2022-23 Beach Volleyball Roster

Sun Belt Conference

20 Brooke Hoven

  • Position Split Blocker
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Hoover HS
  • Hometown Hoover, Alabama

Biography

2023 (SENIOR)
Finished the season 27-7 while playing the entire season on court three with partner Tamsie Black … Swept 21 matches, going 21-6 in two-set matches … Went 6-1 in three-set matches … Won their first 13 matches of the season … Finished 1-1 at the inaugural Sun Belt Conference Championship (April 27-28), defeating Southern Miss’ Reagan Sandlin and Valeria Siakidou Papakyriakou (21-19, 21-12) … Won a pair of matches on the first day of the New Orleans Invitational (April 13), defeating Southeastern’s Jackie McGee and Eryn Wilks (19-21, 21-11, 15-5) and UNO’s Valerie Vujnovich and Hannah Volpi (21-16, 21-16) … Went a perfect 4-0 at the ULM Beach Invitational (April 7-8) with wins over Spring Hill’s Linnea Beger and Kyla Shappell (21-17, 8-21, 17-15), Stephen F. Austin’s Elaina Amador and Madison Hall (21-17, 21-15), Central Arkansas’ Anna Linskey and Julia Oravec (21-16, 21-10) and Hendrix’s Meghan Fuller-Freeman and Liz Roy (21-10, 21-8) … Won twice at the Blazer Beach Duals (March 31-April 1), knocking off Jacksonville State’s Brooklyn Schiffli and Carley Lynch (21-15, 21-8) and Mercer’s Sydney Benson and Jordyn Thomas-Warren (22-24, 21-14, 15-12) … Took three matches at the ULM Bayou Bash (March 24-25), taking down Southwest Baptist’s Paityn Kramer and Madison Satterly (21-17, 21-14) and Nicholls’ Bethanie Durant and McKenna Malone twice (21-10, 21-10 and 21-18, 21-11) … Won three of four matches at the Lion Up Beach Bash (March 17-18), picking up victories over Spring Hill’s Beger and Shappell (19-21, 21-19, 15-11), Nicholls’ Durant and Alisha Wischkaemper (21-7, 21-18) and Southeastern’s Alexis Logarbo and Carley Petty (21-18, 21-9) … Swept through the Mary Hardin-Baylor Invitational (March 10-11), defeating East Texas Baptist’s Hope Shipp and Molly McCurley (21-8, 21-4), Southwest Baptist’s Janel Pido and Loran Pritchett (21-19, 21-5), UMHB’s Mindy Conger and Faith Clark (21-9, 21-16) and Hendrix’s Morgan Ford and Mabry Matz (21-12, 21-7) … Earned four-straight sweeps at the Nicholls Invitational (March 3-4), knocking off Loyola (La.)’s Brittany Cooper and Samantha Ingram (21-8, 21-13), Nicholls’ McKay Wilson and McKenna Malone (21-9, 21-6), LaGrange’s Morgan Martin and Alexis Childers (21-7, 21-8) and New Orleans’ Ashley Salazar and Ivana De Carvalho Peixe (21-10, 21-9) … Opened the season with four wins at the Texas A&M-Kingsville Invitational (Feb. 24-25), defeating Missouri Baptist’s Emma Lattimore and Kirsten van der Vleuten (21-19, 21-10), Utah’s Marissa Koch and Abby Karich (19-21, 21-15, 15-12), ETBU’s Shipp and Annika Demuth (21-10, 21-15) and Corban’s Jessica McMillian and Ally Schmidt (18-21, 21-16, 15-9).

2022 (JUNIOR)
Closed out her junior year 12-21 overall, playing each match with Elizabeth Moreland on courts two, three and four … Won three matches at the ULM Beach Invitational (4/1-4/2/22), including two matches on court two, defeating Mary Hardin-Baylor’s Payton Harris and Addison Hints on court three, 2-0 (21-9, 21-8), Central Arkansas’ Evelyn Griffith and Kelsie Sager, 2-1 (23-25, 21-18, 15-13), and Southeastern’s Hannah Barosh and Michelle Mirarchi, 2-0 (22-20, 21-13) … Won their final two matches at the LSU Beach Invitational (3/27/22), accounting for two of ULM’s three match wins on the weekend, defeating Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Aurora Carnes and Micaela Mirabal, 2-0 (21-18, 21-10), and Tampa’s Katie McKiel and Sara Szalay, 2-0 (21-18, 21-10) … Went 2-1 at the ULM Bayou Bash (3/4-3/5/22), earning wins on court three over Stephen F. Austin’s Barbara Martin and Sadie Shipman, 2-0 (21-11, 21-18) and Nicholls’ Kennedi Steele and Aspen Steele, 2-0 (21-14, 21-19) … Picked up three wins on court four on opening weekend at the Houston Baptist Invitational (2/25-2/26/22) defeating Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Kiley Lewis and Ashlyn Power, 2-1 (21-14, 17-21, 15-11), New Orleans’ Taylore Louviere and Liz Gialanella, 2-0 (21-16, 22-20), and Southeastern’s Linsey Sackett and Eryn Wilks, 2-0 (21-12, 21-16).

2021 (SOPHOMORE)
Closed out the season with a 4-12 mark, winning all four matches as a No.  seed … earned three of her four wins alongside Elizabeth Moreland and one with teammate Avery Reynolds … captured the first win of her collegiate career on March 12th when she paired with Reynolds to defeat the Hendrix tandem of Morgan Ford and Megan Jinright by scores of 21-11, 21-14 … posted a three-set victory (21-8, 19-21, 15-11), alongside Moreland, over the Texas A&M-Kingsville tandem of Adrienne Van Brunt and Macy Berg on April 10th … quickly followed that with a 21-14, 21-11 win, also alongside Moreland, over Central Arkansas’ Shannon Stone and Bria Garmon also on April 10th … teamed with Moreland to down the Mercer pairing of Ellie Miller and Aggie Paskevic on April 16 by margins of 23-21, 21-15. 

2020 (FRESHMAN)
Did not play any matches over the course of the season. 

PREP
Earned 14 national championship bids in beach volleyball...Top four finish at NVL Global Challenge National Championships...First place in Bronze at USA Volleyball National Championships...Attended Hoover HS in Hoover, Alabama...Finished as Class 7A state runner-up in 2017...Won three varsity letters and served as a team captain...Member of National Honor Society in 2018-19.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Greg and Bridget Hoven...Father, Greg, played football at Valdosta State...Sisters, Avery and Addison, played beach volleyball at UAB and LSU...Enjoys hiking and yoga...Majoring in risk management and insurance at ULM.

Historical Player Information

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    2021Sophomore

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    2022Junior

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    2022-23Senior

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