7 Amanda Fortune
7 - Amanda Fortune
Height: 6-1
Year: Senior
Hometown: Round Rock, TX
High School: Round Rock
Position: Middle Blocker
Major: Biology
m 25
k/s 1.92
h % .246
a/s 0.10
b/s 0.55
sa/s 0.25
d/s 0.41

2021: Appeared in 25 of 26 matches ... Selected to the GNAC Third Team ... Posted 162 kills, 48 blocks (8 BS, 40 BA), 36 digs and 22 aces ... Led the Sharks in blocks (48 TB, 40 BA, 8 BS) ... Ranked seventh amongst conference leaders in block assists (40) ... Had three straight games of double-digit kills: Westfield State (12, Sept. 10), Eastern Connecticut (10, Sept. 11), Trinity (15, Sept. 11) ... Hit a season-best .500 in a 3-0 win against Westfield State (Sept. 21), tallying eight kills on 14 attempts with one error ... Registered a .464 attack percentage gainst Regis (Oct. 6), notching 13 kills on 28 attempts ... Registered a career single-match high nine total blocks in a 3-2 win over Eastern Connecticut (Sept. 11) ... Had a stretch of 11 straight matches from Sept. 10 through Oct. 9 with at least one total block ... Posted a .455 attack percentage (5 kills on 11 attempts, 0 errors) with three total blocks (1 BS, 2 BA) in a 3-0 win over Albertus Magnus (Oct. 23) ... Hit .467 against Lasell (Oct. 26) on the road, tallying nine kills on 15 attempts and two errors, while notching three total blocks (1 BS, 2 BA).

2020: No Season Due to COVID-19 Pandemic.

2019: Tabbed to the Great Northeast Athletic Conference All-Conference Second Team ... Saw action in 102 sets over all 28 matches ... Ranked third among league leaders with a .354 hitting percentage and averaged 1.88 kills per set to place her 23rd, despite having at least 85 fewer attacks than anyone ranking ahead of her ... Owned a .300 or better hitting percentage in 19 of 28 matches that she appeared in, including nine outings with a .500 or better mark ... Enjoyed seven matches where she didn't commit any attack errors ... Put down 10 kills and committed just one miscue to fuel a .562 hitting percentage vs. University of Southern Maine on September 14 and posted a season-high clip of .867 with six kills in seven swings vs. Albertus Magnus College on October 12 ... Swung for double-digit kills on six occasions, including a career-high matching 16 on a .393 hitting mark to go with four digs, a block assist and an ace vs. State University of New York Morrisville on August 30 ... Ranked 11th among league leaders with 0.56 blocks per set and placed 17th in the GNAC with 2.62 points per set ... Recorded at least one block in all but one match, including a career-high of seven to go with 10 kills and a pair of aces vs. State University of New York Poly on August 31 ... Got up for multiple blocks in 13 different matches ... Averaged 0.42 aces per set for a total of 43 and fired at least one ace in 21 matches, including a string of six straight from October 10-19 and served up multiple aces in a match 12 times.

2018: Named to the GNAC All-Conference Second Team ... One of the most efficient offensive players in the nation, ranking 29th among NCAA Division III players and second in the GNAC with a .357 hitting percentage ... Excelled on the defensive and offensive side of the net as well as behind the service line as the only player in the GNAC to average at least 0.62 blocks, 0.48 aces and 1.96 kills per set ... Played in all 107 sets over 29 matches to lead all Simmons rookies and ranked sixth in total blocks among conference foes and 10th in total service aces per set to go with 302 points for the 12th-most in the league ... Spiked for seven or more kills on 18 occasions, including double-digits four times and owned a streak of seven consecutive matches with seven or more, while averaging 2.62 kills per set from September 8-22 ... Put down a season-best 16 kills and committed just three attack errors to post a .619 attack percentage at Anna Maria College on September 8 ... Hit .400 or better in 12 outings, including a torrid effort of .800 with eight kills on 10 attempts vs. Fisher College on October 24 ... Fired 51 aces for the season and multiple aces in 13 contests, including a season-best six vs. Dean College on September 8 and at Emmanuel College on October 10. 

Before Simmons: Two-year letterwinner for Round Rock High School ... Named to the All-District 13-6A Honorable Mention team as a senior for the Dragons ... Tabbed to the All-District 13-6A Academic squad following her junior and senior campaigns for RRHS in addition to being selected to the Academic All-State team as a senior ... Played for the Austin Juniors club volleyball team from 2014-18 ... Earned the Academic Excellence Award with a 4.0 grade point average at Round Rock High School ... Graduated in the top 5% of her class at RRHS ... Member of National Honor Society and National Spanish Honor Society as well as the National Math Honor Society Mu Alpha Theta and Health Occupations Students of America at Round Rock High School ... Born March 31, 2000 ... Daughter of Kristin and Arthur Fortune ... Majoring in Biology with a minor in Chemistry at Simmons ... Earned Dean's List honors at Simmons ... Enjoys traveling and watching movies.

