Nicole Marie Fawcett was born on December 16,1986 and is an American indoor volleyball player who won the 2014 World Championship and 2015 Pan American Games gold medal with the United States national team.
25 Facts About Nicole Fawcett
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Nicole Fawcett played professionally for Gigantes de Carolina in Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino, Puerto Rico's pro league in 2009.
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Nicole Fawcett set the most points in a single match world record, scoring 55 points while playing for the Seongnam KEC Hi-pass club in South Korea's V-League on February 14,2013.
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Nicole Fawcett's mother played volleyball at Wright State and her maternal grandfather was a pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles in 1945.
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Nicole Fawcett was a two-year member of the USA Junior National Team, including the 2004 squad that won the NORCECA gold medal in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and was a member of the 2003 USA Youth National Team.
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Nicole Fawcett played club volleyball for Team Atlantis Volleyball Club and holds the Ohio state record for kills.
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Nicole Fawcett was considered a top three recruit in the class of 2005.
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Nicole Fawcett said one of the reasons she chose Penn State was because Rec Hall was her favorite place to be in and that she compared it to every school she visited.
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Nicole Fawcett made Penn State history, as she was named the program's first ever AVCA National Freshman of the Year.
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Nicole Fawcett became Penn State's first ever freshman to earn Big Ten Player of the Week honors.
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Nicole Fawcett set an NCAA tournament record for hitting percentage in a single match, which was held since 1983, when she attacked at a career high.
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Nicole Fawcett was named a First Team All-American and was a unanimous first Team All-Big Ten pick as she played in all 35 matches and 113 of 114 sets for the year.
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Nicole Fawcett averaged 4.27 kills per set, good for second on the team and eighth in the Big Ten.
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Nicole Fawcett was the LSU Classic MVP and the Penn State Invitational MVP.
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Nicole Fawcett was one of the best outside hitters in the country, having 533 kills on the year for an average of 4.44 kills per set.
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Nicole Fawcett led the team in aces and was one of the toughest servers in the country, having 47 aces on the year, more than her first two seasons combined.
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Nicole Fawcett was named an AVCA First Team All-American and a unanimous First Team All-Big Ten pick.
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Nicole Fawcett helped her team win their second NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship against top-seeded Stanford on December 15,2007, at the ARCO Arena.
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Nicole Fawcett served championship point just a couple of hours before her 21st birthday.
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Nicole Fawcett was named to the Final Four All-Tournament Team as she had 19 kills and two aces in the NCAA championship match.
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The next night, Nicole Fawcett was named a First Team All-American for the third year in a row and was announced as the Division I National Player of the Year.
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Nicole Fawcett ended her career with 1,943 total kills, which ranks second in Penn State history.
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In March 2009, Nicole Fawcett made her professional debut with Gigantes de Carolina in Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino, Puerto Rico's pro league which began its season in January 2009.
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Nicole Fawcett set the world record for highest individual points scored in a single match on February 14,2013, when she scored 55 points in leading her club to a five-set victory over Hwaseong IBK Altos.
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On February 11,2020, it was announced that Nicole Fawcett was named as Ohio State's women's volleyball team volunteer assistant coach.