University of Northern Colorado Athletics
2016 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Makenna Meier
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- DS
- Hometown:
- Lincoln, Neb.
- Prev School:
- Waverly HS
- Major:
- Biology/ Pre-health & Biomedical
Awards and Honors:
2014 Big Sky All-Academic
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2016 (Senior)
Appeared in all 108 of the teams sets during the season as the libero...Led the team with 482 digs (4.46 digs per game)....Her 33 service aces also led the team...Set her career high in digs with 32 against Idaho State (11/16)...Recorded double-digit digs in all but three games during the season...Added 45 assists, good for third on the team...Finished her career with 901 total digs and 71 service aces.
2015 (Junior)
Saw action in 27 of the team's 30 matches...Was one of six players on the team to finish the season with over 100 digs, she finished with 166...Stepped into the libero role when teammate Megan Garcia was injured and recorded 18 digs against nationally ranked Wyoming, one shy of her career high...Tied her career high twice with four assists...Had six matches with at least 10 digs.
2014 (Sophomore)
Played in all 33 of the teams matches, becoming a huge spark plug from the service line...Finished second on the team with 26 serving aces...set a career high for digs (19) in a five set victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi...had a career high 4 assists against #4 Wisconsin...recorded her career first block against Idaho State in the Big Sky Championship game...apart of the Big Sky All-Academic team
2013 (Freshman)
Saw action in 25 of 31 matches her freshman season...Recorded 55 digs (0.75 per set) for the year...Also had three service aces and one kill...Had a season-high eight digs Oct. 10 against Portland State.
High School
Meier lettered all four years while playing for Terri Neujahr and Waverly High School ... Finished,her career at Waverly as a four-time Eastern Midlands All-Conference player ... Also,earned All-State Honorable mention during both her freshman and sophomore seasons ...,Meier will walk away from Waverly as the school record holder in digs per set (5.8), digs in a season (545) and digs in a career (1,794) ...,That career digs number is also the new Class B record ...,Meier helped lead her squad to three straight third-place finishes in Eastern Midlands Conference ...,During her junior season, she helped lead the Vikings to a runner-up finish in the district tournament and a No. 5 spot in the final state rankings ...,As a senior, she led the Vikings to a district championship and a third-place finish at the Nebraska Class B State Tournament.
