8 Annie Benson
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- Height:
- 5-10
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- Hometown:
- Papillion, Neb.
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- High School:
- Springfield-Platteview HS
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- Position:
- OH
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- Previous School(s):
- Springfield-Platteview HS
Photos: Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior
Career Charts
- Fourth in career kills - 1,513
Honors and Awards
- 2013, Third Team All-American (NAIA, AVCA)
- 2013, MCAC Player of the Year
- 2013, First team all-MCAC
- 2013, First team AVCA all-West Central Region
- 2013, All-Tournament Team (Georgetown Boneyard Brawl)
- 2013, MCAC Hitter of the Week (Sept. 23, Oct. 7)
- 2012, First team all-MCAC
- 2012, Honorable mention AVCA all-West Central Region
- 2012, First team, NAIA all-Nebraska
- 2012, All-tournament team, Ashford Saints Invitational
- 2012, MCAC Hitter of the Week (Sept. 10)
- 2011, First team all-MCAC
- 2011, Honorable mention NAIA all-Nebraska
- 2010, Honorable mention all-MCAC
2013 Season (Senior): Named the MCAC Player of the Year and a third team NAIA AVCA All-American after leading the team with 418 kills and ranked second on the squad in digs (453) ... Earned first team all-conference honors for the third-straight season while also being named to the first team AVCA all-West Central Region ... Finished her career fourth in school history with 1,513 kills ... Notched 16 double-doubles ... Tallied 10 or more digs in 26 matches and notched double-figure kill totals in 19 contests ... Named the MCAC Hitter of the Week on Sept. 23 and Oct. 7 ... Played and started in 41 matches ... Recorded a season-high 21 digs against Indiana Wesleyan University on Aug. 24 in the Grand View University Tournament ... Posted a season-best 21 kills to go along with 12 digs in the Bruins' 3-1 win over Bethel (Ind.) College on Aug. 24 ... Also registered 20 kills versus Oklahoma Baptist University (Oct. 4) ... Named to the all-tournament team at the Georgetown (Ky.) Boneyard Brawl.
2012 Season (Junior): Garnered first team all-MCAC honors for the second-straight season … Earned MCAC Hitter of the Week accolades on Sept. 10 after recording double-figure kills in three matches, including a career-high 22 kills and 14 digs against Park University on Sept. 7 … Named to the all-tournament team at the Ashford Saints Invitational … Registered 15 double-doubles on the season … Led the team with 475 kills and was second with 429 digs … Registered double-figure kills in 29 matches.
2011 Season (Sophomore): Named to the all-MCAC first team, finishing the season with 296 kills, 73 digs and 28 total blocks … Appeared in 35 of the team’s 36 matches … Collected a season-high 16 kills in Bellevue’s five-game win over Malone University on Oct. 22 … Registered double-figure kill totals in 18 matches.
2010 Season (Freshman): Earned honorable mention all-MCAC honors ... Appeared in 47 matches ... Ranked fifth on the team with 324 kills and fourth in kills per set (2.19) ... Recorded a season-high 13 kills while hitting .600 (13-1-20) against Oklahoma Wesleyan University (Nov. 6) ... Tallied 10 digs versus Northwestern (Iowa) College on Sept. 25 ... Registered eight matches with double-digit kills, including 11 kills and eight digs in her collegiate debut against Mayville State University (Aug. 20) ... Posted five blocks versus Haskell Indian Nations University on Sept. 11.
High School: Two-time all-conference selection at Springfield-Platteview High School under head coach Theresa Starks ... Three-time honorable mention all-state honoree while finishing her career with 746 kills, 856 digs and 43 service aces ... Also lettered in basketball two seasons ... Played club volleyball for River City Juniors under coach Deb Grafentin ... Helped lead her team to three trips to the USA Junior Nationals, including a fifth place finish in 2009 in Miami, Fla. and a third place finish in 2010.
