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#2 Melanie Jereb
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Position:
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Outside Hitter
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Height:
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6'2"
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Year:
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Freshman
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Hometown:
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Cary, Ill.
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High School:
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Cary Grove
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2012: Freshman at Creighton
• Creighton’s first freshman ever named First Team All-MVC.
• Named to MVC’s All-Freshman Team.
• Named to MVC All-Tournament Team.
• Plays all six rotations and started every match.
• Ranked third on the team in digs and kills and second with seven double-doubles.
• Named MVC Freshman of the Week on Sept. 17, Oct. 1st and Nov. 5th.
• Among MVC freshmen, ranked second in kills per set, third in hitting percentage and fourth in digs per set.
• MVC’s only player to hit .235 or better with at least 800 attempts.
• Owned 10 or more kills in all seven matches against league heavyweights UNI, Wichita State and Missouri State.
• Owned 10 kills in 8 straight matches (Nov. 2-24), 3rd-longest streak by a CU freshman.
• Had 14 digs and five kills in debut vs. UCF (8/24).
• Had 12 kills on .345 hitting in three-set win over Ball State (9/7).
• Had 10 or more digs in 13 matches this year, including a high of 20 at Kansas (9/19).
• League’s only freshman this year to post a double-double in her MVC debut, with 15 kills to go with 10 digs and seven blocks in Valley lid-lifter vs. Missouri State (9/14).
• Became first Jay since Allie Oelke (2007) to have double-doubles in first two MVC matches of career.
• Had 10 kills and 12 digs in first MVC road match at Southern Illinois (9/28).
• Had career-high 18 kills to go with eight digs and six blocks in win at Evansville (9/29).
• Had 10 kills and six digs in 3-1 win over Northern Iowa (10/5), then had eight kills, 16 digs and five assists vs. Bradley one night later (10/6).
• Did not have an attack error in 72 swings on Oct. 5-6 weekend and had a streak of 139 swings from early in first set vs. Evansville (9/29) until early in third set at Illinois State (10/12) between attack errors.
• Had 11 kills on career-best .550 hitting in 3-0 win vs. Indiana State (11/9).
• Finished with 13 kills and 15 digs in 3-1 win vs. Illinois State (11/10).
• Had 14 kills and 16 digs in win at Bradley (11/2), then followed it with 15 kills and 15 digs one night later in win at Northern Iowa (11/3).
• Had 15 kills while hitting .368 in MVC Tourney debut vs. Illinois State (11/23), then added 10 kills and eight digs in MVC Tournament title match win vs. Wichita State (11/24).
• Had 15 digs in NCAA Tournament debut vs. Marquette (11/30).
• One of two freshmen in the MVC to average at least 2.40 kills and 2.40 digs per set, along with her high school teammate Ashley Rosch of Illinois State.
Cary-Grove High School
• Named All-Area, All-Conference and to the Illinois All-Star Team as a senior. Also named All-Conference her junior campaign.
• Earned Academic All-Fox Valley Conference honors as a senior.
• Also recognized by the Illinois State Board of Education with a Prairie State Achievement Award for exceeding Illinois Learning Standards in Reading, Mathematics and Science.
• Named All-Area by the Northwest Herald as both a junior and senior.
• Owned 330 digs and 321 kills, along with 45 aces her senior season.
• Ranks fifth in Cary-Grove history for kills in a season and eighth for digs in a season.
• As a junior, helped team to a 41-1 record and a six-week run as the nation’s top team, finishing second in state.
• Finished junior season with 122 kills, 40 aces, 37 blocks and 177 digs.
• After winning a state title as a sophomore in 2009, team finished second in both 2010 and 2011.
• Team had five Division I players her junior year, including teammates Kelly Lamberti (Ohio), Colleen Smith (Indiana), Ashley Rosch (Illinois State) and Allison Whimpey (Tennessee-Martin).
• Coached by Patty Langanis.
• Her Sky High club team won the AAU Junior National Championship in the summer of 2010 and 2011, and was second at USA Jr. National Championships in 2012.
• Named to All-Tournament Team at 2012 AAU USA Junior Nationals.
• Committed to Creighton the night before the Bluejays defeated Iowa State in the 2010 NCAA Tournament.
• Also considered Colorado State, Iowa, Michigan State and George Washington.
More About Melanie
Full Name: Melanie Diane Jereb
Birthday: Sept. 28, 1993
Birthplace: Cary, Ill.
Parents: Gary & Renee Jereb
Sister: Amy (17)
Major: Enviromental Science
Nickname: Mel
Favorite Movie: Dark Knight
Favorite Quote: “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are poweful beyond measure.” (Marianne Williamson)
Favorite Vacation Spot: Puerto Rico
Why Creighton: Great academics, interesting location and a fantastic volleyball team
Hobbies: Reading, hiking, dancing
Favorite Part of Ryan Athletic Center: The dedication to women’s sports
Best Volleyball Memory: Winning state in volleyball in 2009
Player I Model My Game After: Kelly Lamberti
Team I Wish We Could Play: Pittsburgh
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