2023 Volleyball Roster
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Jersey Number 24
Abbie Jackson
- Position:
- OH
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Gig Harbor, Wash.
- High School:
- Charles Wright Academy
Bio
Awards/Honors
AVCA All-Region … All-Big 12 Conference Second Team … Texas State Invitational All-Tournament Team … Stacey Clark Classic All-Tournament Team … Broke Houston’s career records in attack attempts (5,859) and service aces (185) … Finished her career at #2 with 140 matches played, #2 with 524 sets played, #2 with 1,961 kills, #3 with 11.18 attacks per set, #5 with 3.74 kills per set and #6 with 0.35 service aces per set … Finished the season at #9 on the 25-point era kills-per-set list with 3.57 and #9 on the 25-point era attacks per set list with 9.98 … Ended the year second on the team with 357 kills, 3.57 kills per set, 411.5 points, 28 aces and 0.28 aces per set … Finished third on the team with 246 digs … Led Houston in kills 12 times, aces six times, blocks twice and digs once … Recorded nine double-doubles, all kills-digs … Tallied one match with 20+ kills and 19 matches with 10+ kills … Recorded 11 matches with 10+ digs … Recorded a streak of five consecutive matches with double-digit-kills to end the season … Played in 28 matches, making 28 starts … Played in 100 of Houston’s 104 sets … Earned 21 kills and a .357 hitting percentage in a four-set win over North Texas (Sept. 1) … Hit .357 with a 12-2-28 line against West Virginia (Oct. 6) … Hit .421 with 19 kills against Texas Tech (Oct. 20) … Used 16 kills to hit .393 against UCF (Nov. 3) … Hit .519 with 16 kills against Oklahoma (Nov. 9) … Hit .355 against Baylor (Nov. 22) … Used 16 kills to hit .353 against UC Santa Barbara in the first round of the NCAA Tournament … Season highs: 21 kills, 3 assists, 4 aces, 19 digs, 4 blocks, 22.5 points.
SENIOR (2022)
Earned a spot on the All-American Athletic Conference First Team … Named to the AVCA All-Southeast Region Team and All-American Honorable Mention … Tabbed as All-American Honorable Mention by VolleyballMag.com … Became Houston’s all-time career record holder in service aces (153) … Propelled up to second in Houston all-time career kills (1,604) and attack attempts (4,861) … Jumped up The American history ranks to become all-time record holder in service aces (153) … One of two players to start every match this season … Ranked 14th in the nation in service aces (57) and total attacks (1376) … Ranked 24th in the nation in points (553) … Posted the most double-doubles this season (12) … Posted a season-high 26 kills against Oregon State (Sept. 3) … Tallied a season-high six service aces against East Carolina (Sept. 3).
JUNIOR (2021)
Named AVCA Southeast All-Region honorable mention…Named to the American all-conference first team for the second-straight year … Ranks 15th all-time in UH history kills in a season (496) … Ranks fourth all-time in UH history for total attacks in a season (1554) … Ranks 11th all-time in UH history for aces in a season (45) … Led the nation in attacking attempts (1554) … Ranks eighth nationally for total kills (496) … Ranks 31st in the country in total service aces (45) … Set a career-high 81 attacks at East Carolina (10/24) … Set a career-high six blocks in a win over Mississippi State (9/3) … Hit a career-high .471 against Lipscomb in the season opener (8/27) … Smashed a season-high and career-best 31 kills at East Carolina(10/24) … Recorded four different 20-plus kill matches … Posted 11 double-doubles on the season … Set a career-high 20 digs against SMU (10/15) … Hit a career-best .216 on the season … Led the team in kills (496) … Finished second on the team in digs (287) … Led the team in Service Aces (45) … Finished third on the team in blocks (64) … Led the team in sets played (123) … Started every match this season (32) … Led the team in kills/set (4.03) … Finished second on the team in digs/set (2.33) … Led the team in points/set (4.73).
SOPHOMORE (2020)
Helped lead Houston to the American Athletic Conference West Division title, competing in all 19 matches on the year … A unanimous First-Team All-Conference selection after leading The American in kills (4.68) and points (5.61) per set, along with total service aces (19) during league action … Named to Volleyballmag.com’s All-America Honorable Mention … Awarded The American Offensive Player of the Week following a 5.75 kills per set average in two wins over Tulane (Feb. 20-21) … Named to The American Weekly Honor four times (Feb. 1, Feb. 15, March 1, March 15) … Posted a career-high 32 kills in the win over RV SMU, the most by any player in the conference all season and the most kills by a Houston player since Brookah Palmer recorded 31 on Oct. 7, 2015 … Logged a career-high hitting percentage of .418 against Tulane (Feb. 20), committing just three errors on 55 attempts … Finished the season tallying seven 20-kill performances to go along with seven other 10-dig outings to complete five double-doubles on the year … Recorded a career-high 17 digs in the win over Memphis (March 12).
