Avery Hamlin

September 10, 2025: The Duke Blue Devils Volleyball team wins 0-0 against the Utah Valley Wolverines in the Morgan’s Message game.

Photo by: Nat LeDonne / Duke Athletics

Avery Hamlin poses during photo day in front of a white screen

Photo by: Nat LeDonne / Duke Athletics

Position:
Outside Hitter
Height:
6-1
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Austin, Texas

Honors: All-ACC Academic Team (2024), ACC Academic Honor Roll (2024)

2025: Saw action in 28 matches with 12 starts… Totaled 98 kills, 14 assists and 120 points… Added 90 digs and 18 blocks… Posted a career-high 16 kills to lead Duke against Alabama State (9/4)… Recorded double-digit kills at Georgia (9/5) and against Cleveland State (9/14)… Tallied a career-best three blocks against Pittsburgh (10/31)… Logged a career-high 19 digs and four assists against Virginia Tech (11/13)… Served a career-best two aces on three occasions… Led Duke in blocks against Pittsburgh with three (10/31).

2024: Appeared in 20 matches and earned one start … Earned 42 kills, two assists and two service aces … Totaled 47 digs and six total blocks … Posted her career-high seven kills against St. John’s (9/14) … Tallied her career-high eight digs against Boston College (9/27) and matched that mark against Clemson (11/3) ... Named to the 2024 All-ACC Academic Team.

Prior to Duke: Comes to Duke from Austin, Texas, where she attended Lake Travis High School as a 6-1 outside hitter for Austin Juniors Volleyball ... In 2023, she reached 1,000 career kills and 1,000 career digs as she was named to the Texas Girls Coaches Association (TGCA) 6A all-state team ... Earned Fraulein Fest MVP honors as a senior in addition to the being named to the Volleypalooza All-Tournament Team ... As a four-year letterwinner, she helped lead her team to the 6A State Finals in 2022 and 2023 ... Outside of volleyball, she was a National Honor Society member, an AP Scholar award recipient and a founder of the Breathe Initiative – a mental health awareness club on campus.