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

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

#9 Karen Gruber

Fighting Saint Profile

Height:

5-7

Class:

Position:

OH/DS

Hometown:

Bourbonnais, IL

Previous School:

Bradley-Bourbonnais H.S.

At USF: 2008: Completed her third year as one of USF's top defensive specialists … Fifth on the team in digs at 1.98 per game and posted the third-best serve receive percentage at .935 … Had eight matches with 10 or more digs, including a stretch of four in five matches near the end of the regular season … Her season-high dig total was 15 and was accomplished twice in back-to-back matches against NCAA Division II Eckerd (FL) and Olivet Nazarene … Also notched 12 digs in match at NCAA Division II Flagler (FL) … Picked up a season-high 25 passes, with no errors, in a 5-game loss at nationally-ranked Indiana Tech on Sept. 2 … Did not commit a serve reception error in 23 of her 41 matches … Had streaks of 8 and 7 matches without any reception errors … Her 28 service aces accounted for the fifth-highest total on the team … Converted 3 aces in Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference tourney win over Cardinal Stritch and had 2 aces on eight other occasions.

2007: Played in 39 matches and was a regular in the Saints' back row as a defensive specialist … Her .943 serve receive percentage was the third highest among the Saints with 200 or more attempts for the season … She averaged 2.24 digs per game … She collected a career-high 39 passes in a five-game loss to Illinois-Springfield in the Big Guns Classic … She also had 23 digs in that UIS match, just one shy of her career-best 24 registered against Bethel in the season's second match … Reached double digits in digs on eight separate occasions.

2006: Played in 37 of the 38 USF matches as a defensive specialist … Also played briefly as an outside hitter … Even filled in at the setter position for a match when injuries forced both USF setters to the sidelines … Her .923 serving percentage was the third-highest mark on the team and she finished her freshman season with 12 aces … She was also fourth on the club in passes (323) and fifth in digs (251) … Her serve receive percentage (.944) was second highest on the club … She led or shared the team lead in digs on five occasions, with a season high of 20 against Huntington.

In H.S.: H.S. coach: Kary Dowling … A two-time letterwinner in both volleyball and softball at Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High … Served as volleyball team captain her senior year and won the team's Hustle, Drive and Intensity Award … Named all-area by the Kankakee Daily Journal …Led the Boilermakers in serve receive percentage, service aces, kills, digs and passes … Captured all-tourney honors at the East Moline Panther Volleyball Invitational and the Boilermaker Classic … Played for the Ultimate Volleyball Club in 2004 and '05 and was part of the team that won the Asics Junior National Championship in 2004 … Also earned all-Southwest Suburban Conference honors as a softball shortstop her senior year.

Other: Born 4-10-88 … An elementary education major … Earned Dean's List accolades for the first time this past spring semester.

Single-Match Career Highs

Kills: 3 (vs. St. Ambrose IA, 9/9/06)

Assists: 25 (vs. Ashford IA, 11/1/06)

Aces: 4 (vs. Rio Grande OH, 10/20/07)

Digs: 24 (vs. Bethel IN, 8/24/07)

Passes: 39 (vs. Illinois-Springfield, 10/20/07)

Total Blocks: 1 (two matches)

Solo Blocks: None

Assisted Blocks: 1 (two matches)

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.