Micha Hancock

Micha Danielle Hancock (born November 10, 1992) is an American indoor volleyball player, a member of the United States women's national volleyball team and Italian club Igor Gorgonzola Novara. Hancock played setter for Penn State, where she led Penn State to two consecutive NCAA championships.

Micha Hancock
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1992-11-10) November 10, 1992
McAlester, Oklahoma, U.S.
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Spike305 cm (120 in)
Block297 cm (117 in)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Current club Igor Gorgonzola Novara
Number12
Career
YearsTeams
2015 Imoco Volley Conegliano
2015 Indias de Mayagüez
2015–2016 Dąbrowa Górnicza
2016–2017 Impel Wrocław
2017–2019 US Pro Victoria Monza
2019– Igor Gorgonzola Novara
National team
2014– United States
Medal record
Women’s Volleyball
Representing the  United States
FIVB Nations League
2018 Nanjing
2019 Nanjing
Pan-American Cup
2017 Cañete/Lima
2019 Trujillo/Chiclayo
2016 Santo Domingo

Career

High school

Hancock played high school volleyball for Edmond Memorial High School in Edmond, Oklahoma. She guided her team to the 2007, 2009 and 2010 Oklahoma 6A State Championship, was a two-time All-Edmond Player of the Year, All-City Player of the Year and MVP of the State Championship All-Tournament Team. She was named the Oklahoma Gatorade Player of the Year twice.

College

She played college women's volleyball at Penn State University. In her freshman season in 2011, Hancock was the Big Ten Freshman of the Year as well as the AVCA Mideast Region Freshman of the Year and set the Penn State single season aces record with 91. As a sophomore in 2012, she was a first team All American and Big Ten Setter of the Year. Hancock set the NCAA Tournament record for aces in tournament play with 22 including Penn State single match record for aces with 10. In her final two seasons, she helped Penn State to back-to-back NCAA Titles. In 2013, Hancock was named a First Team All-American and earned NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player honors and she became the Nittany Lions' all-time career aces leader with 254. In 2014, she was named the AVCA National Player of the Year and her third consecutive First Team All-America honor. Under her guidance, Hancock ranked first national as a college senior in aces per set (1.05) with at least one ace in all but three matches in 2014. Hancock finished her career among Penn State's all-time career record-holders, ranking first in service aces (380) and service aces per game (0.76), fifth in assists (5,578) and sixth in assists per game (11.16).

Hancock was named as one of the four finalists for the Honda Sports Award in volleyball for 2014–15.[1][2]

International

In the 2016 Pan-American Cup she was awarded Best Server[3] after she set a new serving record in a single match, first with 11 aces in the pool play against Costa Rica, then 12 aces in the bronze medal match over Cuba.[4] She was named Most Valuable Player in the 2017 Pan-American Cup.[5] She was selected to play the Italian League All-Star game in 2017.[6]

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

References
  1. "Nominees Announced for 2014-15 Honda Volleyball Sport Award". CWSA. December 17, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  2. "Lauren Carlini nominee for Honda Sports Award". Wisconsin Badgers. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  3. "Brayelin Martinez named MVP of Pan Am Cup". NORCECA. July 10, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
  4. "U.S. Women Win Bronze at Pan Am Cup". USA Volleyball. July 10, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  5. "Micha Hancock named MVP of XVI Pan Am Cup". NORCECA. June 25, 2017. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
  6. "All Star Game: A Bergamo la sfida Selezione Italia vs Resto del Mondo" (in Italian). Bergamo: Volleyball.it. December 18, 2017. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
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