Dan Mader

Photo by: Lucas Carter

Position:
Setter
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Lombard, Ill.
High School:
Glenbard East

2012 SEASON
Saw action in 22 matches, earning two starting assignments...Finished Mastodon career ranked sixth on all-time assist list, totaling 13 assists in 2012...Powered 45 kills, blasting a new career-high 11 against Grand Canyon (3/16)...Managed 36 digs, including a season-best nine against Carthage (3/24)...Totaled 13 blocks and three service aces in senior season.

2011 SEASON
Competed in 57 sets over 24 matches...Dished 368 assists from the setter's spot, including a season-high 56 against Penn State (Apr. 16)...Averaged a .420 setting-percentage in 2011...Posted 51 digs, adding seven against Sacred Heart (Jan. 28)...Spiked 10 kills, tying a career-high against Penn State (Apr. 16).

2010 SEASON
Posted a then career-best 59 assists in a four-set loss to Loyola (Jan. 22)...Tallied 55 kills in a three-set win over NJIT (Jan. 8)...Posted 55 or more assists in four of the first ten matches of the season...Posted a career-high eight digs against Grand Canyon (Feb. 13)...Career high in assists came at Puerto Rico Rio-Piedras (Mar. 13) with 65 ..Also had four kills in that match...With his 1,180 assists on the season, Mader moved into 7th place all-time in career assists (1,850)...Ranks just below Keith Neargardner's sixth place tally of 2,127 in the category.

2009 SEASON
Top setter for the 'Dons...Played in 68 sets, posting 670 total assists on the season...Posted a season-best 50 assists on two occasions, a 3-1 win over Pacific (Mar. 7) and a five-set win over Rutgers-Newark (Mar. 27)...Totaled 17 kills on the year...Recorded six aces, 63 digs and 29 total blocks...Season-best total of nine digs came in a 3-1 victory over Pacific (Mar. 6).

CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 11 vs. Grand Canyon (3/16/12)
Attacks: 7 at PR-Rio Piedras (3/13/10)
Attack Pct.: .571 at PR-Rio Piedras (3/13/10)
Points: 6.5 at PR-Rio Piedras (3/13/10)
Assists: 65 at PR-Rio Piedras (3/13/10)
Digs: 14 vs. Rutgers-Newark (1/29/10)
Blocks: 6 vs. Rutgers-Newark (1/29/10)
Aces: 5 at St. Francis (Pa.) (2/19/10)

HIGH SCHOOL
Played setter and opposite for Coach Maier at Glenbard East, in Lombard, IL...Named to the All-Conference team, and named team MVP senior year.

PERSONAL
Son of Don and Lee Mader...Has three siblings, Beth, Jen, and John...Majoring in business.