Hope Werch

Photo by: Maggie Bean

Photo by: Maggie Bean

Position:
Outside Hitter
Height:
6-1
Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
Neenah
Hometown:
Neenah, Wis.

Honors and Awards:
2021-2022
All-AVCA East Region Honorable Mention
All-BIG EAST Conference Team (unanimous)
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Nov. 8, Nov. 15)
BIG EAST Scholar Athlete Sport Excellence Award
BIG EAST All-Academic Team

2020-2021
All-BIG EAST Conference Team
All-BIG EAST Championship Team
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Feb. 2)
BIG EAST All-Preseason Team
BIG EAST All-Academic Team

2019-2020
AVCA All-East Coast Region
All-BIG EAST Conference Team
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Sept. 9, Oct. 1, Oct. 29, Nov. 12, Nov. 19, Nov. 26)
BIG EAST All-Preseason Team
BIG EAST All-Academic Team

2018-2019
BIG EAST Honor Roll (Oct. 23)
BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 6)
BIG EAST All-Academic Team

2017-2018
BIG EAST Freshman of the Week (Oct. 3, Oct. 31)
BIG EAST Freshman of the Year
BIG EAST All-Academic Team

Departed as Marquette's all-time leader in service aces (192), fifth in kills (1,229) and eighth in digs (1,178)
Only player in MU history with 1,000 kills, 1,000 digs and 100 service aces
One of only two players in MU history with 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs (Jamie Mueller)

2021 (GS): AVCA All-East Region honorable mention ... Unanimous selection to the All-BIG EAST Team ... Two-time BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll selection ... Led the BIG EAST in service aces (47; 0.51 per set) ... Played 92 sets in 26 matches, recording 278 kills while hitting .244 (278-94-755) ... Led MU with 3.02 kills per set ... Fourth on the squad with 205 digs (2.23/set) and added 33 blocks ... Broke Marquette's all-time record for service aces (Christine Norgle, 177) against Providence on Oct. 30; had nine kills and three aces ... Reached 1,000 career kills against Illinois State (Sept. 5) with 10 in the contest ... Posted a season-high 20 kills in a five-set win over DePaul (Oct. 20) ... Season-high 16 digs in the first match of the Red & White Invitational against UIC (Sept. 3) to reach 1,000 in her career ... Posted five service aces in individual matches against both Illinois State (Sept. 5) and at St. John's (Nov. 6) ... Had 10 matches with at least three service aces, including four straight from Oct. 29 against Creighton through the Nov. 6 St. John's match.

2020-21 (RS - COVID): All-BIG EAST Team ... All-BIG EAST Championship Team ... BIG EAST All-Preseason Team ... Finished second on the squad with 121 kills (2.37 per set), third with 122 digs (2.39/set) and a team-best 19 service aces ... Hit .159 over the season (121-56-409) ... Had four double-doubles during the year ... Season highs of 12 kills at UNI (Jan. 30), 18 digs at Butler (March 5), and four service aces at Creighton (Feb. 5) ... Recorded 15 points, including 10 kills and three aces in MU's sweep of St. John's (April 2) in the BIG EAST semifinals while hitting .364 ... Named to BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Feb. 2 for her role in wins at UNI (Jan. 30) and against Drake (Jan. 31).

2019 (Jr.): All-BIG EAST Team ... AVCA All-East Coast Region ... Played 119 sets in 33 matches as a junior, recording a career-best 335 kills (2.82 per set), 57 service aces, 321 digs (2.70 per set) and 36 blocks, while hitting .299 ... Notched 13 kills hitting at a .522 clip with 15 digs in the win against Boise State (Aug. 30) ... Racked up 17 kills at a .517 clip in the win at No. 4 Wisconsin (Sept. 5) ... Tallied 16 kills at a .400 clip with 13 digs against UCF (Sept. 13) ... Racked up 13 kills with only one error at a .480 clip and 10 digs against Illinois (Sept. 14) ... Produced 15 kills and 12 digs against St. John's (Oct. 25) ... Posted 11 kills and nine digs in NCAA First Round win over Dayton (Dec. 6).

2018 (So.): Racked up a career-high 17 kills against USC (Set. 7) … Recorded a season-best attack pct. of .769 against DePaul with a stat line of 10-0-13 (Oct. 19) … Notched a career-best eight service aces at Villanova (Nov. 2) … Hustled for a career-best 21 digs at Northern Iowa (Oct. 21) … Awarded BIG EAST Honor Roll on Oct. 23 … Named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week on Nov. 6.

2017 (Fr.): BIG EAST Freshman of the Year ... Made collegiate start versus No. 20 Hawaii (Aug. 25) with twelve kills and five digs ... Added 11 kills and 10 digs against No. 13 UCLA (Aug. 26) ... Recorded six digs and six kills in the match against No. 22 San Diego (Aug. 27) ... Racked up 13 kills and 19 digs against Wichita State (Sept. 2) ... Tallied 10 kills, four block assists and a services ace versus No. 13 Kentucky (Sept. 10) ... Added four kills and seven digs against No. 5 Wisconsin (Sept. 14) ... Recorded 10 kills and 10 digs at Xavier (Sept. 27)... Finished with 12 digs against DePaul (Sept. 30) ... Finished with 13 digs and nine kills in the win over No. 12 Creighton (Oct. 12) ... Recorded 18 digs and eight kills vs. Xavier (Oct. 20) ... Added 10 kills and 12 digs against Butler (Oct. 21) ... Notched a double double of 12 kills and 16 digs to go with four assisted blocks in a win at Seton Hall (Oct. 28) ... Put up 13 kills during the BIG EAST semifinal win over Butler (Nov. 24).

Prior to Marquette: Ranked No. 78 on PrepVolleyball Senior Ace list ... Collected 1,918 kills, hit .322 and collected 1,543 digs through her four years at Neenah High School in Neenah, Wisconsin ... Named an Under Armour honorable mention All- American ... Two-time first team all-state selection and a three-time Player of the Year in the FVA Conference ... Named the Northeast Wisconsin 2016 Player of the Year ... Led the Rockets to the school's first Division I state title since 1978 and four consecutive regional championships.

Personal: Daughter of Doug and Jill ... Has one brother, Ben, and two sisters, Danielle and Katelyn ... Graduated in May 2021 from Marquette with a bachelor's degree in communications studies and a minor in marketing ... Marquette's Athletics Director Honor Roll (Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021) ... Pursuing a sport's leadership certificate in 2021 from Marquette's College of Business.