University of Northern Colorado Athletics
2012 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Merideth Johnson
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- Defensive specialist
- Hometown:
- Fort Collins, Colo.
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Honors and Awards
2011 Big Sky All-Academic: January 25th, 2012
2013 All-Big Sky Conference Honorable Mention: Nov. 29, 2013
2013:
Started all 31 matches of her senior year...Averaged 5.06 digs per set, best in the Big Sky and 34th in all of Division I...Had a career-high 30 digs Nov. 8 at North Dakota and a week later at Eastern Washington, both victories...Her 602 digs for the season are the sixth-most for an individual season in school history, and she ends her career fourth in Division I digs at Northern Colorado (1166) and 16th all-time...Second on the team with 23 service aces, and her 64 for her career are ninth in the Division I era...Named All-Big Sky Conference Honorable Mention.
2012:
Season stats
Played in every match in her junior season ... Led the team with 515 digs on the year ... Her 3.99 digs/set was good for fifth best in the Big Sky ... Her 515 digs was third highest single-season mark in Bears' Division I history ... Also led the team with 34 service aces ... Those 34 aces was the second highest single-season total in Northern Colorado Division I history ... Was third on the team withi 76 assists on the year ... Second on the team with 45 assists in Big Sky play ... Tallied 279 digs in conference competition ... Opened up the year with 22 digs and two aces in her first match at the Bears' libero ... Recorded double-digit digs in 27 of 35 matches ... Tallied at least 20 digs in seven matches, including four times in the Bears' first eight matches ... That early-season stretch was capped off with a career-high 26 digs in a home win vs. Ball State in the Northern Colorado Classic ... Averaged 20.7 digs per match in the three-match Northern Colorado Classic ... Recorded back-to-back 23-dig performances in a pair of early-November matches vs. Sacramento State and North Dakota ... Tallied a career-high three aces to go along with four assists and 13 digs in a Sept. 13 home win against Montana.
2011:
Season stats
After playing in just five matches as a freshman, Johnson saw her playing time rocket as she saw action in 28 of the Bears' 31 matches -- playing in 63 total games ... She began her grooming as the Bears' defensive specialist of the future behind seniors Amanda Arterburn and Jill Dawson ... Johnson showed good defensive instincts -- credited with 49 total digs on the year ... She notched her first double-digit dig match on Sept. 10 against Wichita State, when she scrapped for 10 digs ... Also showed a knack for scoring on her serve -- notching four service aces against Montana in her second career start ... Her first start as a Bear came on Sept. 13 on the road against Denver ... In that match she posted eight digs and an assist.
2010:
Season stats
Appeared in five matches for the Bears after coming to the program as a walk-on ... Played in five games over those five matches, including getting into three consecutive matches against UMKC (Sept. 3), South Dakota (Sept. 3) and Fairfield (Sept. 4) during the Northern Colorado Classic ... Also saw the floor against Northern Arizona (Oct. 2) and Weber State (Oct. 30) ... Didn't travel with the Bears ... Took no swings on the year.
HIGH SCHOOL: Will join the Bears after a standout career at Fort Collins High School and a successful run with the NORCO volleyball club ... Was an all-conference player for the Lambkins as a senior, and as a junior was all-conference in volleyball and track ... Also named to the Colorado's all-academic volleyball team.
PERSONAL: Born Jan. 8, 1992 ... Is the daughter of Chris and Debra Johnson ... Has one sibling, Blythe ... Hasn't yet decided on a major at Northern Colorado ... Dream job is to be a marine biologist ... Favorite athlete is Misty May Treanor.