FRESHMAN (2019)
Helped lead Houston to its first postseason since 2000, having played in 27 matches, making an appearance in 101 sets … Earned American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors (Sept. 9), after leading Houston to a 4-0 record and averaging 5.44 kills per set … Landed a spot on the All-Tournament Team at the UTSA Classic (Sept. 7-8), where she led Houston averaging 5.17 kills per set … Slammed home 30 kills against UTSA (Sept. 6), which tied for the fourth-most kills in a four-set match in program history … Found herself leading the Cougars in kills 12 times, which included four match-high outings … Finished her rookie campaign surpassing the 15-kill mark 11 times and eclipsing 20 kills on four occasions … Posted four double-doubles on the year … Collected a season-high 14 digs in five-set, comeback win over RV Maryland (Sept. 7).
HIGH SCHOOL
Received three Nisqually League MVP honors, along with three All-State First Team accolades in her career … Led Charles Wright Academy to three District III championships, where she led the Terriers to the state finals in 2018 … Named the 2019 1A All-State MVP … Holds records for most kills (1,170) and highest hitting percentage (.436) in a career at Charles Wright.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Laurie and Thom Jackson … Has four older siblings, Ashton, Jonathon, Taylor and Arin … Aspires to become a pediatric occupational therapist in order to work with kids who have disabilities … Lists her family members as the biggest influences in her life … Enjoys hanging out with friends and family, and participating in community service … Organized a fundraiser for Hydrocephalus to honor her high school coach’s daughter, in which she raised $20,000 over four years … Majoring in exercise science.
- 2023 AVCA All-Region
- 2023 All-Big 12 Second Team
- 2023 Texas State Invitational All-Tournament Team
- 2023 Stacey Clark Classic All-Tournament Team
- 2022 AVCA All-America Honorable Mention
- 2022 VolleyballMag.com All-America Honorable Mention
- 2022 AVCA All-Region
- 2022 The American All-Conference First Team
- 2021 AVCA All-Region Honorable Mention
- 2021 The American All-Conference First Team
- 2020 VolleyballMag.com All-America Honorable Mention
- 2020 The American All-Conference First Team
- 2019 UTSA Classic All-Tournament Team
- Two-time American Athletic Offensive Player of the Week (2020: Feb. 22; 2019: Sept. 9)
AVCA All-Region … All-Big 12 Conference Second Team … Texas State Invitational All-Tournament Team … Stacey Clark Classic All-Tournament Team … Broke Houston’s career records in attack attempts (5,859) and service aces (185) … Finished her career at #2 with 140 matches played, #2 with 524 sets played, #2 with 1,961 kills, #3 with 11.18 attacks per set, #5 with 3.74 kills per set and #6 with 0.35 service aces per set … Finished the season at #9 on the 25-point era kills-per-set list with 3.57 and #9 on the 25-point era attacks per set list with 9.98 … Ended the year second on the team with 357 kills, 3.57 kills per set, 411.5 points, 28 aces and 0.28 aces per set … Finished third on the team with 246 digs … Led Houston in kills 12 times, aces six times, blocks twice and digs once … Recorded nine double-doubles, all kills-digs … Tallied one match with 20+ kills and 19 matches with 10+ kills … Recorded 11 matches with 10+ digs … Recorded a streak of five consecutive matches with double-digit-kills to end the season … Played in 28 matches, making 28 starts … Played in 100 of Houston’s 104 sets … Earned 21 kills and a .357 hitting percentage in a four-set win over North Texas (Sept. 1) … Hit .357 with a 12-2-28 line against West Virginia (Oct. 6) … Hit .421 with 19 kills against Texas Tech (Oct. 20) … Used 16 kills to hit .393 against UCF (Nov. 3) … Hit .519 with 16 kills against Oklahoma (Nov. 9) … Hit .355 against Baylor (Nov. 22) … Used 16 kills to hit .353 against UC Santa Barbara in the first round of the NCAA Tournament … Season highs: 21 kills, 3 assists, 4 aces, 19 digs, 4 blocks, 22.5 points.
