WESTERN FIGHTING LEATHERNECK VOLLEYBALL

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Founded...... 1899 First Year...... 1921 (Records Incomplete) Enrollment...... 10,373 All-Time Record...... 504-722-8 (.424) Nickname...... Fighting Leathernecks NCAA Division I Tournament appearances: 0 School Colors...... Purple (PMS 2607) and Gold (PMS 116) Last Postseason Opponent: Affiliation...... NCAA Division I 2013 Summit League Conference Tournament: First Round Conference...... The Summit League (3) South Dakota 3, (6) Western Illinois 0 Home Facility...... Western Hall University President...... Dr. Jack Thomas - COACHING HISTORY - Interim Director of Athletics...... Danielle Suprenant Faculty Athletics Representative...... Dr. Tom Cody HEAD COACH...... Ben Staupe Assistant Athletics Director...... Michael Jones Alma Mater...... Wisconsin- La Crosse (‘01, ‘03) Assistant Athletics Director...... Haley Jones Record at Western Illinois (Years)...... 0-0 (1st season) Assistant Athletics Director...... Monyae Williamson Career Record...... 0-0 (0 Years) Athletics Department phone...... (309) 298-1190 Volleyball Office Phone...... (309) 298-1855 Best Time to Reach...... Contact Athletic Communications - ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS - Assistant Coach...... Taryn Marton (2nd season) Graduate Assistant/Volleyball Contact...... Aury St. Germain Alma Mater...... Southwest Baptist College (2017) E-mail Address...... [email protected] Email...... [email protected] Athletic Communications Phone ...... (309) 298-1133 Office Phone...... (309) 298-1855 Cell Phone Number...... (828) 674-8982 - SUPPORT STAFF - Assistant AD/Athletic Communications...... Monyae Williamson Athletic Trainer...... Joy Blasing Graduate Assistant...... Danny Frey Address...... 213 Western Hall - TEAM INFORMATION - ...... Macomb, Illinois 61455 Website...... www.GoLeathernecks.com Overall Record in 2017...... 8-20 Press Row Phone...... (309) 298-1227 Summit League Record in 2017...... 3-11 (9th) Summit League Tournament...... N/A Players Returning/Lost...... 13/4 Starters Returning/Lost...... 5/1 Newcomers...... 6

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Leatherneck Volleyball GoLeathernecks.com 2018 Roster

Alphabetical No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (High School) 23 Jovana Bulatovic MH 5-11 So. Elmwood Park, Ill. (Elmwood Park) 21 Madeline Dieter 6-1 6-1 Fr. Plainfield, Ill. (Plainfield North) 20 Kennedy Drewis OH 5-10 Fr. Tripoli, Iowa. (Tripoli) 1 Shaela Gray OH/RS 5-10 R-Jr. Fontana, Calif. (Upland) 8 Claire Grove DS 5-11 Jr. Naperville, Ill. (Neuqua Valley) 14 Cassie Hunt S 5-9 So. Cortland, Ill. (Sycamore) 5 Jaime Johnson S 5-8 Sr. Champaign, Ill. (Centennial) 4 Alaina Kline DS 5-7 Fr. Pecatonica, Ill. (Christian Life) 11 Abby Knoop OH 5-11 So. West Branch, Iowa (West Branch) 6 Mariah Mitchell RS 6-0 Fr. Wapello, Iowa (Wapello) 12 Erika Moore DS 5-7 Fr. Bloomington, Ill. (Central Catholic) 24 Emma Norris OH 5-9 So. North Liberty, Iowa (Iowa City West) 7 Melanie Patenaude OH 5-10 Sr. Aurora, Colo. (Cherry Creek) 3 Shiah Sanders OH/RS 6-0 Sr. Plymouth, Minn. (Osseo) 17 Riley Schumacher MH 6-1 Jr. St. Charles, Ill. (St. Charles East) 15 Mackenzie Steckler MH/OH 6-0 So. Wentzville, Mo. (St. Dominic) 19 Hannah Walker S 5-9 Jr. Battle Creek, Mich. (Delton Kellogg) 2 Aleezah Washington L/DS 5-8 Jr. Plainfield, Ill. (Plainfield North) 9 Kaylee Mae Woodard OH 5-8 Fr. Monmouth, Ill. (Monmouth-Roseville)

