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Jersey Number 17
Taeley Mahler
- Position:
- Outside Hitter/Opposite
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Junior
- Letters:
- 2
- Hometown:
- Fort Wayne, Ind.
- High School:
- Homestead
EMU: 2025: Named Academic All-MAC, Dec. 15...Appeared in 29 matches, playing 97 sets as a versatile outside hitter and middle rotation option for the Eagles…Totaled a career-best 169 kills on 503 swings, averaging 1.74 kills per set while hitting .203 on the season…Added 58 digs, 10 assists, and 72 total blocks (four solo, 68 assists), all career highs...Posted 10 kills in a win over Valparaiso, Sept. 5, hitting .280 with four total blocks…Posted one of her most efficient matches of the season against Niagara, Sept. 6, finishing with nine kills on .333 hitting with four digs and three blocks…Put down nine kills off a .500 clip with three digs against Southern Illinois, Sept. 12...Recorded 10 kills and four blocks off a .409 hitting percentage in a win against Oakland, Sept. 19...Delivered a season-high 15 kills in a win over Kent State, Oct. 10, hitting .481 with a season-high five blocks in a dominant two-way performance.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Homestead High School in Fort Wayne, Ind., where she earned four letters and served as a captain for one season on the Spartan’s volleyball team…Led the Spartans to five sectional championships and a regional finals in her high school tenure…Named to the Indiana All-Star Team…Earned the Spartan Blocking Award along with the Spartan Award…Led the team to a 26-10 record as a senior…Racked-up 195 kills with a .323 hitting percentage.
PERSONAL: Full name: Taeley Mahler…Daughter of Josh and Carrie Mahler…Has two brothers, Payton and Hendrix; and one sister, Macartney…A Fort Wayne, Ind., native…Aspires to start a career as a speech pathologist…Major: Speech Pathology with a minor in Special Education.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Homestead High School in Fort Wayne, Ind., where she earned four letters and served as a captain for one season on the Spartan’s volleyball team…Led the Spartans to five sectional championships and a regional finals in her high school tenure…Named to the Indiana All-Star Team…Earned the Spartan Blocking Award along with the Spartan Award…Led the team to a 26-10 record as a senior…Racked-up 195 kills with a .323 hitting percentage.
PERSONAL: Full name: Taeley Mahler…Daughter of Josh and Carrie Mahler…Has two brothers, Payton and Hendrix; and one sister, Macartney…A Fort Wayne, Ind., native…Aspires to start a career as a speech pathologist…Major: Speech Pathology with a minor in Special Education.
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