2011 Women's Volleyball Roster

Thom Swarr
Thom Swarr

16 Katie Gantz

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hagerstown, Md.
  • Position Outside Hitter/Middle Hitter
  • High School Boonsboro
  • Height 5-9
  • Major Business Administration

Biography

Match-by-Match Statistics
2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008

2011 (Senior): Played in all 28 matches and 105 sets...One of three players on the team to eclipse the 200-dig mark (232)...Averaged 2.21 digs per set...Fourth on the team in kills with 187 (1.78 per set) and service aces (16)...Collected 27 blocks, five of which were solo...Four double-doubles on the season, all of which came with double-figure kills and digs...Best match came at home against Widener on Oct. 18, when she racked up 15 kills and 14 digs...Seven matches with 10 kills or more...Hit the 10-dig mark in 13 different contests...Season-high 17 digs at Lycoming Sept. 28...Finished the season strong with hitting percentages above .220 in four of her last six matches...Earned third MAC Fall Academic Honor Roll recognition.

2010 (Junior): Competed in all 33 matches, helping the Blue Jays go 23-10 and reach the Commonwealth Conference Championship match...Compiled 261 kills, which was the fourth highest total of any player on the team...Third on the squad in kills per set at 2.33...Career-high 25 service aces on the year, tied for third amongst E-town players...Fifth on the team in digs (263) and digs per set (2.35)...Ran off a streak of six matches with double digit kills from Sept. 8-15...Nine double-doubles...Set new career-high with 23 digs in a win over Clarkson on Oct. 9...Eleven kills and 20 digs against Bridgewater (Va.) on Sept. 11...At least one kill in every match...Selected to the MAC Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2009 (Sophomore): Saw limited action as a second-year player, taking the court in 12-of-30 matches and 23 sets...Had 40 digs, 20 kills and nine service aces over the course of the season...Nearly half of her kills came in a win over Wesley, where she had seven to go along a matching number of digs...Season-high eight digs against Wentworth Tech on Sept. 25...Registered six aces and six digs in a 3-0 win at Alvernia Sept. 30...Named to the MAC Fall Academic Honor Roll in her first eligible season.

2008 (Freshman): Appeared in 28-of-36 matches...Averaged just under one kill per set (0.85), totalling 57 kills during the season...Defensively, Gantz secured 21 digs and blocked 28 shots...Made E-town debut in Aug. 30 win over Swarthmore, where she had two kills and a dig...Back-to-back matches with six kills against Haverford (Sept. 10) and Dickinson (Sept. 12).

High School: All-Monocacy Valley Athletic League (MVAL) First Team choice as a senior at Boonsboro High School...Also named to the all-county first team and all-area second team...Second Team all-county and All-MVAL selection as a junior...All-county and All-MVAL Honorable Mention as a sophomore...Team reached the Maryland Class 2A State Final in 2007, taking runners-up honors.

Personal: Born Jan. 10, 1990...Daughter of Paul and Tammy Gantz...Business administration major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2008Freshman

    Outside Hitter/Right Side Hitter
    5'9"
    16
  • 16

    2009Sophomore

    Outside Hitter/Right Side
    5'9"
    16
  • 16

    2010Junior

    Outside Hitter
    5'9"
    16
  • 16

    2011Senior

    Outside Hitter/Middle Hitter
    5'9"
    16