2006 - Junior Season - Became CNU's first volleyball All-American when she was named honorable mention by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA)...She was also CNU's first-ever all-South Region choice...Joined coach Lindsay Birch as CNU's second USA South Player of the Year...In addition, she was chosen to the all-Virginia Division II-III first team and was state Player of the Year...Also named to the
USA South all-tournament team...Vaulted all the way to second on CNU's career list of assists (3826, just 156 short of Nina Richardson's school record of 3982) and second in service aces (318, only 47 behind
Amber Bradshaw's school mark of 365)...She is also fifth all-time in digs with 1161...Her average of 0.89 aces per game led the USA South and her 10.05 assists were second in the conference...Posted a season-high of 56 assists against Averett and had 51 in a match with Gallaudet...Slammed 12 service aces against N.C. Wesleyan and led the team for the year with a total of 108...Also had 17 matches with at least ten digs, including four that were over 20...Posted 25 versus Concordia-Moorhead and 24 in the
Gallaudet match.
2005 - Sophomore Season – Bloomed into one of the top players in the USA South and the South Region...A first team all-conference choice and second team All-Virginia Division II-III...Also named the USA South
Tournament MVP for the second year in a row...Once again proved to be one of the top setters around with a 9.50 average topped by 56 each against Hanover and Greensboro... Also added 55 assists versus East Texas Baptist, 53 in CNU's NCAA match against Trinity (Tx.) and 52 versus Randolph-Macon...Added another great season in terms of serving with a team-high 93 aces including nine in a match with Virginia Wesleyan...Also ranked second on the squad in digs with 359 including 20 matches in double figures...Had 19 against Randolph-Macon and in the East Texas Baptist match...Fourth on the team in blocks with 63...Contributed six against Catholic.
2004 - Freshman Season - An outstanding first year...Second team All-USA South...MVP of the USA South Championship Tournament...MVP of the Comfort Inn/Captains Classic...All-tournament at the Washington
& Lee Tournament...Twice USA South Rookie of the Week...Made the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) triple-double list three times - against Bridgewater (11 kills, 46 assists, 21 digs), Randolph-Macon (11 kills, 36 assists, 20 digs) and Averett (10 kills, 44 assists, 14 digs)...Set the
school record for assists in one year with 1356...Fell just two short of the season record for service acres with 117...Had a season high of 55 assists against Averett...Recorded ten service aces each against
N.C. Wesleyan and Chowan...Produced 19 games of double-figure digs with 26 versus Washington & Lee.
AT MILLS GODWIN - A second team All- Central Region and first team All-Colonial District choice as a senior while playing for coach Skip Weston...She was also second team All-Metro as a senior...In addition,
she was an All-Academic team member...In her junior year she earned second team All-Metro honors and was Honorable Mention All-District...As a sophomore she was named the team's Most Improved Player...
The team reached the state quarter-finals in her senior year and was third in the state in her junior season...She was an Honor Roll student, a member of the National BETA Club and tutored middle school students...Played for the Richmond Volleyball Club.
PERSONAL - Brittany Anne Collins was born April 7, 1986 in Richmond, Va...The daughter of Debbie Collins and the late Tommy Collins is majoring in Marketing...A member of Alpha Kappa Psi and is the Vice President of the Direct Marketing Association...She has a brother Chris, 18 and a sister Courtney, 25...
Would like to go into sports marketing.
