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Iris Riegel

Position:
Outside Hitter/Opposite
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Fairmont
Hometown:
Kettering, Ohio

• 2022 Purdue Fort Wayne Invitational All-Tournament Team
• 2022 Horizon League All-Freshman Team
• 2023 Red Flash Classic All-Tournament Team

2024: Played in all 32 matches during her junior season, appearing in 116 total sets … Finished the season with 243 kills with a season-high 17 against Robert Morris (Sept. 28) … Totaled five assists … Finished the season with 39 digs … Had a season-high six digs against Holy Cross (Aug. 31) … Totaled 47 blocks with five against Miami (OH) (Sept. 13).

2023: Played in 18 matches during her sophomore season, for a total of 56 sets … Finished with 105 kills and 20 total blocks ... Named to the 2023 Red Flash Classic All-Tournament Team … Had season-high 17 kills against Stony Brook (Sept. 1) … Had 12 kills and three blocks against Saint Francis (Pa.) (Sept. 2) … Had a career-high four total blocks against Manhattan (Sept. 2) … Had 10 kills against Kent State (Sept. 8) … Had a career-high five digs against Niagara (Sept. 8).

2022: Named to the Horizon League All-Freshman Team ... Earned a place on the Purdue Fort Wayne Invitational All-Tournament Team ... Played in all 29 matches with 22 starts ... Finished second on the team with 290 kills with a season- and career-high of 18 kills against Milwaukee (Sept. 20) with a hitting percentage of .500 ... Recorded three total blocks against Western Illinois (Aug. 27), Eastern Kentucky (Sept. 9), IUPUI (Sept. 24) and Northern Kentucky (Oct. 8).

High School: Played four seasons for the Firebirds of Fairmont High School ... Totaled nearly 1,000 kills for her career ... Named District Special Mention in 2019 ... Named an All-Conference and All-District First Teamer as a junior and senior ... Led the Greater Western Ohio Conference in kills in her final two seasons ... Played club volleyball with the Air City Chicks in 2016 and Elevation from 2017-21 ... Named to the USA Volleyball Nationals All-Tournament Team in 2021 ... Her U-17 team placed fifth at the USA Volleyball National Tournament in Las Vegas ... Played sand volleyball and was a member of the orchestra ... Named a scholar-athlete by Fairmont High School.

Personal: Daughter of Jen and Matt Riegel ... Has two siblings, Aven and Lily ... Mother, Jen, played volleyball at Wright State from 1991-94, where she is in the top-10 all-time in career blocks... Double-majoring in sociology and general studies.