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Jersey Number 3
Meg Mersman
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Hometown:
- Greenback, Tenn.
- High School:
- Maryville HS
- Major:
- Exercise and Human Performance
CAREER ACCOLADES
- AVCA All-American Honorable Mention (2023)
- AVCA All-South Region Team (2023)
- AVCA All-South Region Team Honorable Mention (2020-21)
- ASUN Player of the Year (2023)
- 2x All-ASUN First Team (2023, 2024)
- 2x All-ASUN Second Team (2020-21, 2021)
- ASUN All-Freshman Team (2020-21)
- 2x ASUN All-Tournament Team (2023, 2024)
- 1x TSWA Player of the Week (Oct. 10, 2023)
- 1x ASUN Player of the Week (Oct. 9, 2023)
- 3x ASUN Defensive Player of the Week (Jan. 26, 2021; March 23, 2021; Sept. 30, 2024)
- 1x ASUN Freshman of the Week (Feb. 9, 2021)
- ASUN All-Academic Team (2024)
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Team (2024)
- Granted an extra season of eligibility due to COVID-19 pandemic
- Became all-time LUV record holder in total blocks (474), solo blocks (110), assisted blocks (364) and per set (1.03)
- Finished tied for second all-time in ASUN history in career blocks (474)
- Played in 459 career sets, the most in LUV history, and her 125 sets played was tied for fourth-most
- Became eighth player in Division I era to 1,000 kills and finished sixth in LUV record book (1,160)
- Finished third all-time in attack percentage (.325)
- Played and started in all 30 matches, totaling 111 sets
- Wrapped up LUV career with fourth All-ASUN selection and back-to-back First Team honors after leading team in hitting percentage (.412), total blocks (84), blocks per set (1.33) and fourth in kills (153) in ASUN play
- Chosen to second straight ASUN All-Tournament Team after hitting .352 with 14 blocks in three postseason matches
- Overall, finished second in conference play in attack percentage (.347) and third on team in kills (254) and per set (2.29)
- Had 10 matches with double-digit kills, led by a season-high 17 at Bellarmine (9/28)
- Added 132 total blocks for second-most in the ASUN and the highest in a LUV season, averaging 1.2 per set
- Secured first career double-double with 10 kills and 10 blocks at North Florida (10/18), in which she had her first-ever 10-block performance and the third in program history
- Her nine assisted blocks at North Florida marked a new career-best
- Posted 15 matches with five or more blocks
- Finished with 347.5 total points, responsible for 3.13 per set
- Earned CSC Academic All-District® honors and named to ASUN All-Academic Team
- Named ASUN Player of the Year for the first time in her career and a First Team All-ASUN Selection after a dominant senior campaign
- Led the team with 343 kills on the season, hitting .345, the third-best hitting percentage in the conference
- Led the team in total blocks with 107 total and 29 solo rejections
- Her .91 blocks per set average were eighth best in the conference
- During ASUN action, Mersman averaged 3.42 kills per set, which was the fifth most in the conference, and hit .411, which was the second-highest
- She reached double-figures in kills in 14 of the Bisons' 16 conference games this season and hit over .400 in 10 of those 16 matchups
- Logged a career-best 23 kills against Stetson (11/16) and match her career-high in total blocks with 9 against North Florida (11/17)
- Finished with career numbers in kills, kills per set, digs, digs per set, and solo blocks
- Played and started in 19 matches this season for a total of 64 sets played
- Tallied 131 total kills for a .255 hitting percentage
- Recorded five 10+ kill performances this season with a season-high 13 against Austin Peay (10/14)
- Dished out four assists and six service aces
- Picked up 20 digs and 63 total blocks, ranking her second on the team for total blocks
- Logged a total of 12 solo blocks, ranking her first on the squad
- One of five Bisons to play in all 27 matches and one of two to start all 27 as well
- Played a total of 99 sets and led the team in points with 322.5 points earned
- Led the team in kills with 262 with a .280 hitting percentage
- Put in 13 10+ kill performances, including a career-high 17 kills against Stetson (10/23)
- Broke .300 hitting percentage 14 times with her best of .500 from 9 kills and one error on 16 attempts against Central Arkansas (10/1)
- Fifth in the ASUN and first on the team in total blocks with 101
- Second in the ASUN for solo blocks at 20 and tied for seventh in block assists with 81
- Earned 5+ blocks in six matches, earning nine blocks against Stetson (10/23) and Bellarmine (11/6)
- Collected two assists and 21 digs, logging two digs against Kansas (9/2), Eastern Kentucky (10/10), and North Florida (11/18)
- Season was played in spring semester due to COVID-19 pandemic
- Appeared and started in all 20 matches in her freshman campaign
- Logged team third 211.5 points for the season (3.11/set)
- Put down 171 kills for the season, including a career-best 14 against North Florida (4/02)
- She broke the .300 hitting percentage mark sixteen times, her best (.667) coming with eight kills and zero errors on 12 attempts at Liberty (2/06)
- Logged nine double-digit kill performances to earn a .390 hitting percentage on the season, putting her second in the ASUN
- First in the ASUN and on the team with 71 total blocks (1.04/set)
- Third in the ASUN in solo blocks at ten and in block assists with 61
- Posted five 5+ block performances, including seven blocks against both Middle Tenn. (1/24) and North Florida (4/02)
- Recorded three assists and 14 digs for the season, collecting four digs against both Kennesaw St. and Bellarmine
- She played under head coach Angel Babelay at Maryville HS, where she helped guide the Rebels to a 31-8 record as a senior.
- Totaled 956 kills, 133 aces, 219 digs, and 269 solo blocks in three years at MHS.
- Three-time All-District and Team Captain.
- Voted All-Region and Team MVP in 2019
- Led the Rebels to a Blount County Championship in 2016 and a District Championship in 2019.
- She compiled a 4.0 GPA or higher in all four years of high school
- Daughter of Jill and Scott Mersman, with one older brother (Mitch).
- In the Exercise and Human Performance Graduate Program
- Also recruited by Ohio State, Miami, Alabama, Tennessee, Notre Dame, Arkansas, Georgia, Missouri, Clemson, and Duke, among others
- Favorite movie is Hocus Pocus
- Favorite professional sports team is the Nashville Predators
- Has a hidden talent of playing the piano
- Her ambition is to become an orthopedic surgeon and open her own practice
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