ASHLEY BRUEGGEMAN | SR. | RS/OH 2019 SCHEDULE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS TOURNAMENT | NEW ORLEANS, LA. Aug. 30 vs New Orleans Aug. 30 vs UAPB Aug. 31 vs Louisiana Monroe Sept. 1 at Mississippi Valley State HAMPTON INN-VITATIONAL | SMITHFIELD, R.I. Sept. 6 vs Villanova vs Bryant Sept. 7 vs Marist Sept. 8 at Brown Sept. 12 at North Carolina Central COMFORT INN FUQUAY INVITATIONAL | BUIES CREEK, N.C. Sept. 13 vs The Citadel vs Campbell Sept. 14 vs South Carolina State UND CLASSIC Sept. 19 EASTERN WASHINGTON | 7 PM Sept. 20 LAMAR | 12:30 PM AKRON | 7:30 PM Sept. 27 at Omaha* Sept. 29 at South Dakota* Oct. 4 WESTERN ILLINOIS* | 7 PM Oct. 6 PURDUE FORT WAYNE* | 1 PM Oct. 11 DENVER* | 3 PM Oct. 13 at South Dakota State* Oct. 15 NORTH DAKOTA STATE* | 7 PM Oct. 18 at Oral Roberts* Oct. 26 OMAHA* | 11 AM Oct. 27 SOUTH DAKOTA* | 1 PM Nov. 1 at Western Illinois* Nov. 3 at Purdue Fort Wayne* Nov. 8 at Denver* Nov. 10 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE* | 2 PM Nov. 12 at North Dakota State* Nov. 15 ORAL ROBERTS* | 7 PM Nov. 22-24 Summit League Championship HOME GAMES IN GREEN All game times Central. Game times subject to change. FightingHawks.com @UNDvolleyball #UNDproud #PledgeYourLoyalty 2019 NORTH DAKOTA VOLLEYBALL 2019 NORTH DAKOTA VOLLEYBALL Table of Contents . .1 NEWCOMER PROFILES CREDITS Antic, Sara . 39. THE UNIVERSITY Hunt, Morgan . .39 The 2019-20 University of North Dakota vol- About the University . .2-3 Damon, McKenzie . 39 leyball media guide is a production of the About Grand Forks . 4 Gayle, McCallister . 39. Athletics Facilities . 5-7 Hedqvist, Sofia . .40 UND Athletics communications office . The Academic Success . .8-9 McGlynn, Abi . 40. National Champions . 10. Sewell, Peyton . 40. guide was designed, written and edited by Gameday Experience . 11 UND Assistant Athletics Communications Strength Training . 12. 2018 SEASON REVIEW Sports Medicine . 13. All-Summit League Teams . .42 Director Matt Scheerer, with assistance Community Involvement . .14 Season Notes . 42-43 Athletics Development . .15 Final Summit League Standings . 43. from Senior Associate Athletic Director for FightingHawks .com . .16 2018 Results . 44. Communications Mitch Wigness . Special Media Coverage . 17. 2018 Statistics . 45. University Administration . 18. 2018 Individual Highs . .46 thanks to Alec Johnson, as well as the hard Athletics Administration . 19-20 2018 Team Highs . 46 Athletics Staff Directory . 21. work of previous media relations staffs . RECORDS AND HONORS GENERAL/MEDIA INFORMATION Academic Honors . .48 Quick Facts . 22. All-Conference Honors . 49. Cover design by Amy Chandler . Front and Media Information . 23. 1,000 Kills Club . 50 Betty Engelstad Sioux Center . .24 1,000 Digs Club . 50. back cover player photos by Russ Hons . 3,000 Assists Club . .50 VOLLEYBALL STAFF All-Time Roster . 51 Head Coach Jeremiah Tiffin . 26-27 Season & Career Top-10 . 52-53 Other photo credits to Russ Hons, Shawna Assistant Coach Erin Green . 28. Division I Top-10 . 54-55 Assistant Coach Steve Rindfleisch . 28 Individual Match Highs . 56 Schill, Jackie Lorenz, Peter Bottini, Conor Dir . of Operations Ashley Laidley . 28. Team Match Highs . 57. Knuteson, Tyler Ingham, Eric Classen, Kory Season Leaders . 58. 2019 ROSTER/SCHEDULE Head Coach Year-by-Year . .59 Wallen, Emily Green, Brad Olson, Joe Pyyk- Numerical/Alphabetical Roster . 29. Year-by-Year . 59-71 Schedule . 29. UND Classic History . 71. konen, Neil DeKrey, Mike Mohaupt, Scott Gaddini, Chuck Kimmerle, Pat Miller, Dr . RETURNING PLAYER PROFILES THE SUMMIT LEAGUE Brueggeman, Ashley . 30. Members . 73. Robert Fischer, ESPN Images, and Caulfield Riedl, Taylor . .31 About The Summit League . 74. Rutten, Lydia . 32 Studios except where otherwise noted . Ahrens, Lexi . 33 Chwialkowski, Darian . 34. Hart, Madi . 35. Pictured on outside front: Senior Ashley Nieukirk, Brynn . 36. Vetter, Julia . 37. Brueggeman Wahl, Kelly . .38 PB 2019 VOLLEYBALL MEDIA GUIDE 2019 VOLLEYBALL MEDIA GUIDE 1 2019 NORTH DAKOTA VOLLEYBALL 2019 NORTH DAKOTA VOLLEYBALL • The University of North Dakota (UND) is the state’s oldest and largest University, with nearly 15,000 students and 200+ fields of study. • UND offers opportunity at an affordable price tag. UND’s tuition and fees and room/meal plans cost $4,000 less per year than the national average for four-year public universities (College Board). • With 3,000 courses, nearly 40 online degree programs, and 80 graduate education programs; UND has more offerings than any higher education institution the state. • UND’s diverse student body represents all 50 states and over 60 countries. • NCAA Division I athletics gives UND fans across the country something to look forward to every season. • The state’s flagship research university, UND has a reputation for research and scholarship in health sciences, energy and the environment, aerospace, and entrepreneurship. • UND is one of only 47 public universities in the nation with both accredited graduate schools of law and medicine. • Student life is an important element of the UND Located in Grand Forks in the heart of the experience. With service-learning