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2024 Women's Beach Volleyball Roster

Keiona Houser, CCU Digital Team
Keiona Houser, CCU Digital Team
Keiona Houser, CCU Digital Team
Keiona Houser, CCU Digital Team
Keiona Houser, CCU Digital Team
Keiona Houser, CCU Digital Team
Keiona Houser, CCU Digital Team

11 Ellie Hanford

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-10
  • Hometown New Bern, N.C.
  • High School New Bern HS

Biography

Honors
2024 First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference
2022 AVCA Top Flight Award

 

2024 (Senior)

  • Set program record with 93 career wins
  • First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference
  • Set program single-season and career records for pair wins at No. 3 flight, winning 23 times with Emma Kunaus
  • Finished season with a 26-11 record with Kunaus
  • Also won twice at the No. 2 flight and once at the No. 4 flight
  • Won nine consecutive matches from March 23-April 13


2023 (Junior)

  • Went 19-18 overall on the year
  • Posted a 12-14 record on court No. 2 and a record of 4-1 on court No. 5 on the year
  • Partnered with Elena Sanchez for 10 wins, the fourth-most of any duo during the season
  • Teamed with Emma Kunaus to go 5-1 on the year, including a 4-1 mark at the No. 5 flight


2022 (Sophomore)

  • Earned the 2022 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Top Flight Award at the No. 3 flight
  • Named the Conference USA Beach Volleyball Pair of the Week on March 16 along with partner Natalie Honzovicova
  • Led the team with 27 wins on the season, setting a new single-season CCU record
  • Went 27-7 overall on the year, playing at the No. 2 and 3 flights
  • Posted a 12-5 record on court No. 2 and a record of 15-2 on court No. 3 on the year
  • Teamed up with Honzovicova to go 18-4 overall, the most wins by a CCU pair on the season
  • Went 15-1 overall at the No. 3 flight and 3-3 at the No. 2 position alongside Honzovicova
  • Also paired up with Irena Drobnjak to go 9-2 at the No. 2 flight on the year
  • Began the season going 18-1 overall, which included 16 wins in straight sets
  • Started the season off by winning eight-straight matches at the No. 3 flight
  • Tallied a season-high 10-match winning streak with Honzovicova from March 9 to March 20
  • Picked up wins over nationally-ranked foes No. 17 FIU (March 5), No. 18 South Carolina (April 8), No. 20 FGCU (April 15), No. 15 Georgia State (April 23), and against No. 13 FIU (April 29) at the 202 C-USA Beach Volleyball Championship Tournament
  • Closed out the season winning nine of her final 11 matches, all coming next to Drobnjak at the No. 2 flight
  • Named to the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher) for the 2022 spring term
  • Earned a spot on the President's List (4.0 GPA) for the 2021 fall semester


2021 (Freshman)

  • Posted a record of 21-10 on the season
  • Her 21 wins on the season were tied for the fourth-most on the season
  • Played at the No. 3 (7-6), No. 4 (11-4), and No. 5 (3-0) flights on the year
  • Went 4-6 overall on the season at the No. 3 flight while playing with Sarah Riedell
  • Recorded a record of 17-4 on the year with teammate Carli Ginther
  • Went 3-0 at the No. 3 flight, 11-4 at No. 4, and 3-0 at No. 5 when paired up with Ginther
  • Turned in a season-high 11-match winning streak alongside Ginther from March 20 to April 7
  • Also tallied six consecutive wins from April 16 to April 24
  • Recorded a win at the No. 3 flight over No. 18 Georgia State (March 10) and on court No. 4 at No. 16 Stetson (April 23)
  • Picked up three wins at the 2021 ASUN Beach Volleyball Championship Tournament, winning 21-7, 21-16 at the No. 4 flight versus Mercer (April 23), 13-21, 21-18, 15-10 against nationally-ranked No. 16 Stetson (April 23), and 19-21, 21-19, 15-6 over North Alabama (April 24)
  • Earned a spot on the President's List (4.0 GPA) for the 2020 fall semester
  • Was named to the Dean's List (3.25 GPA or better) for the 2021 spring term
  • Named to the 2020-21 ASUN Academic Honor Roll


High School

  • A multi-sport letterwinner at New Bern High School
  • Lettered four seasons in beach volleyball
  • A three-time team captain
  • Led her team to a North Carolina High School Sand Volleyball Association (NCHSSVA) Beach Club state championship title in 2019
  • Guided her team to back-to-back conference championship titles in 2016 and 2017
  • Named among the NCHSSVA Best Pairs for 2019 along with her partner Zoe Crow
  • Also a member of the Southern Sand Volleyball Beach Club team
  • Also a four-year letterwinner in both lacrosse and indoor volleyball
  • Was a member of three lacrosse conference championship teams (2017, 2018, and 2019)
  • Also earned all-conference and all-area accolades three times in lacrosse (2017, 2018, and 2019)
  • Was named the 2017 Conference Player of the Year her sophomore season in 2017 in indoor volleyball
  • A three-time all-conference and all-area selection in indoor volleyball (2017, 2018, and 2019)
  • Also a two-time all-region pick (2018 and 2019) in indoor volleyball
  • Served as the senior class president
  • A member of both the National Honor Society and the National Technical Honor Society
  • Older brother, Cal, played football at Wingate University from 2015-20

Historical Player Information

  • 31

    2021Freshman

    5'10"
    31
  • 11

    2022Sophomore

    5'10"
    11
  • 11

    2023Junior

    5'10"
    11
  • 11

    2024Senior

    5'10"
    11