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Hooch Grad Named ACC Volleyball Freshman Player of the Year
Haley Templeton, a 2014 Chattahoochee grad, is a 6-foot setter for the University of Miami volleyball team.
Haley Templeton, a 2014 Chattahoochee High School graduate and current University of Miami volleyball player, has been named the 2014 ACC Freshman of the Year. She becomes only the second freshman Hurricane in school history to take the top honor.
A 6-foot setter, Templeton had an amazing freshman debut, earning ACC Freshman of the Week honors five times during the 2014 season. She surpassed the 1,000-assist mark during Miami’s 3-1 victory over Georgia Tech, recording the 10th 1,000-assist season since the program returned in 2001.
“It has been great to see Haley mature and develop as the season went on,” Miami head coach Jose “Keno” Gandara said in a press release. “She is very deserving of the award and I look forward to watching her continue to develop.”
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Templeton finished the regular season ranked second in the ACC with 11.02 assists/set and finished the year with 1,047 assists, leading the Hurricanes with 27 service aces. With 59 kills on the season, the freshman also recorded at least 20 assists in 28 of Miami’s 29 matches this season, including a career-high 53 assists four times (9/13 vs. Ball State, 9/20 vs. Missouri, 10/5 vs. Florida State and 10/10 at Syracuse).
“I’m ecstatic about this, but I couldn’t have done it without my teammates,” Templeton was quoted as saying. “They’ve helped me the entire year and I couldn’t have done this without them being there to help me along the way.”
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The Hurricanes (21-8, 14-4 ACC) earned one of 64 spots in the 2014 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball field. Miami, who finished tied for third in the ACC, faced UCF Dec. 5 in their first-round match of the 2014 NCAA Tournament. The winner of that match advanced to face the winner of No. 8 Florida and Alabama State. For more information, go to www.hurricanesports.com.
Among Templeton’s many accomplishments at Chattahoochee, she was selected to the All Area and the Georgia All State teams all four years and holds numerous state records for assists in the state. A three-time AAU All American, she was named to the Under Armour All-American 1st team as a senior and competed with the top 24 players in the country before the NCAA National Championship in Seattle December 2013, where she won Setter of the Year. Templeton was also named the 2013-14 Gatorade Georgia Volleyball Player of the Year.
