Washburn University Athletics

In 2015: AVCA All-American Third Team  …  AVCA All-Region First Team  …  CoSIDA Academic All-American Second Team  …  CoSIDA Academic All-Region First Team  …  All-Region First Team  …  D2CCA All-Region Second Team  …  All-MIAA First Team  …  named MIAA Hitter of the Week on Oct. 26  …  led the team and was second in the MIAA in kills (464) and kills per set (4.03) … second on the team with 21 service aces and 370 digs (3.22 digs per set) … started in 32 of 33 matches appeared in … became the 19th member of the 1,000 kills club at Washburn and the ninth Ichabod all-time to have over 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in a career … posted a .201 hitting percentage for the season … ended the season with 1,224 career kills (tied for 12th all-time in WU history) … had 51 blocks on the year … put together double-digit kill matches in 29 contests, including a string of 27 straight from Sept. 4 to Nov. 6 … had four 20-plus kill efforts, including 22 kills against UC-Colorado Springs on Sept. 11 … recorded 20 double-doubles in kills and digs for the year … finished the year nationally ranked 23rd in total kills, 25th in kills per set, 26th in attacks per set, 28th in points per set and 30th nationally in total attacks.

In 2014: Daktronics All-Region Second Team  …  All-MIAA First Team  …  MIAA Scholar Athlete  …  MIAA Academic Honor Roll  …  Started all 31 matches for the Ichabods and played 100 sets (third most on the team)  …  Led the Ichabods with 383 kills on the year and a 3.83 kills per set average  …  Totaled 35 blocks (0.35 per set) at the net and had a team-leading 27 service aces  …  Second on team with 320 digs for the year, racking up 3.20 per set  …  Reached double figures for kills in 22 matches, totaling over 20 in two of those matches  …  Had 15 double figure dig performances, with three matches totaling over 20 digs  …  Season high in kills (28) came against Pittsburg State on Nov. 7  …  Season high in digs (25) came against Nebraska-Kearney on Nov. 15  …  Had three blocks at Fort Hays State (Sept. 23) and at Central Oklahoma (Oct. 31)  …  Had 12 double-doubles in kills and digs for the year  …  Finished third in the MIAA kills per set rankings (3.83).

In 2013: Played in and started all but one match and in 125 sets  …  earned Third Team All-MIAA as an outside hitter  …  finished ninth in the MIAA with 3.02 kills a set  …  averaged 3.06 digs a set (third on the team) and was third with 22 service aces  …  had 19 double-figure kills matches and 20 double-figure dig matches  …  had 15 double-doubles  …  had a season-high 19 kills Sept. 13 against Central Washington  …  hit .500 with 14 kills and no errors in 28 swings Sept. 20 against Dallas Baptist  …  that match was the last in a string of seven straight double-figure kill matches and she had double-doubles in four straight matches and five total during that stretch  …  had a season-high 22 digs on Nov. 5 at Fort Hays State and Oct. 5 at Nebraska-Kearney and she had 13 kills in each of those matches for double-doubles.

Background: A 2013 graduate of Elkhorn High School where she was a four-year letterwinner in volleyball  … earned All-State by the Lincoln Journal-Star her senior year … was All-State Class B her sophomore and junior years … broke her school records for career kills and single-season kills as a senior … was voted team MVP her final two years … competed on the track team all four years and placed fifth her junior year and eighth as a sophomore in the long jump  …  lettered in basketball her final three years and earned all-state twice … carried above a 4.0 GPA and was a member of the Academic Honor Roll  …  named the Omaha Area Outstanding Scholar Athlete her senior year.

Personal: Daughter of Michele and Jeff Willer  …  majoring in mathematics: secondary eduation …  born in Des Moines, Iowa  …  her mother, Michele, played basketball at North Dakota and her father, Jeff, played football at North Dakota State.