Heather Brooks
Heather Brooks

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
East Lansing, Mich.

High School:
East Lansing

Height:
6-3

Position:
Middle Hitter

Club:
EVA

Junior Season: Named All-ACC Second Team • Played in 107 sets with appearances in 32 matches at middle blocker • Led the team with a .310 hitting percentage, good for ninth in the ACC • Ranks top-five in school history in both block assists and block average • Finished first on the team with 115 blocks and fourth on the team in kills with 207 • Recorded double-digit kills in five different matches • Tallied 19 solo blocks and 96 block assists • Tied her career high with 14 kills at UVA (11/7/08) • Named to All-ACC Academic Team for second season in a row • Named AVCA All-America Honorable Mention • Named AVCA All-East Region.

Sophomore Season: Played in 105 sets with appearances in 30 matches at middle blocker • Finished second on the team with a .288 hitting percentage, and tallied the third-most kills on the team with 208 • Ranked third in the ACC with 1.42 blocks per game • Registered 16 solo blocks to go along with 133 block assists • Set a pair of career highs at the Mortar Board Premier Aug. 31-Sept.1 with 12 blocks against host Purdue before reaching 12 kills against Dayton • Equaled her career high in kills again on Oct. 4 against Wake Forest • Her 133 block assists & 1.42 blocks per average ranks third in school single-season history • Named to the All-ACC Academic Team.

Freshman Season: Appeared in 27 matches at middle blocker • Had a career-high 11 kills against Maryland Oct. 20 • Reached at least five blocks on eight occasions, including a career-high 10 blocks in the win over Miami Nov. 17 • Finished the season with 89 blocks and a 1.06 blocks per game average, good for second on the team in each category.

Prep: Named to all-district and all-region teams as a junior and a senior • Three-time all-conference team member • Earned honorable mention all-state honors as a junior and third-team honors as a senior • Earned all-state academic honors as a senior • Team made the state quarterfinals in 2005 • Also competed in basketball and track • Four-time Distinguished Scholar Award winner • Member of the Black Student Union • Member of the National Honor Society

Personal: Plans to major in communications with a minor in public relations at Carolina • Lists biking with her dad as her hobby • Lists "CSI: Miami" as her favorite TV show • Heather Allegra Brooks is the daughter of Sandra and Philip Brooks • Born Dec. 12, 1987 in Lansing, Mich.