University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2019 Volleyball Roster
Ramirez, Hannah
Jersey Number 2
Hannah Ramirez
- Position:
- Defensive Specialist/Libero
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Waxahachie, Texas
- High School:
- Waxahachie HS
- Prev School:
- Panola College
Bio
Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 8, 2020)
Sun Belt Conference Newcomer of the Year (2019)
Oklahoma Invitational All-Tournament Team (2019)
Sawyer Camillo Memorial Classic All-Tournament Team (2019)
The DoubleTree Classic All-Tournament Team (2019)
2020 (Senior)
Took the court for every match (24) and every set (87) that Louisiana played ... for the second straight season served as the team's libero ... collected double figures in digs every match to extend of her streak of consecutive matches with double-digit digs to 36 straight dating back to Oct. 11, 2019 ... increased her total of double-digit dig efforts in a Ragin' Cajuns uniform to 50 matches ... wound up with double digits in digs in all but three of the 53 matches competed in with Louisiana ... finished with a nation-leading total of 462 digs among Division I players who competed in the fall segment of the season ... marked a second consecutive 400-digs season ... became the program's fifth libero to notch consecutive 400-dig seasons, joining Erika Catro, Lindsay Brown, Caitlyn Auxilien and Sydney Davis ... final digs tally gives her two of the Top 15 performances by a Ragin' Cajun in the rally scoring era and two of the 13 total 400-dig efforts produced during the same timeframe ... was one of only two players nationwide to reach the 400-dig mark during the regular season ... sported a career-best 5.3 digs per set average ... became the first Ragin' Cajuns libero to average 5.0-plus digs per set in a single season ... rounded up at least 15 digs in all but four matches ... surpassed 20 digs in 11 matches, including the final five of the season, giving her 21 matches of 20-plus digs as a Ragin' Cajun... for the second straight season posted five 20-plus dig efforts in November ... averaged at least 5.0 digs per set in all but eight matches ... reached the 400-dig mark the fastest in her two-year stint with Louisiana, needing only 75 sets compared to 90 sets in 2019 ... averaged over 5.0 digs per set the entire season, and was consistent with 5.3 per set in non-conference followed by 5.4 per set in conference play ... twice tied her career-high with 29 digs in the UT Arlington doubleheader on Nov. 6, starting a stretch of consecutive matches with 20-plus digs that carried over into the Sun Belt Conference Tournament ... concluded a weekend averaging 5.0-plus digs per set in six of the nine weekends of competition during the regular season ... would scoop 40 digs or more in every three-match Sun Belt series highlighted by a weekend total of 82 digs (6.3 per set) at UT Arlington ... led Louisiana to a second consecutive Top 10 national finish in digs per set (18.6) ... scored double figures in service aces once again finishing with her highest total at Louisiana (15) ... contributed 64 assists and was on pace to equal the output from the 2019 season ... passed out multiple assists in 17 matches ... only had 18 reception errors over the 87 sets competed in ... set the tone for the standout season with 40 digs at a rate of 5.7 per set in the season-opening weekend vs. Houston Baptist (Sept. 4-5) ... was named Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week for the performance ... collected at least six digs in each set of the Friday sweep of HBU, finishing with 21 for a rate of 7.0 digs per set, and on Saturday was one dig shy of a second consecutive 20-dig effort ... was one dig shy of averaging six digs per set during the doubleheader sweep of Lamar on Sept. 19 ... totaled 35 digs over the six sets competed in against the Cardinals ... for the second time in three weeks averaged five-plus digs per set in a weekend ... scooped 10 digs alone in the second set of the opening match, helping the Ragin' Cajuns fight through a 27-25 frame for a win that led to a straight sets sweep ... turned in a pair of 20-plus dig efforts, including a career-high tying 29 in the series opener, and wound up averaging 6.0 digs per set in the three-match sweep of Little Rock on Sun Belt-opening weekend ... also factored into the Louisiana offense as she passed out 11 assists, capped off by a season-high six in the series finale ... in the finale, also rounded up seven digs in each set on the way to collecting 21 which marked the third time with 20-plus in September ... rounded up 13 digs alone in the final set of the series finale at ULM as Louisiana went on to collect the straight sets sweep which led to an 11th consecutive win to start the season, the program's second-best start ever ... the 25 digs posted in the middle match of the Texas State weekend at Earl K. Long Gym marked the most by any player in a match during the series ... rounded up at least 16 digs in each match in the crucial Sun Belt series win over Arkansas State at Earl K. Long Gym ... collected a match-high 21 digs to help Louisiana fend off ASU in three tightly contested sets in the series finale, ending the contest with a match-clinching service ace ... was most dominant in the sweep-clinching frames both days of the home series with ULM (Oct. 30-31), scooping 10 digs in the final stanza on Friday and eight digs in the third set on Saturday ... posted three consecutive 20-dig efforts during the key series win at UT Arlington which locked up the No. 2 seed from the Sun Belt West Division ... had exactly 29 digs and six assists in both matches of the doubleheader sweep on Friday which secured the team's seeding for the conference tournament ... pushed her season total past 400 digs for the second straight season and recorded a third consecutive match of 20-plus digs for the first time in her Division I career during the finale in Arlington ... the weekend average of 6.3 digs per set was a season-best mark in Sun Belt Conference play ... claimed match-high honors with 24 digs vs. Georgia State in the Sun Belt Conference tournament finale.
