2017 (Senior Year): Played in 25 matches, making 23 starts along the way … Named to the Phoenix Classic All-Tournament Team as well as the MEAC North-South Challenge All-Tournament Team … Member of the AD’s Honor Roll in the fall … Averaged 1.99 kills and 1.83 digs per set, second and third on the team, respectively … Hit .150 while totaling 177 kills, 169 assists, 163 digs, 24 blocks and 18 service aces in 89 sets … Had six matches with 10 or more kills, nine with 10 or more assists and eight with 10 or more digs … Had nine double-doubles … Ended the year with a career-high 19 kills while hitting .304 at Hampton on Nov. 12, adding six digs, three blocks, a career-high tying three service aces and two assists along the way … Nearly had a triple-double with 21 assists, 14 kills on a career-best .444 attack percentage, eight digs and two service aces in a win over Savannah State on Sept. 22 … Added 15 kills, 13 assists and four digs the next day against South Carolina State … Hit .368 with 18 kills, 13 digs and two aces at Delaware State on Oct. 8 … Totaled 14 kills, 11 digs and three blocks against Delaware State again on Oct. 22 … Also added 15 kills with six digs versus Howard on Nov. 3 … Added a season-high 17 digs with six kills against Coppin State on Sept. 29 … Had 11, 12, 11 and 11 digs in four straight matches from Sept. 8-15, as well as 11 digs with a career-high three aces against at Maryland Eastern Shore on Oct. 6 … During that four-match stretch, had a double-double of 11 digs and a career-high 24 assists with four kills in a win over North Carolina Central on Sept. 8 … Also went for 12 digs, 13 assists and seven kills against Charleston Southern, and 11 digs, seven kills, five assists and two blocks at Elon, both on Sept. 9 … Added 14 assists, 11 digs and two aces versus Morehead State on Sept. 15 … Began the year with 11 assists and seven kills against Saint Francis (Pa.) on Sept. 1, and 21 assists, five kills and four digs (at Lafayette) and 14 assists, eight kills and four digs (versus Central Connecticut State) on Sept. 2.
2016 (Junior Year): Named to MEAC All-Academic Team…Played in all 27 matches and made seven starts … Member of the AD’s Honor Roll in the fall … Competed in 66 sets on the season … Totaled 53 kills, 48 digs, 23 assists, 10 blocks and seven service aces … Hit a season-best .429 with a season-high seven kills and seven digs against Appalachian State on Aug. 27 … Also had seven kills with three digs and two service aces in the match before against St. Francis (N.Y.) … Posted five kills and four digs at Radford on Aug. 27 … Added seven digs and a season-best seven assists at Howard on Oct. 28 … Tallied five digs and three kills in a win at Hampton on Oct. 14 … Followed that up with four kills in a victory at Delaware State on Oct. 16 and three kills at home against Coppin State on Oct. 21 … Also had four kills in matches against Navy on Sept. 3 and at Elon on Sept. 9.
2015 (Sophomore Year): Played in 22 matches and made 14 starts … Saw time in 70 sets … Averaged 1.56 kills and 1.93 digs per set … Finished with totals of 135 digs, 109 kills, 21 blocks, 16 assists and seven service aces … Named to the AD’s Honor Roll and the MEAC All-Academic Team … Had four matches with double-digit kills and four with double-digit digs … Set career highs in digs and blocks and at the time her career high in kills in a match against Morgan State on Sept. 27, tallying 18 kills, 23 digs and four blocks for her first career double-double … Hit a solid .348 with 13 kills, six digs and two blocks in a win over Alabama State on Sept. 12 … The match before against UNCG, tallied 10 digs with three kills and two blocks … Posted 12 kills with eight digs, two blocks and two assists versus North Carolina Central on Sept. 18 … Reached double figures in kills with 11 against Coppin State on Sept. 25 … Also had 10 digs in matches against Radford on Sept. 15 (with seven kills) and Howard on Oct. 30.
2014 (Freshman Year): Played in 11 matches and made 10 starts at the beginning of the season before sitting out the rest of the year due to injury … Ranked second on the team with 2.51 kills per set and hit .150 … Totaled 93 kills, 29 digs, 17 blocks, five service aces and three assists on the year … Also stood third on the team with 0.46 blocks per set … Named to the JMU Classic All-Tournament Team in the first tournament of the year … Against Villanova on Aug. 30, finished with 14 kills on a .286 attack percentage with four digs and two blocks … Added 12 kills and three digs later in the day against Charleston Southern … Posted 14 kills, four digs and two blocks versus Tennessee Tech on Sept. 5 … Also reached double figures against Duquesne on Sept. 13 with 10 kills on a .304 attack percentage with five digs and two service aces … Totaled nine kills, five digs and two blocks against Niagara on Sept. 12.
High School: Competed on the varsity volleyball team all four years at Tomball High School under coach Cheryl Wallace … Earned first-team University Interscholastic League (UIL) All-District 22-4A honors her junior and senior years … Led Tomball to a 29-12 overall record and a 13-1 mark in the district her junior season in 2012 … Led her squad to its fifth straight district title and into the area round of the state 4A playoffs that year … Followed that up with another trip to the area round of the state playoffs senior year … Second-team all-district her sophomore year … MVP of the Magnolia Tournament her senior year … Team captain junior and senior seasons … The team’s Newcomer of the Year as a freshman … Was an all-district academic honoree her first three years and an all-state academic honoree her senior year.
Club: Competed with the Texas Tornados Mizuno AAU team from ages 14-18.
Personal: Full name is Hope Alexandra Forsythe … Born on Sept. 2, 1995 … Daughter of Julie and Byron Forsythe … Has one older brother, Ross … Father Byron played football at the University of Houston from 1986-89, earning honorable mention All-America honors his junior and senior seasons … He also spent time in the Washington Redskins organization … Majoring in kinesiotherapy … Wants to become a pediatric physical therapist … Enjoys hanging out with friends, watching Netflix and good cuisine.
| CAREER HIGHS |
| Kills |
19, at Hampton (11-12-17) |
| Total Attacks |
48, vs. Morgan State (9-27-15) |
| Hitting Percentage |
.444 (14-2-27), vs. Savannah State (9-22-17) |
| Assists |
24, vs. North Carolina Central (9-8-17) |
| Service Aces |
3 (2x), last: at Hampton (11-12-17) |
| Digs |
23, vs. Morgan State (9-27-15) |
| Block Assists |
4, vs. Morgan State (9-27-15) |
| Total Blocks |
4, vs. Morgan State (9-27-15) |
| Points |
23.5, at Hampton (11-12-17) |
