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2023 Women's Volleyball Roster
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Jersey Number 8
Erin Powers
- Position:
- Defensive Specialist/Libero
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Mukwonago HS / UAB
- Hometown:
- Mukwonago, Wis.
Bio
2024: MVC Co-Libero of the Year ... First Team All-MVC ... AVCA All-Region Honorable Mention ... Preseason All-MVC ... Two-time MVC Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 9, Nov. 4) ... Appeared in all 118 sets and all 34 matches ... Led UNI with a career-high 575 digs (4.87 per set), 16th-most in the nation ... Recorded a team-high 48 service aces (0.41 per set), becoming the first Panther to record consecutive seasons with 40+ aces since 1996 ... Also posted 172 assists (1.46 per set) and one kill (0.01 per set) ... Dished out a season-high six service aces at Belmont (11/2/24) ... Notched a season-high 25 digs and nine assists in the NCAA Tournament against Louisville (12/7/24) ... Finished her career playing in all 155 matches (UNI and UAB) and 485 sets.
2023: Second Team All-MVC ... MVC All-Tournament Team ... MVC Scholar-Athlete Second Team ... Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team ... UNI All-Tournament Team ... MVC Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 16) ... CSC First Team Academic All-District ... MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and MVC Honor Roll ... Appeared in all 114 sets in all 33 matches ... Led the Panther backline with a career-high 552 digs (4.82 per set), along with 147 assists (1.28 per set), a team-high 49 service aces (0.42 per set) and one kill ... Notched a season-high 28 digs and ten assists vs. Drake in the MVC Tournament championship match (11/22/23) ... Dished out a season-high four service aces against Bradley (10/28/23) ... Posted two double-double performances on the year against Murray State (10/21/23) and Drake (11/22/23).
PRIOR TO UNI (2020-22): MVC Board of Director's and Commissioner's Academic Excellence Awards and Honor Roll after enrolling at UNI in the spring 2023 semester... Powers never missed a match or a set in three seasons as a libero for the UAB Blazers ... Her collegiate honors included one C-USA Defensive Player of the Week award (Oct. 24, 2022) and a spot on the 2020-21 C-USA All-Freshman Team (lone libero tabbed) ... She collected 1090 digs, 272 assists, 69 aces, and nine kills over 253 sets in 68 consecutive appearances to open her college career ... Powers topped UAB in digs each season and added a team-leading 39 aces in 2022 ... Career-high 34 digs Sept. 11, 2022 against Troy and five aces Oct. 21, 2022 at Middle Tennessee.
HIGH SCHOOL: Two-time WVCA Division 1 Second Team All-State, First Team All-Classic 8 Conference, and league champion in the 2018 and 2019 seasons for the Mukwonago Indians ... 2017 Division 1 state quarterfinalist (first-ever state tournament bid) along with Second Team All-Classic 8 Conference recognition ... At the time of her graduation, she was the closest individual in program history to reaching both 1000 kills and 1000 digs and ended with career marks of 1372 digs, 972 kills, and 205 aces (team record) across 400 sets between time at outside hitter and libero ... Also lettered twice in softball (center fielder) ... Spent her club tenure with Milwaukee Sting Volleyball Club (same program as former UNI Panther Katie Jones).
PERSONAL: Erin is the daughter of Tracey and Steve Powers and the sister of Natalie and Emma ... Majoring in Psychology.
2023: Second Team All-MVC ... MVC All-Tournament Team ... MVC Scholar-Athlete Second Team ... Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team ... UNI All-Tournament Team ... MVC Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 16) ... CSC First Team Academic All-District ... MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and MVC Honor Roll ... Appeared in all 114 sets in all 33 matches ... Led the Panther backline with a career-high 552 digs (4.82 per set), along with 147 assists (1.28 per set), a team-high 49 service aces (0.42 per set) and one kill ... Notched a season-high 28 digs and ten assists vs. Drake in the MVC Tournament championship match (11/22/23) ... Dished out a season-high four service aces against Bradley (10/28/23) ... Posted two double-double performances on the year against Murray State (10/21/23) and Drake (11/22/23).
PRIOR TO UNI (2020-22): MVC Board of Director's and Commissioner's Academic Excellence Awards and Honor Roll after enrolling at UNI in the spring 2023 semester... Powers never missed a match or a set in three seasons as a libero for the UAB Blazers ... Her collegiate honors included one C-USA Defensive Player of the Week award (Oct. 24, 2022) and a spot on the 2020-21 C-USA All-Freshman Team (lone libero tabbed) ... She collected 1090 digs, 272 assists, 69 aces, and nine kills over 253 sets in 68 consecutive appearances to open her college career ... Powers topped UAB in digs each season and added a team-leading 39 aces in 2022 ... Career-high 34 digs Sept. 11, 2022 against Troy and five aces Oct. 21, 2022 at Middle Tennessee.
HIGH SCHOOL: Two-time WVCA Division 1 Second Team All-State, First Team All-Classic 8 Conference, and league champion in the 2018 and 2019 seasons for the Mukwonago Indians ... 2017 Division 1 state quarterfinalist (first-ever state tournament bid) along with Second Team All-Classic 8 Conference recognition ... At the time of her graduation, she was the closest individual in program history to reaching both 1000 kills and 1000 digs and ended with career marks of 1372 digs, 972 kills, and 205 aces (team record) across 400 sets between time at outside hitter and libero ... Also lettered twice in softball (center fielder) ... Spent her club tenure with Milwaukee Sting Volleyball Club (same program as former UNI Panther Katie Jones).
PERSONAL: Erin is the daughter of Tracey and Steve Powers and the sister of Natalie and Emma ... Majoring in Psychology.
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