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Katie Zimmerman

  • height 6-
  • class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Cypress, Texas
  • High school Concordia Lutheran
  • height 6-
  • class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Cypress, Texas
  • High school Concordia Lutheran

Katie Zimmerman Bio

AWARDS/HONORS

2014 MVC Leadership and Service Award
2013, 2014 First team All-Missouri Valley Scholar Athlete
2012-14 AD’s Honor Roll
Named to the CCSA All-Tournament Team
2016-17 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
2017 CCSA All-Academic Team

2017

Went 23-14 overall, playing in the ones, twos, and threes pairing over the course of the spring.
Had a 5-3 record at the ones with teammate Katie Smith, including a win over No. 11 FIU in the season opener.
Joined forces again with Macie Tendrich towards the end of the season, and the pair went 13-4 with four wins over AVCA Top-15 opponents.
Closes her two-year career with the team with 49 wins overall, fifth-most in program history, and a winning percentage of .671 (49-24).
Qualified for the USA Volleyball Collegiate Beach Pairs Championship, where she and Tendrich competed in pool play.

2016

Started in all 36 matches for the Gamecocks
Paired with Macie Tendrich to go 26-10 overall
Played most of the year at No. 3, posting a 21-9 record
Went 4-1 at No. 2 and 1-0 at No. 4
Compiled four separate four-match win streaks
Named team MVP with Tendrich

PREVIOUS SCHOOL

Played in 127 matches over her four seasons with Wichita State
Finished her indoor career with 911 career kills (2.06 per set), 533 digs, 242 blocks and 94 aces
Led the team in aces for the 2013 and 2014 seasons
Her 36 matches played in for the 2015 season is tied for the eighth most in program history and her .357 hitting percentage ranks ninth best ever for the program
Helped the Shockers win the Missouri Valley Conference championship in 2013 and 2015
Reached the NCAA tournament with WSU in 2012, 2013 and 2015

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB

Lettered four years in volleyball, two years in track and one year in basketball
Named all-state all four years, and the top district player three times
Member of team that was state champions during sophomore and junior seasons and state runner-up during senior season
Member of the honor roll, the National Honor Society and the top 10 percent

PERSONAL

Daughter of Chris and Sherri Reilly
Has one brother, Jacob, and three sisters, Stacey, Erin and Taylor
Majored in exercise science at Wichita State