7 Abbey Hildenbrand
7 Abbey Hildenbrand
Height: 6-0
Year: Senior
Hometown: Parker, Colo.
High School: Ponderosa
Previous College: Louisiana Tech
Position: S
m 29
k/s 1.25
h % .224
a/s 6.94
b/s 0.50
sa/s 0.19
d/s 2.80
* 2022 AVCA First-Team All-Region
* 2022 SAC All-Tournament Team
* 2022 Second-Team All-SAC
* 2022 Preseason First-Team All-SAC

2022 (Senior): Earning first-team AVCA All-Region laurels, Hildenbrand ranked sixth in the SAC in assists per set with 6.94 and fifth in total assists with 708. Hildenbrand was second on the team in double-doubles with 15 with 10 in her final 16 matches of the season. In that time she has at least five smashes on 12 occasions and has been within two kills of a triple-double twice and within one once. A second-team All-South Atlantic Conference selection, she also earned SAC All-Tournament team honors. She closed out the season sixth in the league with 6.94 assists per set and fifth with 708 total helpers. For her career, the Parker, Colo. native produced 3,487 assists, 1,139 digs and 326 kills sitting as one of the eight active Division II players with at least 3,000 assists and 1,000 digs. The 3,000th assist of her career came on Sept. 24 in a sweep of Anderson while she notched her 1,000th dig at No. 21 Wingate on Oct. 14. She has led the team in assists 18 times despite missing four matches with a wrist injury. Among active players she is 15th in Division II in assists. Of the standout matches, Hildenbrand finished a kill shy of a triple-double in a sweep of Lincoln Memorial on Oct. 4 with 14 assists, 10 digs and nine kills hitting .562. Two weeks later, she notched a season-high 45 assists adding 11 digs in a win over Tusculum on Oct. 18.

2021 (Senior): In her first season at Mossy Creek, the setter played in 125 sets and 32 matches leading the team in assists in each outing with 15 double-doubles... Ranked sixth in the SAC with 8.36 assists per set, sixth in total aces with 36 and fourth in the league and 44th in Division II with 1,045 total helpers... Posted her first double-double of the year in a four-set win over Converse on Sept. 4 with 39 assists and 10 digs...Filled up the stat sheet in a win over Catawba on Sept. 10 with 40 assists, 10 digs, seven kills, three aces and three block assists...Registered 47 assists with six kills and six digs against Queens on Sept. 11...Finished a kill shy of a triple-double in a five-set win over LMU on Sept. 14 with 41 assists, 11 digs and nine smashes... Logged a career-high 10 kills with 29 assists at Coker on Oct. 8... Put up an eye-popping 61 assists, 15 digs and six kills versus Mars Hill on Oct. 12. No C-N setter had more than 50 helpers since 2017 as the senior is the first Eagle with 60-plus assists since Anna Patton recorded 61 versus Augusta on Oct. 14, 2016, 140 games and 1,848 days prior.

2020-21 (Louisiana Tech): Saw action in 57 sets across 18 matches in her final year as a Lady Techster … Served as the team’s primary setter and led the Techsters with 323 assists and 5.67 assists per set … Ranked tied for third on the team with five service aces … Logged a season-high 38 assists at North Texas (3/15) … Tallied 25 or more assists in five matches, including two matches with 30+ … Posted four double-doubles … Logged 32 assists and seven digs against UTSA (3/8) … Committed just two service errors on 174 attempts … Logged three kills five times, including four times in her final five matches … Hit .237 on the year with 22 kills … Tallied six total blocks … Earned a spot on the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

2019 (Louisiana Tech): Played in a team-high 103 sets across 28 matches as a sophomore ... Led The Lady Techsters with 616 total assists and 5.98 assists per set ... Third on the team in services aces with 21 (0.20 per set) ... Cut her ball handling errors in half from her freshman to sophomore season ... Racked up a season-high 47 assists in a pair of five-set wins over Sam Houston State and Oral Roberts on Aug. 30-31 ... Dished out 35 assists in a four-set win over Bethune-Cookman on Sept. 21 ... Earned a spot on the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll. 

