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- Height:
- 5-10
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- Year:
- Sr
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- Hometown:
- Kentwood, Mich.
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- High School:
- East Kentwood
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- Position:
- RS
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- m
- 31
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- k/s
- 4.17
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- h %
- .330
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- a/s
- 0.47
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- b/s
- 0.39
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- sa/s
- 0.27
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- d/s
- 3.15
Bio
2017: The 2017 Great Midwest Athletic Conference Player of the Year and was named AVCA Second-Team All-American…AVCA and D2CCA First-Team All-Region…Had 324 kills with a .325 hitting percentage as the team’s starting right side hitter…Remarkably consistent as well as productive, registering 17 matches of 11 or more kills, while hitting .400 or better in 13 different matches…Her .909 hitting percentage against St. Michael’s Sept. 8 stands as a single-match school record…Had 15 kills with a .378 hitting percentage in the G-MAC Tournament Championship match win over Findlay Nov. 18…Had a season-high 18 kills at Findlay Sept. 12, hitting .421 in that match…Also improved her serving (32 service aces) while recording a career-best 273 digs…Had 11 double-doubles on the season, and had a season-high 16 digs at Ohio Dominican Oct. 28…Named G-MAC Player of the Week on Sept. 25, coming off a week where she had 23 kills and 2 errors in road sweeps of Kentucky Wesleyan and Trevecca Nazarene.
2016: Rebounded impressively from a season-ending injury in November 2015 to emerge as one of the top right-side hitters in the Midwest Region as a sophomore in 2016…Recorded the ninth-most kills in a single season in school history (rally score era) with 305…Set a school record in the rally score era for kills in a season by a right-side hitter…Had nine or more kills in 23 of the team’s 28 matches, and had a career-high of 22 against Grand Valley State Sept. 16…That was the fourth-most kills in a match by any Charger player since 2008…Averaged more than four kills per set in two wins against GVSU during the season…Had 10 straight matches of 10 or more kills from Sept. 27-Oct. 22…Had a match of 18 kills and one error in a win at Northwood Nov. 2…Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team.
2015: Spectacular, powerful hitter who saw her season cruelly cut short due to injury on Nov. 13…Will be back to full strength by the start of the 2016 campaign…Averaged nearly 2.5 kills per set, and despite missing four matches, finished third on the team with 247 kills…Had 13 matches of double-digit kills and three other with 9…Set a career-high with 19 kills against eventual regional champion Rockhurst at the Midwest Regional Crossover Tournament on Oct. 16…Had 11 kills with a .476 hitting percentage in a win over future conference foe Ursuline on Sept. 11…Had 4 or more total blocks six times, and recorded a career-high 9 digs in a win at Ashland on Sept. 19…Led the team with 8 kills against GLIAC champion Ferris State on Oct. 24.
High School: A big-time offensive player for one of the elite prep volleyball programs in the state at East Kentwood...Had 686 kills in her senior season of 2014...First-Team All-State as a senior, and was First-Team OK Red All-Conference in 2013 and 2014, was All-Region twice and earned honorable mention all-state honors as a junior...Team captain as a senior...Was part of three state championship teams in track and field and was all-region and all-state twice...Played club volleyball for DFFO Elite...Cousin of former Charger Rachel VanderWall, who played for Hillsdale from 2007-11...Took a mission trip to Mexico and has volunteered coaching volleyball in the Grand Rapids area as well as being a part of the church ministry...Born Aug. 11, 1996...Parents are Craig and Dorothy.
