| Katie Seyller |
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 | Class: Sophomore
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 | Hometown: Bloomington, Ill.
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 | High School: Bloomington
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 | Height: 6-0
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 | Position: MB
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 | Experience: 1L
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2007: Registered 21 starts in 23 matches played... ended the season with 109 kills, 15 set-assists, 31 service aces, 54 digs, 46.0 blocks and 164.5 points ... missed eight matches due to a sprained ankle she suffered in warm ups prior to ISU's four-game win at Northern Illinois (Aug. 28) ... tallied a season-best 13 kills in the Redbirds' five-game win over Northern Iowa at Redbird Arena (Oct. 6) ... also scored a season-high 17.0 points against the Panthers, capitalizing on three blocks ... followed it up with 11 kills and a season-best seven digs at Indiana State (Oct. 13), to complete her two double-digit kill efforts ... recorded a season-best five blocks and a career-high .571 hitting percentage against UNI in the championship match of the State Farm MVC Tournament ... tallied four blocks apiece against Indiana State (Nov. 8) and Wichita State in the Valley Tournament (Nov. 23) ... hit .400 or better in three of ISU's final five matches ... tallied seven efforts with a .300 or better hitting percentage.
2006: A Missouri Valley Conference All-Newcomer team selection...appeared in 29 total matches with 20 starts...after becoming a permanent starter at Southern Illinois on Sept. 23, averaged 2.04 kills and 1.24 blocks-per-game...Recorded double-digit kill efforts in seven matches...hit .300 or better in eight individual contests...collected a career high 13 kills against DePaul (Sept. 2)...had 100 total blocks on the season...recorded two double-digit block performances, including a season-high 13.0 total blocks with 12 block assists in a five-game victory over Saint Louis (Sept. 26) at Redbird Arena...had nine block assists at Drake (Sept. 30) and at Creighton (Oct. 28)...scored 250.0 total points with 12 double-digit scoring efforts.
High School: Started volleyball all four years, winning the regional championship in 2003, 2004 and 2005 ... as a junior and a senior, she was named to the all-area and all-conference teams, while also being picked as the Jacksonville Tournament MVP in 2005... team co-captain as both a junior and a senior ... a three-year member of the Illini Elite Volleyball Club, which finished in the top-11 nationally the past two years ... an IHSA scholar-athlete, Big-12 scholar-athlete, and BHS Academic Scholar as a sophomore, junior and senior ... member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Born April 7, 1988 ... daughter of Dave and Robin Seyller ... has one younger sister, Lauren (13) ... father is an ISU alum ... name pronounced SIGH-ler.