Heidi Thelen

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Heidi Thelen #19 MB 6’2″

Russ Rose Then (2017): “Heidi has played a few years in the middle and last year saw significant time on the right side. There are some days in practice where she looks exceptional. Our job is to make that more the norm than the exception. She has a great frame for volleyball, and we need to find a way to make sure her offense and defense are clicking at the same time. Her willingness to change her positions for the team shows the type of person she is.”

Russ Rose Now (2025):

2017 Stats Leaders

2017 Cumulative Team Stats

2017 Season (Senior) Highlights and Awards: AVCA All-American Honorable Mention … All-Big Ten Honorable Mention … All-Academic Big Ten.

Season Recap: Started 23 of 35 matches and played in 118 of 123 sets … averaged 1.70 kills/set with a .360 hitting percentage as a right side hitter … averaged 0.975 block/set … posted 2 solo blocks and 7 total blocks vs. Stanford (9/9).

NCAA Tournament:  Averaged 1.74 kills/set and 1.05 blocks/set in Penn State’s 5 NCAA Tournament matches … posted a season-high 7 blocks in Penn State’s 5-set loss to Nebraska in the National Semifinals.

2016 Season (Junior)

2015 Season (Sophomore)

2014 Season (Freshman)

2017 Season Highs Date Opponent
Kills 14 10/20/2017 Purdue
Assists 1 11/04/2017 Rutgers
Points 17 10/20/2017 Purdue
Digs 4 12/14/2017 Nebraska
Total Blocks 7 12/14/2017 Nebraska
Career Offensive Statistics
Season Team Sp Mp K K/s E Ta Pct. A A/s Sa Sa/s Se
2014-15 Penn St. 9 6 10 1.111 2 22 0.364 0 0 0 0.000 1
2015-16 Penn St. 63 24 41 0.651 14 93 0.290 8 0.127 0 0.000 0
2016-17 Penn St. 118 34 205 1.737 67 518 0.266 3 0.025 0 0.000 0
2017-18 Penn St. 118 35 201 1.703 44 436 0.360 3 0.025 0 0.000 0
Totals: 308 99 457 1.484 127 1069 0.309 14 0.045 0 0.000 1
Career Defensive Statistics
Season Team Dig D/s Re Bs Ba Tb B/s Be Bhe Pts Pts/s
2014-15 Penn St. 1 0.111 0 1 6 7 0.778 0 0 14 1.556
2015-16 Penn St. 11 0.175 0 7 59 66 1.048 10 1 77.5 1.230
2016-17 Penn St. 27 0.229 0 8 86 94 0.797 4 1 256 2.169
2017-18 Penn St. 33 0.280 3 10 105 115 0.975 6 0 263.5 2.233
Totals: 72 0.234 3 26 256 282 0.916 20 2 611 1.984
2017 Match Stats Attack Set Serve Defense Block
Date Opponent Score K E TA % AST E SA SE RE Dig BS BA BE TB BHE PTS
08/25/2017 vs UT Martin W 3 – 0 9 1 13 0.615 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 5 0 11.5
08/26/2017 at West Virginia W 3 – 0 4 0 5 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
08/26/2017 at Delaware W 3 – 0 7 0 10 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 8.5
09/01/2017 at Stanford W 3 – 1 4 2 12 0.167 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 5 0 7
09/02/2017 at Texas A&M W 3 – 2 4 3 11 0.091 0 3 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 0 5.5
09/08/2017 vs Colorado W 3 – 0 0 1 2 -0.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/09/2017 at Stanford W 3 – 2 5 1 11 0.364 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 7 0 9.5
09/15/2017 vs Yale W 3 – 0 7 0 11 0.636 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 9.5
09/16/2017 vs Wake Forest W 3 – 0 3 0 6 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 4
09/16/2017 vs Ohio W 3 – 0 6 2 10 0.4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
09/22/2017 vs Nebraska L 0 – 3 0 1 2 -0.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1
09/23/2017 vs Iowa W 3 – 1 6 0 11 0.545 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 7
09/29/2017 vs Illinois W 3 – 0 5 0 8 0.625 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 6 0 9
09/30/2017 vs Northwestern W 3 – 0 3 0 9 0.333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 4.5
10/06/2017 at Ohio St. W 3 – 2 4 3 21 0.048 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 6.5
10/07/2017 at Maryland W 3 – 0 3 0 9 0.333 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 5
10/13/2017 vs Michigan St. W 3 – 1 9 2 20 0.35 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 10
10/14/2017 vs Michigan W 3 – 0 7 1 12 0.5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
10/20/2017 at Purdue W 3 – 1 14 1 24 0.542 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 5 0 17
10/21/2017 at Indiana W 3 – 0 7 0 8 0.875 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
10/25/2017 vs Wisconsin W 3 – 1 7 1 17 0.353 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 5 0 10
10/28/2017 at Illinois W 3 – 0 10 2 18 0.444 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 11
11/01/2017 at Michigan St. W 3 – 1 7 0 18 0.389 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 8.5
11/04/2017 vs Rutgers W 3 – 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 4
11/08/2017 at Iowa W 3 – 0 7 2 14 0.357 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
11/11/2017 vs Maryland W 3 – 0 4 3 12 0.083 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 5
11/15/2017 vs Indiana W 3 – 0 4 2 11 0.182 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 6 0 7
11/18/2017 at Rutgers W 3 – 0 4 0 7 0.571 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
11/24/2017 at Wisconsin W 3 – 1 9 4 19 0.263 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 6 0 12
11/25/2017 at Minnesota W 3 – 1 6 5 20 0.05 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 4 0 8
12/01/2017 vs Howard W 3 – 1 6 1 19 0.263 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 8.5
12/02/2017 vs Pittsburgh W 3 – 1 7 1 18 0.333 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 8.5
12/08/2017 vs Missouri W 3 – 0 2 1 5 0.2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 3.5
12/09/2017 vs Michigan St. W 3 – 0 9 0 14 0.643 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 4 0 11
12/14/2017 vs Nebraska L 2 – 3 9 4 26 0.192 0 4 0 0 0 4 1 6 1 7 0 13
Totals: 201 44 436 0.36 3 44 0 0 3 33 10 105 6 115 0 263.5
Before Penn State: A 4-year letter winner at Notre Dame Academy and 2-time Best Offensive Player selection … Earned Class AAA All-State accolades in 2013, while also picking up All-State honors by the Kentucky Volleyball Coaches Association (KVCA) in 2013 … also earned 2011 and 2013 KVCA Region 9 Player of the Year honors … earned all-tournament team honors at AAU Nationals in 2012 and 2013 with her club team, Tri-State Elite, garnering AAU All-America honors in 2011 … a 2013-14 Under Armour Honorable Mention All-American.

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