Caroline deRoeck

Position:
DS
Height:
5-8
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Durham, N.C.
High School:
Riverside

Junior Season: Led the team in games played with 118 appearances in 119 games • Started all 32 matches as the team's libero • Recorded the fourth-most digs in one season in school history with 416 • Collected dig number 1000 in the season finale against South Carolina • Led team with a 3.53 digs per game average • Had career-high 28 digs at Jayhawk Classic in 3-2 win over Kansas and 28 digs again versus Virginia on 11/8 • Won team's Carol and J. Hawley Oakes Award.

Sophomore Season: Led the team with 128 games played through all 36 matches, most as the team's libero • Recorded double-digit digs in 15 matches, including all three NCAA Tournament matches • Fourth on the team with 2.73 digs per game • Recorded a season-high 17 digs vs. Clemson on 10/1 • In the NCAA Tournament, averaged 4.10 digs per game in three matches • Recorded double-digit digs in four straight matches from 8/31 to 9/7 • Against nationally ranked teams, averaged 3.33 digs per game in 24 total games.

Freshman Season: Appeared in 109 games and all 33 matches • Totaled a season high 21 digs against Georgia Tech on Nov. 2, a total that was the fifth highest dig total of the season for any Tar Heel • Had a total of 234 digs for the season to rank first among Carolina freshmen • Posted an average of 2.15 digs per game to lead the all UNC freshmen • Only Tar Heel freshmen to appear in more than 100 games.

Prep: Attended Riverside High School in Durham, N.C. • Named All-Conference for four consecutive seasons • Was team captain in 2000 • Named Riverside's Most Valuable Player in 2000 • Earned All-Tournament Team honors in 1999 and 2000 • Played on the Riverside team that won the North Carolina 4A state championship in 1998 and was runner up in 1999 • Made her club volleyball All-Region team in 2000 • Named her club volleyball tournament MVP in 2000 • Won the Riverside High School Athletic Booster Club Student- Athlete Award • Was the Durham Sports Club's scholar-athlete nominee from Riverside High School.

Personal: Majoring in sociology • Participates in the Arete Leadership Program • Lists french fries and rice as her favorite foods and "Seven" as her favorite movie • Her father played baseball at NC State • Her mother played basketball at Meredith • Her sister Katy played volleyball at Wake Forest and her sister Allison played volleyball at Meredith • Caroline is the daughter of Dan and Kathy deRoeck • Born on Sept. 13, 1983, in Durham, N.C.