2023 Women's Volleyball Roster

Parker Hewett
Hannah Wiest
Kurt DeVoe
Kurt DeVoe
Darral Freund
Kurt DeVoe
Hannah Wiest
Joe Whitney
Kurt DeVoe

25 Emily Knight

  • Position MB
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
  • Hometown Brooten, Minn.
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

2023: Received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in May 2024 ... Appeared in all 26 matches with 21 starts and a total of 83 sets at middle blocker for the Orediggers ... Season total included 183 kills on .253 hitting while leading the team with 48 total blocks ... Added 19 digs, five assists, and one service ace as well ... Top performance of the year was arguably 14 kills on .414 hitting with two total blocks against Pittsburg State on opening day ... Closed her final collegiate season with 48 total kills across the last four matches including 12 on .357 hitting against Fort Lewis and 11 on .364 hitting against Western Colorado ... Turned in double-digit kills nine different times during the season ... Hit over .400 in seven appearances and surpassed a .500 attack percentage in two matches ... Also notable were five total blocks against Colorado Christian on Oct. 26 and five more against Western Colorado on Nov. 11 ... Closed her Oredigger career with 481 kills and 113 total blocks.

2022: Started all 30 matches and played every set as a middle blocker for Mines ... Closed the year with 294 kills at 2.70 kills per set while hitting .276 ... Also had 65 total blocks, 37 digs, and 10 assists ... Ranked #1 on the team in blocks and #2 in kills ... Recorded a season-high 16 kills on two occasions ... First 16-kill match was at #22 Hillsdale on Sept. 3 as she hit .270 and added two blocks ... Second 16-kill match came off .484 hitting at Black Hills State on Sept. 17 and featured three digs and two blocks as well ... Had 16 outings with double-digit kills and hit over .400 in nine matches ... Posted a .632 hitting percentage against Westminster on Sept. 10 which resulted in 12 kills with zero errors ... Additionally, put up five total blocks three times including the Oct. 8 match against #2 MSU Denver.

Fall 2021: Appeared in four matches for a total of six sets with the Orediggers ... Finished the season with four kills, four digs and one assist while hitting .083 on 12 attempts ... Made her Mines debut at Westminster on Sept. 18 ... Top performance of the year was three kills, three digs and one assist at #2-ranked MSU Denver on Oct. 16 ... Also notched a kill at Chadron State on Oct. 19.

IOWA WESTERN CC (2020-21): Played her second year of collegiate volleyball for Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, Iowa … Hit .300 in the middle while helping the Reivers win the 2020-21 NJCAA Division I National Championship … Knocked down 65 kills in 16 matches and 40 sets of action … Tallied 21 total blocks including six solo and 15 assisted … Top performance of the year featured 10 kills on 13 attempts with zero errors which led to a .769 hitting percentage in a sweep of North Iowa Area CC on Feb. 7.
 
RIDGEWATER COLLEGE (2019-20): Started her collegiate career in NJCAA Division III at Ridgewater College in Willmar, Minn. … Started all 23 matches for the Warriors and appeared in 77 out of 78 possible sets … Served as the starting setter with time at middle blocker touting 604 assists, 134 digs, 99 kills, 40 total blocks and 40 service aces while hitting .285 … Notched four double-doubles and nearly had a triple-double thanks to 14 assists, 14 digs and seven kills against Riverland on Oct. 23 … Best performance of the year included 40 kills, seven service aces, six digs, five kills and one block in a four-set win over Mesabi Range on Aug. 23 … Collegiate volleyball debut came on Aug. 23 at Central Lakes where she produced eight digs, six assists, one kill, one ace and one solo block.
 
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Three-sport athlete at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa High School (BBEHS) in Belgrade, Minn., competing in volleyball, basketball and track & field … Earned five total varsity letters and helped her team to the Minnesota Class A Final Four in 2018 … Named All-Area Second Team and Honorable Mention Central Minnesota Conference … Racked up 234 kills and 111 blocks … Closed her high school career ranked fourth all-time in total blocks … Played at the post for the basketball team and high jumped for the track & field team … Claimed All-Area Academic and All-State Academic while graduating with honors … Plans to major in mechanical engineering at Mines.
 

Career Match Highs
Kills: 16 - 2x, last at Black Hills State (9/17/22)
Attacks: 39 at #8 MSU Denver (11/8/23)
Attack Percentage (min. 5 kills): 0.632 (12-0-19) vs. Westminster (9/10/22)
Blocks: 5 - 5x, last vs. Western Colorado (11/11/23)
Service Aces: 1 vs. New Mexico Highlands (10/7/23)
Digs: 4 at South Dakota Mines (9/16/22)
Assists: 2 - 2x, last vs. Western Colorado (9/23/22)

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Historical Player Information

  • 25

    2021Sophomore

    MB
    6'0"
    25
  • 25

    2022Junior

    MB
    6'0"
    25
  • 25

    2023Senior

    MB
    6'0"
    25