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2015 Carthage College Women's Volleyball Roster

Matt Thome
Matt Thome
Matt Thome
Matt Thome
Matt Thome
Matt Thome

9 Karen Chin

  • Position Setter
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Mundelein, Ill.
  • High School Mundelein

Biography

2015: Earned First Team AVCA All-American Honors … named CCIW Player of the Year and named first team All-CCIW …named MVP of the NCAA Grand Rapids Regional …named to 2015 NCAA DIII Championship All-Tournament Team... Named to the All-Tournament Team at the following events: NCAA Grand Rapids Regional, CCIW Tournament, UW-Whitewater Invitational, Carthage Invitational, Washington University (Mo.) Baden Invitational, and the Pomona-Pitzer Pacific Coast Classic…named Women's Volleyball Most Valuable Performer...received the Joseph F. Simmons Award and the Craig Deaton Award...set a new Carthage record for career assists with 5,262 career assists … set at new Carthage record for assists in a single season with 1,598 assists (also ranked second and fourth in the same category) … tied a Carthage record for most block solos in a five-set match with eight block solos against Claremont Mudd Scripps on September 5th …  ranked sixth in career digs at Carthage with 1,371 digs … ranked fifth in career service aces at Carthage with 220 career service aces … played in 43 matches and started 42 … averaged 10.1 assists per set, 2.69 digs per set, 1.64 points per set and 1.04 kills per set … hitting percentage of .263 … collected a career-high 60 assists against Illinois Wesleyan University on November 13th … collected a season-high 18 digs against UW-Stevens Point on September 18th.

2014:  Named American Volleyball Coaches Association second-team All-America and All-Midwest Region…named first-team All-CCIW for the second-straight year and CCIW “Co-Women’s Volleyball Player of the Year”…received the Frank Falduto Athlete of the Year Award and named to the Fall CCIW Jack Swartz Academic All-Conference...Named Women's Volleyball Most Valuable Performer...CCIW leaders in assists at 10.64 per set and ranked fourth in service aces at 0.42 per set…played in all 40 matches and made 34 starts…set Carthage season records for most assists (1,564) and assists per set (10.60)…set a Carthage record with 61 assists in a four-set win over Loras on Sept. 6, named to the Loras all-tournament team and named CCIW “player of the week”…named to the all-tournament teams at the Sept. 12-13 Carthage Invitational, the Sept. 26-27 University of Chicago “Gargoyle Classic,” the Oct. 24-25 Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational, the Oct. 31-Nov. 1 Benedictine (Ill.) “Eagle Classic” and the Nov. 7-8 CCIW Women’s Volleyball Tournament.

2013:  Named first-team All-CCIW…ranked second in CCIW assists at 9.55 per set and second in service aces at 0.41 per set…starting setter in all 38 matches…averaged 9.55 assists per set and 2.08 digs per set…averaged 13.5 assister per set with a season-high 54 assists against Wisconsin-Oshkosh on Aug. 31…compiled a .259 attack percentage…named CCIW "player of the week" on Sept. 3…named to the all-tournament team at the Illinois Wesleyan "Barker Classic II," at the Wheaton (Ill.) Invitational and at the Benedictine (Ill.) "Eagle Classic"

2012:  Named second-team All-CCIW…played in 27-of-37 matches…averaged 7.54 assists per set (sixth in the CCIW), 0.41 service aces per set and 2.35 digs…averaged 11.0 assists set with a season-high 55 assists in a 3-2 loss to Wheaton (Ill.) in the semifinals of the CCIW Women’s Volleyball Tournament…named to the all-tournament teams at the North Central (Ill.) “Tiffany Robinson Memorial Classic” and at the Illinois Wesleyan “Barker Classic 3.”

High School:  Named All-North Suburban League both her junior and senior years…coached by George Dressen…member of the soccer team her freshman and sophomore years…National Honor Society member, North Suburban League all-academic and high honors student.

Personal:  Graphic design major…named fall 2014 CCIW/Jack Swartz all-academic…named to the Carthage dean's list four times.

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2012Freshman

    Setter
    5'9"
    9
  • 9

    2013Sophomore

    Setter
    5'9"
    9
  • 9

    2014Junior

    Setter
    5'9"
    9
  • 9

    2015Senior

    Setter
    5'9"
    9