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2009 Women's Volleyball Roster

15 Elise Crnjak

  • Position DS
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Marist
  • Hometown Chicago, Ill.

Biography

At Western Illinois

2009 (senior season): Appeared in all 31 matches for the Fighting Leathernecks, splitting time between libero and defensive specialist...finished the season with 288 digs for an average of 2.57 digs per set...recorded double-digit digs totals in 15 matches with a season-best 20 digs comming against UMKC (Sept. 19)...finished her career with 1,548 digs, the third-most in school history...finished her career with an average of 3.387 digs per set, the sixth-highest career average in school history.

2008 (junior season): Led the Westerwinds in digs with 620, the third-most digs in a season in Western Illinois history...ranked second in the Summit League with a 5.17 digs per set average, the fourth-best average in school history and only the second player to record such a number at Western...ranks No. 4 in Western's career dig record books with 1,244...holds a career digs per set average of 3.637, the fifth-highest average in history...finished the season on a 31-match streak for double-digit digs...held the second-most assists with 48...recorded a career-best 37 digs against Southeast Missouri State (Nov. 13), which entered her in the single-season WIU record book tied for the fourth-most digs in a match...tallied three league match-highs for 25 (vs. Oakland, Oct. 18), 24 (vs. IPFW Oct. 17) and 23 (vs. IPFW, Nov. 15) digs in three-set matches...played in all 120 sets...earned all-tournament team honors at Morehead State Tournament (Aug. 30) and Southern Illinois-Carbondale Tournament (Sept. 13)...named Top Libero of the Eastern Illinois Tournament (Nov. 6)...named to the Summit League Fall Academic All-League Team... named to The Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.

2007 (sophomore season):
One of seven players to participate in all 31 matches for the Westerwinds...recorded 314 digs, the fourth highest total on the team...ranks No. 9 on Western’s digs per game career charts (2.811)...tallied a season-high 30 digs at Bradley (Sept. 1)... earned All-Summit League Academic honors.

2006 (freshman season):
Played in all of Western’s 104 games...collected a season-high 25 digs against Illinois-Chicago September 15...totaled 310 digs, the third-most on the team...tallied a total of 24 service aces, ranking second on the squad...earned Academic All-Mid-Con honors... named to Mid-Continent Fall Academic All-Conference Team.

High School
As a senior, garnered all-conference and all-area honors...named team most valuable player...named to all-conference team as a junior.

Awards and Accolades
• Named to the 2009 Summit League Fall Academic All-League Team

Personal
Daughter of Dan and Rose Crnjak...born December 18, 1987...majoring in exercise science.

Years GP MP K K/Set E TA PCT A A/Set SA SA/Set D D/Set BS
BA TB B/Set
2006 104 29 11 0.11 8 94 .032 27 0.26 24 0.23 310 2.98 0 0 0 0.00
2007 118 32 18 0.15 7 67 .164 16 0.14 9 0.07 330 2.73 0 0 0

0.00

2008 120 31
4
0.03
7
71
-.042
48
0.40
14
0.12
620
5.17
0
0
0
0.00
2009 112 31 4 0.04 5 24 -.042 21 0.19 11 0.10 288 2.57 0 0 0 0.00
Totals 457
123 37
0.08 27 256
.039 113
0.39 58
0.13 1,548
3.39 0 0 0 0.00

 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2006Freshman

    DS
    5'6"
    15
  • 15

    2007Sophomore

    DS
    5'6"
    15
  • 15

    2008Junior

    DS
    5'6"
    15
  • 15

    2009Senior

    DS
    5'6"
    15