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2014 Women's Volleyball Roster

7 Melissa Waelter

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-10
  • Hometown Arnsberg, Germany
  • High School Franz Stock Gymnasium HS '11
  • Previous School(s) South Alabama

Biography

2013 Big Sky All-AcademicTeam

2013: Playedin 17 of Eastern's 31 matches in her first year with the program,missing the second half of the season due to injury ... Finishedfourth on the team with 142 kills, good for an average of 2.33kills per set ... Ranked fourth on the team with 129 digs and wasone of just two players to average more than two digs per set ...Added 12 service aces and 21 blocks ... Notched double-digit killsin five matches and reached double-figure digs in three outings ...Went for nine kills and four digs in Eastern's season-opener atthen-No. 8 Oregon (Aug. 30) ... Notched four kills, nine digs, twoblocks and two service aces against Ohio (Aug. 31) before tallyingeight kills and five digs in the Eagles' sweep of Bryant later thatday ... Had seven kills and seven digs at Seattle (Sept. 2) ... Hit.429 (8-2-14) at PAC-12 foe Washington State (Sept. 6) beforerecording 13 kills against South Dakota later that day ...Registered the first double-double of her Eastern career with a14-kill, 15-dig performance against Texas Tech (Sept. 7), thenrecorded eight kills and 11 digs at San Jose State (Sept. 11) ...Notched seven kills and nine digs against UC Santa Barbara (Sept.13) before tallying nine kills and six digs versus top-ranked USC(Sept. 14) ... Tallied 14 kills in Eastern's five-set win overSacramento State (Sept. 19), adding eight digs and three serviceaces ... Nearly had a double-double against Montana State (Sept.26), finishing with nine kills and nine digs ... Recorded 10 killsand seven digs against Montana (Sept. 28) ... Registered her seconddouble-double of the year at Southern Utah (Oct. 3), notching 13kills and 13 digs ... Played just two sets against Northern Arizona(Oct. 5), recording three kills and six digs before missing therest of the season due to injury ... Earned Big Sky All-Academichonors.

South Alabama(2011-12): In her career, Waelter started 49-of-50 matchesat South Alabama in the 2011 and 2012 seasons, with a total of 180sets played and 12 double-doubles ... She finished with 506 kills(2.81 per game), 406 digs (2.3), 60 blocks (0.3) and 51 serviceaces (0.3) ... She started all 22 matches she played in hersophomore season in 2012, finishing with 85 sets played and eightdouble-doubles ... She led the team with an average of 3.08 killsper game to rank eighth in the Sun Belt Conference ... She finishedwith a total of 262 kills, 215 digs (2.53 per set), 31 blocks(0.38) and 25 service aces ... She had a career-high 22 killsagainst Louisiana-Monroe (10/12/12), when she also finished with 18digs ... She had 16 kills or more on four occasions, including 19at Middle Tennessee (9/20/12), as she led the team with 15double-figure matches in kills ... As a freshman, Waelter was namedto the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List ... Shestarted 27 of South Alabama’s 28 matches and competed in 95sets ... She led the club offensively with 244 kills and 2.57 killsper set ... She also led the club in service aces with 26 (0.27 perset to rank just outside the top 10 of the league) and had 29 totalblocks ... Waelter was also solid defensively, as she finished theyear with 191 digs and averaged 2.01 per set ... She had six killsor better in 21 matches, including 13 double-digit tallies ... Shehad matches of six digs or better 18 times, including seven indouble-figures ... Waelter led the team in kills in six matches anddigs in three, with four double-doubles ... Her first careerdouble-double came against Louisiana-Lafayette (9/23/11) with 11kills and a season-high 17 digs ... She also had double-doublesversus North Texas (10/21/11) with 10 kills, 10 digs; versus Denver(10/22/11) with 12 kills, 12 digs; and versus Troy (11/1/11) with14 kills and 11 digs ... She recorded a season-high 15 killsagainst Jackson State (9/10/11) and had a season-high five serviceaces against Southeastern Louisiana (9/2/11).

HS: Graduated from Franz Stock Gymnasium inArnsberg, Germany, in 2011 ... She played at the club level foreight years for TUS Iserlohn 1846 e.V. of the Regionalliga inIserlohn, Germany ... During her club career, she saw action atboth the middle blocker and outside hitter positions.

Personal: Born 4/20/91 in Arnsberg, Germany ...Daughter of Heinz and Petra Waelter ... Intends on majoring inpsychology at Eastern.

Waelter's Career Statistics

YEARSPKK/SETAPCTASASEDIGREBSBATBBEBHEPTS
2013611422.3381437.140141221129204172170166.5
TOT611422.3381437.140141221129204172170166.5
                  

Waelter's Career Highs

Kills:14, 2x, lastvs. Sacramento State (Sept. 19, 2013)
Attacks:44 vs.Sacramento State (Sept. 19, 2013)
Assists:2, 4x, last atSouthern Utah (Oct. 3, 2013)
Aces:3, 2x, last vs.Sacramento State (Sept. 19, 2013)
Digs:15 vs. TexasTech (Sept. 7, 2013)
Blocks:4 at San JoseState (Sept. 11, 2013)
Points:19.0 vs.Sacramento State (Sept. 19, 2013)

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2013Junior

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  • 7

    2014Senior

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    7