Inside Tide Volleyball: Gettin' to Know Crystal Hudson
10/19/2004 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
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Crystal Hudson is in her second year but just first season of play with the Alabama Volleyball team. A redshirt freshman from Hueytown, Ala., Crystal plays the outside hitter position for the Tide. One of just two Alabama natives on the Tide roster this year she has been a starter in every match. Crystal is one of the most athletic players on the Bama squad and possesses a smile and outgoing personality that lights up the room and an armswing able to punish opponent’s defenders. She has tallied double digit kills in 12 matches this year including a career high 18 in a match versus UT-Arlington. Crystal ranks third on the team in kills per game (2.85) and ranks second for block solos.
Crystal and her teammates open a stretch of seven straight matches against SEC Western Division foes this weekend with road contests at Mississippi State (Friday) and Ole Miss (Sunday).
What’s your favorite thing about the University of Alabama?
“My teammates, playing volleyball and the school atmosphere.”
What nickname(s) do you go by?
“Juice”
What would be the title of the book about your life to this point?
“A Long Time Coming”
Do you have any pre-match superstitions, if so what are they?
“I pray before every match”
What super hero power would you choose: Flying, X-Ray Vision or Superhuman Strength?
“Flying”
What three words describe you personality on court? What about off court?
“Focused, Intense and Goofy (hehehe). Off court would be Focused, Intense and Goofy”
If you could play another sport at Alabama what would it be?
“Basketball”
What CD is in your stereo right now?
“A lot of different songs on a mix CD, not one artist in particular”
What one thing can you not live without?
“Fried foods”
What will you be doing in 10 years?
“Sittin’ up somewhere married and pregnant”
Something few people know about me is...
“I used to be really quiet and shy. I didn’t talk much at all and I was sort of a reject and kept to myself. That’s probably something most people wouldn’t know or believe about me”
