Claire Nuessmeier

Photo by: Maggie Bean

Position:
Middle Blocker
Height:
6-2
Class:
Senior
High School:
St. Peter
Hometown:
St. Peter, Minn.

Honors and Awards:
2022-23
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2021-2022
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2020-2021
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2019-2020
BIG EAST All-Academic Team

2022 (R-Jr.): Played nine sets in eight matches with two kills.

2021 (R-So.): Played 27 sets in 17 matches while recording 14 kills, 11 blocks and seven digs with four service aces ... Hit .237 (14-5-38) ... Posted a season-high four kills in a sweep of UConn (Oct. 1) ... Notched two kills and three blocks in win over UIC (Sept. 3).

2020-21 (RS - COVID): Played 51 sets in all 14 matches at middle blocker ... Posted 67 kills (1.31 per set), hit .294 (67-19-163) and had 39 blocks (0.76/set) ... Recorded a season-high 11 kills and hit .429 in a four-set win over Saint Louis (Feb. 25).

2019 (Fr.): Nuessmeier saw action in five matches as a freshman, playing seven sets and recording three kills and a pair of blocks ... Made NCAA debut against Saint Louis (Sept. 21) ... Recorded first two collegiate kills against Seton Hall (Sept. 27).

High School: Four-year letter winner in both volleyball and track at St. Peter High School … Four-time all-conference honoree ... Collected 1,339 kills, 239 solo blocks, and 295 assists in her time at St. Peter High School … Led her team to three Big South Conference East Championships (2015, 2016 and 2018) … Helped her club squad, Mizuno Northern Lights, place first at the Kansas City Show Me Qualifier and fifth at the AAU Nationals in 2018 ... Conference high jump champion as a junior, while also finishing third in the state meet ... Also sixth at the state meet as a junior in the girls high jump ... Played one season of basketball.

Personal: Born in St. Peter, Minnesota ... Daughter of Time Nuessmeier and Judy Helmeke ... Plans to major in biochemistry.

Why Marquette? "I chose Marquette because it had the perfect mix of academics and high level volleyball. I felt a great sense of community and it felt like home."