Madi Chuhlantseff

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Madi Chuhlantseff vs. Weber State - 1/31/21

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Kelly Horning, Madi Chuhlantseff instrasquad scrimmage - 11/10/20

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Sarah Ashley - Intrasquad scrimmage - 11/10/20

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Photo by: Derek Johnson

Class:
Redshirt Junior
Position:
Middle Blocker
Height:
6-1
Hometown:
Salem, Ore.
High School:
Sprague H.S.

After the 2023 season, Chuhlantseff elected to forego her final year of eligibility.

2023 (R-Junior): Second Team All-Big Sky… Academic All-Big Sky… CSC Academic All-District… hit .340 on the season, which is the second-best single season hitting percentage in program history… ranked fifth in the Big Sky Conference in hitting percentage… increased hitting percentage to .396 against Big Sky opposition, which ranked third in the league… her 153 kills in Big Sky play were the most kills by any player in the top 10 of the league in hitting percentage… 253 total kills on the season, third-most on Montana… averaged 2.28 kills/set for the year, increasing her production to 2.51 kills/set in Big Sky play… 80 total blocks, second-most on the team… averaged 0.72 blocks/set… had 10 solo blocks on the year… recorded season-high 16 kills on .667 hitting in a three-set win over Idaho State (Nov. 11)… recorded season-high seven blocks at Northern Arizona (Oct. 7)… reached at least 10 kills in 13 of Montana’s 29 matches… had double-figure kills in the final four matches of the season for Montana, and seven of the final eight matches… recorded 10-plus kills on at least .400 hitting in five matches… hit at least .500 in six matches on the year, and hit over .400 11 times… reached double figure kills in back-to-back matches at the Buffalo Invitational (Aug. 31-Sept. 1)… had 11 kills on .360 hitting in a four-set win over Green Bay (Sept. 7)… had 10 kills on .421 hitting in a sweep over Montana State (Sept. 29)… recorded 12 kills on .281 hitting to go along with seven blocks at Northern Arizona (Oct. 7)… had 10 kills on .474 hitting at Montana State (Oct. 27)… recorded 11 kills on .440 hitting to go with five blocks in four-set win over Northern Arizona (Nov. 2)… 10 kills on .333 hitting with six blocks in a five-set loss to Northern Colorado (Nov. 4)… 16 kills on .667 hitting in a sweep of Idaho State (Nov. 11), averaging over five kills per set… recorded 12 kills on .346 hitting in a five-set loss to Sacramento State (Nov. 18)… in Montana’s Big Sky Tournament loss, Chuhlantseff had 10 kills on .333 hitting… had multiple blocks in 21 total matches… had four straight matches with at least four blocks from Sept. 2-9… had at least five blocks in eight total matches on the year.

2022 (R-Sophomore): Montana’s Co-Most Inspirational Player… Did not appear in a match for the Grizzlies

2021 (Redshirt): Redshirted during the 2021 season while rehabbing an ACL injury suffered in March 2021.

Spring 2021 (Freshman): Academic All-Big Sky Conference… Played in 64 of 66 sets while starting 14 of 16 matches at middle blocker… Recorded 94 kills as a true freshman (1.47 per set), ranking fourth on the team… Ranked second on the team with a .228 attack percentage… Also was second with 49 blocks (0.77 per set), leading the Grizzlies in the category a team-high nine times… Added 13 digs and three service aces during the abbreviated season… Recorded at least one block in every match, totaling multiple blocks in 14 of 16 contests… Posted four or more blocks six times, including a season-high seven in a five-set win over Idaho (Feb. 28)… During that contest, she also recorded a kill on match point to seal Montana’s victory… Playing in her home state of Oregon, totaled a career-high 17 kills at Portland State (March 7), doing so on .452 hitting (17-3-31)… One night later (March 8), she added 11 more kills to go along with five blocks… Had seven or more kills in six matches… Hit above .400 on four occasions, reaching .500 vs. Weber State (7-1-12 on Jan. 31) and vs. Montana State (9-2-14 on Feb. 14), before recording eight kills and zero errors at Eastern Washington (.471, 8-0-7 on Feb. 22)… In the two-match series against Montana State, she recorded the first three service aces of her career… Only missed two sets all season, the final two, after she left the season finale vs. Sacramento State with a knee injury (March 22)… Made her collegiate debut with four kills and two blocks in a win at Idaho State (Jan. 24).

Career Highs (through 2021 season)
Kills: 17, at Portland State (March 7, 2021)
Attacks: 31, at Portland State (March 7, 2021)
Hitting Percentage: .500 (7-1-12), vs. Weber State (Jan. 31, 2021); .500 (9-2-14), vs. Montana State (Feb. 14, 2021)
Assists: 1, two times
Service Aces: 2, vs. Montana State (Feb. 15, 2021)
Digs: 3, at Eastern Washington (Feb. 21, 2021)
Blocks: 7, vs. Idaho (Feb. 28, 2021)
Points: 18.0, at Portland State (March 7, 2021)

High School: Is a 2020 graduate of Sprague High School in Salem, Oregon… Played her first three seasons at West Salem High School… Earned all-conference recognition three times… Helped the Olympians to a 2019 Mountain Valley Conference championship… Was twice named her team's MVP… Volleyball coach was Anne Olsen… Played club volleyball for North Pacific Juniors, earning a bronze medal at the 2019 GJNC nationals... Honor roll student with a 4.0 GPA three times.

Personal: Born and raised in Salem, Oregon… Parents are Daniela and Donald Chuhlantseff… Has an older sister, Brooke, and an older brother, Logan… Father (football) and mother (track & field) competed athletically at Arizona State… Brooke ran track at Oregon State… Working towards a degree in athletic training.