2005 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Kariny Ritter
- Height:
- 6-null
- Class:
- Senior
- Prev School:
- Western Nebraska CC
- Hometown:
- Porto Alegre, Brazil
2005 AVCA All-America Honorable Mention
2005 AVCA All-Region First Team
2005 C-USA All-Tournament Team
2005 C-USA First Team
C-USA Co-Player of the Week (Oct. 17, 2005)
C-USA Player of the Week (Oct. 10, 2005)
C-USA Player of the Week (Aug. 30, 2005)
2005 Season (Senior)
Ritter was one of four Cougars to garner postseason awards joining Jaci Gonzalez on the Conference USA First and All-Tournament Teams ... knocked double-digit kills in 27 of 28 matches finishing season with a streak of 21 consecutive matches ... slapped at least 15 kills in 17 of those 21 matches ... paced squad smacking 20 or more kills in 11 matches ... second on the team putting together 11 doubles-doubles ... paced team racking up 493 kills on 1,331 total attempts ... her 4.70 kills per game was third in C-USA and 24th in the NCAA ... tallied 5.35 kills per game which was second-best in C-USA action ... only behind Becca Sartori totaling 82 total blocks, including a team-best 25 solo efforts ... one of four players on team to register over 250 digs ... started the season with back-to-back double-doubles against Wichita State, 10 kills and 13 digs, (Aug. 26) and Stephen F. Austin, 19 kills and 11 digs, (Aug. 27) ... also recorded a season-best six blocks against SFA ... earned C-USA Player of the Week (Aug. 28) ... first time since 2002 that a Cougar has been honored with league POW award ... notched a career-best 79 attempts against Miami (Sept. 3) ... slapped 16 kills and 19 digs in addition to five solo blocks at No. 24 Kansas State (Sept. 10) ... fired 20 or more kills in three consecutive matches (Sept. 10 - 17) ... powered home 23 kills and surpassed 500 career kills against Florida State (Sept. 10) ... put together 20-kill performances against South Carolina (Sept. 16) and College of Charleston (Sept. 17) ... ripped 19 kills against SMU (Oct. 7) ... popped 17 kills and added six blocks against Tulsa (Oct. 9) ... named C-USA Player of the Week for her efforts (Oct. 10) ... added consecutive double-doubles at Southern Miss, 18 kills and 10 digs, (Oct. 14) and UCF, 31 kills and 12 digs, (Oct. 16) ... Seven of her 31 kills came in the deciding fifth game ... honored as C-USA Co-Player of the Week (Oct. 17) ... joins Jennifer Whitenburg (2001) as the last Houston player to win back-to-back POW honorees and Jenny Tanneberger (2002) as the last Cougar to win three POW awards in a season ... knocked 22 kills on a season-best .452 attack percentage against East Carolina (Oct. 22) ... slammed a career-best 32 kills on a .319 attack percentage to go along with a season-high 20 digs against Rice (Nov. 2) ... crushed 21 kills and added four blocks in C-USA Championship match against Marshall (Nov. 20).
2004 Season (Junior)
Played in all but one game for the Cougars, appearing in all 32 matches and 120 of 121 games ... produced seven double-doubles in kills and digs ... second on the team with 359 kills and third with 254 digs ... set career-highs of 21 kills against Charlotte (Oct. 9), 23 digs against Alabama (Nov. 26), five block assists in back-to-back games against Ball State (Sept. 18) and Illinois (Sept. 17), and had 61 attacks against LSU (Nov. 27) ... named to the UT-Arlington All-Tournament Team after 35 kills, nine digs and three blocks over three matches.
Before Houston
Played two seasons at Western Nebraska Community College, earning All-Region honors in 2002 and 2003 ... named All-American Second-Team in 2003 ... named All-Region Tournament Team in both 2002 and 2003.
Personal
Daughter of Silvino and Loreni Ritter ... born March 14, 1982 ... also recruited by Florida International, Kansas State, Oklahoma and Lamar.
