Rachael Aird - Women's Volleyball - Clarkson University Athletics

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10 Rachael Aird

Position Middle Hitter
Height 6-0
Class Senior
Highschool East Syracuse-Minoa
Hometown East Syracuse, NY

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2017: Named AVCA All-American Honorable Mention and AVCA New York All-Region First-Team for second straight year...Also chosen as CoSIDA Academic All-District 3 for second straight year...Picked as Liberty League All-Star for third straight season, earning First-Team honors once again...Recorded 347 kills, 92 blocks and 35 aces...Finished season ranked second in league in blocks per set (0.84 bps), third in hitting percentage (.317) and sixth in kills per set (3.18 kps)...Her 30 solo blocks were the most in the conference...Finished career with 1,282 kills, fifth most in program history and the most ever by a middle hitter...Her 2.793 kills per set over 459 career sets is sixth best figure in 43-year history of program and 299 blocks are the second most for the program in the past decade...Recorded 1000th career kill in season's sixth match of the season (9/9/2017)...Was virtually unstoppable down the stretch, hitting .451 with 116 kills over the final eight matches of the season, and averaging 4.06 kills per set with a .447 hitting percentage in the conference playoffs and NCAA Tournament...Struck for season-high 26 kills and 10 blocks in five-set match versus Babson (11/11/2017)...Was named Liberty League Tournament Most Outstanding Player after delivering 15 kills with no errors in 27 swings against Ithaca to help Knights earn sixth straight conference title...Reached double figures in kills in 18 of 29 matches...Recorded 20 kills with a .409 hitting percentage in four-set win over DeSales (10/13/2017)...Enjoyed season-high .714 hitting percentage (16-1-21) in three-set sweep of Keuka College (9/8/2017)...Was on from the service line on October 14th, totaling 11 aces in matches against Gettysburg and Muhlenberg...Picked for Liberty League Performer of the Week twice (10/30/2017, 11/6/2017) and also earned Liberty League Honor Roll selection on three other occasions...Liberty League All-Academic.

2016: One of only two players to play in all 140 sets over the course of 37 matches...Recorded 504 kills (3.60 per set), the third-highest figure in Clarkson history, and 100 total blocks (0.71 per set)...Raked in athletic and academic awards as she was selected AVCA All-American Honorable Mention, AVCA New York All-Region First-Team, ECAC North Offensive Player of the Year, ECAC North First-Team All-Star, Liberty League First-Team All-Star and CoSIDA Academic All-District...Had the highest hitting percentage (.290) in NCAA Division III for players with at least 500 total kills...Finished 12th nationally in total kills (504) and 11th nationally in total points (575.5)...Ranked in top five in Liberty League in kills, kills per set, blocks, blocks per set and hitting percentage...Led conference in solo blocks (39)...Smashed 30 kills in two matches during the NCAA Brockport Regional (11/11-12), gaining NCAA All-Tournament honors in New York...Was picked as Liberty League Tournament Most Outstanding Player thanks to 31 kills and six blocks in two matches (11/4-5)...Reached double figures in kills in 29 of 37 matches, with season-high 26 kills against Oneonta State (9/2)...Struck for 23 kills with a .476 hitting percentage against Potsdam State (10/12) and added 23 kills versus Union (10/22)...Named Liberty League Performer of the Week three times and earned Liberty League Honor Roll selection on six occasions...Liberty League All-Academic.

2015: Competed in 129 of possible 130 sets over the course of 39 matches, scoring 282 kills (2.19 per set) and 55 blocks (0.43 per set)...Named AVCA New York All-Region Honorable Mention and Liberty League Second-Team All-Star...Team went 30-9 overall, unbeaten in region (20-0) and conference (14-0), went to NCAA Quarterfinals/Elite 8...Ranked third in the Liberty League in hitting percentage (.288) overall and was also third in conference matches (.370)...Hit a robust .383 in the Potsdam, NY Regional in three matches with 29 kills, being named to the Regional All-Tournament team in the process...Was also named Liberty League Championships All-Tournament team with 20 kills and five blocks in two matches....Posted six aces, five blocks and 10 kills in Potsdam, NY Regional Semifinal win over Ithaca College (11/14)...Enjoyed 10 matches with 10 or more kills, including a season-high 15 in the season-opener against Cortland State (9/1/)...Had nine kills and six digs in NCAA Division III Quarterfinals match against Wittenberg (11/19)...Liberty League All-Academic.

2014: Played in 81 sets over the course of 32 matches, recording 149 kills (1.84 per set) and 42 blocks (0.52 per set)...Selected as Liberty League Rookie of the Week in consecutive weeks (9/15, 9/22)...Ranked second in the conference in hitting percentage with a mark of .318 and placed eighth in the league in blocks per set at 0.52...Team went 37-4 overall, unbeaten in region (29-0) and conference (14-0), and went to NCAA Quarterfinals/Elite 8.