Tessa McGill

Photo by: Lucas Carter

Position:
L/DS
Class:
Senior
High School:
Muncie Central
Hometown:
Muncie, Ind.

2012 Season: Named Summit League Defensive Player of the Year... All-Summit League selection... Earned Summit League Defensive Player of the Week honors three times (Aug. 27, Oct. 1, Oct. 29)... Ranks second all-time in Summit League history with eight career Defensive Player of the Week awards... Recognized as an AVCA honorable mention All-Region selection... Finished the year ranked sixth in the nation with a digs per set average of 6.09... Set an IPFW single-season record with 755 digs... Led the Summit League in digs... Named Summit League Female Athlete of the Month for August/September becoming the first IPFW women's volleyball player to earn the honor... Became just the second player at IPFW to reach 2,000 career digs as she posted a career total of 2,324 digs, passing Peachy Jankowksi for the most all-time in IPFW women's volleyball history... Her career digs per set average of 4.77 also set a school record... Set a school record by recording 28 digs in a three-set match against Murray State in the season opener and was placed on the All-Tournament Team... Led the nation in digs per set with an average of 6.59 after the first NCAA statistic rankings were released (Sept. 9)... Recorded a double figure dig toal in 31 of IPFW's 32 matches... Season-high dig total of 45 came at South Dakota State (Oct. 27)... Tallied 32 service aces, coming up with a season-high four at South Dakota State and vs. IUPUI (Nov. 17)... Added 68 assists and 10 kills... Named to the 2012 Summit League All-Tournament Team.

2011 Season: Appeared in 30 matches, playing in all 120 sets… Named Second Team All-League… Earned Summit League Defensive Player of the Week honors on two separate occasions… Recorded a season-high 35 digs in a five set match against Western Illinois placing her in a tie for sixth most in a single match (Oct. 10)… Led the team for the second straight season with 653 digs on the year… Averaged 5.44 digs per set ranking her 19th in the country and fourth in the Summit League… Moved into second place all-time in IPFW history in each category… Moved into fourth place all-time with 1,569 career digs… Recorded at least 10 digs in every contest… Had at least 20 digs 18 times, and over 30 on five occasions… Tallied 34 digs vs. South Dakota State in five sets (Oct. 22), and 33 against Oral Roberts in four sets (Oct. 29)… Recorded 32 digs in a single match on two separate occasions (Sept. 10, Oct. 4)… Ended the year with seven kills and 52 assists… Recorded 33 service aces… Averaged 0.28 service aces per set, ranking her ninth among Summit League student-athletes... Set a season-high kill total at North Dakota State with two (Oct. 21)… Season-high assist total of five came at Oakland (Oct. 15)… Made a season-high four service aces in the last game of the season vs. Oral Roberts (Nov. 18).

2010 Season: Named to the Summit League Fall All-Academic Team... Named the Summit League Defensive Player of the Week three times, August 30, September 20, and November 16... Named to the All-Tournament Team at the IPFW Invitational... Set a new single-match school record with 47 digs against Ball State on September 14, the second-highest total in Summit League history... Played in all 32 matches during the year, seeing time in all 123 sets of the season... Had at least 10 digs in 30 of 32 matches during the year, missing double figures by one against Centenary on October 9... Had at least 20 digs 13 times, and over 30 on five occasions... Her 22 digs in a three-set win against South Dakota State are tied for the 10th most in school history in a three-set match... Had 35 digs against Eastern Michigan, the third highest four-set match total in program history, while her 31 against Milwaukee are the seventh most in four sets... Has the first, fourth, and seventh-most single-season five-set digs in school history, as her 35 against UMKC on November 11 are fourth, and her 31 in the Summit League championship game are seventh... Saw time at outside hitter, and set or tied her career-high for kills in three straight matches... Had a career-high seven kills against Centenary on October 9, before picking up 10 kills in back-to-back games against South Dakota State and North Dakota State... Added seven more in the team's next game against Wright State, and eight at Oakland on October 29...Served up a season-high three service aces on September 11 against Cornell.

2009 Season: Named to the Summit League Fall All-Academic Team... Played in all 32 matches during the season, staring 18 times, and playing in all 120 sets... Her 301 digs were the fourth most by an IPFW freshman since 1990... Had a dozen matches of double-figure digs, and 13 more matches with seven, eight or nine digs, including a career-high 24 at Oakland on October 2, the second most digs in a match by a freshman in IPFW school history... Her 22 digs two matches later against IUPUI on October 10 are the third most by a freshman in program history... Had her first collegiate kill on August 29 against Kent State, and four times had two kills in a match... Had her first service ace on August 28 against Butler, and had at least one ace in half of the team's matches, including a career high four against Western Michigan on September 15... Dished out three assists against North Dakota State on September 18.

High School: McGill is a two-time First Team All-State selection in 2007 and 2008... Recognized as a 2008 PrepVolleyball.com High School All-American... Three time All-North Central Conference selection... 2008 AAU All-American in the Open Division... In 2006, was named by the Capital City Volleyball Club to the "Sophomore 79", listing the 79 best sophomores in the country... Standout in basketball and softball with Muncie Central... 2007 North Central Conference Student-Athlete of the Week after being named the MVP of the Mishawaka Invitational... Twice helped lead Muncie Central to the state championship game (2008 and 2006), falling each time to Indianapolis Cathedral... As a senior dished out over 1,000 assists, totaled over 250 digs, and had nearly 200 kills.

Personal: Daughter of Larry and Robin McGill... Has one sister, Sarah... Majoring in business.