2022 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Holterhaus, Emily

Jersey Number 10
Emily Holterhaus
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Pella HS
- Hometown:
- Pella, Iowa
Bio
2023: AVCA All-Midwest Region Honorable Mention ... First Team All-MVC ... MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team ... MVC Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 23) ... CSC First Team Academic All-District ... MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and MVC Honor Roll ... Appeared in 113 sets in all 33 matches ... Recorded a team-high 410 kills (3.62 per set) with 1,062 attack attempts and a .250 attack percentage, five assists, eight service aces, 103 digs (0.91 per set) and 59 blocks (0.52 per set) ... Season-high 20 kills vs. Indiana State (11/3/23) ... Dished out a season-best two service aces in MVC opener at Bradley (9/22/23) and 13 digs in regular season finale vs. Drake (11/15/23) ... Career-high six blocks at Drake (10/16/23) ... Notched a career-best .708 attack percentage at Evansville (10/6/23) ... 11-match streak of double-digit kills (9/30 - 11/3) ... Became the sixth member of UNI's 1,500 career kills club with a 20-kill performance at Murray State (10/21/23) ... Recorded her 20th career double-double in regular season finale vs. Drake (11/15/23) ... Finished her career as program record holder in career attack attempts (4,771), fourth in career kills (1,631), sixth in career points (1,867) and second in both sets played (561) and matches played (156) ... Finished career with 156 consecutive match appearances with no missed contests.
2022: MVC Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention ... MVC Board of Director's and Commissioner's Academic Excellence Awards and Honor Roll ... UNI All-Tournament Team (MVP) ... Hawkeye Invitational All-Tournament Team ... appeared in 129 sets and all 35 matches including nine starts with team-high and personal-best 416 kills at 3.22 kills per set along with .226 attack percentage , 74 digs at 0.57 digs per set, and 49 blocks at 0.38 blocks per set ... career-high 22 kills against Southern Illinois (11/11/22) ... also reached 20-kill threshold with 20 terminations while adding season-high four blocks versus USC (9/2/22) ... also tallied four blocks against Western Michigan (9/9/22) and at Iowa State (9/13/22) ... season-high seven digs against Missouri State (11/12/22) ... personal-best 12-match double-figure kill streak beginning at Creighton (9/3/22) and ending at Southern Illinois (10/1/22) while collecting 1,000th career kill at Missouri State (9/30/22) ... 45 total kills on .311 hitting in UNI Tournament en route to MVP honors ... recorded 200th career block against Murray State (10/28/22) ... finished in ninth in career attacks (3,709) along with active streak of 123 consecutive matches played with no contests missed to begin career.
2021: MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team ... MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and MVC Honor Roll... played in 118 sets while starting all 31 matches ... finished with 320 kills at 2.71 per set, 280 digs at 2.37 per set, 40 blocks, and 23 service aces ... six consecutive double-figure outings to begin conference play ending with then-season-high 19 kills at Southern Illinois (10/9/21) ... season-best 20 kills at Bradley (10/23/21) ... career-high 20 digs at Drake (10/29/21) ... career-high-tying four service aces versus UTSA (9/17/21) ... recorded nine double-doubles ... 88 consecutive matches played without any contests missed through three seasons.
2020 (Spring 2021): All-MVC First Team, Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention selections ... played in 90 sets ... finished the season with 288 kills, a .157 hitting percentage, 256 digs, 53 total blocks, 32 assists, and 20 service aces ... averaged 3.20 kills per set and 2.84 digs per set ... recorded a career-high 21 kills against Loyola Chicago (3/21/21) and a personal-best 19 digs at Bradley (3/28/21) ... hit a season-high .425 with 19 kills at Evansville (2/8/21) ... recorded 12 double-doubles.
2019: MVC All-Freshman Team ... played in 111 sets ... finished the season with 197 kills, a .196 hitting percentage, 72 digs, 69 total blocks, 16 service aces, and four assists ... recorded a season-high 13 kills against Austin Peay (9/15/19) ... recorded a .455 hitting percentage in back-to-back matches against Saint Louis (9/20/19) and Green Bay (9/21/19) ... hit a season-high .526 with 10 kills against Missouri State (11/2/19) ... finished with four blocks against Valparaiso (11/29/19).
