Emily Weigand

MAC Distinguished Scholar Fall 2019 - 12/20/19

Photo by: Ernie Aranyosi

Position:
Setter
Height:
5-10
Class:
Junior
High School:
Notre Dame Cathedral Latin HS
Hometown:
Burton, Ohio

As a Junior (2019): Greater Cleveland Area Female Athlete of the Year Finalist ... first-team All-MAC ... Academic All-MAC ... Distinguished Scholar-Athlete ... Dean's List ... surpassed eighth in assists in program history (2,841) ... appeared in 27 matches and 100 sets ... completed the season with a total of 1,037 assists, averaging 10.37 per set ... recorded a career-best 59 assists against Western Michigan ... ranked as high as 16th in the nation in service aces per set, finished the season with 47 aces, .47 aces per set ... tallied career-best 20 digs against Ohio ... finished second on the team in blocks with 56 and third on the team in digs with 274.

As a Sophomore (2018): Academic All-MAC … Dean’s List … started all 27 matches and played in 103 sets … completed the season with a total of 812 assisted, averaging 7.88 assists per set … recorded career-best 57 assists against Central Michigan … led the team with a total of 47 service aces, averaging .46 aces per set … posted a career-high seven service aces against Elon … ranked as high as fifth in service aces per set and total service aces in the nation … was second on the team in digs with 240 … tallied career-best 17 digs against Youngstown State … ranked third on the team with 31 blocks, including season-high 4 blocks against Bowling Green … added 75 kills on the season, including season-best seven kills, twice, against Toledo and Kent State.

As a Freshman (2017): Dean’s List … appeared in all 28 matches and played in 103 sets … led the team in assists with 992, averaging 9.63 assists per set, good for second in the MAC … team leader with 36 service aces … second on the team with 208 digs, averaging 2.02 digs per set … at the net, completed 53 total blocks, good for second on the team … finished the season with 61 kills … had a season-high performance with 51 assists against Northern Illinois … completed a season-high five service aces against Kent State … tallied a season-high 13 digs against Eastern Michigan.

High School: Two-time Ohio Division II State Champion … three-time Ohio Valley Region Champion with the Eastside Cleveland Juniors … a 2016 first-team All-State, League and District selection for Notre Dame Cathedral Latin School … 2015 first-team All-League and All-District selection along with being a second-team All-State honoree.

Personal: Daughter of Eric and Kathleen Weigand … has an older sister, Meghan … her aunt played volleyball at St. Bonaventure ... accounting major.