Amber Clearman

Position:
S
Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
High School:
Lake Travis HS
Hometown:
Austin, TX

2003: One of two seniors on the 2004 team, Clearman played in 30 matches (14 starts) and 79 games her junior season . . . Posted a career-best 176 digs, which was the most on the team among returning players for the 2004 season . . . Eight matches with double figure digs, including four in a row from Oct. 17 - Oct. 31 . . . Posted career-high 16 digs against Arkansas-Little Rock . . . Had 14 digs in three games against UTEP on Sept. 19, which were the fifth most on the team for a three-game match . . . Served career-high four aces against South Alabama on Oct. 31 . . . Nine total aces are her second most single-season aces, behind 11 her freshman campaign . . . Averaged 0.34 assists per game, which was the fifth best average on the team and second best among players returning for `04.

2002: Participated in 20 games in nine matches . . . Recorded season-best six assists against Grambling State . . . Finished the season with 25 digs for a 1.25 digs per game average . . . Recorded at least eight digs twice, including a season-best nine against Louisiana-Lafayette . . . Played all five games against UL Lafayette in the last match of the regular season . . . Had five service aces, recording at least one in four of nine matches played.

2001: Saw limited action the first 10 matches of the season (played in just two matches), but saw playing time in the last 19 matches in a row . . . In her first ever collegiate match and the Mean Green's first match of the season, Clearman recorded a career-high 38 assists, four kills and equaled her career-high in digs with 10 against TAM-Corpus Christi on Aug. 31 . . . The outing marked her only double-double of the season . . . She also registered 10 digs and a career-high three service aces against Arkansas State on Oct. 13 . . . Recorded five digs or more in five outings.

High School: Earned Academic All-District honors in 1999 and 2000 . . . Tabbed as the district's best defensive player in 1999 . . . Named to the Hays All-Tournament Team in 1999 and 2000 . . . Tabbed First Team All-District in 2000 . . . 2000 Lake Travis MVP . . . Team Fighting Heart Award in 1999. . . All-Star Camp MVP in 1997 . . . Led Lake Travis HS to the 1997 district championship, bi-district championship in 1998 and area championship in 1999 . . . Named the District Defensive Player of the Year in 1997 . . . First Team All-District selection and Team MVP in 2000 . . . Hays Consolidated All-Tournament Team in 1999 and 2000 . . . Twice a Lake Travis Athlete of the Month (1999 and 2000) . . . Earned Academic All-District honors in 1998, 1999 and 2000 . . . Graduated No. 27 in class of 265 and had a 96.34 GPA on a 100.0 scale.

Club: Played in the Austin Junior Volleyball league, which focuses on teaching advanced techniques, as well as providing numerous opportunities for youth in the Austin area.

Personal: Born May 2, 1983 . . . Daughter of Bo Clearman and Annette Beeler.