Sidney Schiller

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Position:
Outside Hitter
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Lakeview
Hometown:
Battle Creek, Mich.

• 2019-20 Summit League Academic Honor Roll
• 2019 Summit League All-Freshman Team
• Horizon League Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023)
• 2022 Purdue Fort Wayne Invitational All-Tournament Team
• 2022 Purdue Fort Wayne Invitational Most Valuable Player
• 2022 Horizon League All-Academic Team
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2022)

Feature Story: A Look Back With Sidney Schiller: Attending Two High Schools Simultaneously (9/1/2020)

2022: Voted to the Horizon League All-Academic Team ... Named Purdue Fort Wayne Invitational MVP ... Played in all 29 matches with 29 starts ... Led the team with 327 kills with a career high of 22 against Robert Morris (Sept. 30) ... Racked up 15 solo blocks, tied for the team-best ... Recorded a total of 288 digs on the season, with 19 digs vs. Eastern Illinois (Sept. 9) and IUPUI (Sept. 24).

2021: Played in 22 matches with 15 starts ... Recorded double-digit kills in each of the first three matches of the season: SIUE (Aug. 27), Evansville (Aug. 28) and Kent State (Aug. 28) ... Also reached double-figures against Cleveland State (Oct. 12) and Wright State (Nov. 5) ... Recorded a season-high 18 digs against Youngstown State (Oct. 30) ... Got a season-high three blocks against Big Ten foe Indiana (Sept. 4).

Spring 2021: Played in all 17 matches as a sophomore ... Recorded a career-high 16 kills against Cleveland State (Feb. 23) by hitting .351 ... Notched double-digit digs in eight matches ... Dug out a season-high 17 attacks against Milwaukee (March 22) and 16 against Cleveland State (Feb. 22) ... Had a double-double against Cleveland State (Feb. 23) with 16 kills and 12 digs ... Aced Milwaukee three times on March 22.

2019: Played in 33 matches in her freshman campaign, starting 31 ... Earned a place on the Summit League All-Freshman Team ... Averaged 1.98 kills per set and 2.33 digs per set ... Had 12 kills in her career-opener against Western Michigan (Aug. 30) ... Recorded double-digit kills in 11 matches ... Dug out 10 attacks or more in 14 contests ... Notched seven double-doubles on the year ... Had 12 kills and 12 digs against South Alabama (Aug. 31) ... Terminated 11 attacks and dug out 15 in the Mastodons' 3-1 win over Denver (Sept. 27) ... Had double-double with 11 kills and 10 digs at North Dakota (Oct. 6) ... In a road contest at Omaha (Oct. 13), she had 15 kills and 12 digs ... Nine days later, she had 13 kills and 10 digs at Western Illinois (Oct. 22) ... Had back-to-back double-doubles with 14 kills and 14 digs against North Dakota State (Nov. 1) and 13 kills and 10 digs vs. North Dakota (Nov. 3) ... Totaled 257 kills, 297 digs and 54 blocks for the year.

High School: Was a 2018 Michigan Miss Volleyball Finalist after being named to the All-State First Team … Earned All-State Second Team honors in 2016 and 2017 and was Honorable Mention selection as a freshman … Four-time All-Conference and All-Region selection … Led her team to three consecutive All-City championships … Four-time Michigan Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association Academic All-State honoree.

Personal: Valued member of the Media Services office as a student worker, helping with social media creation and statistics for basketball and men's volleyball contests ... Daughter of Steve and Tammy Schiller … Has two brothers, Austin and Dane … Cousin, Tory Schiller, ran Track & Field at Grand Valley State University and Michigan State … Uncle, Robert Schiller, ran Track & Field at Northern Michigan for two years ... Majoring in Organizational Leadership.