groups, internships, Red River Valley, the University of North leadership positions in 275+ clubs and organizations, Dakota is the largest and most diversified and education abroad, there are plenty of ways make institution of higher learning in a three- a difference. state region . One of fewer than 70 public institutions with both a law school and a • Located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, UND is right medical school, UND consistently ranks at home in this vibrant college town of over 50,000 by most measures as one of the top 150 people located on the border of North Dakota and universities in the United States . Its complex . UND’s newest additions are the Minnesota. nearly 15,000 students – including over 2,860 Gorecki Alumni Center, nationally recognized graduate students, 220 law students, and 290 for its environmentally friendly sustainability by a solid foundation of the liberal arts with medical students – come from every state in features, Robin Hall, a privately-funded professional programs, a manageable size, the union and more than 85 countries . headquarters for the school’s Unmanned high-quality students and faculty, a varied Aircraft Systems division; the College of curriculum, nine colleges and schools, a widely Stretching out from the banks of the scenic Engineering and Mines’ Collaborative Energy recognized program of graduate education English Coulee, the 548-acre University of Center, a private-public project dedicated and research, rich cultural resources, and an North Dakota campus has been nationally to campus-wide academic and research outstanding record of alumni support . recognized for its landscaping and beauty . partnerships with the oil and gas industry; The 240-plus buildings demonstrate both the remodeled and expanded energy-efficient UND is consistently ranked highly in college classic university architecture blended with and environmentally conscious Education guides, including U S. News & World Report, more futuristic facilities in the Aerospace Building, the $20 million Wellness Center, Forbes, Princeton Review, and more . Its University Place, an innovative apartment- economic impact on the state of North Dakota style residence hall, the $124-million School and region is more than $1 billion . of Medicine and Health Sciences building; a renovated and expanded School of Law; the UND offers more than 55 master’s and High Performance Athletics Center; and a more than 35 doctoral programs, as well renovated Wilkerson Hall, which will provide as professional programs in law (J D. ) . and more dining options and gathering space for medicine (M D. ),. and undergraduate degrees students . in 91 fields of study in its nine degree- granting colleges and schools: College of With 243 fields of study and nearly 3,000 Arts & Sciences, College of Business & Public courses, including internationally recognized Administration, College of Education & Human programs in aviation, aerospace, and Development, School of Graduate Studies, unmanned aircraft systems, UND has a vast The John D . Odegard School of Aerospace array of educational choices . The most Sciences, College of Nursing and Professional popular programs include engineering, Disciplines, College of Engineering and Mines, health professions, business, aerospace, and School of Law, and School of Medicine and education, The University is characterized Health Sciences . 2 2019 VOLLEYBALL MEDIA GUIDE 2019 VOLLEYBALL MEDIA GUIDE 3 2019 NORTH DAKOTA VOLLEYBALL 2019 NORTH DAKOTA VOLLEYBALL NOTABLE ALUMNI Tom Amberry, ‘46 Chuck Johnson, ‘48 Former world-record holder with 2,750 Sports writer and author, member of the consecutive free throws Wisconsin Sports Hall of Fame Maxie Anderson, ‘56 Rick Kelleher, ‘69 First to cross Atlantic Ocean, North America Known as Don Bleu, host of The Gong Show in balloon Cora Smith King, 1889 James Maxwell Anderson, 1911 One of first graduates; first woman to Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright pass N .D . state medical examination and perform surgery Sam Anderson, ‘69, ‘71 Actor, notably in Lost, Forrest Gump, Chuck Klosterman, ‘94 Friends, ER Best-selling author Chuck Klosterman (‘94), best-selling author of such books as Fargo Rock City and Downtown Owl, is one Ed Belfour, ‘87 Karen Nyberg, ‘94 of America’s foremost authorities on pop culture. Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender NASA astronaut Mark Chipman, ‘83, ‘85 Greg Page, ‘73 Owner, NHL’s Winnipeg Jets Executive Chairman, Cargill, Inc . Board of Governors, NHL Fritz Pollard, Jr., ‘39 Ronald Davies, ‘27, ‘61 1936 Olympic bronze medalist, 110 hurdles U .S . District Judge, ordered 1957 integration of Little Rock (Ark .) high Dave St. Peter, ‘89 schools President, MLB’s Minnesota Twins Carl Ben Eielson, ‘21 Mark O. Stutrud, ‘75 Aviator, explorer, first to cross Arctic Ocean Founder/Brewmaster, Summit Brewing Co . and Antarctica by plane Edward K. Thompson, ‘27, ‘58 Ralph Engelstad, ‘54 Writer, editor of Life Magazine, publisher of Las Vegas entrepreneur, casino owner SMITHSONIAN Magazine R. Richard Fontaine, ‘65 Era Bell Thompson, ‘29, ‘69 Co-founder, GameStop Corp .