CAREER HIGHLIGHTS |
2021 MVC Libero of the Year |
2021 All-MVC First Team |
2021 Elite 17 Award |
2021 MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team |
2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team |
10/18/21 - MVC Defensive Player of the Week |
11/11/19 - MVC Defensive Player of the Week |
2022 (Senior Year): Appeared in all 29 matches and all 109 sets ... led the team with 530 digs and a career-high 4.86 digs/set ... had 20-plus digs in 13 matches ... wraps up her career with 1,767 digs, the fifth-most by a Redbird in program history ... finishes her career with 4.16 digs/set, the fourth-highest by a Redbird in program history ... named to the Beale Street Challenge All-Tournament Team ... CSC Academic All-District ... first MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Year in program history ... named MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team ... named MVC Defensive Player of the Week (10/31).
2021 (Junior Year): Appeared in all 33 matches for Illinois State as the libero, covering all 126 sets … one of ISU’s two team captains during the 2021 season … named Missouri Valley Conference Libero of the Year after finishing with a conference-leading 334 total digs, averaging a league-best 4.91 digs/set during MVC action … earned a spot on the All-MVC First Team for the first time in her career … selected to the MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team for the first time … earned a spot on the CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team … named the recipient of the MVC’s Elite 17 Award for volleyball … became only the 16th Redbird in school history to reach the 1,000-career digs mark against Valparaiso (10/16), scooping up 26 digs … named MVC Defensive Player of the Week after notching 1,000 career digs and combining for 51 digs across two matches … ranks second all-time in school history for digs in a single season by a Redbird junior, collecting 611 … only two ISU juniors in school history to finish with 600+ digs in a single season … her 611 digs this season are the fifth-most ever in a single season by an Illinois State player … averaged 4.85 digs/set throughout the course of the 2021 campaign … ranked in the top-20 nationally consistently for total number of digs … finished with 25+ digs on seven different occasions … scooped up at least 20 digs, 16 times during the 2021 season … collected 10+ digs in every match but two … posted a season-best 29 digs on two separate occasions, vs. Indiana State (11/6) and in the MVC Championship match against Loyola Chicago (11/27) … dished out 142 assists this season, the 14th most in a single season by a Redbird junior … posted a career-high nine assists against Missouri (9/18) … finished second on the team with 28 service aces … appeared in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament match and the MVC Championship match for the Redbirds.
2020 (Sophomore Year): Played in all 22 matches for the Redbirds her sophomore season, covering 80 sets as a defensive specialist … scooped 195 digs to average 2.44 digs per set … recorded double-digit dig figures in eight contests, including a season-high 18 against Valparaiso (2/22) … dished out 20 assists, turning in a season-high three against Loyola (4/3) in the conference tournament … finished second on the team in service aces with 23, delivering a season-high four against Valparaiso (2/21) … turned in a .969 reception percentage, recording just seven errors in 229 attempts, while turning in a perfect reception number 15 times and eight-straight matches to open the season … Fall 2020 season moved to spring 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2019 (Freshman Year): Appeared in all but three matches for the Redbirds, covering 112 sets … led the team in digs (431) – the third-most turned in by a rookie in program history – averaging 3.85 per set … was named the MVC Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 11 … tallied a season-high 31 digs at Bradley (10/4) … dished out a career-high seven assists in a win at UNI (10/12), finishing with 67 on the year … registered double-digit dig performances on 15 occasions, including in 13-straight matches from Sept. 30 to Nov. 15.
Champlin Park HS: Four-year starter for Champlin Park High School's volleyball program, helping her team reach an overall record of 122-15, that featured four conference championship titles … Helped propel her team to 5AAA Sectional Championship titles in all four of her seasons, while helping her team win the state title in 2018 … Four-time all-conference honoree and two-time team captain … Broke the Champlin Park High School career digs record at 1,513 … Capped a successful senior season by earning first-team all-state honors, third-team all-metro honors and academic all-state accolades.
Personal: Daughter of Steve and Lisa Weimerskirch … Born on November 1 in Robbinsdale, Minnesota … Has one brother (Adam) and one sister (Kelsey) … Grandfather, Dennis Weimerskirch, coaches football at Belgrade High School … Chose to attend ISU because of the overall culture of the volleyball program and school.