Middle Tennesee State University Athletics
2015 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Vonnie Covington
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Prev school:
- Harrison HS
- Hometown:
- Farmington Hills, Mich.
2018 (Redshirt-Senior): Played in 66 sets this season, inking 90 kills and 27 blocks during her redshirt-senior season...inked a season-best nine kills against Western Carolina (8/25) while adding two digs and another season-high with two aces...notched a season-best five blocks against UTEP (10/21).
2017 (Redshirt-Junior): Appeared in 18 matches and 59 sets for the Blue Raiders...Posted a season-best seven kills versus South Carolina State on Sept. 8 to hit on a season-best .875 clip...Notched five blocks over UAB on Sept. 22 while adding five kills.
2016 (Redshirt-Sophomore): Played in 25 matches and 83 sets, while drawing 22 starts...Led the team in hitting percentage with a .234 clip...Finished the season with 141 kills and ranked second on the team with 47 kills...Hit for a combined .443 in a span of four matches (Oct. 16-23)...Tallied a career-high 17 kills and added four blocks in the win at Charlotte...Had eight kills and hit for a season-best .636 in the season-opener against ULM.
2015 (Redshirt-Freshman): Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll...Played middle blocker for the Raiders...Led MT with a .408 hitting percentage...Finished the season 8th in C-USA with 1.00 blocks per set...Earned a career high 10 kills in a 3-2 win at Rice on October 11...Picked up six blocks on four occations, the last being against Charlotte on Nov. 11...Hit her career high .857 avainst VCU on September 12.
2014 (Redshirt): Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll...Redshirted her freshman season.
High School: Played middle blocker at Harrison High School while playing club ball for Instant Replay.
Personal:
• Birthday: June 29
• Daughter of Lawrence Covington and Tenish Marble
• Has two siblings, Brenden and Lauren.
• Cousin, Malik Hobuze, played basketball at UConn.
• Hobbies include reading and writing.
• Majoring in speech pathology and audiology
