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    14  Suzanne Haydel
    Suzanne Haydel

    Class:
    Senior

    Hometown:
    New Orleans, La.

    High School:
    Academy of the Sacred Heart

    Height:
    5-11

    Position:
    Outside Hitter

    Club:
    Cajunland


    Senior Season: Team captain, started every match and played in 125 sets • Recorded her 1,000 career dig (10/29/10) in a 3-1 win at Boston College • Registered 13 double-digit kill matches and posted 10 double-doubles • Ranked in the top-five on every statistical category for Carolina • Notched a career-best three serve aces and added 14 kills and 11 digs in a 3-1 win at Wake Forest (10/6/10) • Posted a then season-high 15 kills against Texas A & M (9/4/10) • Recorded a season-high 17 digs in a 3-0 sweep of Miami (10/1/10) • Matched a career-best with four blocks in a 3-0 sweep of Virginia (10/21/10) • Recorded her tenth double-double with 14 kills and 10 digs in a 3-0 sweep over NC State (11/26/10) • In two NCAA matches, matched a career-best with three serve aces in a 3-1 win over Ole Miss and registered a team-best 11 kills in UNC's second round loss to Cal.

    Junior Season: Played in 85 sets appearing in 26 matches for Carolina • Will be the team's leading returner in kills, averaging 2.64 kills per set • Registered seven double-doubles in 2009 in kills and digs • Mashed a career-best 21 kills and 15 digs against Maryland 10/1/09 • Posted a season-high 19 digs at Delaware 9/18/09 • Her 2.62 digs per set ranked third on the team • Missed a pair of matches in 2009 due to illness.

    Sophomore Season: Team's Most Improved Player in 2008 • Played in 108 sets and appeared in all 33 matches for the Tar Heels • Finished second on the team with 287 kills and second in digs with 355 • Will be team's leading returner in both kills and digs, averaging 2.66 kills per set and 3.29 digs per set • Tallied double-digit kills in 13 games in 2008 • Set career highs in both kills (20) and digs (29) against UVA 10/10/08 • Registered 10 double-doubles in 2008, including a streak of four-straight from 10/9/08 - 10/17/08.

    Freshman Season: Appeared in 92 sets as an outside hitter for the Tar Heels • Reached double figures in kills eight times, including five times in the opening seven matches • Tallied five double-doubles on the season • Set a career high in kills with 14 at Purdue Aug. 31 and would later match that mark against Florida State on Oct. 19 • Registered a career-high 18 digs at Clemson Oct. 26 • Finished the season with 180 kills ranking fourth on the team • Named the Rookie of the Year at the year-end banquet.

    Prep: 2005 and 2006 Gatorade Louisiana Player of the Year • 2005 National Junior Player of the Year • 2006 PrepVolleyball.com National Senior of the Year finalist • Three-time state championship MVP • Led team to four state titles and one runner-up finish • Five-time all-district, three-time all-metro and three-time all-state • 2006 Louisiana Volleyball Coaches Association Player of the Year • Appeared on the March 2007 cover of "Volleyball Magazine" • Established a national record for kills in a career of 2,895 during her senior season.

    Personal: Journalism and mass communications major with a minor in art history • Lists drawing, painting and cooking as her hobbies • Lists "To Kill A Mockingbird" as her favorite book and boiled crawfish as her favorite food • Lists "Pretty Woman" as her favorite movie and loves to watch the Food network• Suzanne Elizabeth Haydel is the daughter of Mary and Charles Haydel • Born September 8, 1988 in New Orleans.

    Career Highs
    Kills: 20, twice - at American (9/20/09)
    Digs: 29 vs. UVA (10/10/08)
    Blocks: 4, twice vs. UVA (10/23/10)
    Aces: 3 vs. Ole Miss (12/3/10)

    Notable Career Highs

    Year GP K K/G E TA A SA SE RE D D/G BS BA TB B/G
    2007 92 180 1.96 129 719 26 13 16 31 191 2.08 3 20 23 0.25
    2008 108 287 2.66 156 1089 26 15 26 34 355 3.29 5 23 28 0.26
    2009 85 206 2.42 85 709 21 9 20 27 323 2.62 9 30 30 0.35
    2010 125 294 2.35 121 1086 35 21 24 33 354 2.83 7 49 49 0.39
    Career 376 967 2.36 491 3603 108 58 86 125 1123 2.74 24 106 130 0.32