2019 (Junior)
Competed in 29 matches, appearing in each of the 106 sets the Ragin' Cajuns played ... swiftly shored up the libero position in her Division I debut season ... took hold of the libero jersey on Aug. 31, and was the starter at the position the remainder of the season ... earned Sun Belt Conference Newcomer of the Year ... received all-tournament honors in three of Louisiana's four early-season tournaments ... was consistent in her efforts throughout the season, averaging nearly the same digs in non-conference matches (4.58) and conference matches (4.60) ... scooped double-digit digs in 26 of 29 matches played, and ended the season with an active streak of 12 straight matches in double figures ... rounded up 15-plus digs on 17 occasions, reaching the 20-dig mark in 10 matches ... posted five of the 20-dig efforts in November ... final season tally of 488 digs marked the 10th-most recorded in the school's rally era records ... surpassed the 400-dig mark for the second time as a collegiate volleyball player, and set a new personal-season best total (previous was 485 at Panola College) ... team-leading 4.60 digs per set average helped Louisiana rank Top 20 nationally - and lead the Sun Belt Conference - in digs per set the entire season ... averaged at least 4.0 digs per set in 20 outings, including 11 of 16 SBC contests ... ranked third in the Sun Belt and Top 100 nationally in digs per set ... was one of just six individuals in the SBC to reach 400 digs ...recorded the highest digs per set average by a Ragin' Cajun since Sydney Davis' 4.98 clip in 2017, and the highest by a libero in their debut since the NCAA introduced the position in 2002 ... also contributed 80 assists and 14 service aces ... passed out multiple assists in 22 matches, ending the season with at least four helpers in each of the final six contests ... scored multiple aces three times ... only 24 reception errors committed over the 106 sets competed in ... burst onto the scene in her first full weekend as libero, capturing 60 digs at a rate of 5.0 per set in the Sawyer Camillo Memorial Classic ... opened the tournament with back-to-back 20-plus totals, scooping 20 vs. McNeese and 21 vs. Eastern Michigan as Louisiana swept the opening day action ... tallied 11 digs in the opening set vs. EMU, then rounded up six digs in the sweep-clinching third frame ... passed out six assists in the win over Florida A&M on Sept. 7, a season-high total matched two more times (Sept. 20 vs. Northern Arizona, Oct. 4 vs. Appalachian State) ... averaged 8.0 digs per set against Big 12-foe Oklahoma on Sept. 14, totaling 24 to lead all players in the contest ... highlight of the Gators Invitational at Florida was a 7.0 digs per set average vs. Northern Arizona (Sept. 20) and 15 digs at a rate of 5.0 per set vs. nationally ranked Florida (Sept. 21) ... the 40 digs totaled during Sun Belt opening weekend in Texas, marked the first of five league weekends in which she collected at least 30 digs ... began season-ending streak of consecutive matches with double-digit digs by collecting 17 at South Alabama (Oct. 11) ... scored an ace, then served up the final two points as Louisiana broke free from a 22-19 score in the fourth set to wrap up the win at Georgia Southern - the start of the squad winning nine of the final 10 regular season matches ... led the charge defensively with five digs in the third set to lead Louisiana's rally and complete the sweep at Georgia State (Oct. 20) ... turned in a pair of eight-dig frames (first and third set) of the sweep of Little Rock on Oct. 25 ... had the match-high digs honor in the five-set win over Sun Belt champion Texas State, rounding up 24 that afternoon (Nov. 3) ... gathered a season-high of 29 digs on Nov. 8 at ULM, scooping an astounding 13 digs in the fourth set alone as the Ragin' Cajuns completed the comeback after dropping the match's first set ... prior to the fourth-set outburst, hauled in seven digs in the third-set win which gave Louisiana the match lead ... had at least six digs each set, on the way to 22 total, as Louisiana put away Little Rock on Nov. 16 and clinched the No. 5 seed in the conference tournament ... posted a match-high tying 25 digs in her NCAA Division I postseason debut vs. Arkansas State at the Sun Belt Tournament (Nov. 21).