Numerical No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (High School) 1 Shaela Gray OH/RS 5-10 R-Jr. Fontana, Calif. (Upland) 2 Aleezah Washington L/DS 5-8 Jr. Plainfield, Ill. (Plainfield North) 3 Shiah Sanders OH/RS 6-0 Sr. Plymouth, Minn. (Osseo) 4 Alaina Kline DS 5-7 Fr. Pecatonica, Ill. (Christian Life) 5 Jaime Johnson S 5-8 Sr. Champaign, Ill. (Centennial) 6 Mariah Mitchell RS 6-0 Fr. Wapello, Iowa (Wapello) 7 Melanie Patenaude OH 5-10 Sr. Aurora, Colo. (Cherry Creek) 8 Claire Grove DS 5-11 Jr. Naperville, Ill. (Neuqua Valley) 9 Kaylee Mae Woodard OH 5-8 Fr. Monmouth, Ill. (Monmouth-Roseville) 11 Abby Knoop OH 5-11 So. West Branch, Iowa (West Branch) 12 Erika Moore DS 5-7 Fr. Bloomington, Ill. (Central Catholic) 14 Cassie Hunt S 5-9 So. Cortland, Ill. (Sycamore) 15 Mackenzie Steckler MH/OH 6-0 So. Wentzville, Mo. (St. Dominic) 17 Riley Schumacher MH 6-1 Jr. St. Charles, Ill. (St. Charles East) 19 Hannah Walker S 5-9 Jr. Battle Creek, Mich. (Delton Kellogg) 20 Kennedy Drewis OH 5-10 Fr. Tripoli, Iowa. (Tripoli) 21 Madeline Dieter 6-1 6-1 Fr. Plainfield, Ill. (Plainfield North) 23 Jovana Bulatovic MH 5-11 So. Elmwood Park, Ill. (Elmwood Park) 24 Emma Norris OH 5-9 So. North Liberty, Iowa (Iowa City West) 2018 Schedule Date Opponent Location Time (CT) 2018 HAMPTON INN LEATHERNECK INVITATIONAL (HOSTED BY WESTERN ILLINOIS) Fri, Aug. 24 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON MACOMB 7 p.m.

Sat, Aug. 25 TENNESSEE TECH MACOMB 2 p.m. EVANSVILLE MACOMB 7 p.m.

BRADLEY UNIVERSITY TOURNAMENT (HOSTED BY BRADLEY) Fri, Aug. 31 at Bradley Peoria, Ill. 6 p.m. Sat, Sept. 1 vs. George Washington Peoria, Ill. 1 p.m. vs. Toledo Peoria, Ill. 5 p.m.

FLORIDA GULF COAST TOURNAMENT (HOSTED BY FLORIDA GULF COAST) Fri, Sept. 7 vs. Albany Fort Myers, Fla. 11 a.m. vs. West Virginia Fort Myers, Fla. 3 p.m.

Sat, Sept. 8 vs. Florida Gulf Coast Fort Myers, Fla. 10:30 a.m.

Tue, Sept. 11 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI MACOMB 7 p.m.

VALPARAISO TOURNAMENT (HOSTED BY VALPARAISO) Fri, Sept. 14 vs. Wright State Valparaiso, Ind. 4:30 p.m. Sat, Sept. 15 vs. Valparaiso Valparaiso, Ind. 12:30 p.m. vs. Cornell Valparaiso, Ind. 4:30 p.m.

Fri, Sept. 21 • NORTH DAKOTA MACOMB 7 p.m. Tue, Sept. 25 • at Purdue Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, Ind. 6 p.m. Fri, Sept. 28 • at Omaha Omaha, Neb. 7 p.m. Sun, Sept. 30 • at South Dakota Vermillion, S.D. 1 p.m. Fri, Oct. 5 • NORTH DAKOTA STATE MACOMB 7 p.m. Sun, Oct. 7 • ORAL ROBERTS MACOMB 1 p.m. Fri, Oct. 12 • at South Dakota State Brookings, S.D. 1 p.m. Sun, Oct. 14 • at Denver Denver, Colo. 1 p.m. Sun, Oct. 21 • PURDUE FORT WAYNE MACOMB 1 p.m. Fri, Oct. 26 • SOUTH DAKOTA MACOMB 7 p.m. Tue, Oct. 28 • at Oral Roberts Tulsa, Okla. 1 p.m. Thu, Nov. 1 • at North Dakota Grand Forks, N.D. 7 p.m. Fri, Nov. 1 • North Dakota State Fargo, N.D. 7 p.m. Tue, Nov. 6 • OMAHA MACOMB 6 p.m. Fri, Nov. 9 • DENVER MACOMB 7 p.m. Sun, Nov. 11 • SOUTH DAKOTA STATE MACOMB 1 p.m.

