Eastern Michigan Athletics
2024 Volleyball Roster
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Stayer, Maddie
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Jersey Number 10
Maddie Stayer
- Position:
- Opposite/Setter
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Mentor, Ohio
- High School:
- Mentor
Bio
EMU: 2024: Joined the EMU volleyball program as an incoming transfer from Jacksonville State...Named to the CSC Academic All-District List…Set a career best, securing six assists/digs double-doubles in the season…Ranked second on the team with 377 assists, third with 61 blocks and 3.19 assists per set, fourth with 173 digs, and fifth with 12 aces and 1.47 digs per set, all of which serve as season-long career-bests… Was a large part of the 2024 team recording the second-most blocks in program history with 305.5, ranking second in the MAC…Posted a season-high 13 points and a career-high 28 assists to go with 14 digs and four aces that helped secure a win against Ohio, Oct. 26...Recorded a .353 hitting percentage with eight kills while adding five assists, five digs, and a career-high six blocks against Toledo, Oct. 11…Set a career best with 14 digs while adding 28 assists, four kills, and three blocks in a win over Evansville, Sept. 13…Had a double-double in consecutive games twice…Dished at least 10 assists 17 times and at least 20 seven times…Played 118 sets over 31 matches while starting 17.
JACKSONVILLE STATE: 2023: Appeared in a career-high 86 sets, 191 kills, 67 assists, seven service aces, 104 digs, and 222.5 points…Recorded a career-high 16 kills and 18.5 points against McNeese State, Aug. 25…Established a career-best with three service aces versus Western Kentucky, Nov. 17…Grabbed 11 digs against Louisiana Tech, the most in her career, Nov. 10…Recorded consecutive games with double-digit assists (19 versus Middle Tennessee State, Nov.4, 21 at Louisiana Teach, Nov. 9)…Recorded a .526 hitting percentage with 12 kills and two errors at Louisiana Tech, Nov. 9.
2022: Appeared in four matches and played in seven sets in her first season in Jacksonville…had 21 assists on the year and 3.00 assists per set...added seven digs, four kills, and two blocks in limited action…made her Jax State debut against Gardner-Webb on Sept. 3...tied a career-high of four digs against Jackson State on Sept. 16…also saw playing time in wins over Alabama State (Sept. 13) and Queens (Sept. 30).
SOUTHERN MISS: 2021: Played in three matches and seven total sets in 2021 ... Recorded a career-high 23 assists against MVSU on Aug. 27 ... Tallied 16 assists against UAB on Sept. 25 ... Put up five kills in a single set against Rice on Oct. 22 with a hitting percentage of .833.
2020: Appeared in eight matches and 18 sets overall ... Thrown into the fire early with her first two starts coming against a ranked Rice team ... Moved into a hitter/blocker role late in the season, producing eight kills and no errors for a .444 hitting percentage against North Texas ... Wound up with 20 on the year (1.11 per set) ... Season-high 12 assists came in the second Rice battle ... Totaled seven blocks to go with eight digs.
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coach Sam Weaver at Mentor High School in metro Cleveland…was a two-year captain and surpassed 1,000 assists in her career…led conference in aces and was third in assists as a senior…earned First-Team All-Conference and District II Second-Team honors in 2020…was Honorable Mention All-Conference and All-News Herald Honorable Mention as a junior…helped team advance to district final each of her three years on the varsity squad…played in the OHSVCA District II All-Star Game.
PERSONAL: Born May 12, 2002…the daughter of Jim and Kathy Stayer…has a younger sister, Molly, and brother, Quinn…father, Jim, was a quarterback at New Hampshire and later played for the New England Patriots…hobbies include hanging out with friends and shopping…Major: Sport Management.
JACKSONVILLE STATE: 2023: Appeared in a career-high 86 sets, 191 kills, 67 assists, seven service aces, 104 digs, and 222.5 points…Recorded a career-high 16 kills and 18.5 points against McNeese State, Aug. 25…Established a career-best with three service aces versus Western Kentucky, Nov. 17…Grabbed 11 digs against Louisiana Tech, the most in her career, Nov. 10…Recorded consecutive games with double-digit assists (19 versus Middle Tennessee State, Nov.4, 21 at Louisiana Teach, Nov. 9)…Recorded a .526 hitting percentage with 12 kills and two errors at Louisiana Tech, Nov. 9.
2022: Appeared in four matches and played in seven sets in her first season in Jacksonville…had 21 assists on the year and 3.00 assists per set...added seven digs, four kills, and two blocks in limited action…made her Jax State debut against Gardner-Webb on Sept. 3...tied a career-high of four digs against Jackson State on Sept. 16…also saw playing time in wins over Alabama State (Sept. 13) and Queens (Sept. 30).
SOUTHERN MISS: 2021: Played in three matches and seven total sets in 2021 ... Recorded a career-high 23 assists against MVSU on Aug. 27 ... Tallied 16 assists against UAB on Sept. 25 ... Put up five kills in a single set against Rice on Oct. 22 with a hitting percentage of .833.
2020: Appeared in eight matches and 18 sets overall ... Thrown into the fire early with her first two starts coming against a ranked Rice team ... Moved into a hitter/blocker role late in the season, producing eight kills and no errors for a .444 hitting percentage against North Texas ... Wound up with 20 on the year (1.11 per set) ... Season-high 12 assists came in the second Rice battle ... Totaled seven blocks to go with eight digs.
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coach Sam Weaver at Mentor High School in metro Cleveland…was a two-year captain and surpassed 1,000 assists in her career…led conference in aces and was third in assists as a senior…earned First-Team All-Conference and District II Second-Team honors in 2020…was Honorable Mention All-Conference and All-News Herald Honorable Mention as a junior…helped team advance to district final each of her three years on the varsity squad…played in the OHSVCA District II All-Star Game.
PERSONAL: Born May 12, 2002…the daughter of Jim and Kathy Stayer…has a younger sister, Molly, and brother, Quinn…father, Jim, was a quarterback at New Hampshire and later played for the New England Patriots…hobbies include hanging out with friends and shopping…Major: Sport Management.
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