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Women's Volleyball

  Rachael Broerman

Rachael Broerman

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Colorado Springs, CO

High School:
St. Mary's

Height:
5-4

Position:
DS

Birthdate:
07/17/1989

Club Team:
Colorado Juniors

2008
Played in 31 of 34 matches...Recorded a career-best 13 service aces on 266 tries...Tied a career-best notching two service aces on four occasions...Chalked up 10 digs against Northwestern on Sept. 5...Notched eight more against Albany on Sept. 27 and George Washington on Oct. 3... Played two sets or more in 28 of 31 matches

2007
Played in 37 games throughout 19 matches...Recorded 1.27 digs per game...Tallied five service aces in 59 attempts...Two of her aces came against Rhode Island on Sep. 28...Posted a career-high 12 digs against Jacksonville on Sep. 8...Followed with nine digs against Radford later the same day...Appeared in final game of victory over Lipscomb during the NCAA First Round at Frericks Center...Played in two games or more during 15 of 19 matches.

High School
Part of a St. Mary's High School team that finished in the Top four in the State all four years she was a member of the varsity squad...A Two-time All-State Second Team pick...Also a four-time member of The Gazette Dream Team...Finished her prep career ranked third in Colorado history for career service aces and sixth in career assists...As a senior, also named to the All-Region First Team after setting a new Colorado State High School All-Class record for digs in a game and digs in a match...Missed most of her junior season due to an ACL injury that was featured as part of a two-part article in USA Volleyball magazine on young female athletes and ACL injuries...She rebounded from the injury to help St. Mary's to a third place finish in the State Tournament...Named the 2007 Top Female Student-Athlete at St. Mary's High School...She was also a three-time letterwinner in basketball...A National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society member.

Personal
She plans to become a Pre-Med major with plans on becoming an orthopedic surgeon...Born July 17, 1989...She is the daughter of Chuck and Vickie Broerman...She has three sisters (Sarah, Laura and Emily)...Her older sister, Sarah plays volleyball at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs...Chose UD because she wanted to continue to grow her faith while pursuing her education and she wants to contribute to a program led by coaches with an intense desire to succeed.

Career Statistics

Season SP-MP K K/S E TA Pct A A/S SA SA/S SE
2007 37-19 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 0.14 7
2008 96-31 0 0 1 3 -0.333 8 0.08 13 0.14 14
TOTAL 133-50 0 0 1 6 -0.167 8 0.06 18 0.14 21

Season DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE Points Pts/S
2007 47 1.27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.14
2008 98 1.02 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0.14
TOTAL 145 1.09 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0.14