17 Maren Saunders
17 - Maren Saunders
Height: 5-11
Year: Jr.
Hometown: St. Michael, MN
High School: St. Michael-Albertville
Position: MH
Major: Biology (Pre-Optometry)
m 22
k/s 0.88
h % .265
a/s 0.03
b/s 0.45
sa/s 0.00
d/s 0.10

Awards & Honors 

  • 2020-21 WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll
  • 2019-20 WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll
  • Dean's list (2019, 2020)
  • Chancellor's Scholarship (2019-20)

2021

Appeared in 22 matches and 40 sets for Eau Claire...totaled 35 kills and averaged .88 kills/set...compiled 14 block assists and managed four digs...tallied four solo blocks...Contributed to 46bteam points while on the floor

2021 Volleyball Statistics

2020

*Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

2019

Played in eight matches and 15 total sets for UW-Eau Claire...Recorded 14 total kills and 0.93 kills/set...compiled ten block assists and managed two digs...Contributed to 19 team points while on the floor

2019 Volleyball Statistics

High School

Graduate of St. Michael-Albertville High School...Volleyball: Mississippi 8 All-Conference Honorable Mention (2018), All-Conference Academic team (2017, 2018)

Personal

Why did you choose Eau Claire?

"I chose to go to school at Eau-Claire because I fell in love with the campus it felt like home. My mom is also a UWEC alumni and pushed me to tour the school. Lastly I chose to go here because the volleyball program was competitive and had a great coaching staff."

In the past year, what is something new you learned?

"Something that I have learned this past year especially with Covid taking away our fall volleyball season is that it takes everyone to buy into the process of success, you win and lose as a team and at the end of the day we compete and play the best we can not only for ourselves but our teammates."

Who is your sports idol?

"Jordan Thompson, a volleyball alumni from Cincinnati who played her first Olympic games in Tokyo this year and was an all time rookie performer with one of the best performances. She is inspiring to watch and still stays humble and is one of the most hyped players I have seen play and is always there to support her teammates."

What are you plans for after graduation?

"I plan to go to grad school for optometry."

