WEBSTER GROVES – Beginning today and running every Tuesday throughout the remainder of the 2020 calendar year, we take a look into some of the top five statistical lists in the history of Webster University Athletics. These statistical lists are based on actual rankings by the statistic or category listed with information on each of those student-athletes in the Top 5 rankings. 
 
Today's first Tuesday Top 5 looks at the Top 5 totals for career digs in the 34-year history of Webster University Volleyball. This group of five Gorloks accounted for 8,858 digs during their playing careers on the volleyball court and all five players recorded more than 1,600 digs as Gorloks.
 
Kristen Farrah (2017-19) - 1,975 Digs  … Farrah is one of the top liberos in the history of both Webster University and the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Farrah ended her playing career last season for the Gorloks as the school's all-time career leader in digs with 1,975 digs and is the school's and SLIAC's single season leader in digs with 882 in 2018. Her 1,975 digs are sixth on the SLIAC all-time digs chart and is one of two Gorloks to record 1,900-plus career digs. She began her career by tallying 399 digs as a freshman in 2017, then recorded a school record 882 digs as a sophomore in 2018 and added 694 digs as a junior in 2019. The 882 digs, which was second most in Division III in 2018, were the most recorded by a Gorlok since Katie O'Toole set a then school record with 659 digs in 2016, while the 694 digs are second most in a season in school history. Farrah was the NCAA Division III National Statistical champion in digs per set in 2018 as she averaged a school and SLIAC record 8.32 digs per set. She capped her career by winning back-to-back SLIAC Defensive Player of the Year accolades and earning back-to-back AVCA Honorable Mention All-Central Region honors in 2018 and 2019 and earned eight career SLIAC Defensive Player of the Week honors.  
 
Katie O'Toole (2013-16) - 1,929 Digs … Before Farrah, the school's top libero was Katie O'Toole, who lettered for the Gorloks from 2013-16. O'Toole is the school's No. 2 leader in career digs as she recorded 1,929 digs, which was a then school record before Farrah broke the record in 2019. Along with being No. 2 on the school's all-time digs list, O'Toole sits eighth on the SLIAC's all-time dig chart and is one of just two Webster players to record 1,900-plus career digs. Her 659 digs as a senior in 2016 was a then single season school record and is now third on the school's single season charts. Along with her 659 digs in 2016, she had 555 digs as a junior in 2015, which is tied for sixth on the school's single season chart. O'Toole, who was a two-time All-SLIAC performer in 2015 and 2016, including being a first team selection in 2016, was named the SLIAC Defensive Player of the Year in 2016 and was a two-time SLIAC Defensive Player of the Week in her career. 
 
Jordan Vehlewald (2011-14) - 1,690 Digs … Vehlewald completed her four year career in 2014 as the then school career record holder in digs as she recorded 1,690 digs, which is now third on the school's all-time charts. As a senior in 2014, she tallied a then school record 628 digs, which is now fourth on the single season chart. Is one of three Gorloks to tally 600 or more digs in a single season in the program's history. In her career, she was a four-time All-SLIAC selection and earned the SLIAC Tournament MVP honor in 2011. Along with being third in career digs, she is fifth in career sets played (430) and sixth in career digs per set (3.93).  
 
Crystal Shelton (2004-07) - 1,649 Digs … Early in the 2000s, Crystal Shelton, who lettered at Webster from 2004-07, was the dig queen for the Gorloks as she recorded a then school record 1,649 career digs. Those 1,649 digs are now fourth on the school's all-time list. Shelton, who was inducted into the Webster Athletics Hall of Fame in 2013 and the SLIAC Hall of Fame in 2017, was a four-time First-Team All-SLIAC selection and was named the SLIAC Player of the Year in 2005 and the SLIAC Newcomer of the Year in 2004. She tallied 350 or more digs in all four seasons, including 453 digs in 2007. She also had 423 digs in 2005 and 410 digs in 2006. Along with sitting fourth on the school's all-time dig chart, Shelton is the school's all-time leader in kills (1,785), kills per set (3.97), attack attempts (4,428), sets played (450) and is third in career aces (155). 
 
Susi Riegel (2003-06) - 1,615 Digs … Riegel closed her four year career in 2006 with 1,615 career digs, which at the time was a school record and is now fifth on the school's all-time chart. She opened her Gorlok career with 233 digs as a freshman in 2003, before tallying over 400 digs the next three seasons as she had 481 as a sophomore in 2004, 427 as a junior in 2005 and 474 as a senior in 2006. Named a two-time All-SLIAC selection in 2004 and 2006. Her 481 digs in 2004 are 11th on the school's single season chart, while the 474 digs in 2006 are 12th on the single season chart. 
 
Please remember to check back each Tuesday during the fall of 2020 for the newest edition of Tuesday Top 5 on websterathletics.com.