2013 Northern Arizona Volleyball Player Bios OUTSIDE HITTER
JANAE
VANDER PLOEG Sophomore 5-11 • 1L Colorado Springs, Colo.
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2012 (Freshman): All-Big Sky Honorable Mention...Started all 31 matches and played in all 117 sets...Named to UNLV Invitational, Colorado Volleyball Classic, and Molten Classic All-Tournament teams...Led the team and ranked seventh in the Big Sky with 3.16 kills per set, led the team and ranked eighth in the Big Sky with 3.69 points per set...Recorded double-digit kills in 21 matches with a career-high 21 kills against Colorado and Sacramento State...Totaled four matches with 20 or more kills...Led all Big Sky freshmen in kills and points...Had at least four kills in every match...Hit .405 with 16 kills and nine digs in NAU’s Big Sky Championship quarterfinal win over Montana State...Ranked fourth on the team with 248 digs and 2.12 digs per set...Totaled nine matches with double-digit digs with a career-high 14 digs twice against Eastern Washington...Had six double-doubles...Had three or more digs in every match...Ranked fourth on the team with 70 total blocks and was second with 10 solo blocks...Had a career-high five blocks four times...Posted at least one block in 28 of 31 matches...Tied for second on the team with 22 service aces and 0.19 aces per set...Totaled 15 assists. High School: Four-year starter and letterwinner, two-year team captain in volleyball at Cheyenne Mountain HS...Won the 2012 Fred Steinmark High School Athlete of the Year Award as the top multi-sport student-athlete in the state of Colorado...Led team to four consecutive state titles, the first titles in program history... Named state championship MVP in both her junior and senior seasons...Two-time PrepVolleyball.com High School All-American...Named the Denver Post 4A Player of the Year and earned two conference player of the year awards...Also received the Colorado Sportswoman of the Year 2012 Leadership Award...Team went 31-0 in 2011...All-time Cheyenne Mountain kills leader...Averaged 3.8 kills per set and 2.7 digs per set during senior season...Also played for Colorado Juniors volleyball club and was a two-time all star...Was also a four-year starter and letter winner for her high school basketball and soccer teams. Personal: Janae Kathryn Vander Ploeg was born Jan. 10, 1994 in Colorado Springs, Colo....Daughter of Paul and Karol Vander Ploeg...Two older brothers, John and AJ...Father, Paul, played football at Iowa State...Hobbies include running and reading...Aspires to be a physical therapist or teacher.
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Q&A with Janae Vander Ploeg 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.
What sport do you wish you could play besides volleyball? • Soccer and Badminton Beach or indoor volleyball? • Both What is your favorite professional sports team? • Denver Broncos Who’s your favorite professional athlete? • Kerri Walsh Who’s your favorite superhero? • Mr. Incredible Who’s your dream celebrity date? • Liam Hemsworth What’s your favorite movie? • Tangled What’s your favorite TV show? • How I Met Your Mother Who’s your favorite actor or actress? • Jennifer Lawrence What is your go-to pregame or workout song? • We Are Men - Mulan Who’s your favorite music artist? • Jason Aldean What’s your favorite food? • Watermelon What’s one thing you can’t live without? • Ice cream and my family If there was a movie about your life, who would you want playing the role of you? • Addy Lofstedt If you could switch lives with one person, who would it be? • Blake Lively What’s a hidden talent that you have? • I can touch my toes on a good day What hidden talent do you wish you had? • Being able to sing like Beyonce Where is your dream vacation? • Fiji Describe yourself in three words. • Compassionate, Happy, Quirky Describe Coach Murphy in three words. • Calm, Cool, Collected Describe NAU Volleyball in three words. • Funny, Hardworking, Family or THE BEST EVER