Rachel Hickman

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