SENIOR (2022)
Earned a spot on the All-American Athletic Conference First Team … Named to the AVCA All-Southeast Region Team and All-American Honorable Mention … Tabbed as All-American Honorable Mention by VolleyballMag.com … Became Houston’s all-time career record holder in service aces (153) … Propelled up to second in Houston all-time career kills (1,604) and attack attempts (4,861) … Jumped up The American history ranks to become all-time record holder in service aces (153) … One of two players to start every match this season … Ranked 14th in the nation in service aces (57) and total attacks (1376) … Ranked 24th in the nation in points (553) … Posted the most double-doubles this season (12) … Posted a season-high 26 kills against Oregon State (Sept. 3) … Tallied a season-high six service aces against East Carolina (Sept. 3).
JUNIOR (2021)
Named AVCA Southeast All-Region honorable mention…Named to the American all-conference first team for the second-straight year … Ranks 15th all-time in UH history kills in a season (496) … Ranks fourth all-time in UH history for total attacks in a season (1554) … Ranks 11th all-time in UH history for aces in a season (45) … Led the nation in attacking attempts (1554) … Ranks eighth nationally for total kills (496) … Ranks 31st in the country in total service aces (45) … Set a career-high 81 attacks at East Carolina (10/24) … Set a career-high six blocks in a win over Mississippi State (9/3) … Hit a career-high .471 against Lipscomb in the season opener (8/27) … Smashed a season-high and career-best 31 kills at East Carolina(10/24) … Recorded four different 20-plus kill matches … Posted 11 double-doubles on the season … Set a career-high 20 digs against SMU (10/15) … Hit a career-best .216 on the season … Led the team in kills (496) … Finished second on the team in digs (287) … Led the team in Service Aces (45) … Finished third on the team in blocks (64) … Led the team in sets played (123) … Started every match this season (32) … Led the team in kills/set (4.03) … Finished second on the team in digs/set (2.33) … Led the team in points/set (4.73).
SOPHOMORE (2020)
Helped lead Houston to the American Athletic Conference West Division title, competing in all 19 matches on the year … A unanimous First-Team All-Conference selection after leading The American in kills (4.68) and points (5.61) per set, along with total service aces (19) during league action … Named to Volleyballmag.com’s All-America Honorable Mention … Awarded The American Offensive Player of the Week following a 5.75 kills per set average in two wins over Tulane (Feb. 20-21) … Named to The American Weekly Honor four times (Feb. 1, Feb. 15, March 1, March 15) … Posted a career-high 32 kills in the win over RV SMU, the most by any player in the conference all season and the most kills by a Houston player since Brookah Palmer recorded 31 on Oct. 7, 2015 … Logged a career-high hitting percentage of .418 against Tulane (Feb. 20), committing just three errors on 55 attempts … Finished the season tallying seven 20-kill performances to go along with seven other 10-dig outings to complete five double-doubles on the year … Recorded a career-high 17 digs in the win over Memphis (March 12).
FRESHMAN (2019)
Helped lead Houston to its first postseason since 2000, having played in 27 matches, making an appearance in 101 sets … Earned American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors (Sept. 9), after leading Houston to a 4-0 record and averaging 5.44 kills per set … Landed a spot on the All-Tournament Team at the UTSA Classic (Sept. 7-8), where she led Houston averaging 5.17 kills per set … Slammed home 30 kills against UTSA (Sept. 6), which tied for the fourth-most kills in a four-set match in program history … Found herself leading the Cougars in kills 12 times, which included four match-high outings … Finished her rookie campaign surpassing the 15-kill mark 11 times and eclipsing 20 kills on four occasions … Posted four double-doubles on the year … Collected a season-high 14 digs in five-set, comeback win over RV Maryland (Sept. 7).
HIGH SCHOOL
Received three Nisqually League MVP honors, along with three All-State First Team accolades in her career … Led Charles Wright Academy to three District III championships, where she led the Terriers to the state finals in 2018 … Named the 2019 1A All-State MVP … Holds records for most kills (1,170) and highest hitting percentage (.436) in a career at Charles Wright.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Laurie and Thom Jackson … Has four older siblings, Ashton, Jonathon, Taylor and Arin … Aspires to become a pediatric occupational therapist in order to work with kids who have disabilities … Lists her family members as the biggest influences in her life … Enjoys hanging out with friends and family, and participating in community service … Organized a fundraiser for Hydrocephalus to honor her high school coach’s daughter, in which she raised $20,000 over four years … Majoring in exercise science.
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