2018 (Louisiana Tech): Saw action in all 29 matches as a true freshman ... Started in 26 of those 29 matches ... Tied for the team lead with 106 sets played ... Led the Lady Techsters with 795 assists and 7.50 assists per set ... Her 795 helpers were 11th most among Conference USA leaders ... Second on the team in service aces with 24 ... Tallied 225 digs, good for third most on the team ... Notched 40+ assists in seven different outings ... Set a season best with 49 helpers vs. Eastern Washington on Sept. 1 ... Led the team with eight double-doubles (next most had three).

High School: Graduated from Ponderosa High School in 2018 ... Lettered in volleyball (three years) and swimming (four years) ... 1st Team All-Conference and Honorable Mention All-State as a senior ... Recorded 695 assists, 162 kills 43 aces, 177 digs and 60 total blocks her senior season ... Finished fifth at the state tournament as a senior, and third as a junior ... Coached by Rob Graham, Deb Barnes, Bill and Judy Peer, Matt Bledig and Malia Sagiao.

Personal: Born on July 11, 2000 in Englewood, Colorado, to Dawn and Phil Hildenbrand ... Has one sister, Haley, who plays basketball at Minot State University ... Chose Louisiana Tech over DePaul, Cal State Bakersfield and Angelo State

Recent Games
Nov 1 at Emory & Henry W, 3-0
Nov 4 at Virginia-Wise W, 3-0
Nov 7 Newberry W, 3-0
Nov 11 vs. Tusculum W, 3-1
Nov 12 vs. Wingate L, 3-0
Nov 18 vs. #6 Flagler L, 3-0
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 29 14
Sets 102 50
Kills 128 69
Kills per set 1.25 1.38
Errors 42 20
Total Attacks 384 212
Hitting Percentage .224 .231
Assists 708 346
Assists per set 6.94 6.92
Service Aces 19 13
Service Errors 12 5
Service Aces per set 0.19 0.26
Receptions 2 2
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 286 150
Digs per set 2.80 3.00
Block Solo 6 0
Block Assist 45 18
Block Total 51 18
Blocks per set 0.50 0.36
Block Errors 4 2
Ball Handling Errors 5 4
Points 175.5 91.0
Points per set 1.7 1.8
Matches started 25 13
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 26 vs. Alabama Huntsville W, 3-1 - 4 4 1 11 .273 19 1 0 0 0 16 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Aug 26 at Trevecca Nazarene L, 3-2 - 5 2 0 13 .154 21 0 2 0 0 16 0 1 0 1 0 2.5
Aug 27 vs. King (Tenn.) W, 3-0 - 3 6 1 16 .313 18 1 1 0 0 8 1 2 1 3 0 9.0
Aug 27 vs. Christian Bros. W, 3-0 1 3 3 1 7 .286 18 0 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
Aug 30 at Tusculum W, 3-2 1 5 6 2 24 .167 25 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Sep 2 vs. Aub.-Montgomery W, 3-0 1 3 5 1 11 .364 13 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 1 1 0 5.5
Sep 2 at USC Aiken W, 3-0 1 3 3 1 10 .200 18 0 0 0 0 9 0 3 0 3 0 4.5
Sep 3 vs. Francis Marion W, 3-0 1 3 3 1 9 .222 17 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Sep 3 vs. North Greenville W, 3-2 1 5 7 3 15 .267 26 0 0 0 0 10 3 1 0 4 0 10.5
Sep 6 at Lincoln Memorial W, 3-1 1 4 2 1 16 .063 22 3 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 1 5.0
