Bethany Yeager

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Class: Junior Hometown: Brenham, Texas High School: Brenham

Height: 5-7 Position: DS

2011 as a Sophomore... Academic All-Big Ten... started all 33 matches... one of three Hawkeyes to start every match this season... had 10 matches of recording 20 or more digs... averaged four digs per set at the Hawkeye Challenge... named top libero of Hawkeye Challenge... picked up 30 digs vs. Arizona State (9/2)... career-high five assists vs. Saint Louis (8/27)... named to the all-tournament team at the Iowa State Challenge... named top libero at the Iowa Invitational... recorded 19 digs and one service ace vs. Ohio State (9/23)... recorded 16 digs and one service ace vs. Penn State (9/24)... recorded 20 digs vs. Indiana (10/7)... recorded 14 digs with one service ace vs. Purdue (10/8)... recorded 17 digs vs. Northwestern (10/22)... picked up 22 digs at Penn State (10/28)... recorded 17 digs vs. Ohio State (10/30)... recorded 19 digs vs. Michigan (11/5)... recorded 22 digs at Purdue (11/10)... recorded 20 digs vs. Minnesota (11/19)... recorded 22 digs at Illinois (11/26)... letterwinner.

2010 as a Freshman... One of three Hawkeyes to start every match... appeared in all 106 sets... led the team and ranked fourth in the Big Ten averaging 4.36 digs per set... recorded double-digit digs in 24 of 29 matches... named the top libero of the Hawkeye Challenge... averaged 5.25 digs per set at the Hawkeye Challenge... picked up a career-high 33 digs vs. Creighton (9/4)... named MVP of the Marcia E. Hamilton Active Ankle Challenge after averaging 5.3 digs per set... recorded 32 digs and one service ace in five-set win over Indiana... picked up 18 digs at Northwestern (10/8)... picked up 14 digs and dished two assists at Penn State (10/16)... picked up 24 digs and matched her career high with five assists vs. Wisconsin (10/22)... picked up a team-high 13 digs vs. Illinois (10/23)... picked up a team-high 13 digs at Minnesota (10/27)... recorded a team-high 16 digs at Purdue (11/5)... recorded a career-high two services aces and picked up 15 digs vs. Michigan (11/13)... picked up 25 digs and dished three assists at Illinois (11/19)... picked up 17 digs vs. Penn State (11/26)... picked up 15 digs vs. Ohio State (11/27)... letterwinner.

High School... AVCA Under Armour Girls High School all-American Honorable Mention in 2009-10... earned All-Greater Houston MVP honors in 2009-10... named to the Texas Girls Coaches Association Class 4A All-State team... named to the all-state tournament team in 2009-10... earned Texas Sports Writers Association Class 4A All-State first team honors... led Brenham High to the state championships her senior year and regional finals her sophomore and junior seasons... named to the PrepVolleyball.com Senior Aces "The 150" list... earned second team Lonestar Volleyball all-Texas Team honors her senior season... named to the 4A all-state team as a senior... named District Defensive Player of the Year as a junior, District Attacker of the Year as a sophomore and District Newcomer of the Year as a freshman.

Personal... Born 5/28/92... parents are David and Debbie Yeager... has one sister, Amanda, and two brothers, David and Erik ... sister Amanda plays volleyball at Texas A&M Kingsville... open major.

Personal Bests
Kills: 1 vs. Northern Illinois, Sept. 19, 2010
TA: 2, four times, last vs. Marquette, Aug. 27, 2011
Attack %: n/a
Assists: 7 vs. Columbia, Sept. 26, 2011
Aces: 4 vs. St. John, Sept. 17, 2011
Digs: 33 vs. Creighton, Sept. 4, 2010
Solo Blocks: n/a
Total Blocks: n/a