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2012 Volleyball Roster

2 Rachel Krabacher

  • Height 6-4
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool McAuley
  • Hometown Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Custom1 Team Z Volleyball Club

Biography

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2012 (Senior)
• Senior CLASS Award Second Team All-America ... Volleyball Magazine Third Team All-America ... AVCA All-America Honorable Mention ... AVCA All-Northeast Region.
• Atlantic 10 Player of the Year for the second-straight season ... A-10 All-Conference First Team ... Two-Time A-10 Player of the Week.
• CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-District V Second Team ... A-10 All-Academic Team.
• A-10 Championship MVP and All-Tournament Team ... Dayton Flyer Classic All-Tournament Team ... Missouri State University Plaza Invitational MVP and All-Tournament Team ... Tulsa Golden Hurricane Invitational All-Tournament Team.
• Finished her career at Dayton ranked first in career attempts (4,311) and fifth in career kills (1,500) ... Only the second player in UD history to reach the 1,500-kills and 1,000-digs mark (Cathy Wojciechowski) ... Holds the sixth- (505, 2012) and seventh-best (500, 2011) single-season kills marks and the fifth- (1,370, 2011) and sixth-best (1,321, 2012) single-season total attempts marks ... Only second Flyer in UD history to post back-to-back 500+ kill seasons (Zhaohui Ma, 616-1996 and 596-1997).
• Led the team, the Atlantic 10 and ranked ninth nationally in kills/set (4.63) ... Also led the team and league while ranking 13th nationally in points/set (5.06).
• Two-time A-10 Player of the Week (8/27/1210/15/12)
• Made 113 consecutive starts for the Flyers, every game she played in at Dayton, including all 32 matches in 2012.
• Recorded 11 double-doubles on the season and tallied 20 or more kills seven times ... Made zero attacking errors on 32 swings with 18 kills for a season-best .562 hitting percentage against Austin Peay on Aug. 31 ... Posted a season-high 26 kills twice (vs. Ohio State on Sept. 7 and at Xavier Nov. 10).
• Named to the Spring 2013 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll and the UD Dean's List ... Also named Dayton's Woman of the Year and is a finalist for the A-10's nominee for NCAA Woman of the Year.
• Signed a professional contract to play with Volleyball Franches-Montagnes in Switzerland in May.

2011 (Junior)
• Atlantic 10 Player of the Year – the seventh Flyer in nine seasons to earn the award. 
• AVCA All-America Honorable Mention … AVCA First Team All-Northeast Region. 
• A-10 First Team All-Conference … A-10 Academic All-Conference. 
• Capital One Academic All-District V Second Team.
• Led the A-10 in kills and points, both overall and during conference matches only … Nationally, ranked 17th in kills per set and 19th in points per set. 
• First Flyer since 2005 to record 500 or more total kills in one season, finishing with a career-high 500. 
• Conference-leading four A-10 Offensive Player of the Week citations … Sept. 19 – named MVP of the Blue & White Classic in Buffalo … Oct. 3 – totaled 37 kills (5.29 per set) on a .329 hitting percentage against Saint Louis and Duquesne, including 19 kills in a three sets against the Dukes … Oct. 17 – 25 kills in four-set win against Xavier; a conference high for a four-set matches and the seventh time since 2004 that a UD player has recorded more than 25 kills … Nov. 14 – 35 kills (5.83 per set) on a .337 clip in a pair of wins over Saint Louis and La Salle. 
• Started in all of UD’s 32 matches and 112 sets. 
• Led the Flyers with 13 double-doubles (kill/dig) … Recorded 20 or more kills in five matches … Three matches with zero attacking errors, including a .559 hitting percentage (19-0-34) at Fordham (10/22) … Led the Flyers in kills in 23 of 32 matches. 
• State Farm Illini Classic All-Tournament Team … Averaged 5.4 kills per set  (70 kills in 13 sets) in the Illini Classic against Houston, Tennessee and Illinois … Career-high 28 kills during UD’s five-set loss at No. 7 Illinois (also the most kills by any A-10 player in 2011). 
• MVP of the Blue & White Classic (Buffalo) … Totaled 39 kills on a .440 clip through three sweeps against Cornell, Syracuse and Buffalo … led the tournament field with 4.33 kills per set while recording a hitting percentage of .388 … opened the tournament with back-to-back double-doubles against Cornell and Syracuse … Career-high four aces against Syracuse – all four occurring consecutively … She capped off the Classic with 12 kills on a .409 clip against host Buffalo. 
• Combined for 63 kills in three matches against Xavier (4.8 per set) … 25 in a four-set win at home (10/14) … 24 in a five-set loss on the road (11/4) … and 14 in a four-set win in the A-10 Championship Final in Dayton (11/20). 
• During conference play, was the only outside hitter to rank in the top 10 in hitting percentage (6th, .313).
• Tied a career-high six blocks in back-to-back matches against Florida State (9/9) and Michigan (9/10) … Season-high 17 digs came in five sets at Xavier (11/4) … Three matches with over 75 total attempts, including a conference-high 89 at Xavier (11/4) 
• One of six returning selections to the USA Volleyball A2 Program in the summer of 2012 in Columbus, Ohio … Played for the Gold Team (coached by Jeff Stork) … Team finished as runner-up in round-robin competition among the four A2 teams. 

