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2021 Volleyball Roster

Al Fuchs
Sammy Fay
Tara Byrne

25 Carleen Ellerbruch

  • Position Middle Hitter
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Rocky River Lutheran West
  • Hometown Olmsted Falls, OH
  • Major Accounting

Biography

Awards & Honors
  • 2021, 2019 Academic All-OAC
  • Scholar-Athlete Award
2021
  • Has played in a total of 92 sets this season
  • Registered 12 kills against Wilmington College (10/30)
  • Recorded 2 kills and 2 blocks against Heidelberg (10/27)
  • Tallied 6 kills against Marietta College (10/23)
  • Totaled 2 blocks and 2 kills against Otterbein (10/13)
  • Finished with 14.5 total points against Coe and Augustana (10/1)
  • Totaled 13 kills and two blocks against Westminster College (9/10)
  • Tabbed seven kills, three blocks, and a .333 attack percentage against Penn State Behrend (9/10)
  • Recorded three kills and a dig against Hiram College (9/8)
  • Totaled three kills and two digs against Earlham College (9/3)
  • Registered five kills, one ace, and three digs against Bethany College (9/3)
  • Tallied three kills and a block against The College of Wooster (9/1)
Spring 2021
  • Tallied 89 kills and 35 digs in the 2021 season
  • Ranked 11th in the OAC for total blocks
  • Appeared in all 69 sets in 2021 season
  • Recorded a total of eight kills, 10 digs, and one ace in a six set sweep of Wilmington (4/9)
  • Recorded a total of 12 kills and four blocks in two games against Heidelberg (4/6)
  • Had a total of 14 kills in two games against Ohio Northern (3/26)
  • Recorded five blocks in a six set sweep against Capital (3/19)
  • Tallied 20 points with 15 kills in a sweep of Mount Union (3/16)
  • Recorded eight kills against Muskingum (3/12)
  • Had seven kills in game versus Heidelberg 
2019
  • Appeared in all 30 matches in the 2019 season 
  • Contributed 126 kills 4th best on the team 
  • Ranked first in assisted blocks with 56 and second in solo blocks with 10 
2018
  • Appeared in 25 matches on the season
  • Contributed 57 kills for the Blue Streaks
  • Had three solo blocks and three block assists in match vs Kenyon (9/15)
  • Had career high six kills against Frostburg (9/15)
  • Ranked 20th in the OAC in blocks per set with 0.49  
High School
  • Played for Jeff Schaef and Stephanie Rivera while at Lutheran West
  • Named team MVP for 2017, 1st team All-Conference for 2017, received Honorable Mention All-Conference for 2016
  • Was a team captain her senior year for both volleyball and basketball
  • Was student council president for three years and an ambassador
Academics & Personal
  • Daughter of Will and Joy Ellerbruch
  • Played her club volleyball for Southwest, Advance and AVC
  • Accepted full-time position at Ernst and Young accounting firm after graduation
  • VP of programming for the Women in Business
  • Kappa Alpha Theta Chief External Affairs Officer 
  • Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Honors Society 
  • Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honors Society 
  • Ohio Society of CPAs Campus Ambassador 

Statistics

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

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Career Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 25

    2018First Year

    Middle Hitter
    5'11"
    25
  • 25

    2019Sophomore

    Middle Hitter
    5'11"
    25
  • 25

    2020-21Junior

    Middle Hitter
    5'11"
    25
  • 25

    2021Senior

    Middle Hitter
    5'11"
    25

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