Tarleton State University Athletics

Covid Senior (2021):
Played in 27 matches and 82 sets … One of eight players in school history with 1,000 career kills … Tallied a season-high 13 kills vs. California Baptist (10/8) … Had four double-digit kill matches … Posted a season-high 14 digs vs. Sam Houston (11/6) … Totaled 125 kills, 105 digs, 23 total blocks and 146 points scored.
 
Senior (2020):
Played in 24 matches and 89 sets for the Texans in the 2020 season which was delayed to the spring due to Covid 19 … Totaled 278 kills on the season, 2^nd highest on the team … Had a career high 22 kills against Big XII program TCU on Mar. 20 … Had 16 double-digit kill performances … Recorded her 1000^th career kill on Mar. 8 against Dixie State … Named WAC Offensive Player of the Week Mar. 24 for her career high performance against TCU and UTRGV … Also recorded 126 digs.
 
Junior (2019):
Dual-sport athlete at Tarleton, playing volleyball and basketball … Played in all 34 matches for the Texan Volleyball team, including 119 matches … Totaled 252 kills and 43.0 total blocks … Had 10 double-digit kill performances, including two matches with a season-high 17 kills … Played in nine games for the Texan Women’s Basketball team … Scored eight points and grabbed eight rebounds … Became the first Texan women’s athlete to play volleyball and basketball in the same year since Jasmyne Brown in 2011-12.
 
Sophomore (2018):
Played in all 37 matches and played in 123 sets for Tarleton ... Was a part of Tarleton’s winningest season in program history, going 32-5 ... Won the Lone Star Conference regular season championship ... Won the first NCAA South Central regional championship in school history ... Named second team all-LSC ... Named to NCAA Championship all-tournament team after a 15-kill performance against Western Washington in the NCAA Division II Elite Eight ... Was second on the team with 323 kills with 2.63 kills per set on a .250 hitting percentage ... Had 358 points on the year ... Posted 19 matches with double-digit kills, led by a career-high 18 kills on a .571 hitting percentage against Dallas Baptist on Sept. 25 ... Defensively, had 65 digs and 63 total blocks.
 
Freshman (2017):
Honorable Mention All-LSC … LSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll … Helped Tarleton to its fourth consecutive NCAA tournament appearance … Part of Tarleton’s first team to win the LSC Championship and Tournament Championship in the same season … Part of Tarleton’s first match as a nationally-ranked school … Two-time LSC Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 26 and Oct. 10) … Played in 120 sets as a true freshman … Had 230 kills on a .295 hit percentage … Had 119 total blocks … Had four matches with at least 10 kills, led by 12 at Texas A&M-Kingsville on Sept. 30 … Also had 65 digs and 13 service aces … Among the national top-100 in blocks per set (0.99) and total blocks (119).
 
Granbury High School:
Lettered four years in volleyball and was a two-year team captain for head coach Tammy Clark … Also lettered four years in basketball and was a team captain for head coach Steve Schmidt … School record holder for career kills (1,636) and blocks (228.5) … Two-time District MVP … AVCA Under Armour Watch List as a senior … Four-time all-district … AVCA Phenom List as a freshman … Honorable mention all-state as a senior in basketball … Three-time Academic All-District … Academic All-State as a senior … Competed in the TGCA and TAVC All-Star games … Competed six years of club ball for Texas Image and Club Texas, winning the Tour of Texas Championship in 2017.
 
Personal:
Is a 2017 graduate of Granbury High School … Daughter of Chris and Kim Strange … Majoring in Kinesiology … Born Oct. 23 … Full name is Amber Renee Strange.