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2010 Volleyball Roster

20 Tiffany Gaerke

  • Position Outside Hitter
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Fort Recovery
  • Hometown Fort Recovery, Ohio

Biography

Coach Sheffield's Outlook: “Tiff gives us so much flexibility.  She can play on the right and gives opponents nightmares with the speed of her slides.  She can also play on the left, where she's had a lot of big matches for the Flyers the past couple of years.  When she is playing at her best, there are not too many people better.  Tiffany is someone who gives every ounce of her being to this team and her teammates.”

2010 (Senior): Added depth to one of the most talented rosters in UD history ... Played in 49 sets with one start ... Lone start of the season came at La Salle (10/9), recording a season-high nine kills on a .211 hitting percentage with two blocks ... Recorded five or more digs in five matches ... Notched a season-high of 11 digs in the First Round of the NCAA Championship against Butler (12/3) ... Came off the bench at Charlotte (11/7) to register three aces in two sets played ... Tied her season-high in aces with three in the Second Round of the NCAA Championship against Ohio State (12/4). 

2009 (Junior): Atlantic 10 Co-Offensive Player of the Week (9/8) after posting 17 kills, 11 digs and six service aces against Wake Forest  ... Bronco Invitational MVP ...  Recorded five double-doubles ... Posted a .667 attack percentage against Rhode Island (11/6) with 13 kills ... Averaged 2.14 kills per set ... Third on the team with 29 service aces ... Ranked fourth on the team with 210 digs and 283 kills. 

2008 (Sophomore): Atlantic 10 All-Tournament team ... Averaged a career-best 2.65 kills per set...added 10 assists and five service aces for the Red and Blue...Picked up a career-high 137 digs and combined for 59 blocks (21 solo, 38 assist)...Finished ninth in conference play averaging 3.09 kills per set...Scored a career-best .765 attack percentage against La Salle on Oct. 11...Picked up 18 kills against George Washington on Oct. 3 and 17 kills against Xavier on Oct. 30...Recorded three double-doubles...notched 13 digs against Xavier on Oct. 30...Added 12 digs against Wright State on Nov. 8 and Saint Louis on Nov. 15.

2007 (Freshman): Played in 22 sets over the course of 13 matches...Posted 21 total kills for a kill per set average of 0.95...Also averaged 1.18 digs per set, and tallied two assists and five block assists...Recorded a career-high four kills in matches against Jacksonville and Radford on Sep. 8...Posted three kills at La Salle to go along with six digs...Finished with another six digsat Rhode Island...Added nine digs in the match against Radford...Picked up block assists against Jacksonville, Radford, Charlotte, Xavier and Rhode Island.

High School: 2006 Midwest Athletic Conference (MAC) Player of the Year at Fort Recovery High School ... Three-time OSHAA Class AA All-State selection earning First Team honors as a senior, Second Team as a junior and Third Team as a sophomore ... Three-time First Team All-MAC pick ... Tallied 1,322 career kills, 587 digs and 451 blocks in four years on the varsity squad ... Ranked No. 90 of the nation’s 'Top 100 Senior Aces' by PrepVolleyball.com ... A four-sport athlete during her prep career, Gaerke was a three-time First Team All-MAC performer in basketball ... Played softball and ran track, placing seventh at the Regional Meet in the 4x800 and recorded a high jump of 5’ 2” ... Named the Top Art Student in her class in 2005 at FRHS ... Also earned the CO-LAB Outstanding Project Award in 2007.

Personal: Born June 18, 1989 to Rob and Alice Gaerke ... Has one older sister, Lindsay and two younger brothers, Michael and Derek ... Science major.

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2010

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Historical Player Information

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    2007Freshman

    OH
    6'1"
    20
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    2008Sophomore

    OH
    6'1"
    20
  • 20

    2009Junior

    OH
    6'1"
    20
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    2010Senior

    Outside Hitter
    6'1"
    20