University of Northern Iowa Athletics
2023 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Tjernagel, Olivia
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Jersey Number 4
Olivia Tjernagel
- Position:
- Middle Blocker/Opposite
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Mayer Lutheran HS
- Hometown:
- Waconia, Minn.
Bio
2024: First Team All-MVC ... MVC All-Tournament Team ... Cardinal Classic All-Tournament Team ... Appeared in 117 sets and all 34 matches ... Recorded a .310 hitting percentage with a career-high 293 kills (2.50 per set), plus nine assists (0.08 per set), a career-high 84 digs (0.72 per set) and 95 blocks (0.81 per set) ... Posted a season-high 14 kills in the NCAA Tournament against Louisville (12/7/24) ... Notched a career-high nine blocks vs. Murray State (10/12/24) and a career-best eight digs against Ohio State (8/31/24) ... Finished her career having never missed a match (131).
2023: MVC Honor Roll ... Appeared in a career-high 110 sets across 32 matches ... Recorded a career-best 239 kills (2.17 per set) on 530 attack attempts for a .300 attack percentage with 17 assists (0.15 per set), 31 digs (0.28 per set) and a team-high 123 blocks (1.11 per set) ... Notched at least one block in all 32 matches played ... Recorded a career-high eight blocks against Southern Illinois in the MVC Tournament semifinal match (11/21/23) ... Season-high 15 kills and 17 points vs. LSU (9/1/23) ... Opened the season with five straight matches of ten or more kills, including ten or more terminations in four of the final five matches of the year ... Posted 29 matches with multiple blocks.
2022: MVC Championship MVP ... UNI All-Tournament Team ... MVC Honor Roll ... Appeared in 104 sets across 29 matches played including 24 starts with career-high 225 kills at 2.16 kills per set, .286 attack percentage, 73 blocks at 0.70 blocks per set, and 48 digs at 0.46 digs per set ... personal-best efforts of 18 kills versus Drake (11/23/22) and .688 hitting with 13 kills at Evansville (11/22/22) during the MVC Championship en route to MVP honors ... also notched 13 kills on .632 hitting in career-best third consecutive double-figure outing in NCAA Championship first round versus Florida State (12/2/22) ... tied for most blocks among all participants in UNI Tournament (12) and added 30 kills via .313 hitting before earning all-tournament team nod ... career-high seven blocks both at Iowa State (9/13/22) and against Bradley (10/7/22) featuring her 100th career block.
2021: Played in 62 sets across 27 matches ... finished with 84 kills at 1.35 per set and 40 blocks at 0.65 per frame ... in four-match MVC road swing from Illinois State (10/22/21) through Valparaiso (11/1/21), averaged 2.23 kills per set on .381 attack percentage with first-ever double-figure outing at Bradley (10/23/21) with 12 kills ... almost reached double digits in season finale against Loyola (11/20/21) with nine terminations ... career-high-tying six blocks at Evansville (11/13/21)... MVC Honor Roll.
2023: MVC Honor Roll ... Appeared in a career-high 110 sets across 32 matches ... Recorded a career-best 239 kills (2.17 per set) on 530 attack attempts for a .300 attack percentage with 17 assists (0.15 per set), 31 digs (0.28 per set) and a team-high 123 blocks (1.11 per set) ... Notched at least one block in all 32 matches played ... Recorded a career-high eight blocks against Southern Illinois in the MVC Tournament semifinal match (11/21/23) ... Season-high 15 kills and 17 points vs. LSU (9/1/23) ... Opened the season with five straight matches of ten or more kills, including ten or more terminations in four of the final five matches of the year ... Posted 29 matches with multiple blocks.
2022: MVC Championship MVP ... UNI All-Tournament Team ... MVC Honor Roll ... Appeared in 104 sets across 29 matches played including 24 starts with career-high 225 kills at 2.16 kills per set, .286 attack percentage, 73 blocks at 0.70 blocks per set, and 48 digs at 0.46 digs per set ... personal-best efforts of 18 kills versus Drake (11/23/22) and .688 hitting with 13 kills at Evansville (11/22/22) during the MVC Championship en route to MVP honors ... also notched 13 kills on .632 hitting in career-best third consecutive double-figure outing in NCAA Championship first round versus Florida State (12/2/22) ... tied for most blocks among all participants in UNI Tournament (12) and added 30 kills via .313 hitting before earning all-tournament team nod ... career-high seven blocks both at Iowa State (9/13/22) and against Bradley (10/7/22) featuring her 100th career block.
2021: Played in 62 sets across 27 matches ... finished with 84 kills at 1.35 per set and 40 blocks at 0.65 per frame ... in four-match MVC road swing from Illinois State (10/22/21) through Valparaiso (11/1/21), averaged 2.23 kills per set on .381 attack percentage with first-ever double-figure outing at Bradley (10/23/21) with 12 kills ... almost reached double digits in season finale against Loyola (11/20/21) with nine terminations ... career-high-tying six blocks at Evansville (11/13/21)... MVC Honor Roll.
2020 (Spring 2021): Played in 18 sets ... finished the season with 20 kills and 16 total blocks ... averaged 1.11 kills per set and 0.89 blocks per set ... recorded a career-high nine kills at Valparaiso (3/14/21) with a .286 hitting percentage ... recorded 10 blocks including nine block assists in series at Valparaiso (3/14/21 - 3/15/21).
HIGH SCHOOL: Olivia Tjernagel is a 6’0" middle hitter playing for Mayer Lutheran High School in Waconia, Minnesota ... Tjernagel was a successful middle for Mayer Lutheran with state titles in 2016 and 2017 and earning one third-place finish ... Tjernagel was named to the Class A All-Tournament Team in 2016, earned 1st Team All-State in 2017, and was named the Herald Journal Player of the Year in 2018 after leading the state with 165 blocks ... Tjernagel finished with 1,120 career kills, 203 solo blocks, and 221 block assists ... Tjernagel ended her prep career second in Minnesota history with 423 career blocks and was a Ms. Baden finalist (the yearly award is given to the top Minnesota volleyball player) ... Tjernagel also competed on the USA Women JR A1 Red team during the summer of 2019 and finished fourth in the Jr. Women’s International Division.
PERSONAL: Olivia is the daughter of Jennifer and Andrew Tjernagel ... she has one sibling named Garrett ... majoring in Kinesiology.
HIGH SCHOOL: Olivia Tjernagel is a 6’0" middle hitter playing for Mayer Lutheran High School in Waconia, Minnesota ... Tjernagel was a successful middle for Mayer Lutheran with state titles in 2016 and 2017 and earning one third-place finish ... Tjernagel was named to the Class A All-Tournament Team in 2016, earned 1st Team All-State in 2017, and was named the Herald Journal Player of the Year in 2018 after leading the state with 165 blocks ... Tjernagel finished with 1,120 career kills, 203 solo blocks, and 221 block assists ... Tjernagel ended her prep career second in Minnesota history with 423 career blocks and was a Ms. Baden finalist (the yearly award is given to the top Minnesota volleyball player) ... Tjernagel also competed on the USA Women JR A1 Red team during the summer of 2019 and finished fourth in the Jr. Women’s International Division.
PERSONAL: Olivia is the daughter of Jennifer and Andrew Tjernagel ... she has one sibling named Garrett ... majoring in Kinesiology.
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