2011: Hamilton’s 447 digs in the 2011 sixth in a single-season in Idaho history, as do her 4.43 digs per set...she was a second-team all-WAC selection and shared Idaho’s team Most Valuable Player award…Hamilton had 10 or more digs in 25 of Idaho’s 28 matches on the year and had 20 or more digs on eight occasions...she had a season-high 27 digs on Sept. 29 at New Mexico State...Hamilton had 18 aces on the season and averaged 0.18 aces per game...she had a season-high three aces against Nevada on Oct. 13...she had two aces on three occasions...Hamilton finished the regular season with 50 assists and averaged 0.50 assists per game...finished her career with 1,410 career digs, 10 shy of Idaho’s career digs record of 1,420 held by Meghan Brown.
2010: Hamilton finished just three digs shy of becoming the fourth Vandal in history to have 500 digs in a season, as she had 497 in 2010, the fourth best single-season digs mark in school history...she averaged 4.44 digs per game and had double-digit digs in 26 of Idaho's 29 matches...she had 20 or more digs on 10 occasions, and had a career-high 30 digs in Idaho's WAC tournament win over Boise State...she finished the season with 963 career digs to rank ninth in school history...she also had 52 assists and 19 aces on the season...she set a career-high with five assists on Oct. 4 against San Jose State...she had 29 digs on Nov. 4 at Nevada...she had her 500th career dig against Santa Clara on Sept. 2...set a then career-high 26 digs against Weber State on Aug. 27.
2009: Hamilton played in 115 of Idaho's 117 games on the season...ranked third on the team with 277 digs and averaged 2.41 digs per game...had 12 games with double-digit digs...set a career-high with 19 digs against Utah State on Oct. 19...tied for the team lead with 27 service aces on the season for an average of 0.23 aces per game...notched a career-high four aces on two occasions...had 107 kills on the season and averaged 0.93 kills per game...recorded her first career double-double with a career-high 17 kills and 11 digs against Louisiana Tech on Nov. 5...also finished the season with 22 assists and 15.0 blocks.
2008: Played in all 29 matches and started 13...totaled 189 digs and a 1.91 digs per set average...added 10 kills, six assists, and nine service aces on the season... led the Vandals with a career-high 17 digs at Fresno State... tallied three kills vs. Seattle.
At the Club Level: Played at the 18-1 club level for three years...her teams qualified for the 18 Open Junior Olympics two times...helped TCA to the Junior Olympic Championship in 2006...finished fifth at the Junior Olympic Championship in 2007 as a member of Epic...was selected to the Southern California Volleyball Association High Performance Team each year from 2004-2006...earned the Best Passer Award in 2004...helped her team to the Austin Texas High Performance Division Championship...placed third in 2005...was voted the Most Valuable Player in 2006 after leading her team to the Fort Lauderdale International Youth Division Championship.
At Vista Murrieta High School: Helped lead her team to three-consecutive league championships and a 29-1 record in league play...was a Press Enterprise first team all-area and first team all-Valley selection as a senior...earned first team all-league and first team all-Valley honors during her junior season...was voted the Most Valuable Player of the 2007 La Jolla Tournament...was the team leader in digs, passing and hitting percentage.
Personal: Full name is Cassandra Rose Hamilton...born July 22, 1990 at Fallbrook, Calif. ...daughter of David and Carrie Hamilton...has two sisters, Amy and Shea, and one brother, David...mother played volleyball at the University of Rhode Island...earned Academic Achievement awards in 2006 and 2007...is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.