THE SUMMMIT LEAGUE TOURNAMENT (TOP 6 TEAMS) Nov. 16-18 Host - Denver Denver, Colo.

• denotes Summit League match ALL HOME MATCHES ARE BOLD CAPS 2017 Overall Stats Western Illinois Combined Team Statistics (as of Aug 09, 2018) All matches

Overall record: 8-20 Conf: 3-11 Home: 4-10 Away: 2-8 Neutral: 2-2

Attack Set Serve Dig Blocking ## Player sp k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa se sa/s re dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe points 11 Abby Knoop 2 4 2.00 0 11 .3 6 4 0 0.00 0 2 0.00 0 2 1.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 - 15 Mackenzie Steckler 105 236 2.25 78 479 .3 3 0 8 0.08 17 34 0.16 1 50 0.48 19 86 105 1.00 13 0 - 17 Riley Schumacher 23 19 0.83 6 57 .2 2 8 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 14 14 0.61 5 0 - 3 Shiah Sanders 106 148 1.40 43 487 .2 1 6 18 0.17 7 9 0.07 14 204 1.92 1 56 57 0.54 6 0 - 21 Emilee Dechant 98 135 1.38 64 382 .1 8 6 2 0.02 1 6 0.01 2 22 0.22 10 81 91 0.93 3 1 - 5 Jaime Johnson 106 45 0.42 23 140 .1 5 7 853 8.05 21 11 0.20 2 225 2.12 1 20 21 0.20 4 11 - 14 Cassie Hunt 55 2 0.04 0 14 .1 4 3 121 2.20 14 23 0.25 0 46 0.84 0 0 0 0.00 0 10 - 12 Shalyn Greenhaw 96 229 2.39 108 847 .1 4 3 19 0.20 14 29 0.15 37 336 3.50 8 45 53 0.55 3 2 - 2 Aleezah Washington 69 31 0.45 17 101 .1 3 9 2 0.03 1 0 0.01 8 26 0.38 1 27 28 0.41 5 0 - 24 Emma Norris 87 196 2.25 104 748 .1 2 3 5 0.06 13 15 0.15 22 210 2.41 1 15 16 0.18 8 0 - 1 Shaela Gray 21 21 1.00 14 77 .0 9 1 0 0.00 1 4 0.05 8 16 0.76 0 5 5 0.24 0 0 - 8 Claire Grove 102 4 0.04 2 26 .0 7 7 37 0.36 9 23 0.09 43 419 4.11 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 - 7 Melanie Patenaude 75 90 1.20 60 409 .0 7 3 5 0.07 8 21 0.11 13 133 1.77 4 15 19 0.25 4 0 - 18 Makenzie Bouse 40 0 0.00 0 0 .0 0 0 1 0.03 9 8 0.22 0 8 0.20 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 - 19 Hannah Walker 11 0 0.00 0 0 .0 0 0 13 1.18 2 1 0.18 0 10 0.91 0 0 0 0.00 0 3 - WESTERN ILLINOIS 106 1160 10.94 519 3778 .1 7 0 1084 10.23 117 186 1.10 177 1707 16.10 45 364 227.0 2.14 51 27 - Opponents 106 1474 13.91 587 4025 .2 2 0 1368 12.91 177 204 1.67 117 1866 17.60 46 306 199.0 1.88 26 41 -

