Sydney Boerst

Photo by: Justin Tafoya/NCAA Photos

Photo by: Josh Gales

Position:
Middle Hitter
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Northview
Hometown:
Sylvania, Ohio

• 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 Summit League Academic Honor Roll
• Summit League Offensive Player of the Week (11/5/18)
• Summit League Defensive Player of the Week (10/26/18)
• 2018 All-Summit League First Team
• 2019 Purdue Fort Wayne Invitational All-Tournament Team
• 2019 Summit League Championship All-Tournament Team
• 2019 Summit League Honorable Mention
• Horizon League Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2020, Spring 2021)
• Spring 2021 All-Horizon League Second Team

Spring 2021: Played and started in all 17 matches as a senior ... Finished her career with the second-best hitting percentage in program history at .322 ... Recorded 2.31 kills per set, which was her second-best season-long average of her career ... Recorded double-digit kills in four matches ... Slammed down a career-high 23 kills at Green Bay (March 2) ... Had 12 kills against Robert Morris (Feb. 15) ... Had back-to-back matches with 10 kills at Oakland (March 9) and Milwaukee (March 22) ... Had back-to-back matches with eight blocks against Cleveland State (Feb. 23) and at Green Bay (March 1) ... Helped the team to its first Horizon League Championship berth ... Selected to the All-Horizon League Second Team.

2019: Started in 32 of 33 matches played ... Notched double-digit kills in eight matches ... Recorded five or more blocks in 14 matches ... Had a season-high 10 blocks against Central Arkansas (Sept. 21), coupling with 10 kills for her only double-double of the season ... Had a season-high 13 kills in the Mastodons 3-0 win at Oral Roberts (Nov. 10) ... Had eight blocks in the quarterfinal of the Summit League Tournament against Oral Roberts (Nov. 22) ... Blocked seven attacks against eventual Summit League champion Denver in the tournament semifinal (Nov. 23) ... Had six blocks in the Mastodons' first berth to the National Invitational Volleyball Tournament at Bowling Green (Dec. 5) ... As of the end of the season, she ranks second all-time in program career hitting percentage at .323, which is the best in the rally scoring era ... She is also sixth in program history in career blocks per set at 0.95.

2018: Played in 120 sets, and 32 matches … Named Summit League Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 23) … Named Summit League Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 5) … Selected on the 2018 All Summit League First-Team … Lead the team with 116 total blocks … Third on the team with 280 kills ... Recorded 69 digs … Season-high of 20 kills as well as season-high of 8 blocks against Oral Roberts (Oct. 26) … Season-high of 8 digs against South Dakota (Sept. 28) … Recorded 13 kills, 3 digs, 3 service aces, and 2 blocks against Eastern Michigan (Sept. 4) … Recorded 12 kills and 6 blocks against UConn (Sept. 8) … Recorded 17 kills, 4 digs, and 4 blocks with a hitting percentage of .640 against Western Illinois (Oct. 21)

2017: Played in 118 sets, and 31 matches ... Recorded 230 season kills … Recorded 22 digs … Recorded 97 total blocks … Season-high of 14 kills against Toledo (Aug. 26) ... Recorded a season- high of 12 kills, and added on 11 blocks against Quinnipiac (Aug. 25) … Recorded 12 kills, 3 blocks, and 2 digs against Akron (Sept. 8) ... Recorded 10 kills and 5 blocks against Eastern Michigan (Sept. 12) ... Finished regular season tied for third in the league in total blocks

High School: A three-year varsity player for the Wildcats … 2015 Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association All-State Honorable Mention … Selected to the 2015 and 2016 All-Northern Lakes League and All-District First Teams … Named to the 2014 All-Northern Lakes League second team … Finished her career by leading Northview in blocks and hitting percentage.

Personal: Daughter of Tom and Carla Boerst … Has two brothers, Matthew and Colin … Colin plays baseball at Hillsdale ... Majoring in Psychology.