2010 (Sophomore)
• Started in all 31 matches played as the Flyers’ L1 outside hitter. 
• A season-high of 22 kills helped defeat No. 22 Northern Iowa (9/3) in five sets, earning (Minnesota) Diet Coke Classic All-Tournament Team recognition. 
• Named A-10 Offensive Player of the Week on Nov. 9 after registering 20 kills on a .486 hitting percentage in two matches against La Salle (11/5) and atCharlotte (11/7) ... Was the only Flyer non-senior to earn an A-10 Player of the Week award in 2010. 
• 10 double-doubles (kill/dig) … 15 matches with double-digit kills, second-most on the team ... Recorded 20 or more digs two more times with 20 against Baylor(9/4) and 21 against Duquesne (11/20). 
• Career-high 24 digs came at Xavier (10/15) in a match which featured a combined total of 140 digs – the second-most of any NCAA Division I match in 2010. 
• Career-high six blocks occurred twice, the first against Santa Clara (9/17) and the second at Xavier (11/21) in the A-10 Championship finals. 
• Finished fourth in the Atlantic 10 in aces per set (0.33) and eighth in points per set (3.57) during conference play.
• Selected to the USA Volleyball A2 Program in the summer of 2011 … Played for the Red Team (coached by Geoff Carlston) … Led the Red Team to a silver medal at the USA Volleyball Open National Championships in Dallas (5/23 – 6/1).
• Named to the Fall 2010 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
 
2009 (RS-Freshman)
• Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team ... Three-time A-10 Rookie of the Week. 
• Came back from an offseason broken foot at the Mortar Board Premier to post 16 kills in a 3-2 win over then No. 20 Saint Louis ... .419 attack efficiency against Ball State (8/28) with 17 kills at the Mortar Board Premier. 
• Posted career-highs in kills (18) and digs (19) for a double-double against Xavier (10/30). 
• Led the team with 0.36 service aces per set (25 total) ... Ranked second on the team with 2.96 kills per set ... Was third on the team with 2.88 digs per set. 
• Seven double-doubles. 
• Competed with Bring It Promotions/USA in the 2009 Global Challenge in Pula, Croatia.

2008 (Freshman)
• Redshirted.

High School
• High School All-American at McAuley High School … Career kills leader at McAuley with 1,003. 
• One of 32 AVCA High School All-Americans (2007-08) … One of eight PrepVolleyball Academic All-Americans.  
• First Team OHSSA All-State (2007) … Honorable Mention OHSSA All-State (2006). 
• First Team All-Girls Greater Cincinnati League (GGCL) (2006, 2007) … Second Team All-GGCL (2005). 
• Graduated in the top 10 percent of her class as an active member of the National Honor Society ... GGCL Scholar Athlete of the Year (2007).

Personal
Birthdate: Nov. 26, 1989
Parents: Donald and Beverly Krabacher
Siblings: Lauren and Kevin 
Major: Chemical engineering

Statistics

Year
SP-MP
Kills
Errors
TA
Pct.
Assists
Aces
Digs
Blk-Solo
Blk-Assist
Blocks
Pts
2009
69-18
204
97
655
.163
10
25
199
6
23
29
246.5
2010
106-31
291
132
965
.165
20
32
321
4
68
72
361.0
2011112-325001531370.253202427625254552.0
2012 109-325051391321.2773620 26734649551.0
Total
396-113
1,500
521
4,311
.227
86
101
1,063
15
189
204
1,710.5


CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 28, at Illinois, 09-03-11 
Attacks: 89, at Xavier, 11-04-11 
Attack pct: .727, La Salle, 11-05-10 (8-0-11)
Assists: 4, vs. Xavier, 11-18-12
Serve aces: 4, vs Syracuse, 09-17-11 
Digs: 24, at Xavier, 10-15-10 
Blocks: 6, 5 times
Block solo: 2, at Duquesne, 11/08/09 
Block assist: 6, 5 times

AWARDS 
National
• Volleyball Magazine Third Team All-American, 2012
• Senior CLASS Award Second Team All-American, 2012
• AVCA All-America Honorable Mention; 2011 , 2012
• AVCA All-Northeast Region First Team; 2011, 2012
• Capital One Academic All-District V Second Team; 20112012
Conference
• Atlantic 10 Player of the Year; 20112012
• Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team; 20112012
• Atlantic 10 All-Championship Team; 20112012 (MVP)
• Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference; 20112012
• Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Week (7); 11/9/109/19/1110/3/1110/17/1111/14/118/27/1210/15/12
• Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team; 2009
• Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week (3); 10/19/0911/2/0911/16/09
All-Tournament Teams
• Dayton Flyer Classic All-Tournament Team, 2012
• Missouri State University Plaza Invitational MVP, 2012
• Tulsa Golden Hurrican Invitational All-Tournament Team, 2012
• Buffalo Blue & White Classic MVP; 2011
• State Farm Illini Classic All-Tournament Team; 2011
• Green Bay/Country Inn & Suites All-Tournament Team; 2011
• Minnesota Diet Coke Classic All-Tournament Team; 2010
Team
• White Allen Chevrolet Team MVP; 20112012

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