Player Profile
| Overall | Conf | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 31 | 18 | ||
| Sets | 100 | 54 | ||
| Kills | 417 | 207 | ||
| Kills per set | 4.17 | 3.83 | ||
| Errors | 93 | 48 | ||
| Total Attacks | 981 | 470 | ||
| Hitting Percentage | .330 | .338 | ||
| Assists | 47 | 32 | ||
| Assists per set | 0.47 | 0.59 | ||
| Service Aces | 27 | 9 | ||
| Service Errors | 26 | 14 | ||
| Service Aces per set | 0.27 | 0.17 | ||
| Receptions | 452 | 239 | ||
| Reception Errors | 22 | 14 | ||
| Digs | 315 | 165 | ||
| Digs per set | 3.15 | 3.06 | ||
| Block Solo | 4 | 2 | ||
| Block Assist | 35 | 12 | ||
| Block Total | 39 | 14 | ||
| Blocks per set | 0.39 | 0.26 | ||
| Block Errors | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ball Handling Errors | 6 | 3 | ||
| Points | 465.5 | 224.0 | ||
| Points per set | 4.7 | 4.1 | ||
| Matches started | 30 | 17 | ||
| Date | Opponent | Score | ms | s | k | e | ta | pct | a | sa | se | r | re | digs | bs | ba | be | tot | bhe | pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17 | at Western Mich. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Aug 23 | vs. Concordia-St. Paul | L, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 42 | .405 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18.5 |
| Aug 24 | vs. Clarion | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 24 | .250 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13.0 |
| Aug 25 | vs. Winona St. | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 33 | .303 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 17.0 |
| Aug 25 | at Ferris St. | L, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 43 | -.070 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7.5 |
| Aug 30 | Ohio Valley | W, 3-0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 14 | .571 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 |
| Aug 31 | vs. Ashland | L, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 32 | .563 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22.5 |
| Sep 1 | vs. Mo.-St. Louis | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 31 | .452 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18.5 |
| Sep 7 | at Malone | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 6 | 52 | .308 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23.5 |
| Sep 11 | Cedarville | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 34 | .618 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23.0 |
| Sep 14 | at Findlay | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 33 | .242 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 |
| Sep 15 | at Ohio Dominican | W, 3-0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 |
| Sep 21 | Alderson Broaddus | W, 3-0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 15 | .333 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.5 |
| Sep 22 | Davis & Elkins | W, 3-0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | .300 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.0 |
| Sep 28 | at Cedarville | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 24 | .083 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.0 |
| Sep 29 | Tiffin | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 32 | .438 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18.0 |
| Oct 5 | Ky. Wesleyan | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 28 | .286 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12.5 |
| Oct 6 | Trevecca Nazarene | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 8 | 2 | 18 | .333 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 |
| Oct 12 | vs. Drury | L, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 7 | 55 | .236 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 26.5 |
| Oct 12 | vs. Lewis | L, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 42 | .286 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 |
| Oct 13 | vs. Ashland | L, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 6 | 61 | .344 | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 |
| Oct 19 | at Tiffin | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 31 | .323 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 |
| Oct 20 | at Ursuline | W, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oct 21 | at Lake Erie | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 43 | .186 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 |
| Oct 26 | at Trevecca Nazarene | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | .105 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 |
