Army West Point Athletics
2021 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Buckingham, Cate

Jersey Number 24
Cate Buckingham
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Winston Churchill
- Hometown:
- San Antonio, Texas
Bio
2021: Made 13 starts for the Black Knights appearing in 84 sets…Racked up 209.0 points to average 2.49 per set…Threw down 186 kills…Had a season-high of 18 kills against Fordham (9/10)…Tabbed two double-doubles (Bucknell 9/17 and Lehigh 9/18)…Finished seven matches with double-digit kills…Recorded 22.0 blocks.
2020: Played in six matches for Army as a junior ... Started 21 sets for the Cadets, totaling 48.5 points on the season ... Registered 45 kills on 158 total attacks on offense ... Totaled five digs and seven blocks on the defensive side of the net ... Played five sets, logging nine kills in the season opener vs. Colgate (Feb. 19) ... Logged 13 kills and two digs in four sets vs. Holy Cross (Mar. 12) ... Helped Army defeat Colgate in the first round of the Patriot League Tournament (Apr. 2) with 12 kills and three block assists ... Played in two sets opposite Notre Dame in the NCAA Tournament, racking up two kills and one dig.
2019: Did not see action.
2018: Played in 67 sets across 24 matches during her freshman campaign ... posted 2.19 points per set ... averaged 2.00 kills per set ... one of four Cadets to do so ... totaled 134 kills this season ... tallied 1.90 digs per set with 127 total digs ... added eight service aces and nine assists ... capped the season with a career-high 18 kills against American ... hit .667 opposite Lafayette for a season-best ... totaled 19 digs against Quinnipiac, also a career-high ... posted four double-digit kill matches as a rookie and four double-digit dig matches ... boasted three double-doubles.
Background: Graduated from Winston Churchill High School in 2018 … team captain for her high school volleyball team in 2017 and 2018 … named the TGA Player of the Year in 2018 … captured TGA Academic Honors as well … garnered All-District nods in all four of her varsity playing years … loves to read … grandfather was in the military … Company D-3 … majoring in Engineering Psychology.
2020: Played in six matches for Army as a junior ... Started 21 sets for the Cadets, totaling 48.5 points on the season ... Registered 45 kills on 158 total attacks on offense ... Totaled five digs and seven blocks on the defensive side of the net ... Played five sets, logging nine kills in the season opener vs. Colgate (Feb. 19) ... Logged 13 kills and two digs in four sets vs. Holy Cross (Mar. 12) ... Helped Army defeat Colgate in the first round of the Patriot League Tournament (Apr. 2) with 12 kills and three block assists ... Played in two sets opposite Notre Dame in the NCAA Tournament, racking up two kills and one dig.
2019: Did not see action.
2018: Played in 67 sets across 24 matches during her freshman campaign ... posted 2.19 points per set ... averaged 2.00 kills per set ... one of four Cadets to do so ... totaled 134 kills this season ... tallied 1.90 digs per set with 127 total digs ... added eight service aces and nine assists ... capped the season with a career-high 18 kills against American ... hit .667 opposite Lafayette for a season-best ... totaled 19 digs against Quinnipiac, also a career-high ... posted four double-digit kill matches as a rookie and four double-digit dig matches ... boasted three double-doubles.
Background: Graduated from Winston Churchill High School in 2018 … team captain for her high school volleyball team in 2017 and 2018 … named the TGA Player of the Year in 2018 … captured TGA Academic Honors as well … garnered All-District nods in all four of her varsity playing years … loves to read … grandfather was in the military … Company D-3 … majoring in Engineering Psychology.
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