Maddie Kremer

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Class:
Junior
Position:
Outside Hitter
Height:
5-10
Hometown:
Red Bluff, Calif.
High School:
University Prep School

2024 (Senior): Montana’s Most Valuable Player… Academic All-Big Sky… CSC Academic All-District… one-time Big Sky Player of the Week… started all 27 matches and played all 95 sets for Montana… recorded 278 kills, averaging 2.93 per set to rank 2^nd on Montana and 10^th in the Big Sky Conference… increased numbers in league play, averaging 3.14 kills per set to rank 8^th in the conference… averaged 3.57 points per set in Big Sky play to rank 10^th… recorded 314.5 points, averaging 3.31 per set… hit .194 for the year… recorded 15 service aces… recorded 23 assists… ranked 2^nd on Montana with 232 digs, averaging 2.44 per set… had 40.0 total blocks on the year, including three solo… recorded season high of 16 kills on two different occasions, first vs. Oregon State (9/1) and again vs. Sacramento State (11/14)… had 15 kills in a win over Portland State (11/16)… had 15 kills at Portland State (9/28)… recorded double-digit kills in 15 matches… had 10+ kills in four straight wins from 11/7 to 11/16, hitting at least .300 in all four of them… had eight double-doubles on the year… recorded 16 kills and 13 digs vs. Oregon State (9/1)… had 14 kills and 13 digs in a win at Kansas City (9/20)… recorded back-to-back double-doubles on the Weber State, Idaho State road trip (10/3-5)… had 11 kills, 10 digs vs. WSU and 11 kills and 14 digs vs. ISU… had four double-doubles in a five match stretch from 10/25 to 11/9… finished with a 10-kill, 11-dig double-double vs. Montana State (10/25)… had 14 kills and 16 digs vs. Idaho State (10/31)… had an 11-kill, 11-dig double-double in a win at Eastern Washington (11/7)… recorded 14 kills and 11 digs in a three-set win at Idaho (11/9)… earned Big Sky Conference Player of the Week on Nov. 18 after leading Montana to a sweep of Sacramento State and Portland State… averaged 3.88 kills per set on .307 hitting for the weekend… had 16 kills on .310 hitting vs. Sacramento State and followed it up with 15 kills (5.00 per set) on .304 hitting in a three-set sweep of Portland State… hit at least .300 in seven matches on the year, including four of the final five… hit a season-best .394 in a four-set loss at North Dakota State (9/14), recording 14 kills on 33 attacks with just one error… had double-digit digs in 11 matches, including five straight matches from 10/25 to 11/9… had at least 3 digs in every single match, and 5+ in 25 of them… had a season-high five blocks in a win over Idaho (10/10)… had 10 straight matches with a block from 9/14 to 10/12.

2023 (Junior): Academic All-Big Sky… appeared in all 29 matches for Montana… 264 kills on the season, averaging 2.42 per set to rank second on the team… 313 total points on the year, averaged 2.87 per set… 30 service aces, third-most on Montana roster… 251 total digs, second-most on Montana… averaged 2.30 digs per set… received 565 total serves with a .924 receiving percentage… 36 total blocks… averaged 2.23 kills and 2.61 digs per set in Big Sky play… five double-doubles… season-high 16 kills in a five-set loss to Sacramento State (Nov. 18)… 11 matches with double-digit kills… season-high 24 digs vs. Binghamton (Aug. 31)… also had 14 kills vs. Binghamton, hitting .273 for a double-double… recorded 15 kills vs. DePaul (Sept. 2)… had a 10-kill, 14-dig double-double vs. New Mexico (Sept. 8)… followed that up with a second-straight double-double at North Dakota (Sept. 9), recording 14 kills and 11 digs… recorded at least 10 kills in four straight matches from Sept. 8-16… 15 kills on .286 hitting in a sweep at Eastern Washington (Sept. 23)… finished with a 10-kill, 14-dig double-double at Portland State (Oct. 21)… ended the regular season with 16 kills and 14 digs vs. Sacramento State… hit over .300 in four matches on the year… 19 digs in a five-set loss at Northern Arizona (Oct. 7)… had 10 total matches with at least 10 digs… season-high four blocks vs. Weber State (Sept. 20)… had at least one block in 20 matches on the year, and recorded a block in the final 10 matches of the regular season… averaged 12.3 kills per match at the Buffalo Invite… had multiple aces in eight matches, and recorded at least one in eight straight matches and 13 out of 14 in September and October.

2022 (Sophomore): Scout Team MVP… appeared in 18 matches, playing 32 total sets… 21 total kills on .034 hitting… 13 digs and seven blocks… set season highs with seven kills and four digs in a match against UC Davis (8/27)… also had an ace and three total blocks in the same match for her best performance of the season… had five kills in a conference match against Sacramento State (10/6), hitting .200… four total matches with multiple kills.

2021 (Freshman): Academic All-Big Sky Conference... Played in 30 sets across 13 matches as a true freshman, earning one start... Finished the season with 41 kills (1.37 per set), in addition to six blocks, six digs and one service ace... Had two big performances at the UND Classic (Sept. 11), averaging 3.0 kills per set on .217 hitting in wins over Drake and North Dakota, helping Montana win the tournament title... After not playing the first two sets vs. Drake (both losses), she recorded 10 kills on .318 hitting over the final three frames as Montana came from behind to beat the Bulldogs... Seven of her 10 kills came in Set 4, including three kills and her first career ace during an 8-3 Griz run... Later that night, at North Dakota, she earned her first career start and tallied eight kills and a block in a three-set sweep... Made her collegiate debut vs. Kennesaw State (Aug. 28) and recorded seven kills and two blocks later that day vs. Eastern Michigan, including four kills and a block in a Set-2 win.

Career Highs
Kills: 16, three times
Attacks: 53, vs. Northern Colorado (Sept. 26, 2024)
Assists: 4, vs. Eastern Washington (Oct. 12, 2024)
Aces: 3, at North Dakota (Sept. 9, 2023)
Digs: 24, vs. Binghamton (Aug. 31, 2023)
Blocks: 5, vs. Idaho (Oct. 10, 2024)

Track and Field: Kremer competed for Montana track and field for one season following the completion of her volleyball career. Kremer was a two-time Academic All-Big Sky selection (indoor and outdoor) and placed 6^th at the Big Sky Championship in the high jump.

High School: Is a 2021 graduate of University Prep School in Redding, California… Named to the All-Northern Athletic League team three times… Finished her career with 1,151 kills on .399 hitting… Helped the Panthers to three consecutive league titles (2018-20), in addition to a 2019 CIF Northern Section Division III championship when U-Prep went undefeated in league play and at one point won 36 consecutive matches… Was a team captain as a senior in 2020… Earned four varsity letters in volleyball, in addition to two in track & field and one in soccer… Head volleyball coach was Tawni Kramer… Played club volleyball for Chico Matrix (2019-20) and Synergy Force (2021)… Earned academic honors every year.

Personal: Last name is pronounced kray-mer… Born in Redding, California… Hometown is Red Bluff, California… Parents are Scott and Liz Kremer… Has an older sister, Kennedy, and a younger brother, Patrick… Is majoring in business administration.