| Oct 27 | at Ky. Wesleyan | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 32 | .438 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 19.0 |
| Oct 30 | Findlay | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 31 | .613 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20.5 |
| Nov 2 | Ohio Dominican | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 21 | .238 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.0 |
| Nov 3 | Walsh | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 19 | .421 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11.0 |
| Nov 6 | Ursuline | W, 3-0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 17 | .353 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9.0 |
| Nov 9 | Lake Erie | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 51 | .431 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27.0 |
| Nov 10 | Findlay | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 34 | .471 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21.0 |
| Nov 15 | at Drury | L, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 46 | .283 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 |
| m | s | k | k/s | e | ta | pct | a | a/s | sa | sa/s | r | re | digs | d/s | bs | ba | tot | b/s | pts | pts/s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | 28 | 101 | 247 | 2.45 | 103 | 627 | .230 | 16 | 0.16 | 11 | 0.11 | 146 | 4 | 92 | 0.91 | 9 | 38 | 47 | 0.47 | 286.0 | 2.8 |
| 2016-17 | 28 | 108 | 305 | 2.82 | 116 | 773 | .245 | 49 | 0.45 | 4 | 0.04 | 175 | 8 | 158 | 1.46 | 4 | 45 | 49 | 0.45 | 335.5 | 3.1 |
| 2017-18 | 32 | 106 | 324 | 3.06 | 67 | 791 | .325 | 81 | 0.76 | 32 | 0.30 | 345 | 14 | 273 | 2.58 | 4 | 37 | 41 | 0.39 | 378.5 | 3.6 |
| 2018-19 | 31 | 100 | 417 | 4.17 | 93 | 981 | .330 | 47 | 0.47 | 27 | 0.27 | 452 | 22 | 315 | 3.15 | 4 | 35 | 39 | 0.39 | 465.5 | 4.7 |
| Total | 119 | 415 | 1293 | 3.12 | 379 | 3172 | .288 | 193 | 0.47 | 74 | 0.18 | 1118 | 48 | 838 | 2.02 | 21 | 155 | 176 | 0.42 | 1465.5 | 3.5 |
| m | s | k | k/s | e | ta | pct | a | a/s | sa | sa/s | r | re | digs | d/s | bs | ba | tot | b/s | pts | pts/s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Total | 31 | 100 | 417 | 4.17 | 93 | 981 | .330 | 47 | 0.47 | 27 | 0.27 | 452 | 22 | 315 | 3.15 | 4 | 35 | 39 | 0.39 | 465.5 | 4.7 |
| Conference | 18 | 54 | 207 | 3.83 | 48 | 470 | .338 | 32 | 0.59 | 9 | 0.17 | 239 | 14 | 165 | 3.06 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 0.26 | 224.0 | 4.1 | |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Location | Home | 13 | 37 | 166 | 4.49 | 25 | 324 | .435 | 18 | 0.49 | 9 | 0.24 | 170 | 8 | 109 | 2.95 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 0.46 | 184.5 | 5.0 |
| Away | 10 | 34 | 112 | 3.29 | 40 | 337 | .214 | 18 | 0.53 | 4 | 0.12 | 137 | 7 | 118 | 3.47 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0.24 | 120.0 | 3.5 | |
| Neutral | 8 | 29 | 139 | 4.79 | 28 | 320 | .347 | 11 | 0.38 | 14 | 0.48 | 145 | 7 | 88 | 3.03 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 0.48 | 161.0 | 5.6 | |
| Result | Wins | 24 | 73 | 296 | 4.05 | 63 | 660 | .353 | 36 | 0.49 | 17 | 0.23 | 335 | 18 | 220 | 3.01 | 3 | 27 | 30 | 0.41 | 329.5 | 4.5 |
| Losses | 7 | 27 | 121 | 4.48 | 30 | 321 | .283 | 11 | 0.41 | 10 | 0.37 | 117 | 4 | 95 | 3.52 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0.33 | 136.0 | 5.0 | |
| Month | August | 6 | 21 | 76 | 3.62 | 20 | 188 | .298 | 6 | 0.29 | 5 | 0.24 | 140 | 3 | 56 | 2.67 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 0.57 | 87.5 | 4.2 |
| September | 9 | 27 | 109 | 4.04 | 24 | 245 | .347 | 19 | 0.70 | 6 | 0.22 | 148 | 6 | 83 | 3.07 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0.30 | 119.5 | 4.4 | |
| October | 10 | 33 | 149 | 4.52 | 36 | 360 | .314 | 17 | 0.52 | 11 | 0.33 | 99 | 11 | 118 | 3.58 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0.24 | 164.5 | 5.0 | |
| November | 6 | 19 | 83 | 4.37 | 13 | 188 | .372 | 5 | 0.26 | 5 | 0.26 | 65 | 2 | 58 | 3.05 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0.58 | 94.0 | 4.9 |
News Mentions
Paige VanderWall Earns Second AVCA All-American Honor
Senior right-side hitter finishes career ranked among the very best
November 27, 2018
Hillsdale Falls to Drury in Midwest Regional Quarterfinal
November 15, 2018
VanderWall Named Midwest Region Player of the Year
No other school had as many as the 4 All-Region players the Chargers had
November 14, 2018
Paige VanderWall Wins Final G-MAC Player of the Week Award for 2018
November 12, 2018
Back 2 Back!