Recent Games
Nov 11 Greenville W, 3-0
Nov 12 Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) W, 3-1
Nov 13 Hope College (Mich.) W, 3-1
Nov 18 vs. Tufts University (Mass.) W, 3-0
Nov 19 vs. Juniata W, 3-2
Nov 20 vs. Calvin W, 3-0
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 22 1
Sets 40 1
Kills 35 1
Kills per set 0.88 1.00
Errors 13 0
Total Attacks 83 3
Hitting Percentage .265 .333
Assists 1 0
Assists per set 0.03 0.00
Service Aces 0 0
Service Errors 0 0
Service Aces per set 0.00 0.00
Receptions 3 1
Reception Errors 2 0
Digs 4 0
Digs per set 0.10 0.00
Block Solo 4 0
Block Assist 14 0
Block Total 18 0
Blocks per set 0.45 0.00
Block Errors 1 0
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 46.0 1.0
Points per set 1.1 1.0
Matches started 1 -
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 1 at Univ. of Northwestern-St. Paul W, 3-0 - 2 1 0 4 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 3 vs. Texas-Dallas W, 3-1 - 2 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 3 at Washington (Mo.) W, 3-0 - 1 1 0 2 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 4 vs. Lewis & Clark W, 3-0 - 1 0 1 4 -.250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 1.5
Sep 4 vs. Carroll (Wis.) W, 3-0 - 2 1 2 4 -.250 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 8 at Saint Benedict (Minn.) W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 10 vs. St. Olaf (Minn.) W, 3-1 - 1 1 0 3 .333 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 10 at Augsburg (Minn.) W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 11 vs. Wartburg College (Iowa) L, 3-0 - 2 2 0 2 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2.5
Sep 15 at UW-River Falls W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 St. Catherine (Minn.) W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.0
Sep 17 St. Norbert L, 3-2 - 4 4 2 11 .182 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5.0
Sep 18 Lakeland W, 3-0 - 1 2 0 2 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2.5
Sep 18 Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) W, 3-2 - 1 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 22 UW-Whitewater W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at St. Scholastica (Minn.) W, 3-0 - 1 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 1 at UW-Oshkosh W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 2 at North Park (Ill.) W, 3-1 - 1 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.5
Oct 2 vs. Greenville W, 3-2 - 5 6 3 14 .214 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 7.0
Oct 6 UW-Stevens Point W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 9 at Univ. of Chicago W, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 9 vs. Hope College (Mich.) L, 3-0 - 1 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.0
Oct 15 UW-La Crosse W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 16 Finlandia University (Mich.) W, 3-0 1 3 7 1 11 .545 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 8.0
Oct 16 Illinois Wesleyan W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 20 at UW-Stout W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 23 vs. Wheaton (Ill.) W, 3-0 - 2 2 1 7 .143 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 0 4.0
Oct 23 vs. Cornell College (Iowa) W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 Hamline University (Minn.) W, 3-1 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 30 UW-Platteville W, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 UW-Oshkosh W, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 6 UW-Whitewater W, 3-1 - 1 1 0 3 .333 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Nov 11 Greenville W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 13 Hope College (Mich.) W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 18 vs. Tufts University (Mass.) W, 3-0 - 1 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Nov 19 vs. Juniata W, 3-2 - 5 4 2 10 .200 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5.0
Nov 20 vs. Calvin W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2019-20 8 15 14 0.93 2 44 .273 0 0.00 0 0.00 4 0 2 0.13 0 10 10 0.67 19.0 1.3
2020-21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 22 40 35 0.88 13 83 .265 1 0.03 0 0.00 3 2 4 0.10 4 14 18 0.45 46.0 1.1
2022-23 28 84 101 1.20 44 284 .201 3 0.04 1 0.01 7 1 26 0.31 14 43 57 0.68 137.5 1.6
2023-24 4 13 15 1.15 11 43 .093 1 0.08 0 0.00 2 0 1 0.08 2 2 4 0.31 18.0 1.4
Total 62 152 165 1.09 70 454 .209 5 0.03 1 0.01 16 3 33 0.22 20 69 89 0.59 220.5 1.5
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Total 22 40 35 0.88 13 83 .265 1 0.03 0 0.00 3 2 4 0.10 4 14 18 0.45 46.0 1.1
Conference 1 1 1 1.00 0 3 .333 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 1.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 7 12 14 1.17 3 28 .393 1 0.08 0 0.00 1 0 1 0.08 2 3 5 0.42 17.5 1.5
Away 5 6 3 0.50 1 8 .250 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 1 0.17 3.5 0.6
Neutral 10 22 18 0.82 9 47 .191 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 2 3 0.14 2 10 12 0.55 25.0 1.1
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Wins 19 33 29 0.88 11 69 .261 1 0.03 0 0.00 3 2 4 0.12 2 13 15 0.45 37.5 1.1
Losses 3 7 6 0.86 2 14 .286 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 2 1 3 0.43 8.5 1.2
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September 13 20 13 0.65 6 35 .200 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 1 2 0.10 2 5 7 0.35 17.5 0.9
October 6 13 16 1.23 5 34 .324 1 0.08 0 0.00 2 1 2 0.15 1 9 10 0.77 21.5 1.7
November 3 7 6 0.86 2 14 .286 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0.14 7.0 1.0
Maren Saunders action photo 1 Photo by Branden Nall
    Tufts vs. Wis.-Eau Claire @ St. Louis, MO
Maren Saunders action photo 2 Photo by Branden Nall
    Tufts vs. Wis.-Eau Claire @ St. Louis, MO
Maren Saunders action photo 3 Photo by Bill Hoepner
    Wis.-Eau Claire vs. Juniata @ St. Louis, MO