Prior to Louisiana
Spent the 2017 and 2018 seasons at Panola (Texas) College … helped lead the Fillies to a pair of NJCAA Region XIV Tournament appearances and advance to the NJCAA Division I Championship in 2017 … received honorable mention all-conference honors after her collegiate debut season … scooped 300-plus digs both seasons, capped off by a career-best 485 in her sophomore season … during the 2018 campaign, reached double figures in digs in all but four of 30 matches played … over the two seasons at Panola was able to amass 20-plus digs in a match 13 times … served up 41 aces in her two-year stay.
High School
Prepped at Waxahachie (Texas) High School … concluded her senior season setting the school’s serve reception record and finished the season with 680 digs … was the No. 90 defensive specialist in Texas according to MaxPreps top 500 players in the position … accumulated 1,197 career digs over two seasons competing at the varisty level … averaged 4.2 digs per set.
Personal
Born March 30, 1999 in Orange County, Calif. ... daughter of David and Destiney Ramirez, and Rebeca and Manuel Vera ... has two brothers, Samuel and Nathaniel Vera ... also has one sister, Brennan Ramirez ... enjoys spending time with family and friends ... expected to graduate in December 2021 and receive a degree in general studies with a concentration in behavioral sciences.
Sun Belt Conference Newcomer of the Year (2019)
Oklahoma Invitational All-Tournament Team (2019)
Sawyer Camillo Memorial Classic All-Tournament Team (2019)
The DoubleTree Classic All-Tournament Team (2019)
2020 (Senior)
Took the court for every match (24) and every set (87) that Louisiana played ... for the second straight season served as the team's libero ... collected double figures in digs every match to extend of her streak of consecutive matches with double-digit digs to 36 straight dating back to Oct. 11, 2019 ... increased her total of double-digit dig efforts in a Ragin' Cajuns uniform to 50 matches ... wound up with double digits in digs in all but three of the 53 matches competed in with Louisiana ... finished with a nation-leading total of 462 digs among Division I players who competed in the fall segment of the season ... marked a second consecutive 400-digs season ... became the program's fifth libero to notch consecutive 400-dig seasons, joining Erika Catro, Lindsay Brown, Caitlyn Auxilien and Sydney Davis ... final digs tally gives her two of the Top 15 performances by a Ragin' Cajun in the rally scoring era and two of the 13 total 400-dig efforts produced during the same timeframe ... was one of only two players nationwide to reach the 400-dig mark during the regular season ... sported a career-best 5.3 digs per set average ... became the first Ragin' Cajuns libero to average 5.0-plus digs per set in a single season ... rounded up at least 15 digs in all but four matches ... surpassed 20 digs in 11 matches, including the final five of the season, giving her 21 matches of 20-plus digs as a Ragin' Cajun... for the second straight season posted five 20-plus dig efforts in November ... averaged at least 5.0 digs per set in all but eight matches ... reached the 400-dig mark the fastest in her two-year stint with Louisiana, needing only 75 sets compared to 90 sets in 2019 ... averaged over 5.0 digs per set the entire season, and was consistent with 5.3 per set in non-conference followed by 5.4 per set in conference play ... twice tied her career-high with 29 digs in the UT Arlington doubleheader on Nov. 6, starting a stretch of consecutive matches with 20-plus digs that