the Year finalist
- Ohio State kill record holder (1,513)
Individuals
- 2012−13 South Korea V-League All-Star MVP
- 2012−13 South Korea V-League Scoring Champion
- 2012−13 South Korea V-League Serve Champion
- 2013 Pan-American Cup "Most Valuable Player"
- 2013 Pan-American Cup "Best Server"
- 2014−15 South Korea V-League Most Valuable Player
- 2014−15 South Korea V-League Best Seven
- 2015 Pan American Games "Best Opposite"
- 2015 NORCECA Championship "Most Valuable Player"
- 2018–19 Brazilian Superliga "Best Opposite"
See also
References
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- ^ Kauffman, Bill (February 13, 2013). "Fawcett Sets World Record for Points Scored". Colorado Springs, Colorado: USA Volleyball. Archived from the original on February 14, 2013. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
- ^ "Past Ohio Gatorade winners". Gatorade. July 20, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2008. [dead link]
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- ^ Armson, Jen (2005) Penn State Women's Volleyball Yearbook, p. 44
- ^ Reis, Julie (December 6, 2007). "School of Hard Knocks". The Daily Collegian. Archived from the original on August 8, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2008.
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- ^ "Fawcett honored by the Big Ten". Archived from the original on January 6, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2008.
- ^ "Fawcett MVP of Texas Invitational". Archived from the original on January 5, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2008.
- ^ "Fawcett named LSU MVP as PSU survives LSU". Archived from the original on January 5, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2008.
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- ^ "Carli Lloyd of USA is the MVP at Pan Am Games". Toronto, Canada: NORCECA. July 25, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
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