Senior Year (2014)
Appeared in all 33 matches and played in 124 sets … named an AVCA All-America honorable mention selection … earned AVCA All-Region honors … named the Missouri Valley Conference Libero of the Year for the second year in a row … also an All-MVC First-Team selection for the second-consecutive year … named to MVC Championship All-Tournament Team … was a five-time MVC Defensive Player of the Week selection … named to MVC Preseason All-Conference Team … set Illinois State single-season records for digs (732) and digs per set (5.90) … ranked third among NCAA Division I players in digs per set … set ISU and Redbird Arena records for digs in a match, with 42 against Missouri State (11/21) … set a school record for career digs per set (5.39) … finished her career ranking sixth in school history in career digs (1,304), despite playing for only two seasons … posted double-digit digs in every match … recorded 20-plus digs in 19 matches, including the team’s final nine matches of the season … registered 30-plus digs on eight occasions … dished out a career-high eight assists in Redbirds’ NCAA Tournament win over Marquette (12/4) … recorded at least one assist in all 33 matches … twice matched her career high of three service aces … was a Senior CLASS Award nominee … named to MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team.
Junior Year (2013)
Appeared in all 32 matches and played in 118 sets … named MVC Libero of the Year and earned All-MVC First Team honors … was named Illinois State’s Linda Herman Most Valuable Player … ranked first on the team in digs (572) and digs per set (4.85) … ranked second on the team in assists (92), service aces (32) and service aces per set (0.27), while finishing third in assists per set (0.78) … eclipsed the 30-dig mark in four matches … recorded double-digit digs in 29 matches … recorded a service ace in 19 matches, and set, and tied, a season-high with three aces on three occasions … set a season-high with 36 digs against Evansville (11/23) … named MVC Defensive Player of the Week (10/21) … named to AFNI and MVC academic honor rolls … earned MVC Commissioner’s Excellence Award.
Prior to ISU
Played two seasons at Lincoln Land Community College, from 2011 to 2012 … was a two-time National Junior College Athletic Association All-American … was a two-time all-region and all-conference selection at LLCC … named the conference’s freshman of the year in 2011 … holds LLCC career record for digs (2,048) … led NJCAA in digs in both 2011 and 2012 … was first two-time All-American in LLCC history … four-year letter winner at Deer Creek-Mackinaw High School … helped high school team to three conference championships … played at the club level for Illini Elite Volleyball Club.
Personal
Emily Rae Orrick … born June 25, 1993 … daughter of Tom and Karen Orrick … has a brother (Daniel) and a sister (Stephanie) … major is recreation management.
