Eastern Michigan Athletics
2025 Volleyball Roster
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Stanford, Abby
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Jersey Number 21
Abby Stanford
- Position:
- Middle Blocker/Opposite
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Senior
- Letters:
- 1
- Hometown:
- Zanesville, Ohio
- High School:
- Tri Valley
Bio
EMU: 2024: Named to the Academic All-MAC Team…Earned CSC Academic All-District honors…Led the team with an NCAA Division I career high .310 hitting percentage…Ranked second on the team with 86 blocks (0.87 per set) and third on the squad with 175 kills (1.77 per set), also career-best figures…Was a large part of the 2024 team recording the second-most blocks in program history with 305.5, ranking second in the MAC…Slotted second on the squad with 2.27 points per set and fourth with 225.0 total points, both career-best numbers…Posted a hitting percentage of .533 that included a career-best 18 kills and 19.5 points that helped secure a win against NIU, Oct. 17...Her double-double performance against Miami, Oct. 5, helped secure a win as she posted a hitting percentage of .500 with 14 kills and a career best 10 blocks, tying for the third-most blocks in a single game in the conference and helping the Eagles to 19 blocks as a team, ranking second in the MAC to the 21 they had against Valparaiso, Aug. 31…Posted seven games with a hitting percentage over .350 that included 10 or more kills each game…Had three straight games with 10-plus kills and a .430 hitting percentage or better, Oct. 4-10…Went seven straight games with a hitting percentage over .300, Sept. 27 – Oct. 17…Played 99 sets over 28 matches while starting 24.
2023: One of two players to play in all 30 matches…Started the second-most matches on the team (27)…Played the third-most sets on the squad (102)…Drilled 114 kills (1.12 per set), with a season-high of 10 at IUPUI, Aug. 25…Scored 161 points (1.58 per set)…Set season-long career-highs with nine assists and 14 service aces…A force up front as she swatted the most blocks on the team with 62, averaging 0.61 per set…Got 48 digs, the best season-wide mark of her collegiate career...Joined EMU after playing a single season at Division II Ashland University under now EMU head coach Kevin Foeman.
ASHLAND: 2022: Appeared in all 32 matches as an Ashland Eagle, playing in 95 total sets...As a freshman, she earned 133 kills, 10 service aces, 27 digs, and 85 total blocks for 189.0 total points...Named All-Conference in the GMAC ...Helped lead the Eagles to its best conference record in program history, longest win streak in program history, a GMAC regular season championship title, a GMAC south division championship title, and a NCAA tournament appearance...Earned Third-Team All-Conference honors.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Tri Valley High School and played under Head Coach Leanne Longaberger as a Scottie...Earned three letters and helped the Scotties to an impressive 24-2 overall record in her senior season...Named to the Second Team All-Conference twice as well as to the All Star team.
PERSONAL: Full Name: Abigail Stanford...Daughter of Jeremy and Mellisa Stanford...Has two brothers Taylor and Callen and two sisters Emily and Macy... Major: Psychology.
2023: One of two players to play in all 30 matches…Started the second-most matches on the team (27)…Played the third-most sets on the squad (102)…Drilled 114 kills (1.12 per set), with a season-high of 10 at IUPUI, Aug. 25…Scored 161 points (1.58 per set)…Set season-long career-highs with nine assists and 14 service aces…A force up front as she swatted the most blocks on the team with 62, averaging 0.61 per set…Got 48 digs, the best season-wide mark of her collegiate career...Joined EMU after playing a single season at Division II Ashland University under now EMU head coach Kevin Foeman.
ASHLAND: 2022: Appeared in all 32 matches as an Ashland Eagle, playing in 95 total sets...As a freshman, she earned 133 kills, 10 service aces, 27 digs, and 85 total blocks for 189.0 total points...Named All-Conference in the GMAC ...Helped lead the Eagles to its best conference record in program history, longest win streak in program history, a GMAC regular season championship title, a GMAC south division championship title, and a NCAA tournament appearance...Earned Third-Team All-Conference honors.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Tri Valley High School and played under Head Coach Leanne Longaberger as a Scottie...Earned three letters and helped the Scotties to an impressive 24-2 overall record in her senior season...Named to the Second Team All-Conference twice as well as to the All Star team.
PERSONAL: Full Name: Abigail Stanford...Daughter of Jeremy and Mellisa Stanford...Has two brothers Taylor and Callen and two sisters Emily and Macy... Major: Psychology.
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