2010 Women's Volleyball
Brianne Wille
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- OH/MB
- Hometown:
- Metamora, Ill.
- Prev School:
- Illinois Central College
- High School:
- Metamora Township
Kent State Awards & Honors
GETTING TO KNOW BRIANNE |
Greatest volleyball memory: Becoming a national junior college All-America selection. |
Pre-match rituals: None. |
Person that I admire the most: My grandma. |
Place I have always wanted to visit: Hawaii. |
The one thing that creeps me out the mostis: Snakes. |
Favorite sport other than volleyball: Track & field. |
When I was 11 years old, I started playing volleyballbecause: My older sister played. |
I wear my jersey number because: My favorite number, No. 8, was taken by a teammate. |
Achievement I am most proud of: Becoming a national junior college All-America. |
THIS OR THAT? New York or Los Angeles Breakfast orDinner Television or Internet Dine-in or Take out Day or Night Hot dogs or Hamburgers Summer or Winter Ice cream or Frozen yogurt Mild or Spicy Flying or Driving |
•Letterwinner: 2008
2010 Fifth-Year Senior Season Highlights
•Has competed in two matches, appearing in twosets.
2009 Season
•Redshirted.
2008 Junior Season Highlights
•Started seven of the 26 matches she played in, appearingin 77 sets.
•Totaled a season-high seven block assists at Ball State(10/17).
•Tallied a season-best nine kills against Cleveland State(11/29).
Prior to Kent State
•Transferred from Division II Illinois Central College.
•Enjoyed a strong sophomore campaign for the Cougars in2007, earning National Junior College Athletic AssociationAll-America First Team selection.
•Named Region XXIV Player of the Year after a 2007 seasonin which she led the squad in kills (.582), hitting percentage(.388) and blocks (119).
•Totaled 20 or more kills in 10 matches and hit .500 orhigher in 11 matches in 2007.
•Led the Cougars in kills (426) and blocks (163) as afreshman in 2006.
•Helped lead Metamora Township High School to the 2005Mid-Illini Conference and regional titles during senior seasonunder head coach Carla Banman.
•Earned team MVP honors in '05 and was selected asMid-Illini Best Net Player as a junior and senior.
•Helped guide the Redbirds to regional and sectionalchampionships and a Sweet 16 qualification in 2004.
•Recipient of the Athletic Academic Award as a junior andsenior and was a four-year honor roll honoree.
Personal
•Born Aug. 26, 1988.
•Daughter of Dale and Mary Wille. Siblings are Samantha,Lindsey and Alexandra.
•Majoring in nutrition and dietetics.
•Nickname is “Bri.”
•Last named is pronounced “Willie.”
Career Match Highs (Division I)
Kills: 9 (Cleveland State, 11/29/08)
Attack Attempts: 22 (Northern Illinois,10/25/08)
Hitting Percentage (min. 12kills): --
Set Assists: 5 (at Colgate, 8/29/08)
Service Aces: 4 (at Ball State, 10/17/08)
Digs: 3 (Northern Illinois, 10/25/08)
Solo Blocks: 1 (twice, last time: WesternMichigan, 10/24/08)
Block Assists: 7 (at Ball State, 10/17/08)
Total Blocks: 7 (at Ball State, 10/17/08)
Points: 13.5 (at Ball State, 10/17/08)
Career Season Highs (Division I)
Kills: 79 (2008)
Attack Attempts: 225 (2008)
Hitting Percentage: .204 (2008)
Set Assists: 8 (2008)
Service Aces: 7 (2008)
Digs: 16 (2008)
Solo Blocks: 2 (2008)
Block Assists: 39 (2008)
Total Blocks: 41 (2008)
Points: 107.5 (2008)
