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Rachel Hickman
Position
Outside Hitter
Height
6'3''
Class
Freshman
Hometown
Lawrence, KS
High School
Lawrence Free State HS
2019 (FRESHMAN)
- Played in 19 matches with 10 starts and appeared in 50 sets
- Finished with 64 kills, 56 digs and 27 total blocks, averaging 1.28 kills per set, 1.12 digs per set and 0.54 blocks per set
- Tallied a season-high 11 kills vs. Albany Sept. 6, 2019 in her only double-digit kill performance
- Registered double-figure digs at Omaha (12) Sept. 3, 2019 and vs. South Carolina (11) Sept. 7, 2019
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
- Four-year letter winner at Free State High School in Lawrence, Kan., under head coach Keely Hammontree
- Helped the Firebirds capture the 2017 Sunflower League Championship and was a 2016 6A Substate Champion
- School record holder for kills in a season and is the career kill leader at Lawrence Free State HS
- Broke her sister’s (Naomi) career kill record total her senior season
- Three-time Sunflower League First Team selection, and three-time Lawrence Journal World First Team All-Area Team
- 2017 Lawrence Journal-World Player of the Year and 2017 Kansas All-State First Team honoree
- One of 18 invited to the 2019 United States Women’s National Team Open Tryouts with four-years of collegiate eligibility remaining
- Played club volleyball for the Kansas City MAVS
ACADEMICS
- Plans on majoring in business at the University of Kansas and enrolled at KU in the spring 2019 semester
PERSONAL
- Born Rachel Hickman
- Daughter of Ryan and Miriam Hickman
- Has three siblings – Naomi Hickman, Isaac Hickman and Hope Hickman. Naomi is a volleyball player at Creighton
- Post graduate plans include playing volleyball professionally and working in the field of business following her professional playing career