Courtney Harnish

Year:
Junior
Hometown:
Muncie, Ind.
Position:
Defensive Specialist
Height:
5-3

SENIOR (2015):
Played in all 116 sets and 32 matches in the 2015 season…finished the season with 402 digs and ranked ninth in the Big Ten in the regular season in digs per set (3.47). Ends career with 1,120 digs, which ranks seventh on the Hoosiers all-time list for career digs. Had 23 double-digit dig matches for the 2015 season and ended the season with seven consecutive double-digit dig matches…Four matches with 19 or more digs in the 2015 season…named an Academic All-Big Ten selection and CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team selection.

JUNIOR (2014):

Played in 116 of the Hoosiers 118 sets for the 2014 season...finished the season fifth on the Hoosiers all-time list for single season digs with 445 and became just the third player in program history to record 445 or more digs in a season...named to All-Tournament Team for Hoosier Classic....named an Academic All-Big Ten honoree...With her career-high 26 digs against Mississippi State Harnish totaled the fourth most digs in program history for a four-set match...finished the regular season eighth in the Big Ten in digs...had eight matches during the season with 20 or more digs...23 and 21 digs in the Hoosiers back-to-back wins at Northwestern and vs. Minnesota...finished the season with 718 career digs...Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honoree...traveled to Vietnam for Coach for College Program, a program with the goal of using athletics to help motivate children in developing countries to pursue a college education while developing leadership skills, learning in the classroom and playing sports.

SOPHOMORE (2013): Played in 21 matches and 57 sets in the 2013 season...totaled 49 digs with two double-digit dig matches...10 digs at Wisconsin and 10 digs against Wisconsin...three service aces on the season.

FRESHMAN YEAR (2012)
Tallied 224 digs, 12 aces and 41 assists on the season ... had double-digit digs in seven matches ... made collegiate debut against Stony Brook, tallying four digs ... logged her first career start against Quinnipiac and added three service aces, six digs and an assist ... played one set at Libero against Illinois and tallied seven digs, two assists and a service aces ... played her first full match as Libero against Northwestern, digging 19 balls and dishing out a pair of assists in the effort ... had a career-high 20 digs against Nebraska ... tallied 15 digs at Penn State ... had 14 digs, three assists and two aces in the win at Wisconsin.

PREP: First team all-state selection in 2011 for perennial state power Burris High School ... as a senior, earned Academic All-State honors and was a first team all-conference selection ... in 2010, helped Burris to an undefeated season and a state title, earning second team all-state, academic all-state and all-conference honors in the process ... played club volleyball with the Munciana Volleyball Club.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Thanh and Randy Harnish, is from Muncie, Ind.