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Maddie Schermerhorn Season 2023

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YearGraduate Student
HometownLigonier, Ind.

2022 / AS A SENIOR

  • Second Team All-Big Ten
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Big Ten Sportsmanship Award
  • Played in 110 sets over the course of 29 matches
  • Averaged 4.62 digs per set, No. 3 in Purdue single-season history.
  • Produced 508 digs, ranking No. 8 in Purdue single-season history.
  • One the best defensive specialists in the nation, Schermerhorn is joined by the 2022 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year as the only players to average 4.62 digs per set in all of Power Five 
  • One of only four Boilermakers this century to surpass 500 digs in a single season (joins Anne Mastandrea in 2005, Kellli Miller in 2007 and 2008, Carly Cramer in 2010 and 2012)
  • Registered the third-most digs per set in a single season in Purdue history, the highest average by a Boilermaker since 2007
  • Became the sixth Boilermaker ever to be named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week multiple times in a single season
  • Set a career-high 28 digs vs. #RV Michigan (11/6), becoming just the third Big Ten player to record as many in a match this season
  • Averaged 4.66 digs per set during Big Ten play
  • Schermerhorn missed three matches due to injury: at Iowa (9/25), at Illinois and vs. Rutgers (10/2)
  • Number of 15+ dig matches: 19
  • Number of 20+ dig matches: 9
  • Number of 25+ dig matches: 3
  • The senior played in her 100th career match at Indiana (10/14)


2021 / AS A JUNIOR

  • Played in all 33 matches with two starts
  • Totaled a season-best 178 total digs on her way to averaging 1.42 digs per set
  • Notched four service aces on the season
  • Secured a career-best three assists on three separate occasions in 2021: vs. Wisconsin (10/31), at Minnesota (11/14) and vs. Northwestern (10/27)
  • Tallied a career-high 12 digs vs. Michigan State (10/20), alongside no reception errors and an ace
  • Recorded double-digit digs in five matches, including three with no reception errors: 12 digs vs. Michigan State (10/20), 11 vs. #3 Wisconsin (10/31) and 10 vs. Illinois (10/1)
  • Totaled double-digit digs in five matches, all coming during Big Ten play
  • Registered 11 digs in the victory vs. #3 Wisconsin (10/31) – one shy of her career-best


SPRING 2021 / AS A SOPHOMORE

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Saw action in all 23 matches
  • Recorded a career-high 11 digs vs. #16 Oregon in the NCAA Regional Semifinals (4//18/21), matching the career-best she set earlier that season vs. Northwestern (2/20/21)
  • Totaled 119 digs (1.42 per set)
  • Registered a service ace vs. Iowa (1/29/21)
  • Saw a season-high 28 receptions in the season-opener at #1 Wisconsin, where she recorded a .929 reception %
  • Produced a perfect reception rate in 16 matches
  • Tallied 26 receptions vs. #6 Minnesota (2/6/21), where she recorded a 100% reception rate
  • Went perfect in receptions in eight consecutive matches during the month of February (2/5- 2/28/21)


2019 / AS A FRESHMAN

  • Played in all but two matches (30) and 102 total sets
  • Tallied 86 digs on the season (0.84 per set)
  • Posted a .957 reception % for the season, good for sixth on the team
  • Produced a career-high nine digs at Indiana (10/9)
  • Registered five or more digs on six occasions
  • Added a career-best two assists in the victory over Texas A&M Corpus Christi (9/20)
  • Recorded her first service ace in the sweep at Northwestern (10/12)
  • Notched seven digs in the victory over No. 5 Nebraska (10/26)


HIGH SCHOOL

  • Member of the 2019 signing class that ranked eighth in the nation by PrepVolleyball
  • Four-time 3A Volleyball All-Conference selection
  • Received All-Area and Volleyball MVP recognition for four-consecutive seasons
  • Named to the 2018 IHSVCA All-District team
  • Two-time IHSVCA first-team All-State selection (2017-18)
  • Guided West Noble volleyball to the 2018 Regional Final
  • Selected to the 2017 Indiana All-Sports Volleyball team, while being recognized as the Area Prep of the Year
  • Tallied 1,571 career kills, 1,014 career digs, 226 career blocks and 199 career aces with the Chargers
    • 2015: 254 kills, .279 hitting percentage, 37 blocks, 208 digs, 25 aces
    • 2016: 368 kills, .356 hitting percentage, 36 blocks, 325 digs, 70 aces
    • 2017: 484 kills, .387 hitting percentage, 85 blocks, 212 digs, 48 aces
    • 2018: 465 kills, .396 hitting percentage, 68 blocks, 269 digs, 56 aces
  • Helped West Noble basketball to 2018-19 Sectional title
  • Three-time all-conference and all-area for basketball and track and field
  • Three-time track and field regional qualifier for West Noble
    • 2016: 4x1
    • 2017: long jump, 4x4
    • 2018: long jump, 100m, 200m

PERSONAL

  • Full name: Madison Rene Schermerhorn
  • Major: Kinesiology
  • City Born: South Bend, Ind.
  • Parents: Tom and DeeDee Schermerhorn
  • Siblings: Rachel (sister) and Luke (brother)
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Senior
2022

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Junior
2021

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Sophomore
2020

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Freshman
2019

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