2024 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Julianna Dalton
- Position:
- OH
- Height:
- 6-5
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Parker, Colo.
- Major:
- Marketing MS
- High School:
- Chaparral HS
- Prev School:
- Pitt
SENIOR (2024): Played in 53 sets across 19 matches, making eight starts … Dealt with recurring injuries throughout the season leading to missed time … Led Houston in aces in two matches … Made Houston debut against Louisiana (Sept. 5) … Tallied 10 digs and a season-high four blocks against TCU (Oct. 2) … Posted 10 kills with a .269 hitting percentage against Iowa State (Oct. 9) … Earned a double-double with 11 kills and 10 digs at TCU (Nov. 20) … Notched 11 digs at Texas Tech (Nov. 27) … Season highs: 11 kills, 3 assists, 2 aces, 11 digs, 4 blocks, 12.5 points.
JUNIOR (2023 at PITTSBURGH): Played in 15 matches and 29 sets ... Recorded a season-high four kills against James Madison, hitting .667 on six attempts ... Registered three digs against Montana and Syracuse ... Notched an ace in the National Semifinal against Nebraska.
SOPHOMORE (2022 at PITTSBURGH): Member of Pitt’s NCAA Final Four team, the second consecutive National Semifinal appearance … Won her first ACC Championship, helping the Panthers to a 17-1 conference record and the most wins in a single season since 1990 (31-4) … Played in 32 matches finishing with 234 kills, the fourth most on the team … Played all six rotations for the first time in her career successfully passing 95.1 percent of serves sent her way while receiving a team-high 674 serves throughout the season … Made a career high 17 kills in a five-set win over Cincinnati (9/2) … Set season highs in kill/set twice, making 11 kills in sweeps over Hawai’i (8/27) and Notre Dame (10/21) … Recorded her first-career double-double vs. Notre Dame (10/21) recording 11 kills and 11 digs in three sets … Secured a season-best .467 hitting vs. Syracuse (11/11) making eight kills on 15 attempts (.467) ... ACC All-Academic Team.
FRESHMAN (2020 at WASHINGTON STATE): Made an immediate impact in her debut season as an outside hitter, finishing second overall on the team in total kills with 151 ... Appeared in all 16 matches, starting in nearly all 16 of those as a true freshman ... Posted a career-high in kills with 14 total four different times during the season, with the last occurring at the NCAA Tournament First Round match-up against Western Kentucky ... Finished the 2020-21 season ranking 25th overall in total kills in the Pac-12 ... Ended the year with 2.44 kills per set, one service ace, 33 digs, 45.0 total blocks, and 0.41 blocks per set ... Was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team.
HIGH SCHOOL: Saw numerous accolades during her career at Chaparral High School, including being named the 2019-20 Colorado Gatorade Player of the Year … Named the Colorado Community Media's Volleyball Player of the Year, was an AVCA Second Team All-American, AVCA All-Region selection, and was named the Colorado 5A Player of the Year after helping leading Chaparral to a Class 5A state championship … During her senior campaign Julianna recorded 313 kills, 289 digs, 90 total blocks, and 76 total serving aces.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Matt and Mindy Dalton ... Has six siblings, three sisters, Karlie, Nicole, and Katie, and three brothers, Hayden, Joseph, and Levi.
