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Brenna Schmidt

Position:
Middle Blocker
Height:
6-6
Class:
Senior
High School:
Elmwood-Murdock
Hometown:
Eagle, Neb.

Honors
CSC Academic All-District Team (2024)
Academic All-Big 12 (2024)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2023)

2024 (Junior)
Named Academic All-Big 12 ... Appeared in 26 matches (25 starts) and played in 100 sets in 2024 ... Led the team with 104 total blocks … Averaged 1.04 blocks per set, ranking 10^th overall in the Big 12 … Registered 112 kills (1.12 per set) and hit .307 ... Seven times turning in five blocks or more, with a season-high 11against Iowa State on October 5 ... With 11 kills against the Cyclones, she became the first player to record 10-plus blocks in a single match since 2022 … Reached double-digit kills twice, with a season-best 11 kills during Purdue’s Volleyball Stacey Clark Classic against UC Davis on August 31 … Registered 23 digs (0.23 per set) ... Eclipsed the .300 efficiency mark five times and hit over .400 three times, including season-high .409 against UC Davis ... In Big 12 play, averaged 1.03 kills a set at a .344 clip with 73 total blocks (1.03 per set) and 12 digs.

2023 (Sophomore)
Named to Academic All-Big 12 First Team … Appeared in 24 matches with 17 starts and played in 73 sets in 2023 … Finished with 85 kills (1.16 per set) while hitting .300 … Second on team with 51 total blocks (51 assists, eight solo) and 0.81 blocks per set … Added 17 digs and two assists … Recorded five or more blocks three times, with a season-high six blocks against TCU on September 21 and on October 6 at Baylor … Hit .300 or higher nine times and eclipsed the .400 efficiency mark seven times … Hit a season-best .615 in a sweep over West Virginia on September 27 (eight kills, no errors, 13 attacks) with four blocks … Eight times she finished with at least five kills, including a season-high eight at WVU on September 27 and against Texas Tech on November 18 … Produced a season-best 10 points vs. TCU on September 22 (7 kills, six blocks) and on October 5 at Baylor (8 kills, four blocks) … During Big 12 play, finished with 72 kills (1.14 per set) at a .276 efficiency with 51 blocks (0.81 per set) and 16 digs (0.25 per set).

2022 (Freshman)
Played in five matches and eight sets during 2022 season … Totaled eight kills (0.63 per set) and nine blocks (1.13 per set) … Posted season-high three kills against St. Thomas on September 10 with season-best six blocks … During Big 12 play, made appearances in in two sets in two matches with a kill and block at KU on November 2.

High School
Attended Elmwood-Murdock High School in Eagle, Nebraska … A four-year letterwinner for the Knights, she totaled 1,209 kills (4.17 per set), 310 blocks (1.09 per set) and 78 service aces … Set career highs with 540 kills and 132 blocks in her senior season … She recorded 20 or more kills nine times in 2021, including three consecutive 20-kill performances in the Nebraska Class D1 State Tournament to help lead Elmwood-Murdock to the state semifinals … She finished the season with a .346 hitting percentage and logged a season-high 27 kills against Mead on November 4 and picked up a season-best 10 blocks in a five-set win on October 14 against Palmyra … Named a 2020 All-State Class C2 Honorable Mention selection in basketball by the Lincoln Journal Star.

Club
Nebraska Juniors