Paulina Hougaard-Jensen

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Colorado State Volleyball 2018 vs. Cincinnati 9/1/20182018 Colorado State Volleyballl - vs. Cincinnati, 9/1/18, Fort Collins, Colo.

Colorado State Volleyball 2018 vs. Illinois 8/24/2018

Class:
Senior
Height:
6-1
Position:
Middle Blocker
Hometown:
Copenhagen, Denmark
High School:
Falkonergaardens Gymnasium & HF
Major:
Business Marketing

Awards & Honors

Mountain West Academic All-Conference (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Mountain West All-Conference (2017, 2018, 2019)
CoSIDA Academic All-America (2019)
CoSIDA Academic All-District (2019)
Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 28, 2019)
Mountain West Preseason Team (2018, 2019)
Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 15, 2018)
Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 11, 2017)
Mountain West Scholar Athlete (2016, 2017, 2018)

2019 (Senior) [Match-by-Match]: Appeared in 27 matches, including making nine starts as a middle blocker ... In 97 sets played, recorded 117 blocks and 231 kills ... Reached double-figure kills 11 times, including a season-high 14 against Oregon State on Sept. 20 ... Posted double-digit blocks once on the season against al Poly on Sept. 18 ... Was part of a front-line blockers that finished No. 4 in the country in blocks and lead the nation in opponent hitting percentage with a .111 mark ... Finished the season as No. 20 in the country in blocks per set with a 1.35 average.

2018 (Junior) [Match-by-Match]: Appeared and started in all 31 matches as a middle blocker ... Finished first on the team with 149 blocks for a 1.33 average - both career bests ... Tallied 15 matches with double-digit kills, including a career-high 16 against Utah State on Oct. 13 ... Had nine matches with one or less attack errors ... Finished the season with a season-high 10 blocks in the NCAA Tournament against No. 19 Tennessee on Nov. 30 ... Posted a .353 hitting mark which ranked 58th in the nation ... Her 1.33 block average led the Mountain West and ranked No. 30 in the country.

2017 (Sophomore) [Match-by-Match]: Appeared and started in all 33 matches as a middle blocker ... Finished third on the team with 271 kills and a 2.40 kill set average ... Had 12 matches with double-figure kills ... Led the team with a .474 hitting percentage which also ranked No. 2 in the nation ... Had eight matches with no attack errors ... Set a career-best 14 kills at Nevada on Nov. 9 ... Was second on the team with 1.23 blocks per set ... Recorded her first double-double of her career with 16 kills and 10 blocks against Wyoming on Oct. 24.

2016 (Freshman) [Match-by-Match]: Appeared in 20 matches, seeing action in 47 sets while making five starts ... Made her first collegiate start at UC Santa Barbara on Sept. 3 ... Had a season-high eight kills on three occasions, including eight kills with no errors (.571 hitting) against San Jose State on Sept. 24 ... Made three consecutive starts from Oct. 22-29 ... Averaged 1.21 kills per set and 0.70 blocks per set ... Had a season-best eight blocks against New Mexico on Nov. 5.

High School: Played for the Denmark senior national team, and won first place at the 2016 Novotel Cup and led the under-20 squad to the same result in 2015 ... Playing for her club team, Brøndby Volley, Hougaard-Jensen was ranked the top middle blocker in the Danish Volleyliga in 2015-16 and also was named the upcoming player of the year ... Was named the best middle blocker in the Danish Youth Championship at the under-21 level for three straight years (2013-15) and also took Most Valuable Player honors in 2014-15 ... Led Brøndby Volley to a Nordic Club championship and won the Oresunds liga in 2015-16 and the squad took first in the Danish Cup in 2014 and 2015... Brøndby Volley also won the Danish Cup in both 2014 and 2015.

Personal: Born Oct. 11, 1996, in Copenhagen, Denmark ... Parents are Christine Nuding and Carsten Hougaard-Jensen ... Has an older sister Therese ... Majoring in business marketing.