Meghan Niemann

Height:
6-1
Class:
Redshirt Senior
High School:
Kettle Moraine Lutheran
Hometown:
Jackson, Wis.

Honors and Awards

2016:
AVCA ALL-BIG EAST COAST Region Honorable Mention
BIG EAST Honor Roll (Oct. 24)
First Team All-BIG EAST
BIG EAST All-Academic

2015:
All-BIG EAST Honors

2014:
All-BIG EAST First Team
All-BIG EAST Preseason Team
BIG EAST Player of the Week (Sept. 22)
BIG EAST Honor Roll (Oct. 26)
All-Rams Volleyball Classic

2013:
AVCA All-American Honorable Mention
AVCA All-East Coast Region
All-BIG EAST First Team
All-BIG EAST Championship
BIG EAST Honor Roll (Oct. 14)

BIG EAST All-Academic (2012, 2013, 2015)

2016 (R-Sr.): Started the year off at No. 7 USC (Aug. 26) with seven kills... Tallied five kills against both UC Irvine (Aug. 27) and Santa Clara (Aug. 27)...Posted five kills in win vs. IUPUI (Sept. 2)...Recorded 15 kills in match against Cincinatti (Sept. 3)...Notched 11 kills in the four set match against Kentucky (Sept. 9)...Added another nine kills in the match against Milwaukee (Sept. 17) and on the same day had another 10 kills against Missouri State...Niemann collected eight kills on Sept. 25 vs. Providence ... Tallied 15 kills, which lead her to a .778 hitting percentage on the night against Georgetown on Sept. 30...Against Villanova (Oct. 1), Niemann notched eight digs...Added 10 kills to the stats against Xavier on Oct. 5...Collected eight kills and four digs in match against Seton Hall on Oct. 8...Against Butler (Oct. 12), recorded 14 kills to accompany three digs...Contributed four kills and seven blocks against DePaul (Oct. 15)...Recorded six kills against Providence (Oct. 21)...With seven kills and six block assists against Creighton (Oct. 22), Niemann became Marquette's all-time blocks leader...Niemann recorded seven kills and six digs in three-set win over Villanova (Oct. 28)...On Oct. 29, Niemann collected 9 kills in four-set match against Georgetown...Tallied 10 kills on Nov. 5 in match against DePaul...Recorded nine kills in win vs. Seton Hall on Nov. 12...Collected 10 kills in match against St. John's...Contributed 11 kills on both Nov. 25 and Dec. 1...Finished the season 258 kills and 99 total blocks in 121 sets.

2015: (R-Jr.): Landed a career high of 21 kills in win against North Dakota (Aug. 28)... Landed 10 digs against Oral Roberts (Sept. 4)... Landed seven kills in four-set victory over Miami (Sept. 5)... Tallied 12 kills in a four-set win vs. Missouri State (Sept. 5)...Collected six kills and eight digs in match against Wichita State (Sept. 18)...Posted nine kills in three-set win vs. Albany (Sept. 19)...Landed seven kills against Seton Hall (Oct. 3)...Landed seven kills in three-set victory over Milwaukee (Oct. 26)...Collected eight kills in three-set win over Georgetown (Nov. 7)...Tallied 15 kills in match against St. John's (Nov. 14)...Collected nine kills in three-set win against Providence (Nov. 15)...Posted seven kills in match against Xavier (Nov. 21)...Tallied 10 kills against Creighton (Nov. 27)...Landed 10 kills in 5-set win over Northern Iowa (Dec. 4)

2014 (R-So.):All-BIG EAST First Team ...All-BIG EAST Preseason Team ... Finished the 2014 season with a program record of 150 blocks ... One of three MU players to play in all 120 sets this season ... Finished with a hitting percentage of .316 (225 kills), second best on the team with anyone over 200 attack attempts ... Named to the all-tournament team at the Rams Volleyball Classic in the first weekend of the year at Colorado State ... Hit .600 with six kills and seven blocks in the season opener versus UC Santa Barbara (Aug. 30) ... Also registered seven blocks and hit .500 (4-0-8) against VCU (Aug. 30) ... Registered nine kills during five-set victory at No. 7 Florida (Sept. 19) ... Hit .500 and recorded 11 kills in win at UCF (Sept. 20) ... Landed 7 kills and hit .583 in sweep against Jacksonville (Sept. 21)...Recorded 10 kills hitting .833 in a three-set sweep of Georgetown (Oct. 3)...Posted five kills in a win over Creighton (Oct. 4)... Followed that match up with 11 kills against Xavier and a .579 hitting percentage, her second best mark of the season (Oct. 8) ... Two matches later she posted a season high in kills, 12, and blocks, 8, in a loss to Butler (Oct. 15) ... Tallied 11 kills in a four set win over St. John's (Nov. 7) ... Seven blocksagainst Providence (Nov. 8) ... Posted a career-high 10 blocks in the BIG EAST semifinals against Seton Hall (Nov. 28).

2013 (R-Fr.): AVCA All-America (honorable mention) ... AVCA All-East Coast Region ...All-BIG EAST First Team selection ... All-BIG EAST Championship selection ... Picked up 10 kills while hitting .368 (10-3-19) at Bowling Green (Aug. 30), seeing action for the first time in collegiate career... Hit .368 (9-2-19) against TCU (Sept. 7)... Picked up 13 kills while hitting .478 (13-2-23) at Florida Gulf Coast (Sept. 13)... Set a new career-high in kills with 14 while hitting .355 (14-3-31) in a win over Illinois State (Sept. 25)... Tied her career high with 14 kills in a win at DePaul (Sept. 28) ... Named to the BIG EAST Conference Honor Roll on Oct. 14 after hitting .500 at Creighton with 12 kills... Picked up 13 for the second time this season in a 3-1 victory over Xavier (Nov. 22)... Notched 11 kills and recorded a service ace in a match win over Butler (Nov. 23) ... Named to the all-tournament squad at the BIG EAST Championship after averaging 3.50 kills per set and hitting .418 in wins over Butler (Nov. 29) and Creighton (Nov. 30) ... Landed 15 kills and hit .467 in the BIG EAST title match against Creighton (Nov. 30).

2012: Niemann did not see action in any matches in 2012.

High School: Niemann earned three letters in volleyball at Kettle Moraine Lutheran ... Was a three-time conference, sectional and regional champion at KML ... Served as team captain as a senior, during which she recorded 374 kills with 106 blocks while hitting .324 ...Named to the Wisconsin Volleyball Coaches Association All-State Third Team as a senior in 2011 ... Also named conference player of the year as a senior ... Listed by PrepVolleyball.com as one of the nation's top-250 collegiate prospects ... Played for head coach Rachel Kuehl at Kettle Moraine Lutheran ... Played club volleyball with the West Bend Power (soph. year) and Fond du Lac Fusion ... Also earned three letters in both basketball and track and field ... Was the Wisconsin Division 2 state high jump champion as a senior and earned all-conference honors in both track and basketball.

Personal: Niemann, who was born in Overland Park, Kan., is the oldest of four children to Randy and Nancy Niemann ... Plans to major in elementary education.