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Abbie Fleener

Class: Junior Hometown: Grand Rapids, Mich. High School: Forest Hills Central

Height: 6-2 Position: RS Club: Michigan Volleyball Academy

2013 (Sophomore): Nominated Second Team All-BIG EAST... became just the second player in program history to earn all-conference honors from the BIG EAST... earned BIG EAST Player of the Week honors on Sept. 23 after hitting .370 in three matches at the SIUE Cougar Invitational... also was nominated to BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll for the week of Oct. 7... nominated to all-tournament teams at the SIUE Cougar Invitational and The Citadel Invitational... 24 kills against Seton Hall on Nov. 10 were the most by any DePaul player since 2009 and were a career-high... led the team in kills in 10 different matches... finished second on the team with 333 total kills while putting together a .283 hitting percentage... developed into team's top option during conference play, leading the Blue Demons with 182 kills during the BIG EAST season...

2012 (Freshman): Played in 28 matches, while starting 16 contests in her debut season... recorded 159 kills in 86 sets to rank fourth on the team in kills per set (1.85)... posted her best match of the season in DePaul's 3-1 win over Syracuse on Sept. 29, 2012, recording season-highs across the board with 21 kills on 40 swings (.450 hitting percentage) and four service aces...

High School: Earned 2009 and 2010 all-conference, all-state, and all-region honors... 2012 Forest Hills Central Athlete of the Year... named Best Attacker at the 2009 PrepVolleyball.com Classic in Wisconsin Dells, Wis.... competed for the Michigan Volleyball Academy--the same club team as Blue Demon teammate Allyson Rooks.

Personal: Daughter of Debbie and Robert Fleener... has four siblings, a brother, Robbie and three sisters, Ashley, Alex and Amanda... father, Robert, played basketball at Saginaw Valley State University... two of her sisters are also playing volleyball collegiately... Amanda Fleener plays volleyball at Grand Rapids Community College, Alex Fleener plays at Saginaw Valley State University... also related to Indianapolis Colts tight end Coby Fleener.

Fleener by the Numbers:
Career & Match-By-Match

Career Highs

Kills: 24, Seton Hall, Nov. 10, 2013
Attacks: 46, Seton Hall, Nov. 10, 2013
Attack Percentage: .514 (20-2-35), Creighton, Oct. 25, 2013
Assists: 1, 3x, at Seton Hall, Nov. 17, 2013
Serve aces: 4, Syracuse, Sept. 29, 2012
Digs: 5, at SIU-Edwardsville, Sept. 20, 2013
Blocks: 5, vs. Eastern Illinois, Sept. 7, 2013
Block solo: 2, Georgetown, Oct. 25, 2013
Block assist: 5, vs. Eastern Illinois, Sept. 7, 2013