Candace Timberlake

Position:
Defensive Specialist
Height:
5-3
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
New Albany, Ind.
Prev School:
University of Southern Indiana

Sophomore Year (2013): Totaled four digs against No. 19 Louisville in the Penn State Invitational ... Finished with a team-high 11 digs versus No. 2 Penn State in the Penn State Invitational ... Tallied four digs apiece in three consecutive outings against Stony Brook, Rutgers and Oakland ... Against Colorado, had two digs and one assist ... Tallied seven digs against Saint Peter’s … Served first career ace and had three digs against Delaware State … Recorded six digs against Chicago State ... Career-best of two kills with two assists and eight digs at No. 21 Purdue ... Tallied a personal-best 18 digs with one kills and two assists versus FIU ... Contributed nine digs and two assists against Northern Kentucky ... Recorded nine digs and career-best three assists against No. 17 Florida State … Finished with a team-high 12 digs and one assist against Miami ... Contributed five digs against No. 11 North Carolina … Had three digs against NC State ... At Virginia, totaled four digs and one assist ... At Virginia Tech, chipped in with three digs ... Played two sets at Maryland ... At Pittsburgh, tied a season-best with two kills and had six digs ... Recorded one kill and one dig against Clemson ... Had one dig at No. 18 Duke ... Finished with three digs at Wake Forest ... Against Notre Dame, chipped in with two digs and one service ace ... Tallied one kill and two digs at Boston College ... Totaled three digs against Pittsburgh ... Played all three sets versus Maryland ... Played in two sets at Clemson ... At Georgia Tech, played in two sets.

Freshman Year at Southern Indiana (2011): Played in all 31 matches and 110 sets, making two starts for the Screaming Eagles ... Finished fourth on the team in digs (211) and digs per set (1.92) ... Posted double-digit digs in five matches ... Recorded a season-high 11 digs in Southern Indiana's three-set victory over Urbana.

High School: Two-time First Team All-State and multiple-time All-Hoosier Hills Conference honoree ... AAU All-American honors in 2007 and Junior Volleyball Directors Association recognition in 2008 with the Union Volleyball Club team ... Set the New Albany single-season record for digs as a sophomore in 2008 ... Helped lead New Albany to a pair of sectional and regional championships ... Member of the Indiana all-star team in 2011 as a defensive specialist.

Personal: Born in January, 1993 in New Albany, Ind. ... Daughter of Gary and Diellen Timberlake ... Has two older brothers.