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AT ILLINOIS
2002:
Ranked second on the team in kills, averaging 3.06 kills per game • Finished in double figures in kills in 18 matches on the year • Had a season-high 20 kills vs. Iowa (Oct. 11) • Notched 18 kills twice, in win over Minnesota (Oct. 12) and vs. Northwestern (Nov. 16) • Hit a season-high .429 vs. Alabama-Birmingham (Aug. 30) • Also served a career-high four aces vs. UAB • Hit over .300 in five matches • Recorded two double-doubles on the year, with 10 kills and season-high 12 digs vs. Utah (Sept. 21) and 10 digs in addition to her 18 kills vs. Minnesota • Also reached a season high of five blocks in the Minnesota match • Earned third Varsity "I" award.
2001:
Played in 20 matches as a sophomore, including 13 Big Ten contests • Hit a career-high .500 against George Washington (Sept. 1), tallying a season-high 16 kills with three errors in 26 attacks • Also had season highs of three digs and two blocks vs. George Washington • Registered 10 kills on a season-high 28 attempts against William & Mary on Sept. 1 • Averaged 1.19 kills per game • Earned second Varsity "I" award.
2000:
Participated in seven matches before a knee injury sidelined her for the remainder of the season • Hit a season-high .444 in the first match of her career at Minnesota (Sept. 23), tallying 13 kills and only one error in 27 attacks • Registered 23 kills vs. Michigan State on Sept. 30 and followed that with a career-high 26 kills in a victory at Purdue on Oct. 4 • Also tallied career-highs of 16 digs and six blocks against Purdue • Averaged 3.46 kills per game on the year, with three double-figures matches in both kills and digs during her shortened season • Earned first Varsity "I" award.
High School
Chicago Sun-Times and Daily Southtown Player of the Year in 1999 • Chicago Tribune All-State team in 1999 • All-Tournament team at Nike Challenge in 1999 • GCAC (Girls Catholic Athletic Conference) all-conference in 1998 and 1999 • Set school records for most kills in a season with 466 in 1999 and most career kills, finishing with 963.
Personal
Parents are Bob and Sue Vandrey • Majoring in sport management • GCAC All-Academic team as a senior • Has coached eighth grade volleyball and helped coach freshman girls basketball in her spare time • Lists her biggest thrills in sports as beating conference rival Mother McAuley and earning a scholarship to play at Illinois.
Melissa Vandrey By The Numbers
Overall Statistics
Year MP GP K E TA Pct. A SA SE RE DIG BS BA TB BE BHE
2000 7 26 90 41 243 .202 3 9 12 14 54 3 8 11 5 0
2001 20 48 57 32 156 .160 0 1 5 8 12 3 4 7 4 4
2002 27 101 309 153 940 .166 4 8 9 19 90 12 33 45 10 1
Totals 54 175 456 226 1,339 .172 7 18 26 31 156 18 45 63 19 5
Melissa Vandrey's Career Highs
K: 26 vs. Purdue (10/4/00) E: 11 vs. Purdue (10/4/00) TA: 59 vs. Minnesota (10/12/02) PCT: .500 vs. George Washington (9/1/01) A: 1, seven times; last vs. Michigan (11/23/03) SA: 4 vs. Alabama-Birmingham (8/30/02) SE: 4 vs. Michigan State (9/30/00) DIG: 16 vs. Purdue (10/4/00) BS: 3 vs. Purdue (10/4/00) BA: 4, twice; vs. Northwestern (11/16/02) & vs. Indiana (11/30/02) TB: 6 vs. Purdue (10/4/00)
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