Webster University Athletics

2018 Second-Team All-SLIAC
SLIAC Offensive Player of the Week (9/4/18)
2018 SLIAC Fall All-Academic Team

2018 (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in 105 sets across 31 matches ... Started 30 of Webster's 31 matches ... Was one of six Gorloks to play in all 31 matches and one of four Gorloks to play in 100 or more sets ... Led team in kills with 282 and kills per set (2.69) and was second in total attacks with 905 ... Was third on the team in double-doubles with 10 ... Tallied double-digit kills in 12 matches and had 24 matches with double-digit digs ... Recorded a career high 16 kills against Benedictine (8/31), which was the second most on the team ... Had 20 or more attacks in a match 28 times and had 35 or more attacks in nine matches, including a career high 50 attacks against Benedictine (8/31) ... Hit. 223 on the year, which was second on the team and hit over .300 in eight matches ... Led team with 38 aces and had two or more aces in a match 11 times, including a Webster season high five aces against Blackburn (10/6) ... The five aces were tied for 13th on the school's all-time single-match chart ... Also had 27 assists ... Recorded two or mre blocks in a match nine times ... In 55 sets and 18 SLIAC matches, recorded 150 kills, 15 assists, 23 aces, 240 digs and 19 blocks ... Had four of her 10 double-doubles in league play and hit .228 against SLIAC foes.

2017 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in 89 sets across 29 matches ... Started 24 of those 29 matches ... Was one of nine Gorloks to play in at least 80 sets on the season ... Totaled 155 kills, 548 attack attempts, 192 digs and 34 blocks ... Her 155 kills was second on the team, while 34 blocks was third on the team ... Averaged 1.74 kills, 2.16 digs and 0.38 blocks per set ... Had six or more kills in a match 13 times, including a career high 13 kills against Eureka (9/9) ... Hit .139 for the season and her 548 attack attempts were second on the team ... Recorded double-digit attack attempts in 26 matches, including a career high 36 attack against Principia (9/9) ... Hit over .300 in six matches, including a season best .533 (9-1-15) against Iowa Wesleyan (9/6) ... Tallied double-digit digs in six matches, including career best 36 digs against Principia (9/9) ... The 36 digs were the second most recorded by a Gorlok player in a match during the 2017 season ... Had four solo blocks, which was third most on the team ... Posted two or more blocks in a match 10 times, including career high five against Hope (9/1) ... Had a career high two solo blocks against MacMurray (9/30) ... In 55 sets and 18 matches in SLIAC play, recorded 107 kills, 357 attacks, 161 digs, 23 blocks and hit .165.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Lettered in volleyball (2013-16) at Waterloo (Ill.) High School … Earned MVP honors in volleyball as a senior in 2016 … Two-time First-Team All-Conference selection in both 2015 and 2016 … Named to the Carbondale Tournament All-Tournament Team in 2015 and 2016 … Also earned the school’s best server award as both a junior and senior ... Named Most Improved Player in volleyball in 2013 … Also lettered in softball … In the classroom, was a member of the 4.0 Club and earned High Honors all four years … Received a Spanish seal of Biliteracy and also earned an Academic Excellence in Science in 2017 … Played club volleyball for High Performance St. Louis. 
 
PERSONAL: Born May 4 ... Daughter of Theresa and Michael Kruse … Chemistry major ... Sister, Madison (21) ... Chose Webster because I got to play volleyball at a small school and the chemistry professors are great here … Names Matt Carpenter as her favorite athlete … Lists the St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Blues as her favorite sports team … Likes to read, play video games, research chemistry and hanging out with friends … Plan on going to grad school for her PhD in chemistry.

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