Denison University

Pronunciation: Lucy  Anderson
 

Awards: 

• Named to the North Coast Athletic Conference's 40th Anniversary All-Decade Team (Nov. 2023)
• 2023 Denison Presidential Medalist
• 2021 & 2022 AVCA Third-Team All-American
• 2021 & 2022 AVCA All-Region Team
• 2021 & 2022 NCAC Player of the Year
• 2019, 2021 & 2022 First-Team All-NCAC
• 2019 & 2022 NCAC All-Tournament Team
• Three-time NCAC Athlete of the Week (9/23/19, 11/1/21 & 10/10/22)
• 2020-21, 2021-22 & 2022-23 NCAC Academic Honor Roll
• 2020-21, 2021-22 & 2022-23 Denison Top-50 Scholar-Athlete (2023 James T. Glerum Jr. '82 Presidential Award)
• 2021-22 Chi Alpha Sigma Inductee
• Member of 2022 Academic All-District® Team, selected by College Sports Communicators

• Started all 26 matches as a middle hitter for the third time in her career
• Led the NCAC in total kills (356), total blocks (102), total points (460.5) and points per set (4.51) while also ranking second in the conference in blocks per set (1.00) and finishing third in kills per set (3.49)
• Ranked 26th in all of NCAA Division III in points per set and was 28th in total points, 31st in total blocks, 39th in blocks per set and 41st in hitting percentage (.341)
• In 26 matches between the regular season and the postseason, Anderson recorded double-digit kills 21 times, totaled four or more blocks 17 times, and hit over .300 percent 17 times as well
• She also contributed 12 or more points in 22 matches, and had eight matches where she tallied at least 21.5 points
• Named NCAC Athlete of the Week (10/10/22) after recording 17.5 points (10 kills, 4 service aces, 3 solo blocks, 1 assisted block) in only three sets during Denison's home sweep over Ohio Wesleyan (Oct. 8)
• During the regular season, Anderson recorded 21 kills three times: At Earlham (Sept. 13), at Heidelberg (Sept. 21), and at Wittenberg (Oct. 22)
• Then in the NCAC Tournament Semifinals against Ohio Wesleyan (Nov. 5), a 3-2 comeback win for the Big Red, Anderson set a new career-high in both kills (23) and points (29) while adding eight blocks for the third time on the season
• Graduates fourth in program history with 311 career blocks
• Named First-Team All-NCAC for the third time in her career
• Named NCAC Player of the Year for the second season in a row
• Named to the NCAC All-Tournament Team after totaling 28 kills (3.50 K/S) and 12 blocks (1.5 B/S) and hitting .264 percent between Denison's two matches
• Became the first back-to-back All-Region selection in Big Red volleyball history
• Capped her standout career with back-to-back Third-Team All-American honors
• Named to the Academic All-District® Team
• Anderson ends her career as the most decorated player in the history of Denison volleyball. In addition to being a back-to-back Third-Team All-American, she was the first NCAC Player of the Year in program history before ultimately earning back-to-back NCAC Player of the Year honors (2021 & 2022), was a two-time All-Region selection (2021 & 2022), a two-time member of NCAC All-Tournament Team (2019 & 2022), and a three-time First-Team All-NCAC honoree (2019, 2021 & 2022)
• 2023 Denison Presidential Medalist

• Started all 26 matches as a middle hitter
• Led the Big Red in total blocks with 96, good for an average of over one block per set (1.03)
• Was tied for second on the team with 287 kills (3.09 per set) while also leading with an outstanding .352 hitting percentage on the year
• Also led the team with 42 service aces
• Reached double digits in kills 17 times on the season
• Had four or more blocks 11 times
• Hit over .300 percent 16 times and reached .500 percent hitting five times
• Hit over .600 percent twice and even reached a percentage as high as .722 percent with 13 kills at Capital (Oct. 16)
• Ranked second in the NCAC in both hitting percentage and in total blocks, and was third in both blocks per set and in points per set (4.2)
• In all of NCAA Division III, she was 30th in blocks per set, 38th in hitting percentage, 47th in points per set (4.25) and 48th in total blocks
• Named NCAC Athlete of the Week (11/1/21) after tying her career-high in kills with 18 and setting a new career-best in blocks with 10 during Denison's 3-2 victory over Wittenberg in the NCAC Regular-Season Championship (Oct. 27), followed by 18 kills, seven blocks, six digs and four service aces against Transylvania (Oct. 30)
• Became the first Denison volleyball player to be named NCAC Player of the Year
• Earned her second straight First-Team All-NCAC recognition
• Named to the AVCA All-Region 7 Team
• Named an AVCA NCAA Division III Third-Team All-American
• Joined teammate Daria Rodriguez as the first two All-Americans in the history of Denison volleyball

2020-21 (Sophomore):

• Fall season canceled due to COVID-19 Pandemic
• Appeared in all 6 matches in shortened spring season
• Recorded a team-high 66 kills and 2.75 kills per set
• Finished with a hit percentage of .319
• Team-high 8 blocks
• Named a Denison Top-50 Scholar Athlete
• Named to the 2020-21 NCAC Academic Honor Roll

2019 (First-Year): 

• Named to the All-NCAC first-team and NCAC Newcomer of the Year
• Started all 26 matches for the Big Red as a rookie
• Tallied a team-high 250 kills and 3.01 kills per set as a freshman
• Finished with a hit percentage of .292
• Tied for the NCAC-lead with 89 blocks
• Added 66 digs and 39 service aces
• Recorded double-digit kills in 11 matches, including a career-high 18 kills in Denison's 3-2 win at Ohio Wesleyan (Oct. 8)
• Finished with a season-best eight blocks against Wooster (Oct. 12)
• Named to the All-NCAC Tournament Team

Personal: 

• Computer science major with a minor in mathematics and astronomy
• Daughter of Amy and Kyle Anderson
• Father, Kyle, played basketball at Knox College
• Is a peer advisor for advising circle, is a teacher's assistant and a tutor, and is a member of Denison's ballet club and sketch comedy group Sketchr's