carried over into the Sun Belt Conference Tournament ... concluded a weekend averaging 5.0-plus digs per set in six of the nine weekends of competition during the regular season ... would scoop 40 digs or more in every three-match Sun Belt series highlighted by a weekend total of 82 digs (6.3 per set) at UT Arlington ... led Louisiana to a second consecutive Top 10 national finish in digs per set (18.6) ... scored double figures in service aces once again finishing with her highest total at Louisiana (15) ... contributed 64 assists and was on pace to equal the output from the 2019 season ... passed out multiple assists in 17 matches ... only had 18 reception errors over the 87 sets competed in ... set the tone for the standout season with 40 digs at a rate of 5.7 per set in the season-opening weekend vs. Houston Baptist (Sept. 4-5) ... was named Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week for the performance ... collected at least six digs in each set of the Friday sweep of HBU, finishing with 21 for a rate of 7.0 digs per set, and on Saturday was one dig shy of a second consecutive 20-dig effort ... was one dig shy of averaging six digs per set during the doubleheader sweep of Lamar on Sept. 19 ... totaled 35 digs over the six sets competed in against the Cardinals ... for the second time in three weeks averaged five-plus digs per set in a weekend ... scooped 10 digs alone in the second set of the opening match, helping the Ragin' Cajuns fight through a 27-25 frame for a win that led to a straight sets sweep ... turned in a pair of 20-plus dig efforts, including a career-high tying 29 in the series opener, and wound up averaging 6.0 digs per set in the three-match sweep of Little Rock on Sun Belt-opening weekend ... also factored into the Louisiana offense as she passed out 11 assists, capped off by a season-high six in the series finale ... in the finale, also rounded up seven digs in each set on the way to collecting 21 which marked the third time with 20-plus in September ... rounded up 13 digs alone in the final set of the series finale at ULM as Louisiana went on to collect the straight sets sweep which led to an 11th consecutive win to start the season, the program's second-best start ever ... the 25 digs posted in the middle match of the Texas State weekend at Earl K. Long Gym marked the most by any player in a match during the series ... rounded up at least 16 digs in each match in the crucial Sun Belt series win over Arkansas State at Earl K. Long Gym ... collected a match-high 21 digs to help Louisiana fend off ASU in three tightly contested sets in the series finale, ending the contest with a match-clinching service ace ... was most dominant in the sweep-clinching frames both days of the home series with ULM (Oct. 30-31), scooping 10 digs in the final stanza on Friday and eight digs in the third set on Saturday ... posted three consecutive 20-dig efforts during the key series win at UT Arlington which locked up the No. 2 seed from the Sun Belt West Division ... had exactly 29 digs and six assists in both matches of the doubleheader sweep on Friday which secured the team's seeding for the conference tournament ... pushed her season total past 400 digs for the second straight season and recorded a third consecutive match of 20-plus digs for the first time in her Division I career during the finale in Arlington ... the weekend average of 6.3 digs per set was a season-best mark in Sun Belt Conference play ... claimed match-high honors with 24 digs vs. Georgia State in the Sun Belt Conference tournament finale.
