University of Northern Colorado Athletics
2014 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Andrea Spaustat
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- MB
- Hometown:
- Omaha, Neb.
- Major:
- Undecided
HONORS & AWARDS
2012 Big Sky All-Conference Second Team: Nov. 22, 2012
2012 Northern Colorado Classic All-Tournament Team: Sept. 8, 2012
2011 Big Sky Conference Freshman of the Year: Nov. 24, 2011
2011 All-Big Sky Conference First Team: Nov. 24, 2011
2013 All-Big Sky Conference Honorable Mention: Nov. 29, 2013
2014 Big Sky All-Conference First Team: Nov. 19, 2014
2014 Big Sky All-Tournament Team: Nov. 22, 2014
2014 Big Sky All-Academic Team: Jan 27, 2015
2014:
Started in all 33 games her senior season...finishing second on the team with 316 kills, hitting .276 overall...led the team with 126 total blocks and 28 serving aces...named to the Ball State All-Tournament Team...had a career high 15 digs against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in a five set win to go with a career high 10 total blocks...named First Team All-Big Sky...earned All-Big Sky Tournament honors...made Big Sky All-Academic Team
2013:
Started all 31 matches of her junior season...Third on the team with 310 kills...First on team with 36 service aces, including a career-best six Nov. 23 in the season finale against Northern Arizona...Had season-best 19 kills Oct. 26 against Montana...Career-high 14 digs at Montana State Sept. 21...Second on the team with 87 total blocks...Named an All-Big Sky Conference Honorable Mention.
2012:
Season stats
Played in all 35 matches and 128 of 129 sets in her sophomore campaign, earning a spot on the Big Sky All-Conference Second Team for the first time in her career ... Led the team with 123 total blocks (0.96/set) and 114 block assists ... Those 123 total blocks was best in Northern Colorado' single-season Division I history, while her 114 block assists is good for second best in Bears' Division I single-season history ... Wasn't just a threat blocking though, finishing third on the team with 336 kills (2.62/set) while still keeping an amazingly efficient .330 hitting percentage ... That percentage was good for fourth highest in the Big Sky ... Also finished second on the team with 31 service aces ... Finished second on the team with 205 kills (2.81/set) in Big Sky play while hitting .324 ... Tallied 76 total blocks in conference competition ... Flirted with a triple-double in the Bears' season-opening win over TCU, recording eight kills, eight digs and five blocks ... Recorded at least five blocks in 11 of 35 matches ... Recorded four blocks in four straight matches in early November ... Tallied double-digit kills in 15 matches on the year, including 10 of 20 Big Sky contests ... In seven of those double-digit kill efforts, recorded a hitting percentage of at least .400 ... Recorded 21 kills on .429 hitting, while also tallying five blocks in an early-season matchup vs. Ball State ... Named to the Northern Colorado Classic All-Tournament Team, finishing the weekend with 29 kills while leading the team with .306 hitting and 10 blocks ... Recorded a double-double vs. Sacramento State, tallying 20 kills and a career-high 13 digs ... Saved her best defensive effort for last, recording a career-high nine blocks while notching 10 kills in a thrilling come-from-behind win vs. Idaho State in the Big Sky Championship final.
2011:
Season stats
It did not take long for Spaustat to break out onto the scene on the campus of Northern Colorado – being named the Big Sky’s Freshman of the Year as well as a member of the Big Sky All-Conference First Team ... One of the most impressive things about Spaustat’s outstanding first year was the accuracy with which she attacked ... Her .343 hitting percentage was tops in the Big Sky and good for 56th best in the nation ... And it wasn’t like the freshman was just making good on a limited number of opportunities -- she was the only freshman to finish in the top-10 in the Big Sky in Kills/Set (2.64) ... Spaustat played in all but four of the Bears' games and started in 29 of a possible 31 matches ... The freshman also displayed brilliant defensive talents to go along with her offensive dominance ... She led the Bears 98 total blocks ... Northern Colorado supporters didn’t have to wait long to witness what Spaustat is capable of, as the Bears’ second game of the season served as Spaustat’s coming-out party ... The freshman came up with 14 kills on .423 hitting while posting 18.5 total points in a close loss to UC Davis ... On Oct. 22 in a road match against Big Sky foe Montana, Spaustat came through huge with a career-high 19 kills on .452 hitting.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a four-year varsity starter and team captain for coach Rochelle Rholfs at Marian High ... Earned Nebraska Class A Second Team All-State honors from the Associated Press her senior year for the Crusaders after earning all-state honorable mention in 2008 ... Was the second-most efficient hitter in the state of Nebraska in 2009 ... Made quite a name for herself on the national club scene with the River City Juniors, which finished in the national top 10 at the USA Girls Junior National Championships three times (2008, 2009, 2010) during Spaustat's career ... Spaustat was named to the club National All-Tournament Team in 2009 and 2010 ... Also selected for the US Junior Olympic Team's D1 camp in 2007 and then the A2 camp in 2008 ... In May 2011, Spaustat was honored with the Girl Scouts of America Gold Award, the highest honor Senior Scouts or Ambassadors can achieve ... Only six percent of all Girl Scouts in 2011 received the honor ... Is a recipient of the Bronze (74 hours), Silver (99) and Gold (100 plus) President's Volunteer Service Awards ... Selected in December 2009 to represent the state of Nebraska as a National Scholar at the National Young Leaders Conference.
PERSONAL: Signed with the Bears on Nov. 11, 2011 ... Born on March 1, 1993 ... Last name pronounced SPAW-stat ... Parents are John and Karen Spaustat ... Has one sister, Kayla, whom she says is the most influential person in her life ... Favorite food is Chinese and favorite TV show is Pretty Little Liars ... Lists favorite music artist as Lil' Wayne ... Has an interest in pursuing a criminal justice degree at Northern Colorado ... Favorite subject at Marian was Entrepreneurship ... Chose the Bears because of the coaches, players and the scenery.
