Becky Potter

5 Becky Potter

  • Birth Date:
    09/06/1982
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Clovis, Calif.
  • High School:
    Buchanan
  • Position:
    Middle Blocker
  • College:
    4V
AS A SENIOR IN 2003: Named an AVCA Third Team All-American selection... earned First Team All-WCC honors as a senior, making her a four-time All-WCC honoree... earned First Team All-Pacfic Region for the second consecutive year... had 20 double-doubles in 31 matches in 2003... is the all-time kills leader at Santa Clara with her 1,812 career kills... led the Broncos to a 3-2 victory over No. 16 LMU on November 22 with her 23 kills, 12 digs and five total blocks... broke the SCU kills record with her 15th kill against Pepperdine on November 21... registered 18 kills, 17 digs and seven total blocks in that match against the fourth-ranked Waves... posted her second career triple-double in the match at Saint Mary's with her 23 kills, 21 digs and 14 blocks, leading the Broncos to a 3-2 victory... her 11 block assists and 14 total blocks both tied program records in those categories... had 21 kills, 13 digs and six total blocks in the 3-0 sweep at San Francisco... earned WCC Player of the Week honors for the second straight week, fourth time this season and eighth time in her career on November 17 for her efforts against USF and SMC... registered 23 kills, a .457 hitting percentage and 10 digs in the Broncos 3-1 win at No. 18 San Diego... was named the WCC Player of the Week on October 10 for her efforts at USD... posted a combined 29 kills and 29 digs in the Broncos' 3-0 win over Portland and 3-1 win over Gonzaga on Halloween weekend... notched her second 20-20 match of the season with her 28 kills and 24 digs in the 3-2 loss at No. 17 LMU... had a match-high 18 kills at No. 5 Pepperdine... posted 15 kills, 18 digs and four block assists in the Broncos' 3-0 win over Saint Mary's on October 18... named the WCC Player of the Week on October 13... became only the fifth player in program history to record a triple-double, posting 19 kills, 13 digs and 11 total blocks against No. 9 California on October 8... registered a team-high 17 kills in the 3-0 sweep of No. 18 San Diego... recorded 21 kills and 16 digs in the Broncos' 3-1 win at Gonzaga... became only 10th player in program history to notch at least 20 kills and 20 digs in the same match, posting 23 kills and 20 digs against Sacramento State... notched 12 kills and six digs against No. 2 Hawaii... posted double-doubles in each of the three matches at the Gamecock Invitational... notched 18 kills and 11 digs against South Carolina... had 16 kills and 11 digs against Duke... recorded 12 kills and 10 digs to go along with seven total blocks against George Washington... named to the U.S. Bank/Arby's Invitational All-Tournament team... posted 20 kills and 10 digs in the 3-2 loss to No. 17 Michigan State... had 12 kills and 12 digs in the 3-1 loss to No. 5 Nebraska... named the MVP of the Wildcat Invitatonal... earned WCC Player of the Week honors on September 8 for her efforts in the Wildcat Invitational... posted 20 kills, nine digs and four blocks in the Broncos' 3-1 win over No. 10 Arizona... tallied 26 kills, seven digs and five blocks in the 3-2 win over San Diego State... posted 19 kills and 18 digs in the season opener against Pacific... recorded 18 kills and 14 digsto go along with seven block assists in the 3-1 win over San Jose State.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2002: Became the program's first All-American when she was named to the AVCA Second Team All-America squad... named first team All-WCC for the second straight season... notched a match-high 19 kills and a team-high 10 digs in the Broncos' 3-0 loss at No. 4 Stanford... posted 24 kills and 19 digs in the Broncos 3-2 loss against Cal... notched the third highest single-match kills total in SCU history with 34 in the Broncos' 3-2 win over Loyola Marymount on November 16... posted 18 kills, a .412 hitting percentage, eight digs and five total blocks against Portland on Noveber 8... notched 21 kills and 14 digs in the Broncos 3-1 win at San Diego... registered26 kills and 15 digs in the 3-1 win over Sacramento State... posted 28 kills in the 3-1 win over Loyola Marymount, 26 of which came in the first three games... set a new Santa Clara record for a three-game match with her 27 kills in the 3-0 win over Portland... also added 13 digs and seven blocks in the match against Portland on Oct. 12... named the WCC player of the Week for the third time in 2002 on Oct. 7 following her performances against San Diego and Saint Mary's... was named the WCC Player of the Month for September... registered a 30 kills to go along with 19 digs in the Broncos' 3-1 win over Saint Mary's... recorded a match-high 19 kills along with 12 digs in the 3-0 win over San Diego to open the WCC season... posted 28 kills and two solo blocks against San Jose State on September 28... earned all-tournament honors at the Denver Invitational after posting 45 kills, 23 digs and seven blocks in the three matches... earned all-tournament honors at the U.S. Bank/Arby's Classic after posting 55 kills, 37 digs, eight blocks and eight assists in the three matches... recorded a season-high 23 kills in the Broncos' 3-2 win over Michigan... registered her fifth-straight double-double in the 3-1 win over Alabama with her 13 kills and 14 digs... earned MVP honors at the NAU Fiesta Bowl Tournament following her 42 kill, 33 dig, 16 total block performance in the three matches... earned UC Irvine Marriott Sunset Showcase MVP honors following her 40 kill, 13 dig, eight total block performance in the three matches... earned back-to-back WCC Athlete of the Week honors on September 3rd and 10th.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2001: Named to the All-WCC First Team... also named a WCC All-Academic honoree... moved from left side into the middle... named to the All-Tournament Teams for performances at the Phoenix Airport Hilton/Sun Devil Challenge and the SCU Invitational... was also named the WCC's Player of the Week for performance against No. 4 Stanford, Gonzaga and Portland... recorded 45 kills (5 pg), hit .323, served up five aces, and had 24 digs (2.67 pg)... posted 20 kills and six blocks vs. Loyola Marymount... against Gonzaga, notched 17 kills and 12 digs... against Stanford, led the SCU attack with 18 kills... finished fourth in the WCC in kills, averaging a team-leading 4.01 per game... counting only league games, that average jumped up to 4.36, third best in the conference... posted double digits in kills in 25 of the team's 29 matches, including 15 straight from Sept. 29 through Nov. 10... had 12 double-doubles on the season... notched a season-high 23 kills against San Jose State... averaged 5.33 kills pg and a .491 hitting percentage at Portland and Gonzaga... hit over .400 mark on eight occasions.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2000: Became the first freshman in Santa Clara history to earn the WCC's Freshman of the Year award... received All-WCC honorable mention honors... named to the All-Tournament team at the North Carolina/Nike Classic... earned a starting role on the right side early in the season and appeared in 96 games... averaged 3.36 kills and 1.92 digs per game... notched a career-high 27 kills at San Diego while hitting .533... had a career-high 20 digs at Gonzaga... also registered 70 assists, third on the team... registered 10 assists at Fresno State... added 11 digs in that match for a rare double-double ... registered five double-doubles on the season, including 21 kills and 10 digs at UC Santa Barbara... averaged .82 blocks per game, third on the team... notched six blocks against New Mexico, Louisville, ? and Saint Mary's.

HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year starter at Buchanan High School... played under head coach Marian Battles... team compiled a 111-21 four-year record with her in the middle... set a school-record 404 kills as a junior, including a career-high 30 against Clovis West High School... also had career-bests 14 blocks and 16 digs... helped lead Buchanan to the C.I.F. Central Section Division One championship and the Tri-River Athletic Conference championship in 1997 and 1999... team earned the TRAC co-championship in 1998... a two-time TRAC MVP, earning the honor as a junior and senior... earned first-team all-conference as a sophomore... a two-year selection to the Fresno Bee first team All-Valley Player squad... selected the Fresno Bee All-Valley Player of the Year as a junior... garnered All-Clovis Offensive Player of the Year honors by the Clovis Independent as a junior, while also earning All-Clovis MVP by the same publication as a senior... named Buchanan's MVP as a senior and co-MVP as a junior... named captain her senior year... was chosen Buchanan's Fellowship of Christian Athletes Female Athlete of the Year as a senior... a 2000 Central Valley FCA Female Athlete of the Year... also played basketball, earning the sixth man award... a second-team all-conference selection... played for the Central California and the Fresno club teams.

PERSONAL: Full name is Rebecca Jean Potter... parents are Steve and Betty Potter... born September 6, 1982 in Auburn, Calif... named valedictorian of her senior class as she posted a 4.2 GPA... named to the principal's honor roll all four years... listed as Who's Who Among American High School Students... attended the National Youth Leadership forum on medicine... loves to dance, listen to music and hang out with friends... majoring in mathematics with an emphasis on secondary education... wears a yellow ribbon during every match.

Potter's Career Statistics

YearMGKETAPCTSABSBADASREBESE
20002892309128721.25145701777041631
20012998393156990.23920115126143221044
2002301075711681192.33816179130326251632
2003311255391691225.302222212239038291544
Career11842218126184128.289625533411311778057151

Potter's Career Highs

Kills 34at Loyola Marymount, Nov. 16, 2002
Attempts71at Loyola Marymount, Nov. 16, 2002
Hitting Pct. .667at Sacramento State, Sept. 12, 2000
Assists10at Fresno State, Sept. 22, 2000
Aces5at Hawaii, Sept. 21, 2001
Digs24at Loyola Marymount, Oct. 24, 2003
Block Solos3at St. Mary's, Nov. 14, 2003
Block Assists11at St. Mary's, Nov. 14, 2003
Total Blocks14at St. Mary's, Nov. 14, 2003