2019 (Junior)
Competed in 29 matches, appearing in each of the 106 sets the Ragin' Cajuns played ... swiftly shored up the libero position in her Division I debut season ... took hold of the libero jersey on Aug. 31, and was the starter at the position the remainder of the season ... earned Sun Belt Conference Newcomer of the Year ... received all-tournament honors in three of Louisiana's four early-season tournaments ... was consistent in her efforts throughout the season, averaging nearly the same digs in non-conference matches (4.58) and conference matches (4.60) ... scooped double-digit digs in 26 of 29 matches played, and ended the season with an active streak of 12 straight matches in double figures ... rounded up 15-plus digs on 17 occasions, reaching the 20-dig mark in 10 matches ... posted five of the 20-dig efforts in November ... final season tally of 488 digs marked the 10th-most recorded in the school's rally era records ... surpassed the 400-dig mark for the second time as a collegiate volleyball player, and set a new personal-season best total (previous was 485 at Panola College) ... team-leading 4.60 digs per set average helped Louisiana rank Top 20 nationally - and lead the Sun Belt Conference - in digs per set the entire season ... averaged at least 4.0 digs per set in 20 outings, including 11 of 16 SBC contests ... ranked third in the Sun Belt and Top 100 nationally in digs per set ... was one of just six individuals in the SBC to reach 400 digs ...recorded the highest digs per set average by a Ragin' Cajun since Sydney Davis' 4.98 clip in 2017, and the highest by a libero in their debut since the NCAA introduced the position in 2002 ... also contributed 80 assists and 14 service aces ... passed out multiple assists in 22 matches, ending the season with at least four helpers in each of the final six contests ... scored multiple aces three times ... only 24 reception errors committed over the 106 sets competed in ... burst onto the scene in her first full weekend as libero, capturing 60 digs at a rate of 5.0 per set in the Sawyer Camillo Memorial Classic ... opened the tournament with back-to-back 20-plus totals, scooping 20 vs. McNeese and 21 vs. Eastern Michigan as Louisiana swept the opening day action ... tallied 11 digs in the opening set vs. EMU, then rounded up six digs in the sweep-clinching third frame ... passed out six assists in the win over Florida A&M on Sept. 7, a season-high total matched two more times (Sept. 20 vs. Northern Arizona, Oct. 4 vs. Appalachian State) ... averaged 8.0 digs per set against Big 12-foe Oklahoma on Sept. 14, totaling 24 to lead all players in the contest ... highlight of the Gators Invitational at Florida was a 7.0 digs per set average vs. Northern Arizona (Sept. 20) and 15 digs at a rate of 5.0 per set vs. nationally ranked Florida (Sept. 21) ... the 40 digs totaled during Sun Belt opening weekend in Texas, marked the first of five league weekends in which she collected at least 30 digs ... began season-ending streak of consecutive matches with double-digit digs by collecting 17 at South Alabama (Oct. 11) ... scored an ace, then served up the final two points as Louisiana broke free from a 22-19 score in the fourth set to wrap up the win at Georgia Southern - the start of the squad winning nine of the final 10 regular season matches ... led the charge defensively with five digs in the third set to lead Louisiana's rally and complete the sweep at Georgia State (Oct. 20) ... turned in a pair of eight-dig frames (first and third set) of the sweep of Little Rock on Oct. 25 ... had the match-high digs honor in the five-set win over Sun Belt champion Texas State, rounding up 24 that afternoon (Nov. 3) ... gathered a season-high of 29 digs on Nov. 8 at ULM, scooping an astounding 13 digs in the fourth set alone as the Ragin' Cajuns completed the comeback after dropping the match's first set ... prior to the fourth-set outburst, hauled in seven digs in the third-set win which gave Louisiana the match lead ... had at least six digs each set, on the way to 22 total, as Louisiana put away Little Rock on Nov. 16 and clinched the No. 5 seed in the conference tournament ... posted a match-high tying 25 digs in her NCAA Division I postseason debut vs. Arkansas State at the Sun Belt Tournament (Nov. 21).
Prior to Louisiana
Spent the 2017 and 2018 seasons at Panola (Texas) College … helped lead the Fillies to a pair of NJCAA Region XIV Tournament appearances and advance to the NJCAA Division I Championship in 2017 … received honorable mention all-conference honors after her collegiate debut season … scooped 300-plus digs both seasons, capped off by a career-best 485 in her sophomore season … during the 2018 campaign, reached double figures in digs in all but four of 30 matches played … over the two seasons at Panola was able to amass 20-plus digs in a match 13 times … served up 41 aces in her two-year stay.
High School
Prepped at Waxahachie (Texas) High School … concluded her senior season setting the school’s serve reception record and finished the season with 680 digs … was the No. 90 defensive specialist in Texas according to MaxPreps top 500 players in the position … accumulated 1,197 career digs over two seasons competing at the varisty level … averaged 4.2 digs per set.
Personal
Born March 30, 1999 in Orange County, Calif. ... daughter of David and Destiney Ramirez, and Rebeca and Manuel Vera ... has two brothers, Samuel and Nathaniel Vera ... also has one sister, Brennan Ramirez ... enjoys spending time with family and friends ... expected to graduate in December 2021 and receive a degree in general studies with a concentration in behavioral sciences.
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