Team Statistics WIU OPP Date Opponent Score Score by set Att. ATTACK Aug 25 MANHATTAN W 3-2 25-18,19-25,25-17,22-25,15-10 312 K i l ls 1160 1474 Aug 26 CHICAGO STATE W 3-0 26-24,25-21,26-24 188 E r r o r s 519 587 Aug 26 EVANSVILLE L 2-3 20-25,25-14,17-25,25-22,13-15 212 Total Attacks 3778 4025 Sep 02 vs Charleston Southern W 3-2 25-15,17-25,25-21,22-25,15-8 50 Attack Pct .1 7 0 .2 2 0 Sep 02 vs APSU L 0-3 12-25,15-25,17-25 66 K i l ls / S e t 10.9 13.9 Sep 03 at UAB L 0-3 20-25,26-28,16-25 150 SET Sep 04 at Southeast Missouri L 2-3 25-14,18-25,8-25,25-21,13-15 202 A s s is t s 1084 1368 3Sep 08 vs Chicago State L 1-3 18-25,30-32,26-24,12-25 112 A s s is t s / S e t 10.2 12.9 3Sep 09 vs Alabama A&M W 3-0 25-22,25-23,25-23 53 SERVE 3Sep 09 at Eastern Illinois W 3-0 25-15,25-23,25-16 303 A c e s 117 177 Sep 12 SAINT LOUIS L 1-3 27-25,16-25,19-25,16-25 242 E r r o r s 186 204 Sep 15 VALPO L 0-3 22-25,23-25,19-25 210 A c e s / S e t 1.1 1.7 Sep 15 DRAKE L 0-3 18-25,15-25,13-25 233 SERVE RECEPTIONS Sep 16 MCNEESE L 2-3 17-25,24-26,25-23,25-20,13-15 177 E r r o r s 177 117 *Sep 22 at South Dakota L 2-3 24-26,20-25,26-18,25-20,10-15 682 E r r o r s /S e t 1.7 1.1 *Sep 24 at Oral Roberts L 1-3 23-25,22-25,25-19,10-25 382 DEFENSE *Sep 29 OMAHA L 1-3 15-25,25-21,25-27,15-25 558 D ig s 1707 1866 *Oct 06 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W 3-2 15-25,25-17,25-20,19-25,17-15 225 D ig s /S e t 16.1 17.6 *Oct 08 at Fort Wayne L 0-3 24-26,22-25,16-25 377 BLOCKING *Oct 13 at Denver L 0-3 11-25,23-25,18-25 442 Block Solo 45 46 *Oct 15 at North Dakota State L 0-3 19-25,19-25,14-25 597 Block Assist 364 306 *Oct 20 SOUTH DAKOTA L 0-3 11-25,17-25,18-25 101 Total Blocks 227.0 199.0 *Oct 22 ORAL ROBERTS L 0-3 16-25,12-25,11-25 169 B lo c k s / S e t 2.1 1.9 *Oct 27 at OMAHA L 0-3 13-25,19-25,8-25 486 Block Errors 51 26 *Nov. 4 at South Dakota State W 3-1 22-25,25-15,25-15,25-15 387 Ball handling errors 27 41 *Nov 07 FORT WAYNE W 3-1 27-25,25-20,20-25,25-18 154 ATTENDANCE *Nov 10 NORTH DAKOTA STATE L 1-3 19-25,25-19,17-25,21-25 330 T o t a l 3313 4008 *Nov 12 DENVER L 1-3 26-24,25-27,15-25,20-25 202 Dates/Avg Per Date 14/237 10/401 Neutral site #/Avg 4/70 Record in 3-set matches:3-10 • Record in 4-set matches:2-6 • Record in 5-set matches:3-4 Current win streak 0 - Home win streak 0 - 2017 Summit League Stats Western Illinois Combined Team Statistics (as of Aug 09, 2018) Conference matches

