2020 Volleyball Roster
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Jersey Number 11
Rachel Tullos
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Denton Guyer HS
- Hometown:
- Lantana, Texas
Bio
| AWARDS / HONORS | ||||
| 2022 | The American All-Conference Second Team | |||
| 2022 | The American Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 11, Nov. 8) | |||
| 2021 | The American All-Conference First Team | |||
| 2021 | The American Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 25, Nov. 1) | |||
| 2020 | The American All-Conference Second Team | |||
| 2020 | The American Defensive Player of the Week (Feb. 15) | |||
| 2020 | Preseason The American All-Conference Team | |||
| 2019-20 | The American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team | |||
| 2019 | Volleyballmag.com Freshman All-America Honorable Mention | |||
| 2019 | The American All-Conference Second Team | |||
| 2019 | The American Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 21) | |||
SENIOR (2022)
Tabbed an All-American Athletic Conference Second Team … Named The American Defensive Player of the Week twice (Oct. 11, Nov. 8) … Moved up to second all-time in total blocks (554) and solo blocks (131) … Sits third in American Athletic Conference career total blocks (554) and career blocks per set (1.20) … Led the team in blocks (139) … Finished fifth on the team in kills (178) … One of two players to start every match this season … One of four players to appear in all 127 sets played this season … One of five players to play all 34 matches this season … Tied her career-high 11 kills against South Alabama and Auburn (Sept. 9, Dec. 3) … Tallied 12 blocks against South Alabama and South Florida (Sept. 9, Oct. 9).
JUNIOR (2021)
Named to the American all-conference first team while finishing second in the conference in blocks/set in AAC play (1.22) ... Ranked in the top 10 in the conference in attacking percentage in AAC play (.384) and recorded five-plus blocks in 18 different matches ... Ended the season ranked 46th nationally in blocks/sets (1.23) and ninth all-time in UH history since 1984 in attacking percentage for a season with at least 100 kills (.346) … Led the team in blocks (151) … Led the team in sets played (123) … Started every match this season (32) … Led the team in attack percentage (.346).
SOPHOMORE (2020)
Helped lead Houston the American Athletic Conference West Division title, appearing in all 75 sets on the year … Named to The American All-Conference Second Team following a year that saw her seventh in the league averaging 1.21 blocks per set against league foes … Earned the second conference Defensive Player of the Week (Feb. 15) accolade of her career after posting 2.12 blocks per set in two wins against RV SMU (Feb. 11-12) … Led The American with 21 solo blocks on the year, a number that ranked tied for No. 14 in the country … Hoisted the second-best hitting percentage in the conference with a .336 mark … Recorded the fifth double-digit blocking performance of her career with 10 stops at the net against RV SMU (Feb. 12) … Tallied her lone double-digit kill outing of the season in the win over Stephen F. Austin (Jan. 28).
FRESHMAN (2019)
Helped lead Houston to its first postseason since 2000, having played in all 33 matches, making an appearance in 137 sets … Named to Volleyballmag.com’s Freshman All-America Honorable Mention … Emerged as one of the best middle blockers in the country, finishing her rookie campaign with 185 total blocks, a mark that led the American Athletic Conference and ranked third in the country … Her 62 solo stops at the net were more than any other Division I player, with the next closest being 42 … Led The American with 1.36 blocks per set, which sat 19th in the nation … Earned Second-Team All-Conference honors after leading the league in nearly every blocking category including blocks per set (1.55), total blocks (107) and solo blocks (32), and finishing second with 75 block assists … Rewarded with an American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week accolade (Oct. 21), the only non-libero in 2019to win a conference DPOW … Put together a performance of the ages against Cincinnati (Oct. 20), recording 17 blocks, which not only set a conference record for blocks in a five-set match but also was the most blocks in a single match by a Division I player in 2019 … Began her collegiate career with 12 blocks against Arizona State (Aug. 30), the most blocks in a four-set match since 2006 … Surpassed the 10-block mark on four occasions … Tallied a career-high 11 kills in Houston’s 1,000th program win against Memphis (Nov. 15), tying that mark against Tulane (Nov. 22) in the conference tournament.
HIGH SCHOOL
Capped off her high school career with a TSWA All-State naming … Awarded with the Denton-Area Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2018, where she was also a K-MAC Sports/VYPE All-State honoree … Named the 2017 Denton-Area Co-Offensive MVP … Awarded with the 2016 district MVP, as well as a TAAPS All-State naming … A 2017 TGCA All-Star.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Eric and Stacey Tullos … Has two brothers, Blake and Kyle … Part of a rich family history of athletes with five members of her family having competed at the collegiate level … Lists her parents as her biggest influence … Aspires to work in sports medicine as a physical therapist … Graduated high school as Magna Cum Laude … Volunteered at a homeless shelter … Enjoys watching Netflix in her free time … Majoring in kinesiology.
Houston at Big 12 Media Days
Thursday, August 07
Cougars All-Access: Barakat Rahmon (VB)
Tuesday, November 19
Cougars All-Access: Kate Georgiades (VB)
Wednesday, October 02
Cougars All-Access: David Rehr (VB)
Monday, September 16