Personal: Daughter of Patricia Prusha and Jeff Benson ... Has four siblings, Sara, Jane, Dani and Chris ... Born on Aug. 11, 1992 ... Majoring in psychology.
| Recent Games | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | Columbia (Mo.) | L, 3-1 |
| Nov 8 | at College of St. Mary | W, 3-0 |
| Nov 9 | Waldorf | W, 3-0 |
| Nov 15 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | W, 3-0 |
| Nov 16 | College of the Ozarks | W, 3-2 |
| Nov 23 | Trinity Christian | L, 3-2 |
| Statistics category | Overall | Conf | ||
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| Matches | 41 | 11 | ||
| Sets | 136 | 25 | ||
| Kills | 418 | 75 | ||
| Kills per set | 3.07 | 3.00 | ||
| Errors | 163 | 20 | ||
| Total Attacks | 1130 | 183 | ||
| Total Attacks per set | 8.31 | 7.32 | ||
| Hitting Percentage | .226 | .301 | ||
| Assists | 34 | 7 | ||
| Assists per set | 0.25 | 0.28 | ||
| Service Aces | 14 | 7 | ||
| Service Errors | 31 | 10 | ||
| Service Aces per set | 0.10 | 0.28 | ||
| Receptions | 776 | 99 | ||
| Reception Errors | 37 | 4 | ||
| Digs | 453 | 72 | ||
| Digs per set | 3.33 | 2.88 | ||
| Block Solo | 3 | 0 | ||
| Block Assist | 30 | 4 | ||
| Block Total | 33 | 4 | ||
| Blocks per set | 0.24 | 0.16 | ||
| Block Errors | 6 | 0 | ||
| Ball Handling Errors | 2 | 0 | ||
| Points | 450.0 | 84.0 | ||
| Points per set | 3.3 | 3.4 | ||
| Matches started | 41 | 11 | ||
| Date | Opponent | Score | ms | s | k | e | ta | pct | a | sa | se | r | re | digs | bs | ba | be | tot | bhe | pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23 | vs. Taylor | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 33 | .182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14.5 |
| Aug 23 | vs. St. Francis (Ill.) | W, 3-2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 35 | .371 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17.0 |
| Aug 24 | vs. Indiana Wesleyan | W, 3-2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 44 | .205 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 |
| Aug 24 | vs. Bethel (Ind.) | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 45 | .378 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22.0 |
| Aug 30 | Midland | L, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 32 | .063 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 |
| Aug 30 | Great Falls | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.5 |
| Aug 31 | Doane | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 30 | -.100 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.0 |
| Sep 6 | vs. Montana Western | L, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 33 | .182 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 |
| Sep 6 | at Hastings | W, 3-2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 29 | .310 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15.0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. Northwestern (Iowa) | L, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 40 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12.0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. Dakota State | W, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sep 12 | at Waldorf | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 20 | .050 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 |
| Sep 13 | vs. William Penn | W, 3-0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | .833 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 |
| Sep 13 | vs. Culver-Stockton | W, 3-0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | .357 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 |
| Sep 14 | at Ashford | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 24 | .292 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.5 |
| Sep 14 | vs. Viterbo | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 22 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10.5 |
| Sep 17 | College of St. Mary | W, 3-0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 19 | .421 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12.5 |
| Sep 21 | at Central Christian | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 16 | .375 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.5 |
| Sep 21 | at Central Christian | W, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sep 21 | vs. McPherson | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 14 | .643 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10.5 |
| Sep 21 | at Kansas Wesleyan | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 31 | .323 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 |
| Sep 28 | at Johnson & Wales (Colo.) | W, 3-0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | .833 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 |
| Sep 28 | vs. York | W, 3-0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 16 | .438 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 |
| Oct 4 | Ashford | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 30 | .233 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 |
| Oct 4 | Oklahoma Baptist | L, 3-2 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 8 | 42 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20.5 |
| Oct 5 | Morningside | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 29 | .207 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13.0 |
