WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue volleyball welcomed four on National Signing Day, announced by Art and Connie Euler head coach Dave Shondell. The Boilermakers signed middle blocker Lily Bosworth, defensive specialist Elle Schara, defensive specialist MaryKate Scheumann and pin hitter Sydni Vice.

The four signees hail from three states: Indiana (Schara from Crown Point and Scheumann from Decatur), Illinois (Bosworth from Mahomet) and Tennessee (Vice from Collierville).

Schara, Scheumann and Vice will graduate early and join the Boilermakers in January. Bosworth will join the team next summer.

Two signees: Schara and Vice were named to the AVCA All-Region team, announced last week.

The Boilermakers are currently ranked No. 9 in the AVCA Coaches’ Poll and No. 6 in the latest NCAA RPI rankings with just six matches remaining in the regular-season.

To hear more from Shondell on each signee, click here to listen to the Dig City Podcast.

ELLE SCHARA

DS | 5’10” | Crown Point, Ind. | Crown Point High School

• Club Team: 1st Alliance VBC
• Two-time AVCA All-Region (2025, 2024)
• Ranked as the No. 1 outside hitter in Indiana and the No. 4 overall player in the state by PrepDig
• Chicago Post-Tribune Girls Volleyball Player of the Year (2024)
• USA Volleyball National Team Development Program (NTDP)
• USA Volleyball All-American Team- 16 Open
• Named a preseason All-State Top-12 as a senior
• AVCA Indiana/ Max Preps Player of the Week as a senior
• AVCA All-America (2024)
• AVCA All-Region Team member (2024)
• Three-time All-Area First Team
• IHSAA First Team All-State (2024)
• IHSAA Junior All-Star team (2024)
• Three-time IHSAA All-District
• Crown Point career record holder for kills and set the single-season record for kills as a junior.
• Named Player of the Year by the NWI Times
• Selected DAC Conference MVP in 2024
• Led her team to three consecutive Sectional Championships (2024, 2023, 2022) and a Regional Championship title in 2024
• No. 72 overall recruit in the nation by PrepDig
• Four-time scholar athlete (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022)
• National Honor Society
• Helped Crown Point receive the AVCA Team Academic Award
• Totaled over 2,000 kills (over 5.1 kills per set), over 1,400 digs and 200 aces during her high school career at Crown Point

Sydni Vice

OH/OPP | 6’4” | Collierville, Tenn. | Houston High School

• Club Team: Memphis Juniors
• Two-time AVCA All-Region (2025, 2024)
• Two-time All-State (2024, 2023)
• Three-time AVCA Phenom (2024, 2023, 2022)
• USA Volleyball National Team Development Program (NTDP)
• Tennessee Sports Writers Association Class AAA All-State (2024)
• Two-time AVCA/MaxPreps Player of the Week (October 2025, 2024)
• Totaled over 1,700 kills over her four-year high school career
• Registered 545 kills, 279 digs and a .306 hitting % as a senior for Houston High School
• As a junior, totaled 466 kills, 331 digs on a .309 clip
• District MVP
• Junior Volleyball Association (JVA) Watch List as a sophomore
• All-Metro First Team (2024)
• All-Academic Team
• Experience playing on the left and right side as a hitter
• Father, Vance Vice, is the Purdue Football Offensive Lineman Coach. Her commitment to Purdue came before Vice was hired on staff.

MaryKate Scheumann

DS | 5’10” | Decatur, Ind. | Bellmont High School

• Club Team: Team Pineapple
• Three-time First Team All-Conference (2025, 2024, 2023)
• Three-time All-District Team (2025, 2024, 2023)
• Four-time NE8 Conference Champion (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022)
• Helped her team to two 3A State Runner-Up titles (2023, 2022)
• Led her team to a 4A Sectional Championship title as a senior (2025)
• 3 ranked outside hitter in the state of Indiana by PrepDig
• Guided team to a third place showing at the 13U AAU Nationals (2021)
• AAU 13U Open All-American
• 2025 17U Open Northeast Qualifier Champion
• Reached 1,000 kills during her junior campaign
• Reached 1,000 digs as a senior
• Team Captain for the final two years of high school
• Also played softball as a freshman and sophomore, receiving Second Team All-Conference honors as a sophomore (2023) after posting a .456 batting average and pitching a 3.93 ERA.
• Two-time National Honors Society Member
• Uncle, Brad Brown, played for Purdue baseball 1997-1999
• Hails from a Purdue family, with eight family members having attended Purdue (including brother currently attending)

Lily Bosworth

MB | 6’4” | Mahomet, Ill. | Mahomet-Seymour High School

• Club Team: Illini Elite
• No. 4 middle blocker out of the state of Illinois by PrepDig
• No. 152 overall player according to PrepDig
• Averaged a .365 hitting % as a senior (2025)
• AVCA Phenom Watch List (2024)
• Named Offensive Player of the Year as a junior (2024)
• Led Mahomet-Seymour to a Class 3A state title (2024) with a 39-3 record
• All-State First Team (2024)
• Led the way in blocks as a sophomore and junior (2024, 2023)
• Four-time Varsity letter winner
• Four-time honor roll recipient
• Sister, Morgan Leach, played at Indiana (2011-14)