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2014-15 Volleyball Roster

9 Anna Church

  • Position Defensive Specialist
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Junior
  • High School Bishop Miege
  • Hometown Fairway, Kan.
  • Major Business Administration & Art

Biography

2014 • Junior | Game By Game Stats
Led SLU with 465 digs (4.04 per set, fourth-best single season total in SLU history)...set Chaifetz Arena record with 29 digs against Memphis on Aug. 29...had eight matches of 20 digs or more...

2013 • Sophomore | Game By Game Stats
Played in 110 sets as a sophomore and led the team with 346 digs...set a career-best against UNI with 30 digs, a record in Chaifetz Pavilion...had 24 service aces on the year, recording two aces in a match six different times...

2012 • Freshman | Game By Game Stats
Played in 103 sets as a freshman...led the Billikens with 24 aces...had a career best 20 digs against Bradley on Sept. 4...had double-doubles against Butler on Oct. 6 (13 kills and 12 digs), Temple on Nov. 2 (16 kills and 18 digs) and La Salle (12 kills and 11 digs)...one of the most versatile players for SLU, was fifth on team in kills per set (1.39) and fourth in digs per set (2.54)...

At Bishop Miege
Church played for a Bishop Miege program that claimed four consecutive Kansas 5A state championships and won three Eastern Kansas League crowns. She was selected to the 2010 and 2011 All-State Tournament team, the 2011 All-Conference first team, the 2010 All-Conference second team and the 2011 Large Class Missouri-Kansas Tournament All-Star team. A Bishop Miege co-captain as a senior, Church was an Under Armour All-America nominee and an Evelyn Gates Award nominee. She was a member of the 2010 USA Volleyball A2 team.
Also an excellent student, Church was an Eastern Kansas Scholar Athlete, Academic Excellence Award recipient and a first honors student her first three years at Bishop Miege. She was selected to the National Honor Society and was a Kansas Volleyball Association All-Academic choice the past two years.

Church also is a track and field standout. She captured the Class 5A 800 meters state title in 2008 and 2010, set the Bishop Miege pole vault record, earned first-team Johnson County All-Star laurels in 2008 and 2009 and was named All-Metro honorable mention in 2008 and 2010. In addition, Church is a member of the Stags' 4x400-meter and 4x800-meter relay teams that have placed at the state meet.


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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2012-13Freshman

    Defensive Specialist
    5'8"
    9
  • 9

    2013-14Sophomore

    Defensive Specialist
    5'8"
    9
  • 9

    2014-15Junior

    Defensive Specialist
    5'8"
    9