| Oct 5 | Grand View | L, 3-2 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 51 | .176 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 |
| Oct 11 | at College of the Ozarks | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 40 | .150 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 |
| Oct 12 | at Central Baptist | W, 3-0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 12 | .750 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 |
| Oct 25 | vs. Point Park | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 28 | .214 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 |
| Oct 25 | vs. Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 48 | .083 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 |
| Oct 26 | vs. Davenport | L, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 50 | .140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18.0 |
| Oct 26 | at Georgetown (Ky.) | L, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 20 | .350 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 |
| Oct 29 | vs. Haskell Indian Nations | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 18 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 |
| Oct 29 | at York | W, 3-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 |
| Nov 1 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | W, 3-0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 13 | .462 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 |
| Nov 1 | Briar Cliff | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 33 | .182 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14.0 |
| Nov 2 | Columbia (Mo.) | L, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 38 | .237 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16.0 |
| Nov 8 | at College of St. Mary | W, 3-0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.5 |
| Nov 9 | Waldorf | W, 3-0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | .231 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.5 |
| Nov 15 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 21 | .286 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10.5 |
| Nov 16 | College of the Ozarks | W, 3-2 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 54 | .204 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 |
| Nov 23 | Trinity Christian | L, 3-2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 51 | -.039 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9.5 |
| m | s | k | k/s | e | ta | pct | a | a/s | sa | sa/s | r | re | digs | d/s | bs | ba | tot | b/s | pts | pts/s | |
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| 2010-11 | 47 | 148 | 324 | 2.19 | 186 | 926 | .149 | 8 | 0.05 | 0 | 0.00 | 221 | 10 | 155 | 1.05 | 3 | 44 | 47 | 0.32 | 349.0 | 2.4 |
| 2011-12 | 35 | 110 | 296 | 2.69 | 129 | 800 | .209 | 5 | 0.05 | 0 | 0.00 | 94 | 2 | 73 | 0.66 | 2 | 26 | 28 | 0.25 | 311.0 | 2.8 |
| 2012-13 | 43 | 151 | 475 | 3.15 | 195 | 1227 | .228 | 47 | 0.31 | 33 | 0.22 | 301 | 44 | 429 | 2.84 | 1 | 41 | 42 | 0.28 | 529.5 | 3.5 |
| 2013-14 | 41 | 136 | 418 | 3.07 | 163 | 1130 | .226 | 34 | 0.25 | 14 | 0.10 | 776 | 37 | 453 | 3.33 | 3 | 30 | 33 | 0.24 | 450.0 | 3.3 |
| Total | 166 | 545 | 1513 | 2.78 | 673 | 4083 | .206 | 94 | 0.17 | 47 | 0.09 | 1392 | 93 | 1110 | 2.04 | 9 | 141 | 150 | 0.28 | 1639.5 | 3.0 |
| m | s | k | k/s | e | ta | pct | a | a/s | sa | sa/s | r | re | digs | d/s | bs | ba | tot | b/s | pts | pts/s | |
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| Total | 41 | 136 | 418 | 3.07 | 163 | 1130 | .226 | 34 | 0.25 | 14 | 0.10 | 776 | 37 | 453 | 3.33 | 3 | 30 | 33 | 0.24 | 450.0 | 3.3 |
| Conference | 11 | 25 | 75 | 3.00 | 20 | 183 | .301 | 7 | 0.28 | 7 | 0.28 | 99 | 4 | 72 | 2.88 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.16 | 84.0 | 3.4 |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| Home | 15 | 53 | 160 | 3.02 | 76 | 470 | .179 | 14 | 0.26 | 4 | 0.08 | 295 | 11 | 184 | 3.47 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 0.30 | 173.0 | 3.3 |
| Away | 11 | 32 | 90 | 2.81 | 25 | 214 | .304 | 9 | 0.28 | 7 | 0.22 | 139 | 5 | 102 | 3.19 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.16 | 99.5 | 3.1 |
| Neutral | 15 | 51 | 168 | 3.29 | 62 | 446 | .238 | 11 | 0.22 | 3 | 0.06 | 342 | 21 | 167 | 3.27 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 0.24 | 177.5 | 3.5 |
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| Wins | 32 | 98 | 307 | 3.13 | 102 | 773 | .265 | 28 | 0.29 | 10 | 0.10 | 538 | 26 | 327 | 3.34 | 2 | 24 | 26 | 0.27 | 331.0 | 3.4 |
| Losses | 9 | 38 | 111 | 2.92 | 61 | 357 | .140 | 6 | 0.16 | 4 | 0.11 | 238 | 11 | 126 | 3.32 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.18 | 119.0 | 3.1 |
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| August | 7 | 27 | 80 | 2.96 | 32 | 233 | .206 | 5 | 0.19 | 1 | 0.04 | 193 | 14 | 102 | 3.78 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0.30 | 85.0 | 3.1 |
| September | 14 | 41 | 122 | 2.98 | 36 | 290 | .297 | 11 | 0.27 | 8 | 0.20 | 191 | 9 | 121 | 2.95 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0.24 | 135.5 | 3.3 |
| October | 12 | 41 | 138 | 3.37 | 60 | 374 | .209 | 8 | 0.20 | 3 | 0.07 | 241 | 7 | 145 | 3.54 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.12 | 143.5 | 3.5 |
| November | 8 | 27 | 78 | 2.89 | 35 | 233 | .185 | 10 | 0.37 | 2 | 0.07 | 151 | 7 | 85 | 3.15 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0.37 | 86.0 | 3.2 |
