Annie Cate Fitzpatrick Season 2021

2020-21 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Started all 16 matches and played in all 60 sets in her first season at Penn State...Hit .221 with 156 kills, 20 aces, 131 digs and 20 blocks...Ranked first on the team in aces, second in kills and third in digs...Recorded three double-doubles, including season-highs in kills (17) and digs (17) in a five-set win over Illinois (2/6)...Posted double-digit kills seven times and double-digit digs five times...Had at least one ace in eight matches, including a season-high four twice.

Rankings: Ranked second among Big Ten freshmen in aces/set (0.33).

Illinois (2/5): Started in her collegiate debut and hit .308 with 13 kills and nine digs in a four-set win. Illinois (2/6): Recorded her first career double-double while posting season highs in both kills (17) and digs (17)...Posted a .382 hitting percentage. at Minnesota (2/14): Tallied eight kills, 11 digs and one block. at Ohio State (2/17): Matched a season high with four aces in a five-set match. Indiana (2/20): Hit .421 with 10 kills, nine digs and one block. Ohio State (3/3): Finished with 10 kills, five digs and one block. Purdue (3/5): Recorded a double-double with 10 kills, 11 digs, three aces and two blocks. Purdue (3/6): Posted her second straight double-double with 16 kills, 13 digs, three aces and two blocks. Rutgers (3/13): Hit .421 with 11 kills, five digs, two aces and two blocks. at Michigan State (3/20): Totaled eight kills on .500 hitting while adding six digs and one block. vs. North Carolina A&T (4/15): Matched a season high with four aces in a three-set win while adding nine kills, four digs and two blocks in the NCAA Second Round. vs. Texas (4/18): Finished with nine kills 14 digs, one ace and one block in the NCAA Regional Semifinal.

PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Named the 2020 Florida Gatorade Player of the Year. following her final season at Trinity Catholic High School...Won the Florida 3A Player of the Year award following her senior season and the Florida 5A Player of the Year award following her junior season...Named 2019 Florida Miss Volleyball and a 2019 Under Armour All-American...Finished career with 1,868 kills, 875 digs, 166 blocks and 221 aces while leading team to 80-27 record...Led team to 3A state title in 2018, regional titles in 2018 and 2019 and district titles all four years...Played club volleyball for Ocala Power United for nine years and for the Top Select Volleyball Academy for one year...Helped teams qualify for nationals seven times.

PERSONAL
Parents are John and Catherine Fitzpatrick...Has one younger sister, Amelia...Hobbies include guitar, piano and hunting...Enrolled in the Division of Undergraduate Studies.