Recent Games
Oct 26 at Lasell W, 3-1
Oct 28 Wentworth W, 3-0
Oct 30 Johnson & Wales (RI) W, 3-1
Oct 30 Saint Joseph's College of Maine W, 3-0
Nov 2 No. 7 Lasell W, 3-2
Nov 4 No. 3 Johnson & Wales L, 3-1
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 25 12
Sets 88 40
Kills 169 76
Kills per set 1.92 1.90
Errors 64 25
Total Attacks 427 199
Hitting Percentage .246 .256
Assists 9 3
Assists per set 0.10 0.07
Service Aces 22 9
Service Errors 27 12
Service Aces per set 0.25 0.23
Receptions 6 2
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 36 17
Digs per set 0.41 0.42
Block Solo 8 5
Block Assist 40 17
Block Total 48 22
Blocks per set 0.55 0.55
Block Errors 2 1
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 219.0 98.5
Points per set 2.5 2.5
Matches started 21 9
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 1 at Wentworth W, 3-1 1 4 9 1 19 .421 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 10.0
Sep 4 vs. Me.-Presque Isle W, 3-0 1 2 4 1 10 .300 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Sep 4 at Emerson L, 3-0 1 3 2 4 10 -.200 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 10 vs. Westfield St. W, 3-1 1 4 12 7 26 .192 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 14.0
Sep 11 vs. Eastern Conn. St. W, 3-2 1 5 10 2 18 .444 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 1 9 0 14.5
Sep 11 at Trinity (Conn.) W, 3-2 - 5 15 6 35 .257 3 2 3 1 0 8 0 3 0 3 0 18.5
Sep 16 MIT L, 3-1 1 4 8 4 16 .250 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 9.5
Sep 21 Westfield St. W, 3-0 1 3 8 1 14 .500 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Sep 25 at Rivier L, 3-2 - 5 8 10 32 -.063 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 4 0 11.0
Sep 25 vs. St. Joseph (Conn.) W, 3-0 1 2 2 0 11 .182 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 1 3 0 3.5
Sep 29 at Dean W, 3-0 1 2 0 0 7 .000 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2.5
Oct 1 Norwich W, 3-0 1 3 9 0 12 .750 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Oct 6 at Regis (Mass.) W, 3-1 1 4 13 0 28 .464 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 15.5
Oct 9 at Elms L, 3-2 - 5 9 6 23 .130 1 1 4 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 11.5
Oct 13 at Colby-Sawyer W, 3-0 - 3 6 1 11 .455 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Oct 14 Emerson L, 3-0 1 3 4 4 16 .000 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 7.0
Oct 16 at Lasell   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 16 vs. Emmanuel (Mass.) W, 3-1 1 4 5 2 14 .214 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Oct 19 at Babson L, 3-0 1 3 3 2 8 .125 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 20 at Anna Maria W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 23 Albertus Magnus W, 3-0 1 2 5 0 11 .455 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 7.0
Oct 26 at Lasell W, 3-1 1 4 9 2 15 .467 0 2 4 1 0 2 1 2 0 3 0 13.0
Oct 28 Wentworth W, 3-0 1 3 8 5 17 .176 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 9.0
Oct 30 Johnson & Wales (RI) W, 3-1 1 4 5 2 15 .200 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 7.0
Oct 30 Saint Joseph's College of Maine W, 3-0 1 2 5 2 20 .150 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Nov 2 No. 7 Lasell W, 3-2 1 5 5 2 17 .176 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 7.5
Nov 4 No. 3 Johnson & Wales L, 3-1 1 4 5 0 22 .227 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 7.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2018-19 29 107 210 1.96 56 431 .357 3 0.03 51 0.48 6 2 57 0.53 16 50 66 0.62 302.0 2.8
2019-20 28 102 192 1.88 48 407 .354 3 0.03 43 0.42 8 2 58 0.57 8 49 57 0.56 267.5 2.6
2021-22 25 88 169 1.92 64 427 .246 9 0.10 22 0.25 6 0 36 0.41 8 40 48 0.55 219.0 2.5
Total 82 297 571 1.92 168 1265 .319 15 0.05 116 0.39 20 4 151 0.51 32 139 171 0.58 788.5 2.7
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Total 25 88 169 1.92 64 427 .246 9 0.10 22 0.25 6 0 36 0.41 8 40 48 0.55 219.0 2.5
Conference 12 40 76 1.90 25 199 .256 3 0.07 9 0.23 2 0 17 0.42 5 17 22 0.55 98.5 2.5
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 10 33 62 1.88 20 160 .263 2 0.06 8 0.24 1 0 9 0.27 3 14 17 0.52 80.0 2.4
Away 10 38 74 1.95 32 188 .223 4 0.11 9 0.24 5 0 21 0.55 5 12 17 0.45 94.0 2.5
Neutral 5 17 33 1.94 12 79 .266 3 0.18 5 0.29 0 0 6 0.35 0 14 14 0.82 45.0 2.6
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Wins 18 61 130 2.13 34 300 .320 8 0.13 18 0.30 3 0 28 0.46 4 32 36 0.59 168.0 2.8
Losses 7 27 39 1.44 30 127 .071 1 0.04 4 0.15 3 0 8 0.30 4 8 12 0.44 51.0 1.9
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September 11 39 78 2.00 36 198 .212 6 0.15 10 0.26 3 0 22 0.56 5 22 27 0.69 104.0 2.7
October 12 40 81 2.02 26 190 .289 3 0.07 10 0.25 3 0 12 0.30 2 15 17 0.42 100.5 2.5
November 2 9 10 1.11 2 39 .205 0 0.00 2 0.22 0 0 2 0.22 1 3 4 0.44 14.5 1.6