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2018 Women's Volleyball Roster

John Byrne
Nick Beaton
John Byrne
John Byrne
John Byrne
John Byrne
John Byrne
Nick Beaton
Nick Beaton
Nick Beaton

2 McKayla Wuensch

  • Position Setter
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Algonquin, Ill.
  • High School Marian Central Catholic High School

Biography

Freshman (2017):  Saw action in 14 matches when Nevada ran a 6-2 rotation … Tallied 131 assists on the year … Also recorded six aces … Set a career high with 21 assists against New Mexico … Set a career high in digs with eight against New Mexico … Scored 9.5 points during the year … Had a total of 39 digs ... Named to the All-Mountain West Academic team.
 
High School
Lettered in volleyball her sophomore, junior and senior years at Marian Central Catholic High School … Helped lead her team to a 3A state championship in 2015 … Also won her conference in 2014 and 2016 … Was named a PrepVolleyball.com and MaxPreps.com All-American her junior and senior years … Put up the ninth most single season assists in Illinois history with 1,053 … Was named to the Illinois All-State team in 2015 and 2016 … Earned All-Conference honors in 2016 … Was named a MaxPreps.com Player of the Week for the state of Illinois on four occasions … Recorded 877 assists in her senior season alone … Holds her high school record with 2,348 career assists … Set the Illinois state record with 34 assists in a state championship match … Took third at the USA Nationals with her club team in 2017.
 
Personal
Daughter of Maribeth and Jeff Wuensch … Chose Nevada on her final unofficial visit and fell in love when she stepped on campus, plus coach Nelson’s coaching style … Lists her brother as her sports hero because of his constant dedication and hard work toward his goals … Most memorable sports memory was winning the conference championship her senior year in her home gym … Has four older siblings including three sisters and a brother … Was also recruited by Baylor, Xavier, Clemson and Notre Dame.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2017Freshman

    Setter
    5'9"
    2
  • 2

    2018Sophomore

    Setter
    5'9"
    2