Sep 10 at Limestone W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 at Mars Hill L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 Virginia-Wise W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Emory & Henry W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 23 Newberry W, 3-0 1 3 5 3 18 .111 18 0 1 0 0 8 0 3 0 3 0 6.5
Sep 24 Anderson (S.C.) W, 3-0 1 3 3 1 8 .250 23 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 1 at Catawba W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 4 .250 13 0 1 1 0 6 0 2 0 2 0 2.0
Oct 4 Lincoln Memorial W, 3-0 1 3 9 0 16 .563 14 1 0 0 0 10 0 2 1 2 0 11.0
Oct 7 Lenoir-Rhyne W, 3-1 1 4 5 0 13 .385 23 0 0 0 0 16 0 2 1 2 1 6.0
Oct 14 at #21 Wingate L, 3-1 1 4 5 3 21 .095 35 2 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Oct 15 at Coker W, 3-0 1 3 5 1 11 .364 25 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Oct 18 Tusculum W, 3-1 1 4 0 1 8 -.125 45 1 0 0 0 11 0 6 0 6 0 4.0
Oct 21 Lander W, 3-0 1 3 4 1 10 .300 30 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 5.0
Oct 21 Augusta L, 3-1 1 4 6 5 14 .071 24 0 1 0 0 9 0 3 0 3 0 7.5
Oct 22 Georgia College W, 3-0 1 3 1 2 5 -.200 36 0 0 0 0 12 0 3 0 3 0 2.5
Oct 25 Mars Hill W, 3-2 1 5 5 3 23 .087 37 1 1 0 0 19 0 2 0 2 0 7.0
Oct 28 Limestone W, 3-0 1 3 7 1 14 .429 24 0 0 - 0 10 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Nov 1 at Emory & Henry W, 3-0 1 3 8 3 17 .294 20 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 10.0
Nov 4 at Virginia-Wise W, 3-0 - 3 8 1 19 .368 22 1 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 2 9.0
Nov 7 Newberry W, 3-0 1 3 6 2 14 .286 34 1 0 0 0 8 1 3 0 4 0 9.5
Nov 11 vs. Tusculum W, 3-1 1 4 0 2 11 -.182 35 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 0.5
Nov 12 vs. Wingate L, 3-0 1 3 5 1 13 .308 26 0 1 0 0 6 1 3 0 4 0 7.5
Nov 18 vs. #6 Flagler L, 3-0 1 3 4 0 13 .308 27 1 0 0 0 8 0 3 0 3 0 6.5
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2021-22 32 125 126 1.01 34 397 .232 1045 8.36 39 0.31 5 0 296 2.37 7 39 46 0.37 191.5 1.5
2022-23 29 102 128 1.25 42 384 .224 708 6.94 19 0.19 2 0 286 2.80 6 45 51 0.50 175.5 1.7
Total 61 227 254 1.12 76 781 .228 1753 7.72 58 0.26 7 0 582 2.56 13 84 97 0.43 367.0 1.6
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Total 29 102 128 1.25 42 384 .224 708 6.94 19 0.19 2 0 286 2.80 6 45 51 0.50 175.5 1.7
Conference 14 50 69 1.38 20 212 .231 346 6.92 13 0.26 2 0 150 3.00 0 18 18 0.36 91.0 1.8
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 11 38 51 1.34 19 143 .224 308 8.11 5 0.13 0 0 113 2.97 1 25 26 0.68 69.5 1.8
Away 9 33 40 1.21 12 135 .207 201 6.09 10 0.30 2 0 96 2.91 0 6 6 0.18 53.0 1.6
Neutral 9 31 37 1.19 11 106 .245 199 6.42 4 0.13 0 0 77 2.48 5 14 19 0.61 53.0 1.7
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Wins 24 83 106 1.28 33 310 .235 575 6.93 16 0.19 2 0 237 2.86 5 35 40 0.48 144.5 1.7
Losses 5 19 22 1.16 9 74 .176 133 7.00 3 0.16 0 0 49 2.58 1 10 11 0.58 31.0 1.6
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August 5 20 21 1.05 5 71 .225 101 5.05 2 0.10 0 0 57 2.85 1 5 6 0.30 26.5 1.3
September 7 24 28 1.17 11 87 .195 137 5.71 4 0.17 1 0 55 2.29 3 9 12 0.50 39.5 1.6
October 11 39 48 1.23 17 139 .223 306 7.85 8 0.21 1 0 118 3.03 0 21 21 0.54 66.5 1.7
November 6 19 31 1.63 9 87 .253 164 8.63 5 0.26 0 0 56 2.95 2 10 12 0.63 43.0 2.3