Symone Abbott

Height:
6-1
Class:
Senior
High School:
Northville
Hometown:
Northville, Mich.

2017: AVCA All-Region ... First Team All-Big Ten ... Paced the Big Ten with 10.72 attacks per set, third with 4.00 kills per set and fourth in the conference with 4.49 points per set ... Finished in the top-50 nationally in kills per set ... Led the team with 10 kills, while adding four digs and a block, against Maryland (11/24) ... Had a game high 12 kills in 21 attacks, as well as 8 digs, against Nebraska (11/22) ... Led the team with nine kills in 19 attacks against Wisconsin (11/19) ... Led the squad with 16 kills in Northwestern's five-set win at Michigan (11/10), finished with a .324 hitting percentage ... Posted a team-high 11 kills on 19 attacks, hitting .474 against Michigan State (11/4) ... Posted 29 kills — a career-high — for the second time in three matches in NU's contest against Maryland (10/13) ... Set a career high in kills in Northwestern’s five-set win over Indiana (10/6), amassing 29 on 69 swings ... Posted a season-high .565 hitting percentage after accumulating 10 kills on 23 attacks with no errors in NU’s sweep at Rutgers (9/29) ... Recorded a match-high 13 kills against Illinois and moved into eight place all-time in career kills ... Also tied a career-high with three aces (9/23) ... Led the team with 11 kills against Purdue (9/20) ... Recorded a match-high 16 kills in the Wildcats’ sweep over Bowling Green (9/15) ... Finished just one dig shy of a double-double with 10 kills and nine digs in the loss to VCU (9/16) ... Posted a season-high .400 hitting percentage in Northwestern’s 3-1 win over Army (9/9) ... Picked up 20 kills on 45 TAs while only committing two errors ... Set a season-high in digs with 14 against UNCW (9/2) ... Hit for a .325 hitting percentage along with 15 kills in Northwestern's three set sweep at Duke (9/1) ... Recorded 18 kills in the Wildcats' four set victory over South Carolina (9/1) ... Picked up 24 kills on 64 attacks (.219) in Northwestern’s setback to LSU (8/26), the most of any Big Ten player in the opening weekend.

2016: All-Big Ten Honorable Mention ... Accumulated 459 kills, the third-most for a Wildcat junior in program history ... Her 4.10 kills per set clip was fourth-best in the Big Ten, in the top-41 in the NCAA, and was the sixth-best mark in Northwestern history ... She led the ‘Cats in kills in every match ... Was the linchpin of the NU offense, amassing 1,339 total attacks in 2016, the second-most ever by a Wildcat junior (trailing only Stephanie Holthus’s mark of 1,350) ... Her 11.96 attacks per set was 13th most in the NCAA, while her 1,339 attacks was in the top-30 ... She was also a conference leader, as her 11.96 attacks per set clip was tops in the Big Ten ... Her 503.5 points were fifth-best in the Big Ten ... Recorded her 1,000th career kill on Oct. 1 against Iowa ... became the 23rd player in program history to reach the milestone ... Set new career highs in kills (26), attempts (72) and blocks (4) in a five-set match vs. No. 3 Wisconsin (11/12) ... Tied a career high with three blocks at Iowa (10/28) ... Set a new career high with 18 digs against Syracuse at the UNI Tournament (9/16) ... Named to the Dayton Invitational All-Tournament Team ... Set season highs in kills, attempts, blocks and digs at Dayton with new career highs coming in attempts and digs in that match (9/3) ... Registered a career high two assists against Chattanooga (9/2) ... Hit 14-for-20 with no errors in the Wildcats’ sweep of Buffalo (8/27) ... Opened the year with a 22-kill performance in just three sets against George Washington (8/26) ... In the offseason following her junior season, she participated in the USA Volleyball Collegiate National Team-Europe program, in which she played for the team that won the 12th Global Challenge in Croatia.

2015: Ranked fifth in the Big Ten with 3.62 kills per set ... Set a new career high by hammering home 25 kills at Michigan State (11/18) ... Had 18 kills in just two sets in that match ... Attempted a career high 55 attacks vs. Illinois (11/4) ... Slammed down a match-high 17 kills on .519 hitting in a win over Michigan State (10/31) ... Registered a team high 10 kills at Purdue (10/23) ... Matched her career high with three blocks in a Northwestern win over Furman (9/11) ... Set a new career high with 24 kills vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (9/5) ... Hit .373 in that match on 51 attempts, one attempt shy of another career mark ... Broke two personal career records in a 3-0 win at Loyola by hitting .591 and serving two aces (8/29) ... Set or matched two career highs in Northwestern’s sweep of New Hampshire, tallying 10 digs and her second career assist (8/28) ... First double-double of the season in that match with 10 kills and 10 digs.

2014: Finished the regular season second among B1G freshmen and 10th overall with 3.19 kills per set ... Also led the 'Cats in kills per set .. Ranked third among freshman and 15th overall in points per set (3.37) ... Appeared in all 116 sets ... One of four true freshman to see action for NU ... Buried a team-high 18 kills and added two blocks in season finale against Maryland (11/29) ... Had seven kills and added a dig in victory over Iowa (11/22) ... Notched 13 kills and added two blocks against No. 9 Illinois on the road (11/8) ... Put away 16 kills and added a block and four digs in upset of No. 9 Illinois (11/5) ... Posted a team-high 17 kills against Michigan (10/31) .. Contributed 13 kills and one block against Indiana (10/25) ... Had 14 kills and added a dig and an assist against Indiana (10/24) ... Set a career-high with three blocks, notched 20 kills and hit at a clip of .405 against Iowa (10/18) ... Put away 14 kills against Ohio State (10/11) ... Claimed Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week honors (10/6) ... Buried career-high 21 kills in three-set win over No. 18 Minnesota (10/5) ... Led the 'Cats with 13 kills and hit at a clip of .458 against No. 6 Wisconsin (10/1) ... Tallied 17 kills and added two blocks in win over Maryland (9/27) ... Had 11 kills in win over Green Bay (9/21) ... Recorded 17 kills in win over Ohio (9/18) ... Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week after posting double-digit kills in all three victories during the Wildcat Classic and leading the `Cats with 3.80 kills per set ... Buried 16 kills at a clip of .481 against Youngstown State (9/12) ... Posted double-digit kills for the fourth time in six matches against Brown (9/6) ... Hit .467 against Presbyterian (8/30) ... Earned the start and converted 15 kills in collegiate debut in season opener against Colorado (8/29).

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Northville High School ... Team captain ... Helped the Mustangs secure back-to-back district championships in 2012 and 2013 ... Helped the team reach the semifinals of the state tournament in 2012 ... 2012 All-State selection ... Two-time All-Region honoree ... Ranked by the Detroit News as one of the top 10 players in Michigan in 2013 ... Northville's all-time leader in kills ... Plays club with Premier Volleyball Academy ... Also lettered in track and field.

Personal: Daughter of Krystal and Anthony Abbott ... One of five children ... Grandfather, Art, received Masters in Audiology from NU in 1966 ... Major is Communications Studies.