Emily Spencer

Photo by: Lucas Carter

Class:
Freshman
High School:
Jenison
Hometown:
Jenison, Mich.

2013: All-League selection … American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) North All-Region Honorable Mention … Tied a Summit League record, winning five Offensive Player of the Week awards, including three of the final five … Finished sixth in Division I with 5.31 points per set and eighth with 4.68 kills per set … Ended the season first in the Summit League in kills per set and second in points per set … Her.243 hitting percentage ranked 13th in the league … Played and started in all 32 matches and all 113 sets for the Mastodons … Led IPFW with 529 kills on the season, seventh most in program single-season history … Recorded double-digit kills in 29 matches … Second on the team with 305 digs … Ranked third on the team with 77 total blocks … Added 24 aces and 23 assists for the season … Led IPFW with 12 double-doubles on the year … Tied a career-high with 29 kills at Northern Illinois (Sept. 20) … Hit a season-best .425 at South Dakota State (Oct. 19) … Made a season-high 17 digs at Western Illinois (Nov. 1) … Put down six blocks on three different occasions, at Ball State (Sept. 4), at Western Michigan (Sept. 10), and against IUPUI (Nov. 9) … Served a season-high four aces against High Point (Sept. 7) … Named to the Summit League Fall Academic Honor Roll and the Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.

2012: Named Summit League Player of the Year ... All-Summit League selection ... Led the team in kills (520), total attempts (1,509), service aces (33), and points (601.5) ... Ranks ninth all-time at IPFW for most kills recorded in a single season (520) and eighth all-time for most kills per set (4.23) ... Listed at fourth all-time for most attempts in a single-season (1509) ... Added 363 digs and 81 blocks... Led the team with 19 double-double performances ... Played in 123 sets by starting in all 32 matches ... Averaged 4.23 kills per set to rank 37th in the country while hitting at a .215 clip ... Averaged 4.89 points per set to rank 28th overall in the NCAA ... Tied her career-high with 29 kills to go along with a season-high 21 digs in a five-set match at South Dakota State (Oct. 27) ... 29 kills in a single-match is tied for the fourth most in school history ... Spencer ended the match with 91 attempts against the Jackrabbits, the second-highest total in IPFW history ... Led the team with 21 kills in a four-set match vs. Ball State (Aug. 28) ... Went for 20 kills and 12 digs in a three set match at UIC (Sept. 1) ... Hit .500 while recording 16 kills at Western Illinois (Nov. 9)... Recorded 26 kills and 14 digs at IUPUI in the regular season finale (Nov. 10) ... Helped IPFW defeat Oakland 3-2 in the opening round of the Summit League tournament with 24 kills and 15 digs in a five-set match ... Recorded 20 kills or more in nine matches and reached double figures in 30 ... Scored 26 points with 19 kills and a season-high three service aces vs. South Dakota (Oct. 20) ... Added a season-high seven blocks against the Coyotes ... Career-high point total of 34.5 came at South Dakota State after her 29 kill performance against the Jackrabbits (Oct. 27) ... Named Summit League Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 24 and again on Nov. 12 ... Named to the 2012 Summit League All-Tournament Team.

2011: Started in 30 matches, playing in all 120 sets … First Mastodon to be named Summit League Freshman of the Year … Named First Team All-League … Made the Summit League All-Freshman Team … Led the team with 455 kills, while posting a .173 hitting percentage … Averaged 2.82 kills per set ranking her third overall in the Summit League ... Placed second on the team with 35 service aces … Her 0.29 service aces per set placed her seventh overall in the Summit League ... Recorded 359 digs, the second-most on the team … Fourth on the team with 54 blocks … Led IPFW with 530.5 points on the year … Ranked 62nd in the nation and third in the Summit League averaging 4.42 points per set … Placed 74th in the country with 3.79 kills per set … Ended the year with 17 assists … Moved to fourth all-time with 29 kills in a single match vs. Eastern Michigan (Oct. 4) … Reached a double-digit kill total in 29 of IPFW’s 30 matches on the year … Recorded 15 or more kills 14 times and eclipsed the 20 kill plateau five times … Recorded 20 kills at Cleveland State in a four set match posting an attack percentage of .368 … Tallied a season-high five service aces against South Dakota State (Sept. 23) and matched that effort again with five vs. Southern Utah (Oct. 28) … Set a season-high total with 22 digs at South Dakota State (Oct. 22) … Recorded 15 digs in her first collegiate game vs. Loyola (Aug. 27) … Ended the match with a season-high four solo blocks at Southern Utah (Oct. 1) … Added a block assist pushing her block total to five … Set a season-high points total in a five set match against Eastern Michigan with 30.

High School: Spencer finished seventh in the 2010 Michigan Miss Volleyball Voting ... Named Second Team All-State in 2010 and 2009 ... As a senior had 666 kills, 141 service aces, 388 digs and 84 blocks, after finishing her junior season with 685 kills, 458 digs, 115 blocks and 97 service aces ... Named All-Conference in 2009 and 2010, and to the All-District Team in 2009 and 2010.

Personal: Daughter of Peter and Dawn Spencer ... Has a brother, Tommy and a sister, Sarah ... Majoring in psychology.