Charger volleyball team repeats as G-MAC Tournament champions in sweep of Findlay
November 10, 2018
Chargers Beat Storm to Advance to G-MAC Title Match
November 9, 2018
Chris Gravel, Paige VanderWall Repeat As G-MAC Award Winners
VanderWall Player of the Year, Gravel Coach of the Year for 2nd straight season
November 8, 2018
Chargers Sweep Arrows, Will Host G-MAC Tournament This Weekend
Hillsdale wins quarterfinal match vs. Ursuline 3-0
November 6, 2018
Chargers Honor Seniors, Polish Off Perfect Conference Regular Season
November 3, 2018
Hillsdale Clinches #1 Seed With Sweep of Findlay
Chargers are regular season G-MAC champs!
October 30, 2018
Charger Volleyball Weekend Preview: Oct. 30-Nov. 3
After 3 weeks on the road, Hillsdale comes home with full control over its postseason destiny
October 29, 2018
Charging On
Hillsdale College volleyball team keeps up winning ways in 3-0 sweep of Kentucky Wesleyan
October 27, 2018
Charger Volleyball Weekend Preview: Oct. 26-27
Hillsdale heads south for final road trip of regular season
October 23, 2018
Kara Vyletel Earns G-MAC Honor
Senior outside hitter named conference player of the week for first time this season
October 22, 2018
Road Trip Concludes With 3-1 Win Over Lake Erie
Volleyball team polishes off perfect trek through Ohio
October 21, 2018
Chargers Come Up With Huge Road Sweep of Tiffin
Ohio trip starts off in ideal fashion in 3-0 Hillsdale win
October 19, 2018
Charger Volleyball Weekend Preview: Oct. 19-21
3 road matches in Ohio await Hillsdale this weekend
October 16, 2018
Hillsdale Goes 0-3 at Crossover Tournament
October 12, 2018
Charger Volleyball Weekend Preview: Oct. 5-6
Hillsdale hosts Kentucky Wesleyan, Trevecca Nazarene this weekend
October 2, 2018
Taylor Wiese Named G-MAC West Player of the Week
Junior libero turns in huge weekend for 1st-place Hillsdale
October 1, 2018
Volleyball Team Improves to 9-0 in G-MAC Play After Sweep of Tiffin
Wiese logs back-to-back 30-dig matches for Hillsdale
September 29, 2018
Getting Defensive!
Team's block, Wiese's career-high in digs send Hillsdale past Cedarville
September 28, 2018
Charger Volleyball Weekend Preview: Sept. 28-29
Hillsdale plays at Cedarville Friday, hosts G-MAC co-leader Tiffin Saturday
September 25, 2018
Charger Volleyball Homecoming Weekend Preview
Hillsdale hosts West Virginia schools Friday, Saturday
September 18, 2018
VanderWall's Milestone Night Leads Chargers Past Yellow Jackets
Senior right-side hitter gets her 1,000th career kill, sets new career-high in 3-1 win
September 11, 2018
Charger Volleyball Preview: Sept. 7-15
Hillsdale dives fully into G-MAC play with 4 matches vs. Ohio schools
September 6, 2018
Paige VanderWall Nets First Player of the Week Honor of 2018
Senior right-side hitter had a huge offensive week for the Chargers
September 3, 2018
Chargers Go 1-1 at Findlay Tournament
Hillsdale bounces back from tough Friday loss to sweep UMSL
August 31, 2018
Charger Volleyball Weekend Preview: Aug. 30-Sept. 1
Home opener set for Thursday night; Findlay Tournament matches over the weekend
August 28, 2018
Hillsdale Finishes Season-Opening Tournament 2-2
Chargers beat Winona State, fall to Ferris State Saturday
August 25, 2018
Vyletel's Milestone Leads Chargers Past Clarion
Senior Kara Vyletel notches 1,000th career kill in 3-1 win
August 24, 2018
Hillsdale Hangs Tough With #1-Ranked Golden Bears
Chargers lose to defending national champs 3-1 in 2018 season opener
August 23, 2018
Volleyball Team Picked to Win the G-MAC in Preseason Coach's Poll
Veteran Hillsdale squad looks to repeat its 2017 conference title
August 15, 2018