University of St. Francis (IL) - 2009 Volleyball Roster

Record: 27-16 Home: 14-3 Away: 4-7 Neutral: 9-6 CCAC: 8-2

#5 Courtney Ambrosch

Fighting Saint Profile

Height:

5-7

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Hometown:

Joliet, IL

Previous School:

Joliet Township H.S.

At USF: 2008: A first team All-Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference pick as a junior … Also a CCAC All-Academic choice and an NAIA Scholar-Athlete … Capped off academic honors by being named to the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) Academic all-America third team … She was just the second USF volleyball player (Patti Connell in 1998) to be honored nationally by CoSIDA … Led the Saints with 4.75 digs per game … Topped the team with 853 total serve reception attempts and posted a team-best .943 receiving percentage … One of just two Saint players (setter Kelsey Polte being the other) to appear in all 152 games on the season … Posted a career-best 41 digs, just 6 shy of the school record, in a four-game loss to Indiana Wesleyan in USF's Big Guns Classic … Season and career-best 40 passes (good serve receptions) in 4-game match vs. NCAA Division II Eckerd (FL) … Recorded 29 service aces, fourth-best on the squad … Notched a career-best 5 aces in 3-game win over St. Catharine (KY) … Somehow found a way as a libero to notch her first career block assist against Mount Mercy (IA).

2007: An honorable mention All-Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference selection in her first season with the Saints … Named CCAC Libero of the Week on four separate occasions … Played her first season of collegiate volleyball and her first competitive volleyball since her senior high school season in 2004 … Transferred to USF in January, 2007, after having attended both St. Joseph's (IN) and Loyola University to play softball … Led the Saints with 627 digs and an average of 4.21 digs per game … Her serve receive percentage of .945 was third-best on the team among players with 100 or more attempts and she was second on the squad with 894 total receptions … Also recorded 40 service aces, the fourth-highest mark on the team … Topped the 20-dig mark on nine occasions with a season high of 34 in a 4-game win over Saint Mary (KS) at the Saint Xavier/Illinois Institute of Technology tournament in early September … Recorded fewer than 10 digs in just 10 of 42 matches and that included a match in which she started but player in just one game (vs. Calumet) … Missed seven matches midway through the season with a concussion.

In H.S.: H.S. coach: Alan Mart … Lettered twice in volleyball and three times in softball at Joliet Township H.S. … Named team Most Valuable Player and was captain of the volleyball squad as a senior in 2004 … Earned all-SICA West recognition as a senior in volleyball and was also named all-area by the Joliet Herald News … Played as an outside hitter for most of her prep career … Second on her quad as a senior with 222 kills in 84 games (2.64 kpg) … Also was the team leader in serve receptions and was second in digs (321, 3.8 dpg) … Also served as senior captain of JT's softball team.

Other: Born 2-2-87 … An accounting major … Has earned a perfect 4.00 GPA in all five of her semesters at USF, earning Dean's List recognition each time … Also named to the Dean's List in her two semesters at St. Joseph's as a freshman.

Single-Match Career Highs

Kills: 2 (five matches)

Assists: 4 (two matches)

Aces: 5 (vs. St. Catharine KY, 9/6/08)

Digs: 41 (vs. Indiana Wesleyan, 10/18/08)

Passes: 40 (vs. Eckerd FL, 10/25/08)

2009 Volleyball Roster

#	Name	Cl.	Pos.	Ht.	Hometown	Previous School
1	Sarah Ahline	SO	OH/RSA	5-11	Lemont, IL	Lemont H.S.
2	Kelsey Polte	SR	S/RSA	5-10	Spring Valley, IL	Hall H.S.
3	Lauren Hoffman	JR	MH/OH	6-0	Plainfield, IL	Plainfield South H.S.
4	Dana Wettergren	FR	OH/DS	5-6	Oak Forest, IL	Oak Forest H.S.
5	Courtney Ambrosch	SR	DS	5-7	Joliet, IL	Joliet Township H.S.
6	Nicole Brown	SO	DS/OH	5-8	Chicago, IL	Queen of Peace H.S.
7	Erin McNeil	FR	OH/RSA	6-1	Plymouth, IN	Plymouth H.S.
8	Stephanie Shostok	FR	MH/RSA	5-9	Mokena, IL	Lincoln-Way Central H.S.
9	Karen Gruber	SR	OH/DS	5-7	Bourbonnais, IL	Bradley-Bourbonnais H.S.
10	Kyrsten Becker	JR	DS/OH	5-10	Arlington Heights, IL	Rolling Meadows H.S.
11	Laura Shain	SO	S	5-7	Joliet, IL	Plainfield Central H.S.
12	Kristee Conrad	SO	OH	6-0	Hickory Hills, IL	Stagg H.S.
13	Jazzmyne Robbins	FR	OH	6-1	Peru, IL	La Salle-Peru H.S.
14	Breanna Rivera	FR	DS/OH	5-6	Shorewood, IL	Minooka H.S.
15	Ashley Richards	FR	S/DS	5-4	Wilmington, IL	Wilmington H.S.
16	Ashley Thompson	FR	OH/RS	5-8	Portage, IN	Portage H.S.
20	Chelsea Rimington	FR	DS	5-6	Lena, IL	Lena-Winslow H.S.