Tealle Hunkus

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Position:
Outside Hitter
Height:
6-1
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Girard, Ohio

2005: Preseason All-ACC selection ... Started all 32 matches as a junior ... One of two Blue Devils to play in all of Duke’s 121 games ... Finished second on the team in kills with 336 and kills per game with a 2.78 average ... Second on the team with 480 digs and 3.97 digs per game ... Finished 10th in the ACC in digs and digs per game ... Her 480 digs ranks as the fifth-best single-season total in Duke history ... Second on the squad with 27 service aces ... Finished tied for third in assists with 41 and finished fifth in total blocks with 68 ... Named to the Duke Invitational All-Tournament Team on Sept. 12 ... Registered 16 double-doubles on the season, second-best on the team ... Recorded 10 or more kills 18 times and 15 or more kills five times ... Registered 10 or more digs on 28 occasions and 20 or more digs six times ... Had a career-high 27 digs against North Carolina on Sept. 29 ... Posted a career-high six blocks on two occasions ... Recorded a career-high five assists against Boston College on Oct. 14 ... Registered a season-high 20 kills against Boston College on Oct. 14 and against Clemson on Oct. 27.

2004: Second team All-ACC selection ... Member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll ... Started 28 out of 30 matches as a sophomore ... Played in 102 out of Duke’s 105 games ... In 18 of the last 19 Duke matches, she notched double-digit kills, including a career-high 22 kills against Clemson on Nov. 6 ... Finished second on the team in kills with 343 and fourth in hitting percentage with a .248 average ... Third in kills per game with a 3.36 average ... Led the Blue Devils with 47 service aces and a 0.47 service ace per game average ... Second on the squad with 330 digs and a 3.24 digs per game average ... Totaled 31 assists ... Averaged 0.43 blocks per game ... Totaled 44 blocks with four solo blocks and 40 block assists ... Recorded 10 or more kills 20 times and 15 or more kills seven times ... Had 17 double-doubles on the year ... Registered a season-high 25 digs against Virginia on Sept. 26 ... Also had 18 kills against the Cavaliers ... Recorded 10 or more digs 21 times and 15 or more digs five times ... Had a career-high seven service aces against Virginia Tech on Oct. 17.

2003: Played in 73 games and 26 matches as a freshman for the most action of any first-year player ... Ranked sixth on the team with 171 kills ... Tallied 105 digs, 28 blocks nine service aces ... Posted a season and match-high 16 kills against George Washington on Sept. 20 ... Also led the Blue Devils in kills against Santa Clara with 15 on Sept. 19 and Virginia with 11 on Oct. 21.

High School: Named to Volleyball magazine’s Fab 50 list ... A four-year letterwinner at Girard High School ... Held the Ohio records for kills in a career (1169, 1999-2002) and kills in a season (470, 2002) ... Named to Prep Volleyball’s Top 100 high school players ... A Student Sports Magazine All-America selection as a senior ... Listed among Student Sports’ “Hot 100” ... A first team all-state, all-district and all-conference honoree in 2001 and 2002 ... The Division III District I Player of the Year her junior and senior years ... Also earned first team all-conference and first team all-district honors as a sophomore ... An all-conference selection during her freshman year ... Named the 2002 Youngstown Vindicator Player of the Year ... The Competitive Edge Player of the Month in November 2002 ... Named the Warren Tribune TAC Player of the Week as a senior ... Recorded 35 kills in a match against Lutheran West in 2002 ... Recorded the most kills in a 2002 state tournament match with 29 kills against Sidney Lehman ... Posted 97 service aces and just 18 service errors as a senior ... Notched 429 kills and 55 service aces during her junior year ... Also a four-year letterwinner in basketball, where she earned first team all-conference and all-district and third team all-state honors ... A three-year letterwinner in track and field, where she was a regional qualifier in the high jump and long jump ... A member of the National Honor Society and Beta Club.

Personal: Tealle Marie Hunkus was born on January 10, 1985, in Youngstown, Ohio, and her parents are David and Holly Hunkus ... she has one brother, David, and one sister, Alex.