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#10 Ashley Wilson (MB, 6-2, So., Sioux Falls, S.D. / Roosevelt HS)
- Earned All-NSIC Second Team honors in 2014
- Started in 26 of the Vikings 28 matches last season
- Had a team best 115 blocks, good for fifth in the NSIC
- Was second on the team with 304 kills
- Set a career high in kills with 18 against Missouri Western on Sept. 12
- Tallied a career high in blocks with eight against St. Cloud and Sioux Falls |
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#9 Jessica Yost (OH, 6-3, Jr., Bemidji, Minn. / Bemidji HS)
- Started all 28 of Bemidji State's matches as a sophomore
- Posted 300 kills to lead the team for the second consecutive season and become the first BSU player since Bethany Thompson (2011 and 2012) to lead the team in consecutive years
- Collected seven double-doubles
- Reached at least 20 kills in two matches including one against nationally-ranked Northern State (Oct. 18)
- Registered a career-high 20 digs at Augustana (Nov. 7)
- Finished second on the team with 23 service aces, fourth in digs (204) and third in blocks (48) |
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#5 Riley Hanson (MB, 6-0, Jr., Nevis, Minn. / Nevis HS)
-AVCA First Team & Daktronics Second Team All-American
-All-NSIC First Team
-Two-time NCAA All-Tournament Team
-Two-time NSIC Offensive Player of the Week
-2nd in NSIC and 11th in Division II with a .386 hitting percentage
-14th in NSIC in blocks per set (0.91) & 15th in kills per set (3.29) |
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#2 Alex Brown (Lib, 5-4, Jr., Coon Rapids, Minn. / Blaine HS)
- Sixth in NSIC with 4.61 digs per set
- Anchored the defense by starting in all 29 games for the Marauders as a sophomore, with double digit digs in 22 of the 29 games
- Led the team with 456 digs
- Third on the team in aces with 14
- Career high 30 digs against Minot State on Sept. 16
- U-Mary Division-II career leader in reception percentage at .958 |
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#7 Kassi Green (RS, 5-9, So., Anoka, Minn. / Anoka HS)
- Started 19 of 28 matches as a redshirt freshman for the Golden Eagles
- Leads all UMC returnees, averaging 1.90 kills per set with 200 kills in her first season playing with UMC
- Averaged 0.59 blocks per set, averaged 2.9 blocks per match in the last 15 matches of the season
- Tallied a season-high 14 kills against Northern State in a five-set thriller on Oct. 17
- Notched 12 kills against Bemidji State Oct. 28 and Minnesota State on Oct. 3
- Had season-high five blocks on three occasions in 2014 |
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#8 Ashley Hinsch (S, 5-10, Sr., Zumbrota, Minn. / Zumbrota-Mazeppa HS)
- 2014 NSIC Player of Year
- Daktronics Central Region Player of Year
- Daktronics & AVCA First Team All-American
- 6-Time NSIC Setter of Week in 2014
- Led NSIC with 12.88 assists per match
- UMD hit .292 as a team, 2nd best in NSIC
- Had 9 double-doubles last season |
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#11 Krista Hassing (MB, 6-0, Jr., Blue Earth, Minn. / Blue Earth Area HS)
- Led the Maverick hitters last season with 380 kills
- Boasted a .286 hitting percentage as she averaged 3.58 kills per set
- Led the Mavericks with 94 total blocks, including 25 solo blocks
- Tallied at least 10 kills in 23 matches last season, including a season-high 20 against Dominican
- Recorded a season-high six total blocks against SMSU
- Was one of three Mavericks to play in all 106 sets last season |
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#2 Kaitlin VanWinkle (MH, 5-11, Sr., Farmington, Minn. / Lakeville South HS)
- Named to All-NSIC first team in 2014 after earning second-team honors in 2013
- Had 22 matches with double-digit kills and led team with 345 kills last season
- Named to all-tournament team at NSIC Challenge
- Was sixth in the NSIC at 1.03 blocks per set
- Ranks seventh in school history with 290 block assists and eighth in solo blocks at 64
- Enters senior season with 785 career kills |
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#14 Mallory Sall (OH, 6-0, Sr., Port Coquitlam, B.C. / Riverside Secondary HS)
- Named to the All-NSIC second team in 2014
- Ranked second on the team in 2014 in kills (382), service aces (26) and blocks (52)
- Recorded five double-double matches
- Ranked second in the NSIC in points per set (4.63) and third in kills per set (4.06)
- Moved into fourth all-time in school history in kills with 1,085 in her career and is second all-time in kills per set (3.71) |
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#12 Drew Smith (S, 5-11, Sr., Ames, Iowa / Ames HS)
- Led the Wolves with 1,108 assists and 22 service aces
- Second in the nation statistically, averaging 12.74 assists per set
- Tallied 247 digs, averaging 2.84 digs per set, and 41 blocks
- Named to the NSIC All-Conference Second Team
- Recorded a season high 62 assists versus Concordia-St. Paul |
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#12 Michelle Ritland (OH, 6-4, Sr., Hampton, Iowa / Hampton Dumont HS)
- Played in all 31 matches in 2014, starting all but one and appearing in 119 sets
- Recorded 222 kills as a junior, averaging 1.87 kills per set
- Posted a .224 attack percentage on 607 attempts
- Tallied double-digit kills in six games during the 2014 season, including 15 kills on two occasions
- Totaled 73 total blocks (three solo, 70 assist) for an average of 0.61 per set
- Recorded multiple blocks in 18 of USF’s 31 games, including nine in five-set win over top-25 ranked Augustana |
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#20 Abbey Thissen (RS, 6-0, Sr., Clara City, Minn. / MACCRAY HS)
-2014 AVCA second team All-American
-Helped lead SMSU to NCAA national runner-up finish
-Finished second for SMSU last season with 424 kills
-Hit .289 in 2014 with 97 blocks
-Three-time first team All-NSIC honoree
-Two-time All-American
-Two-time Academic All-NSIC honoree |
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#15 Brianne Stamer (Lib, 5-6, Sr., Hutchinson, Minn. / Hutchinson HS)
- Played in all 28 matches last season
- Had 96 assists on the season, eight service aces and recorded a team-high 472 digs, averaging 4.97 per sets
- Ranks second in the SCSU records with 1,372 career digs
- Her 472 digs in 2014 ranks fourth in the team records for most digs in a season |
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#15 Jennifer Mundt (OH, 5-11, Sr., Utica, Minn. / Lewiston HS)
- All-NSIC second team as a junior
- Surpassed the 1,000-kill milestone in a five-set victory over MSU Moorhead in Fayette
- Became the first junior in program history and fourth player at UIU to reach the 1,000-kill mark
- Recorded 1,059 kills in three years
- Broke the single-season record in kills with 439, the third highest tally in the conference and 22nd highest mark in the nation. |
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#7 Leisa McClintock (S, 5-7, Sr., Sioux City, Iowa / Heelan HS)
- First Team All-NSIC during junior season
- Ranked fifth in NSIC in assists per set at 10.88
- Had three triple-doubles last season and named NSIC Setter of the Week twice
- Second Team All-NSIC setter as a freshman and sophomore
- Ranks third on career set assist list with 3,666
- Named Capital One Academic All-District VII Second Team as a junior |
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#12 Danielle Rampart (OH, 5-10, So., Trevor, Wis. / Westosha Central HS)
- 2014 AVCA Central Region Freshman of the Year
- 2014 First Team All-NSIC
- 4.12 kills per set last season ranked 2nd in NSIC and 16th in Division II
- Led team with 391 kills
- Recorded 16 double-doubles last season
- Had a career-high 24 kills against Lewis |