Overall record: 3-11 Conf: 3-11 Home: 2-5 Away: 1-6 Neutral: 0-0

Attack Set Serve Dig Blocking ## Player sp k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa se sa/s re dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe points 15 Mackenzie Steckler 51 119 2.33 42 235 .3 2 8 5 0.10 13 25 0.25 0 30 0.59 8 47 55 1.08 5 0 - 17 Riley Schumacher 17 15 0.88 4 45 .2 4 4 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 12 12 0.71 2 0 - 14 Cassie Hunt 34 2 0.06 0 10 .2 0 0 87 2.56 9 16 0.26 0 34 1.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 6 - 3 Shiah Sanders 52 65 1.25 22 232 .1 8 5 7 0.13 2 4 0.04 6 93 1.79 0 31 31 0.60 3 0 - 1 Shaela Gray 10 12 1.20 5 40 .1 7 5 0 0.00 1 3 0.10 5 8 0.80 0 3 3 0.30 0 0 - 5 Jaime Johnson 52 20 0.38 9 63 .1 7 5 360 6.92 10 9 0.19 1 118 2.27 0 5 5 0.10 1 6 - 21 Emilee Dechant 45 54 1.20 28 169 .1 5 4 0 0.00 0 1 0.00 2 6 0.13 4 36 40 0.89 3 0 - 12 Shalyn Greenhaw 46 92 2.00 50 364 .1 1 5 8 0.17 7 8 0.15 16 171 3.72 3 20 23 0.50 0 1 - 24 Emma Norris 39 68 1.74 42 269 .0 9 7 5 0.13 4 6 0.10 9 71 1.82 1 9 10 0.26 5 0 - 2 Aleezah Washington 42 19 0.45 14 73 .0 6 8 2 0.05 0 0 0.00 7 18 0.43 1 17 18 0.43 4 0 - 7 Melanie Patenaude 43 61 1.42 46 298 .0 5 0 3 0.07 2 9 0.05 11 88 2.05 3 10 13 0.30 3 0 - 19 Hannah Walker 4 0 0.00 0 0 .0 0 0 3 0.75 2 1 0.50 0 5 1.25 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 - 18 Makenzie Bouse 15 0 0.00 0 0 .0 0 0 1 0.07 2 3 0.13 0 6 0.40 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 - 8 Claire Grove 48 2 0.04 2 19 .0 0 0 16 0.33 3 9 0.06 22 183 3.81 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 - WESTERN ILLINOIS 52 529 10.17 264 1817 .1 4 6 497 9.56 55 94 1.06 91 831 15.98 20 190 115.0 2.21 26 15 - Opponents 52 731 14.06 300 1969 .2 1 9 680 13.08 91 110 1.75 55 928 17.85 25 148 99.0 1.90 13 14 -

Team Statistics WIU OPP Date Opponent Score Score by set Att. ATTACK *Sep 22 at South Dakota L 2-3 24-26,20-25,26-18,25-20,10-15 682 K i l ls 529 731 *Sep 24 at Oral Roberts L 1-3 23-25,22-25,25-19,10-25 382 E r r o r s 264 300 *Sep 29 OMAHA L 1-3 15-25,25-21,25-27,15-25 558 Total Attacks 1817 1969 *Oct 06 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W 3-2 15-25,25-17,25-20,19-25,17-15 225 Attack Pct .1 4 6 .2 1 9 *Oct 08 at Fort Wayne L 0-3 24-26,22-25,16-25 377 K i l ls / S e t 10.2 14.1 *Oct 13 at Denver L 0-3 11-25,23-25,18-25 442 SET *Oct 15 at North Dakota State L 0-3 19-25,19-25,14-25 597 A s s is t s 497 680 *Oct 20 SOUTH DAKOTA L 0-3 11-25,17-25,18-25 101 A s s is t s / S e t 9.6 13.1 *Oct 22 ORAL ROBERTS L 0-3 16-25,12-25,11-25 169 SERVE *Oct 27 at OMAHA L 0-3 13-25,19-25,8-25 486 A c e s 55 91 *Nov. 4 at South Dakota State W 3-1 22-25,25-15,25-15,25-15 387 E r r o r s 94 110 *Nov 07 FORT WAYNE W 3-1 27-25,25-20,20-25,25-18 154 A c e s / S e t 1.1 1.8 *Nov 10 NORTH DAKOTA STATE L 1-3 19-25,25-19,17-25,21-25 330 SERVE RECEPTIONS *Nov 12 DENVER L 1-3 26-24,25-27,15-25,20-25 202 E r r o r s 91 55 E r r o r s /S e t 1.8 1.1 Record in 3-set matches:0-6 • Record in 4-set matches:2-4 • Record in 5-set matches:1-1 DEFENSE D ig s 831 928 D ig s /S e t 16.0 17.8 BLOCKING Block Solo 20 25 Block Assist 190 148 Total Blocks 115.0 99.0 B lo c k s / S e t 2.2 1.9 Block Errors 26 13 Ball handling errors 15 14 ATTENDANCE T o t a l 1739 3353 Dates/Avg Per Date 7/248 7/479 Neutral site #/Avg 0/0 Current win streak 0 - Home win streak 0 -