2013 JUNIOR SEASON
AVCA All-America Honorable Mention, the first Hampton player to earn that honor… AVCA All-East Region… MEAC Player of the Year… MEAC Tournament Most Outstanding Player… MEAC All-Academic… VaSID Player of the Year… led the Lady Pirates to their first-ever MEAC Tournament championship and their first-ever MEAC Northern Division regular-season crown… started all 30 matches for the Lady Pirates, seeing action in 112 total sets… led the nation in points, averaging 6.51 per set… was also second in the nation in kills (5.59 per set) and fourth in the nation in service aces (0.58 per set)… became the fifth player in program history to eclipse the 1,000-career kill mark… is currently fifth in program history with 1,034 career kills… hit .311 for the season, which is the second-highest single-season hitting percentage in program history… registered double-digit kills in every match… had had 11 double-doubles… had a career-high 33 kills at Coppin State on Oct. 25… added 31 kills on Sept. 24 in a five-set win over William & Mary… hit a career-best .618 (23 kills, two errors in 34 attacks) against Morgan State on Sept. 29… hit .500 or better four times… had a career-high 24 digs against Evansville on Aug. 31… registered a career-high nine service aces against Howard in the MEAC semifinals on Nov. 16… had at least four service aces six times… had a career-high six total blocks three times: against Boston College (Sept. 8), against West Virginia (Sept. 14), and at VCU (Oct. 2)… AVCA Div. I National Player of the Week (Sept. 3), the first Hampton player ever to win the award… five-time MEAC Player of the Week (Sept. 2, Sept. 16, Sept. 30, Oct. 7, Oct. 21).
2012 SOPHOMORE SEASON
Named to MEAC All-Tournament Team… VaSID Second Team All-State… played in 24 matches, seeing action in 85 sets… ranked in the top 10 nationally in three separate offensive categories… was third in NCAA in points (5.61 per set)… was fifth in NCAA in service aces (0.52 per set)… was sixth in NCAA in kills (4.75 per set)… led the MEAC in points, with 477.5 total… was second in the MEAC in kills, with 408 total… was also second in the MEAC in service aces, with 41 total… had a team-best .283 hitting percentage, ranking fourth in the MEAC… averaged 2.40 digs on defense, totaling 204 for the season… had eight double-doubles on the season… recorded double-digit kills 22 times in 24 matches… had a career-high 31 kills against UMES on Nov. 11… also had 30 kills against Baylor on Sept. 8… averaged 20.0 kills per set in the MEAC Tournament… hit a career-best .455 (18 kills, three errors in 33 attacks) against Delaware State on Nov. 9… recorded double-digit digs nine times… recorded a career-high 14 digs twice: against Bethune-Cookman (Sept. 7) and against South Carolina State (Sept. 21)… had a career-best three service aces five times, most recently against Delaware State on Nov. 9… had a career-high 5.0 blocks against South Carolina State (Sept. 21) and at Norfolk State (Sept. 22)… three-time MEAC Player of the Week (Sept. 10, Nov. 5, Nov. 12).
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
Named to the West Coast Conference’s All-Freshman Team… played in 25 matches, seeing action in 84 total sets… led the team with 3.13 kills per set, totaling 263 kills on the season… hit .229 (third on the team) on the season… also had 131 digs on defense, averaging 1.56 digs per set… was second on the team with 3.41 points per set.
SLOVANSKE NAMESTI
Two-time junior club team champion in the Czech Republic League with VK KP Brno during the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons… played for the VK KP Brno senior team, which finished second in the Czech Republic League during the 2009-10 season and third the next year… played for the Czech Republic junior national team during the World Championships qualifying tournament in 2009 in Antalya, Turkey… was a member of the Czech Republic senior national team during the qualifying tournament for the European Championships in 2010 in Montpellier, France.
PERSONAL
Born Sept. 19, 1991… daughter of Tatana Strakova and Ivo Straka… has one brother, Jan (25)… nicknamed Vendy… majoring in economics… wants to pursue a career playing professional volleyball.
STRAKOVA’S CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 33 (at Coppin State, Oct. 25, 2013)
Hitting Percentage: .618 (vs. Morgan State, Sept. 29, 2013)
Service Aces: 9 (vs. Howard, Nov. 16, 2013)
Total Blocks: 6.0 (three times, last at VCU, Oct. 2, 2013)
Digs: 24 (vs. Evansville, Aug. 31, 2013)
