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2019 Women's Volleyball Roster

17 Abigail Veit

  • Position Outside Hitter
  • Height 5-11
  • Hometown Cary, N.C.
  • High School Apex HS
  • Class Senior

Biography

2019 (Senior): Started each match and played every set…Claimed SoCon Offensive Player of the Week laurels on Sept. 23…Named MVP of the UNCW Hampton Inns Classic after she recorded 55 kills and 44 digs in wins over Drake, North Carolina A&T, and UNCW…Finished the season with 382 kills and 3.82 kills per set, fifth-best in the league…Had double-digit kills in 20 matches including a career-high 25 kills at Mercer…Logged a season-high 19 digs at UNCW…Posted 15 double-doubles…Had a season-high five blocks against Chicago State and Samford…Became the 11th player in program history to surpass the 1,000 career kills and 1,000 career digs mark…CoSiDA Academic All-District III recipient

2018 (Junior): Started all 28 matches…Finished second on the team in double-doubles (nine) and kills (259) and third in digs (292)…Posted double-digit kills in 13 matches with a season high of 16 against Wofford and Chattanooga…Closed out the season with double-digit digs in the last seven matches and had 14 during the year with a season-high of 21 against Wofford… Had 29 total blocks on the season…Had a service ace in seven matches with two each against MTSU and The Citadel…Named to Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-District Team.

2017 (Sophomore): Appeared in all 30 matches with 27 starts … Finished fourth on the team in kills (210) and second in service aces (28) and digs (293) … Led the team in kills in nine matches … Posted 10 double-digit kill performances … Had a season-best 18 kills at Chattanooga (9/22) … Had 12 double-digit dig matches with a season-high 20 coming against Samford (9/29) … Compiled six double-doubles … Had a service ace in 18 matches including a streak of seven-straight matches late in the year … Had a career-high four service aces versus Jacksonville (9/8) … Had 23 blocks during the season with a best performance coming against Jacksonville State (8/26) and New Orleans (9/15) with three each in those matches … Named to the 2017 Southern Conference Fall Academic All-Conference team. 

2016 (Freshman): One of two Catamounts to start every match for the Catamounts and play every set ... Named to the Southern Conference All-Freshman Team ... Earned a spot on the Colonial Classic All-Tournament Team ... Led the Catamounts with 301 kills ... Second on the team in service aces (21) and digs (334) ... Had double-digit kills in 14 matches including six of the final seven matches of the season ... Turned in a career-high 19 kills at ETSU (10/07) ... Had 18 matches with double-digit digs including the final four matches of the season ... Compiled seven double-doubles including the first two matches of the season and the final two matches of the year ... Had a career-best 24 digs versus Appalachian State (09/06) ... Had a career-high three service aces in the Southern Conference Tournament against UNCG (11/19) ... Registered 37 blocks throughout the year with a career-high four coming at ETSU (10/07) ... Appeared on the 2016-17 Southern Conference Honor Roll ... Earned a 2016-17 Southern Conference Commissioner's Medal with an impressive 3.93 GPA for the academic year while pursuing a degree in management.

Prior to Western Carolina: Helped lead team to a conference championship as a sophomore ... Named first team all-conference as a senior ... Earned team's Most Valuable Player award as a senior ... A three-time member of the Academic All-Conference team ... A member of the National Honors Society as a junior and senior ... Club team finished second at the AAU's 16 Open.

Personal: Full name is Abigail Joanne Veit...Daugther of Peter and Cindy Veit...Has a younger sister, Lindsay.

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2016Freshman

    Outside Hitter
    5'11"
    17
  • 17

    2017Sophomore

    Outside Hitter
    5'11"
    17
  • 17

    2018Junior

    Outside Hitter
    5'11"
    17
  • 17

    2019Senior

    Outside Hitter
    5'11"
    17