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15 Liz Buterbaugh

  • Position Middle Blocker
  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-11
  • High School Hilton Head Prep
  • Hometown Hilton Head, S.C.

Biography

2014: Played in 34 of the team’s 35 matches, earning 26 starts … Posted 81 total blocks along with a team-high 0.77 blocks per set … Led all Terriers with seven five-block matches … Set new single-match-highs in blocks (7), aces (3) and total attacks (25) … On the attack, recorded 161 kills, 1.53 kills per set and hit .264 … Also racked up 21 aces and 227.5 total points … Went up for a career-high seven blocks against Presbyterian at the Deacon Invitational (Sep. 5) … Hit .385 with eight kills on 13 attacks against Wake Forest (Sep. 6) … Used 11 kills and a career-high three aces to post a season-high 14.5 points in a five-set victory over William & Mary at the Clemson Classic (Sep. 13) … Matched her new career-high in aces at home against Tennessee Tech, and went on to register six blocks later that day against USC Upstate (Sep. 19) … Hit .667 with seven kills and just one error on nine attacks to help Wofford sweep NC A&T (Sep. 20) … Later that day, hit .556 with 11 kills (11-1-18) and five blocks against Gardner-Webb (Sep. 20) … Marked a new career-high in total attacks with 25 at UNC Asheville, posting eight kills (Sep. 23) … Found three aces to match her career-high against Samford (Oct. 11) … In a five-set win over Western Carolina, slammed 10 kills and hit .692 (10-1-13), adding an ace and five total blocks to match her season-high of 14.5 points (Oct. 25) … Recorded three aces and five blocks against UNCG (Nov. 5) … Was a force at the net in the Southern Conference quarterfinals, blocking five Furman attacks and notching seven kills (Nov. 22).
 
2013: Played in all 32 matches, making 31 starts ... Tied for the team-high with 65 total blocks, adding 165 kills and 204 points ... Set new single-game highs in kills (13), blocks (5) and points (15.5) ... Had five matches of five blocks ... Opened the season with eight kills and one error on 19 attempts (.368) at the Chanticleer Invitational against Iowa (Aug. 30) ... Totaled 18 kills and hit .394 in three matches at the Arizona Wildcat Classic (Sep. 20-21) and was named to the all-tournament team ... Posted her first double-digit kill match, registering 10 and hitting .364 in a SoCon match against Samford (Sep. 27) ... Had nine kills and hit .438 to help Wofford sweep The Citadel (Oct. 5) ... Totaled a career-high 13 kills and 15.5 points, hitting .391, at Elon (Oct. 26) ... Had seven kills and her fifth five-block match in the regular season finale at Samford (Nov. 16).

2012: Made 21 appearances in her freshman season, including two starts ... Combined for 41.0 points, 27 kills, 23 total blocks, 15 digs, nine assists and two aces ... Averaged 0.48 kills/set and 0.41 blocks/set... Held an attack percentage of .110 ... Made her Wofford debut in the season opener at Miami (FL) (08/24) ... Started her first game as a Terrier the very next day and helped to a five-set win over SEC opponent Ole Miss (Aug. 25) ... Posted season-highs in kills (6) and points (8) at Charleston Southern (09/14) ... Registered two assists twice, last in a win versus Western Carolina (Oct. 13) ... Had a season-high 13 total attacks at Elon (Oct. 19) ... Also tied her season-high in blocks against Elon with three for the fifth time ... Posted season-highs in service aces (2) and digs (7) in a sweep of Converse College (Oct. 24) ... Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

Prior to Wofford: Four-year letter winner at Hilton Head Prep School ... Led her team to a third place finish in the state in 2011 ... Earned the 2010 Outstanding Team Contribution Award ... Played in the SCISA North-South All-Star Match in 2009, 2010 and 2011 ...  Was a two-time all-region and all-state team member ... Earned the 2011 Island Packet Player of the Year award ... Earned honor roll status ... Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Born April 10, 1994 in Hilton Head, South Carolina ... Daughter of Robert and Karen Buterbaugh ... A double-major in Spanish and sociology.
 
Honors & Awards:
- 2012-13 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2012Freshman

    MB
    5'11"
    15
  • 15

    2013Sophomore

    Middle Blocker
    5'11"
    15
  • 15

    2014Junior

    Middle Blocker
    5'11"
    15
  • 15

    2015Senior

    Middle Blocker
    5'11"
    15