Meg Eckert

Position:
OH
Height:
6-1
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Naperville, Ill.
High School:
Naperville Central

Junior Season: Had a season-best 14 kills in the loss at San Francisco Sept. 3 • Had a season-high six blocks in the win at Boston College Oct. 23 • Missed 14 matches and over a month due to an injury suffered in the USF Tournament Sept. 2-3 • Returned Oct. 15 against Clemson and played in a total of 12 matches the rest of the way.

Sophomore Season: Had a season-best 14 kills in the win at NC State Oct. 15 • Just missed a double-double at Temple Sept. 4, finishing with 10 kills and nine digs • Missed almost a month of action after injuring her ankle during the match at Florida State Oct. 15 • Returned against Miami Nov. 12, but only appeared in four matches after the injury.

Freshman Season: Led all UNC freshman in digs, kills, blocks and service aces • Named to the ACC All-Freshmen team • Averaged 2.27 digs per game, fourth on the team • Totaled 232 digs on the season • Averaged 1.86 kills, recording 190 on the year • Third on the team in service aces with 27 and fourth on the team in blocks with 44 (0.43 per game) • Played the best game of her career against Duke at the Smith Center as she had a career-high 24 kills to go along with 9 digs and five blocks in 3-2 win • Recorded a career-high 15 digs and a career-high seven blocks along with 13 kills in 3-2 win at Clemson Oct. 25 • Named the team's Rookie of the Year.

Prep: Broke the career kill record at Naperville Central • Named first-team all-state by the Chicago Tribune three times • Also an all-conference performer • Named The Naperville Sun's Player of the Year • Earned all-city honors for three straight seasons • Both a USAV and an AAU All-America.

Personal: Majoring in communications • Also a proficient equestrian rider • Lists "Finding Nemo" as her favorite movie and cheeseburgers as her favorite food • Meg Dolle Eckert is the daughter of Matt and Lisa Eckert • Born Dec. 27, 1984 in Cincinnati.