Women's Volleyball

7 Megan Schatzle
	Class: Senior Hometown: Monroe, Mich. High School: Monroe Height: 6-2 Position: OH/RS

CAREER HIGHS
Kills	20 - vs. Northwestern, 10/3/09
Total Attacks	43 - at Clemson, 9/18/09
Hitting Pct	.667 (5-1-6) - vs. Albany, 8/29/09
Assists	3 - vs. Cal Poly, 8/29/08
Digs	7 - at Minnesota, 10/23/09
Block Solos	1 - nine times, MR at Michigan, 11/18/09
Block Assists	7 - vs. Southern California, 8/28/09
Total Blocks	8 - vs. Southern California, 8/28/09

2009: Named to the Spartan Invitational and the CSU Invitational All-Tournament teams ... Started in 20 matches while playing in 32 ... Had a break-out year for the Spartans leading the team in kills with 326 total while averaging 2.96 kills per set ... Recorded a career-high 20 kills vs. Northwestern (10/3) ... Finished the season with 16 double-digit kill efforts ... Posted a season-best two assists vs. Georgia State (9/12) ... Tallied a career-high hitting percentage of .667 vs. Albany (8/29) ... Recorded a career-high seven digs at Minnesota (10/23) ... Ended the season with a total of 64 digs ... Tied her career-best with one block solo on eight different occasions ... Tallied 48 block assists on the season ... Had a career night blocking against No. 12 Southern California with a career-high seven block assists along with a solo block to record a career-best eight total blocks ... Had a career-high two service aces vs. Michigan (10/21), vs. Iowa (10/30) and vs. Wisconsin (10/31).

2008: Was a regular on the left side throughout the second half of the season and played in 28 matches, earning starts in 18 of those ... Posted 149 of her 172 kills in the final 19 matches of the season ... Ranked fourth on the team with 152 kills in Big Ten play and ranked third in total attempts in Big Ten play with 445; she finished with 510 on the season ... Posted a season-high 14 kills in the Spartans' five-set win over Northwestern (10/10) at home while hitting .257 on 35 attempts ... Posted eight double-digit kill efforts on the season ... Helped the Spartans top No. 21 Michigan (9/27) at the Breslin Center when she posted 12 kills on 36 attempts ... Hit the double-digit mark at Iowa (10/18) when she finished with 10 kills ... Had double-digit kill efforts in five consecutive matches (11/8 - 11/22) - vs. Indiana (12), at Michigan (13), at Ohio State (11), at Purdue (10) and at Illinois (13) ... Her 12 kills against Indiana (11/8) during that span was her third-highest point total while her .556 hitting percentage in that match was a season-best ... Hit .500 with four kills in the Spartans' win over Florida A&M (9/12) ... Hit .350 with eight kills in MSU's five-set win at Wisconsin (10/31) ... Posted 60 digs on the season, highlighted by a season-best six on four different occasions - vs. Florida A&M (9/12), at Iowa (10/18), at Wisconsin (10/31) and at Illinois (11/22) ... Also posted 30 blocks on the season, five of which were solos ... Averaged 2.20 points per set and had was perfect on 30 service reception attempts ... Played in 86 sets to her second varsity letter.

2007: Saw limited action in four matches in her first collegiate season... Had nine kills, two block assists and a .500 hitting percentage in only four games... Had four kills on six attempts with no errors, along with a block assist, in her MSU debut against Wofford (9/7)... Followed it up with four kills on six attempts against Delaware State (9/8)... Added a kill and a block assist at Harvard (9/8); all three matches were at the Harvard Invitational... Earned her first varsity letter.

High School: Earned four letters for coach Kelly Abdo... Named team Most Valuable Player as a senior... Also named first team all-region and first team all-state during senior campaign... Named team captain for the 2005-06 season, posting a team-high 413 kills and 102 blocks in en route to all-region honors... Was selected to the 2005 USA Youth National A3 Team that trained in Colorado Springs, Colo... Also lettered in basketball at Monroe... Garnered academic all-state honors during junior campaign... National Honor Society member.

Club: Competed for Toledo Volleyball Club for three years... 2004 team won Colorado Crossroads Qualifier competition... Team also qualified for nationals twice during her career.

Personal: Full name is Megan Nicole Schatzle... Daughter of Ron and Cindy Schatzle... Younger sister of former Spartan All-American outside hitter Ashley Schatzle... Majoring in business/accounting.

CAREER STATISTICS
YEAR	M	S	K	K/S	E	TA	PCT	A	SA	SE
2007	2	4	9	2.25	2	14	.500	0	0	0
2008	28	86	172	2.00	108	510	.125	8	0	4
2009	32	110	326	2.96	124	760	.266	6	7	13
TOTALS	66	200	507	2.54	234	1284	.213	14	7	17
YEAR	RE	Digs	D/S	BS	BA	TB	B/S	BE	BHE
2007	0	1	0.25	0	2	2	0.50	0	0
2008	0	60	0.70	5	25	30	0.35	3	0
2009	3	64	0.58	8	48	56	0.51	7	0
TOTALS	3	125	0.62	13	75	88	0.44	10	0

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