Layne Van Buskirk

Photo by: Alex Mowrey/Pitt Athletics

Van Buskirk Named to Canadian Women’s National Team Roster

Height:
6-3
Class:
Senior
High School:
Holy Names Catholic HS
Hometown:
Windsor, Ontario

Career Highlights
2x AVCA All-America Honorable Mention (2018, 2019)
2x AVCA East Coast All-Region Team (2018, 2019)
2x All-ACC First Team (unanimous) (2018, 2019)
2x ACC Player of the Week (2018, 2019)
2x All-ACC Academic Team (2018, 2019)
ACC All-Freshman Team (2016)
2x ACC Freshman of the Week (2016)

AS A SENIOR (2019)
Helped the Panthers earn their third consecutive ACC Championship with a perfect 18-0 record in conference play … Part of Pitt’s fourth consecutive NCAA Second Round appearance … Second consecutive AVCA All-America Honorable Mention … Second consecutive AVCA East Coast All-Region Team … Second consecutive All-ACC first team unanimous selection … Led the Panthers with a .369 hitting percentage … Fourth on the squad with 2.52 kills per set … Moved into Pitt’s top five all-time for career hitting percentage (third), block assists (third) and total blocks (fifth) … Tied a career high with 18 kills against Cal Poly (Sept. 13) … Hit a season-best .800 with 12 kills on 15 attempts and zero errors against Louisville (Nov. 27) … Recorded the 1,000th kill of her career against North Carolina (Oct. 18) … ACC Player of the Week (Sept. 16) ... ChampYinz Invitational All-Tournament Team … Preseason All-ACC selection (Aug. 9).

AS A JUNIOR (2018)
Part of the Panthers’ first outright ACC Championship, the second consecutive title for the program … Helped the team to its third appearance in as many years at the NCAA Tournament, defeating Iona in the opening round at Petersen Events Center before falling to Michigan in the second round … Posted the third-best season hitting percentage in school history at .403 (314k, 74e, 595a), ranking ninth in the nation … AVCA All-America Honorable Mention … Unanimous All-ACC first team selection … AVCA East Coast All-Region Team … Led the Panthers with 1.42 blocks per set, ranking 15th in the nation … Ranks fifth in program history with 137 block assists for the season, and 10th with 24 solo blocks … Tied for fifth in the Pitt record book with 161 total season blocks, ranking 17th in the nation … Moved into fifth place all-time in the Pitt record book with 300 career block assists … Reached eighth place all-time in the Pitt record book with 343 total blocks … Tied for the fifth-most single-match total blocks in program history with a career-high 12 against Louisville … Added 10 kills against Louisville for the first double-double of her career … Posted a career-high 18 kills on 30 attempts (.567) at Duke … Had a near-perfect match at Georgia Tech, recording 14 kills on 17 attempts with zero errors for a season-best hitting percentage (.824) … Her .824 outing at Georgia Tech was a team-high percentage for the season … Had a team-best five matches hitting above .500 for the season … Third on the team with 2.78 kills and 3.60 points per set … Posted double-figure kills in 21 matches … Earned first ACC Player of the Week honors (Nov. 19).

AS A SOPHOMORE (2017)
Part of the first volleyball team to win an ACC Championship, claiming the title after defeating Virginia to end the regular season … Helped the team to their second appearance in two years at the NCAA Tournament, defeating VCU in the opening round, before falling to No. 1 Penn State … Recorded double-digit kills in 13 matches … Notched 10 kills against No. 9 Creighton … Tallied 10 kills in a loss against No. 25 Iowa State … Added 10 kills and had a hitting percentage of .909 in a victory against UC Santa Barbara … Posted 11 kills and a hitting percentage of .625 when Pitt topped Eastern Kentucky … Recorded 13 kills and recorded a hitting percentage of .435 in a victory against Boston College … Posted 13 kills in a win at Florida State … Tallied 10 kills in a loss against NC State … Posted 12 kills in a home victory against Florida State … Added 12 kills in a landslide victory against Wake Forest … Recorded 13 kills and tallied a hitting percentage of .474 in a victory against Duke … Posted 13 kills and a .458 hitting percentage against VCU in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament … Posted 11 kills in Pitt’s loss to No. 1 Penn State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament … Finished her sophomore season with 273 kills and a team-high 106 blocks.

AS A FRESHMAN (2016)
Part of the first Pitt volleyball team to reach the NCAA Tournament in 12 years and the first to advance to the second round in 13 years ... Achieved ACC All-Freshman Team honors ... Was acknowledged as the ACC Freshman of the Week two separate times, once on Sept. 19 and again on Oct. 3 ... Was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Kennesaw State Invitational ... Recorded double-digit kills in eight matches ... Tallied 14 kills, tying her career high, and had a hitting percentage of .357 in a loss to No. 15 Florida State ... Finished the Panther Challenge with an average hitting percentage of .440 and recorded 26 kills ... Notched 29 kills during the Panther Invitational where Pitt topped No. 22 Michigan ... Recorded 32 kills throughout the Kennesaw State Invitational Tournament ... Finished her freshman season with 247 total kills and a hitting percentage of .345.

HIGH SCHOOL
Named First Team All-County as a junior at Holy Names Catholic High School ... Took home the Royal Arcanum award for Windsor-Essex County Outstanding Female High School Athlete ... 2014 recipient of the WESPY Award for outstanding female volleyball player in Essex County ... Played club volleyball with the South County Bandits for three seasons ... Helped lead her team to an Eastern Canada National Championship in her first year with the club ... Named MVP of the tournament ... Played for Team Ontario Junior Team and Team Canada Junior Team in 2014.

PERSONAL
Daughter of David and Dana Van Buskirk ... Has a brother, Matt.