Bryant University

As a freshman: NEC Rookie of the Year ... All-NEC First Team ... NEC Player of the Week ... Two-time NEC Rookie of the Week ... ECAC Rookie of the Week ... Appeared in 32 matches, earning 26 starts while playing in 117 of 124 sets as a rookie ... Led the team with 342 kills on the year, good for third-most in the league ... Boasted the eighth-highest hitting percentage in the conference at .248, good for tops among all NEC rookies ... Averaged 2.92 kills per set (6th in NEC) ... Also topped the team charts in points (379) and points per set (3.24), both good for top-10 in the league ... Finished third on the squad with 74 blocks ... Added 102 digs and 28 assists while posting a .916 reception percentage ... Hit double-digit kill totals in 19 contests, including in nine of the final 12 matches ... Posted a season-high 18 kills three times.

Before Bryant: Hoekstra was a three-year varsity letterwinner and starter for Severna Park High School … Led the Falcons to a Maryland Class 4A State Championship as a senior in 2014, also winning county and regional titles … Team was the state runner up and regional champ in 2013 … 2015 Washington Post All-Metro First Team selection ... 2014 Maryland Gatorade Player of the Year nominee … Capital Gazette Player of the Year as a senior … Baltimore Sun All-Metro Player of the Year … Three-time first team all-county selection … Two-time Baltimore Sun First Team All-Metro pick (2013, 2014) … Baltimore Sun Second Team All-Metro selection as a sophomore … 2013 Washington Post All-Metro Honorable Mention … Class President as a junior and senior … Four-year honor roll student … Played club for Metro American Volleyball Club, helping her team win the 2015 USAV U18 National Championship (GJNC National Division).

Personal:  Daughter of Merrill and Lisa Hoekstra, Sophia Hoekstra was born March 7, 1997 … Has one sister, Abbie, who plays volleyball at Hope College (DIII) … Mother played volleyball at Simpson University from 1985-88.

Career Game Highs
Kills: 18, three times (last at CCSU, 11/6/15)
Assists: 4 vs. Robert Morris, 10/17/15
Aces: --
Digs: 11 vs. Robert Morris, 10/17/15
Blocks: 5, three times (last vs. LIU Brooklyn, 9/27/15)