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2016 Volleyball Roster
Sep 17 (Wed)
6 p.m.
Madeline Garda
- Position:
- Libero/Defensive Specialist
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Lakota East
- Hometown:
- West Chester, Ohio
2016: Played in all 31 matches … Appeared in 109 sets … Named MAC Defensive Player of the Year … Named First Team All-MAC … Named Academic All-MAC ... Selected as a Distinguished Scholar Athlete in the MAC... Earned AVCA All-Northeast Region Honors … Led the country with 6.66 digs per set on the season … Set the school record for total digs in a season with 726 … Named MAC East Defensive Player of the Week five times in 2016 … Set the school record for digs in a single match with 40 on Sept. 10 against Drake … Posted 37 digs versus Louisiana Tech (Sept. 9), and then notched 33 at Eastern Illinois (Sept. 10) … Picked up seven aces at Eastern Michigan (Oct. 14) … Incredibly, registered 21 digs in a single set versus Western Michigan, on her way to a 33-dig match on Oct. 29 … Racked up 38 digs at Ohio (Nov. 5) … In the last match of her career, totaled 36 digs in the MAC Tournament semifinals versus top-seeded Miami (Nov. 19) … Added 88 assists and 37 aces on the year … Had seven matches of 30-plus digs … Had 20 matches with 20-plus digs … Finished her career with 1,700 digs, which ranks third all-time in program history.
2015: Earned a spot on the 2015 Academic All-MAC Team … Played in all 29 matches and all 112 sets on the season … Was second on the team with 327 digs and an average of 2.92 digs per set on the year … Tied for second on the team with 25 service aces … Also had 26 set assists on the season, including a career-high 14 assists in the regular season finale when she was forced to play setter due to injuries … Picked up a season-high three service aces versus Eastern Michigan and at Buffalo … Also had two service aces in six other matches … Totaled double digit digs in 17 different matches on the year … Recorded a season-high 25 digs versus Indiana and in the win over Notre Dame … Turned in 18 digs in the home win over Kent State … Also had 17 digs at Western Michigan and 15 digs at home against Eastern Michigan … Tallied a percent 1.000 reception percentage in 14 matches on the year … Registered a kill in the home match against Buffalo.
2014: Earned a spot on the 2014 Academic All-MAC Team … Led the MAC in digs in conference play with 5.88 per set and finished second overall with 4.89 per set … Earned three consecutive MAC East Defensive Player of the Week awards … Had at least 24 digs in each of the final five matches and broke the school record with 34 in a four-set match at Miami … Closed the year with at least 15 digs in 14 of the final 15 matches and had 15 consecutive double-digit dig contests … Her 4.89 digs per set rank fourth in program history and her 513 total digs are sixth … Averaged 6.86 digs per set over the final three weekends of conference play … Had at least 25 digs in match five times.
2013: Played in 24 matches, starting twice … Ranked second on the team with 17 aces and had a team-best 0.22 aces per set average … Her .950 serve percentage was second among Falcons with at least 100 serves … Team-best .974 serve receive percentage … Added 134 digs, seventh on the team … Had a career-high three aces against Akron and posted two aces four other times … Had just one reception error in 136 attempts (.993 receive percentage) over the final nine matches … Picked up at least 10 digs in five separate matches, including a career-best 14 against Kansas.
High School: Four-year varsity volleyball player at Lakota East ... Led program to 47-7 record over final two seasons ... Ranked second in the state with 504 digs as a senior ... First team all-conference, first team all-city, honorable mention all-state and all-district academic team in 2012 ... Team was a regional semifinalist as a senior and district champions as a sophomore and senior.
Personal: Full name is Madeline Marie Garda ... Daughter of Phil and Marcie Garda ... Born Feb. 27, 1995 ... Majoring in early childhood education ... Two sisters, Meredith and Caroline...played for Cincinnati Volleyball Academy.