HIGH SCHOOL: Emily was a dominant player for Pella High School in her four years on the team ... under head coach Catie Brand, Holterhaus earned Second Team All-State honors as a freshman ... in her sophomore campaign, the 6’2” middle hitter earned First Team All-State honors and was named to the All-Tournament Team after leading the Lady Dutch to a runner-up finish ... as a junior, Holterhaus recorded her 1,000th career kill and was again named First Team All-State ... Holterhaus continued her dominant play into her senior season with 472 kills, 230 digs, and 69 total blocks in 2018 helping her team to a Class 4A state tournament appearance.
PERSONAL: Emily is the daughter of Angie and John Holterhaus and sister to Jessica and Donovan ... Majoring in Kinesiology with a minor in Strength and Conditioning.
2022: MVC Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention ... MVC Board of Director's and Commissioner's Academic Excellence Awards and Honor Roll ... UNI All-Tournament Team (MVP) ... Hawkeye Invitational All-Tournament Team ... appeared in 129 sets and all 35 matches including nine starts with team-high and personal-best 416 kills at 3.22 kills per set along with .226 attack percentage , 74 digs at 0.57 digs per set, and 49 blocks at 0.38 blocks per set ... career-high 22 kills against Southern Illinois (11/11/22) ... also reached 20-kill threshold with 20 terminations while adding season-high four blocks versus USC (9/2/22) ... also tallied four blocks against Western Michigan (9/9/22) and at Iowa State (9/13/22) ... season-high seven digs against Missouri State (11/12/22) ... personal-best 12-match double-figure kill streak beginning at Creighton (9/3/22) and ending at Southern Illinois (10/1/22) while collecting 1,000th career kill at Missouri State (9/30/22) ... 45 total kills on .311 hitting in UNI Tournament en route to MVP honors ... recorded 200th career block against Murray State (10/28/22) ... finished in ninth in career attacks (3,709) along with active streak of 123 consecutive matches played with no contests missed to begin career.
2021: MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team ... MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and MVC Honor Roll... played in 118 sets while starting all 31 matches ... finished with 320 kills at 2.71 per set, 280 digs at 2.37 per set, 40 blocks, and 23 service aces ... six consecutive double-figure outings to begin conference play ending with then-season-high 19 kills at Southern Illinois (10/9/21) ... season-best 20 kills at Bradley (10/23/21) ... career-high 20 digs at Drake (10/29/21) ... career-high-tying four service aces versus UTSA (9/17/21) ... recorded nine double-doubles ... 88 consecutive matches played without any contests missed through three seasons.
2020 (Spring 2021): All-MVC First Team, Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention selections ... played in 90 sets ... finished the season with 288 kills, a .157 hitting percentage, 256 digs, 53 total blocks, 32 assists, and 20 service aces ... averaged 3.20 kills per set and 2.84 digs per set ... recorded a career-high 21 kills against Loyola Chicago (3/21/21) and a personal-best 19 digs at Bradley (3/28/21) ... hit a season-high .425 with 19 kills at Evansville (2/8/21) ... recorded 12 double-doubles.
2019: MVC All-Freshman Team ... played in 111 sets ... finished the season with 197 kills, a .196 hitting percentage, 72 digs, 69 total blocks, 16 service aces, and four assists ... recorded a season-high 13 kills against Austin Peay (9/15/19) ... recorded a .455 hitting percentage in back-to-back matches against Saint Louis (9/20/19) and Green Bay (9/21/19) ... hit a season-high .526 with 10 kills against Missouri State (11/2/19) ... finished with four blocks against Valparaiso (11/29/19).
HIGH SCHOOL: Emily was a dominant player for Pella High School in her four years on the team ... under head coach Catie Brand, Holterhaus earned Second Team All-State honors as a freshman ... in her sophomore campaign, the 6’2” middle hitter earned First Team All-State honors and was named to the All-Tournament Team after leading the Lady Dutch to a runner-up finish ... as a junior, Holterhaus recorded her 1,000th career kill and was again named First Team All-State ... Holterhaus continued her dominant play into her senior season with 472 kills, 230 digs, and 69 total blocks in 2018 helping her team to a Class 4A state tournament appearance.
PERSONAL: Emily is the daughter of Angie and John Holterhaus and sister to Jessica and Donovan ... Majoring in Kinesiology with a minor in Strength and Conditioning.
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