2021 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Melanie Brecka
- Position:
- Right Side
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Lincoln Southeast HS
- Hometown:
- Lincoln, Neb.
Pronunciation
Heads into 2020 season ranked No. 7 on the career list for kills per set (3.27), No. 10 for career hitting percentage (.257)
2021 (Senior): First Team All-Summit...Summit League Offensive Player of the Week (Sep. 28, Nov. 16, Nov. 23) ... Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence ... Summit League Academic Honor Roll ... Appeared in all 116 sets... Posted double-digit kills in 27 matches ... Posted 20-plus kills five times ... Average of 3.78 kills per set led the team and was third in the Summit League ... Team-leading 438 kills ranked third in the Summit League and top 50 nationally...511 points and average of 4.41 points per set ranked first on the team and second in the Summit League ... Sent across 42 service aces on the year, good for second on the team ... Average of 2.87 digs per set ranked second on the team ... 62.0 total blocks was third best on the team ... Posted fifteen double-doubles on the year... Set season-high in kills with 25 at Oral Roberts on Nov. 6 ... Set career high in digs with 26 versus North Dakota on Sep. 25...Posted .667 hitting percentage with 12 kills in three-set sweep over St. Thomas on Nov. 11 ... Hit above .300 in twelve matches and above .400 in four matches... Tallied at least three blocks in ten matches, including a season-high five versus South Dakota State on Oct. 30.... Delivered a dominant, well-rounded performance against North Dakota on Sep. 25, recording 17 kills and 26 blocks.
2020 (Junior): AVCA Honorable Mention All-American, just the second in program history to earn the award ... AVCA All-Midwest Team ... Summit League Player of the Year, just the second in program history to earn the award ... First Team All-Summit ... Academic All-Summit ... Summit League Offensive Player of the Week (Mar. 23) ... Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence ... Led Roos in kills in all 17 matches ... Posted double-digit kills in 16-of-17 matches ... Posted 20-plus kills seven times ... Average of 4.17 kills per set led the Summit League and was fifth-best in program history ... Average of 4.64 points per set ranked first on the team and second in the Summit League ... Sent across 19 service aces on the year, good for third on the team ... Average of 2.37 digs per set ranked third on the team ... 28.0 total blocks was third-best on the team ... Posted nine double-doubles on the year, including eight-straight from Feb. 21 through Mar. 20 ... Set career-high kills mark on four occasions, led by 26 kills in Summit League semifinals vs. South Dakota ... Dug up season-high 15 attacks to go alongside 14 kills versus Oral Roberts on Mar. 12 ... Posted .476 hitting percentage with 12 kills and two errors on 21 attacks in three-set sweep at North Dakota on Feb. 28 ... Hit above .300 in seven matches ... Tallied season-high four blocks in five-set victory at South Dakota on Mar. 19
2019 (Sophomore): Selected to the 2019 All-WAC Second Team... Started in all 29 matches and appeared in all 111 sets... Ranked sixth in the conference in kills per set (3.23), seventh in total kills (358), 17th in hitting percentage (.244), 23rd in total blocks (66) and 32nd in blocks per set (0.59)... Her 66.0 total blocks and 27 service aces were good for third on the team... Overall, had 10-plus kills in 24 of 29 matches she played in... Tied a career-high with 20 kills in win against Utah Valley (11/7)... Finished the year with five double-doubles in kills and digs... Ended the season with back-to-back double-doubles of 15 and 12 against Grand Canyon (11/22) and 12 and 10 against UNLV (12/5)... Posted a career-best 20 digs, to go along with 13 kills and five block assists in win vs. South Dakota State (9/21)... Added 186 digs on the year... zHad at least three block assists in 11 matches... Academic All-WAC.
2018 (Freshman): Appeared in all 32 matches while participating in 123 sets.... 2018 All-WAC Second Team selection.... 2018 All-WAC Freshman Team... Recorded 20 kills in two games this season against Chicago State (10/11) and CSU Bakersfield (11/1).... Tallied a then-career high eight digs against Grand Canyon (10/18).
High School: Standout right side and four-year letter winner for Lincoln Southeast High School ... Earned Second Team All-City as a sophomore and First Team All-City as a junior for Lincoln Southeast HS ... Tallied 442 kills, 217 digs, 89 blocks and 51 aces during senior season for the Knights ... Led Lincoln Southeast to a Nebraska Class A State Quarterfinals appearance in 2017 while earning All-State honors in her final season.
