Madeline Means

Northern Illinois

Oct 9 (Thu)

6 p.m.

Position:
LS/RS Hitter
Height:
5-10
Class:
Senior
High School:
East Kentwood
Hometown:
Caledonia, Mich.

Means[apos] Career Statistics in PDF Format

2007: Started 24 matches for the Falcons ... terminated 191 kills hitting a .183 averaging 2.17 kills per game ... third on the team with 297 digs, averaging 3.38 digs per game ... posted nine double-digit kill performances and 17 double-digit dig performances with seven double-doubles on the season ... dug double-digits in the last eight matches of the season ... recorded a season high, matching her career high 26 digs against Kent State (10/3/07) ... recorded a career high six blocks against Miami (9/20/07). 2006: Second team All-Mid American Conference ... also placed on the Academic All-MAC squad ... led the Falcons with 811 attack attempts, compiling 277 kills ... her 352 digs ranked second on the team ... recorded a career-high 18 kills at Northern Illinois (9/30/06) ... tallied 15 double-digit kill efforts offensively and 15 double-digit dig performances on the defensive side of the net ... hit .471 with 10 kills in a three-game sweep over Buffalo (10/7/06) ... also set career single game highs with five assists, three service aces and five blocks. 2005: Broke her career-high kill record with a five kill game against Ohio State... recorded 21 digs against Wright State University and a season high 13.5 points...played in 60 games...averaged 2.08 digs per game ... went on a three-match stretch in the middle of October in which she tallied at least one block in each contest.

2004: Served as the team[apos]s libero the final two weeks of the season...saw action in 50 games, making three starts...posted a career-high 26 digs in back-to-back matches versus Buffalo and Akron...in her final four games she posted 86 digs and averaged 5.73 digs...earned Most Improved Player of the Year, voted on by her teammates. High School: Earned four letters at East Kentwood High School... for her senior year, the 5-10 hitter posted 432 kills and 308 digs en route to being named to the all-conference, all-region and all-state team. The Roxane Steenhuysen coached team posted a 77-6 overall record and a 10-2 Conference Championship, as well as a State Championship runner-up finish her senior year...her team won conference championships in 2001, 2003 and 2004...played for the Far Out Volleball Club[apos]s 18-under Open Division team that won the 2004 Michigan Junior Volleyball Association State Championship ... was selected to play in the 2004 MIVCA All-Star Match ... earned team academic all-state honors all four years of high school.

Personal: Madeline Jane Means was born September 1, 1986...daughter of Mathew and Pamela Means...earned four letters in soccer and two in basketball...majoring in marketing..father played football and basketball and Central Michigan University.

MEANS[apos] CAREER HIGHS:

Kills:        18, at Northern Illinois 9/30/06
Hitting %:    1.000, vs. Ohio State 9/10/05
Assists:      5, vs. Morehead State 9/16/06
Aces:         3, vs. Akron 10/6/06
Digs:         26, twice
Blocks:       6, at Miami (Ohio) 9/20/07