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Missouri State

2018 Beach Volleyball Roster

5 Lynsey Wright

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • High School Edwardsville HS
  • Hometown Glen Carbon, Ill.

Biography

Honors: First-team all-MVC (2017)...Second-team all-MVC (2016)...AVCA First-Team All-Region (2017)...MVC Player of the Week (9/12/16, 9/5/17)...MVC All-Tournament Team (2015, 2016, 2017)...MVC All-Freshman Team (2014)...USA Volleyball Collegiate National Team-Indianapolis program (2016)...Athletics Director’s Honor Roll (Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2016)...MVC Honor Roll (2014-15).

Beach Volleyball (2018)
• Partnered with Ivy Reynolds in each match, playing 16 times in the No. 5 spot and once in the fourth flight
• Led the team with a 9-8 record
• Eight of nine victories came in straight sets
• Won five consecutive matches from March 12-14, MSU’s longest pair streak of the season, including a three-set victory at Cal State Northridge
• Added a three-match winning streak from March 17-April 13, with wins over Colorado Mesa, Ottawa and Coastal Carolina

Senior/Indoor Career Summary
• Started all 34 matches and played all 127 sets as a senior, finishing with averages of 3.20 kills and 0.69 blocks per set with a .320 hitting percentage
• Ranked fourth in the MVC in attack efficiency, 10th in kills and ninth in points
• Had 26 matches with 10 or more kills, leading the Bears six times
• Posted 21 kills in the regular-season finale at Loyola (11/18), and had 20 at Bradley (9/23)
• Hit .300 or better in 67 career matches, over .400 36 times
• Finished career ranked eighth in school history in career kills (1,346) and hitting percentage (.297)

Indoor Volleyball (Fall 2016)
• Second-team all-MVC selection after ranking second on the Bears in kills (344), average (2.71/set), blocks (0.61/set) and attack efficiency (.290)
• MVC Player of the Week on Sept. 12 after posting 20 kills and six blocks in MSU’s win over 12th-ranked Ohio State (9/12)
• Had 29 kills and hit .333 in two MVC Tournament matches to earn all-tourney recognition for the second consecutive season
• Played in all 35 matches with 33 starts
• Logged 10 or more kills in 19 matches, leading MSU three times
• Led the Bears in blocking 13 times, with 14 matches of three or more stuffs
• Served 23 aces on the season, leading MSU 11 times with a high of three at Evansville (11/18)
• Swatted 14 or more kills in nine matches, including four consecutive from Nov. 18-26
• Hit .300 or better 15 times, .400 or higher 11 times, and above .500 in seven matches

Indoor Volleyball (Fall 2015)
• Started 29 matches and finished second on the Bears with 350 kills, 90 blocks and a .280 attack efficiency
• Had 10 or more kills in 18 matches, topping the 20-mark on two occasions
• Led the Bears in blocking 12 times, with four or more stuffs in nine matches with a high of six against Missouri in the NCAA Tournament (12/3)
• Recorded a season-high 24 kills and hit .370 at Southern Illinois (10/5)
• Notched 20 kills against two errors for a .514 hitting percentage versus UMKC (9/18)
• Hit .700 with 15 kills on 20 swings in the MVC Tournament semifinal match against SIU (11/27) on the way to all-tournament honors
• Topped the .300 mark in attack efficiency 14 times in 33 matches, hitting above .400 seven times and .500 or better in five contests
• Ended the year with 50 digs and 14 service aces

Indoor Volleyball (Fall 2014)
• Earned a spot on the MVC All-Freshman Team after appearing in 29 matches with 27 starts for the Bears
• Ranked third on the team with 246 kills, doing so on a .291 percentage
• Averaged 2.22 kills, 0.62 blocks and 0.51 digs per set
• Had 12 double-figure kills matches and 20 with multiple blocks
• Hit better than .300 on 16 occasions, and topped the .400 mark nine times
• Had a season-high 16 kills and hit .522 on Oct. 24 against Bradley, and had 15 kills at Utah (8/30)
• Notched 13 kills on .346 hitting at Kansas State (9/8), and had 10 kills on .471 hitting at No. 4 Wisconsin (9/13)
• Had five blocks in two matches, Oct. 18 at Southern Illinois and Nov. 21 at Illinois State

Background
• Helped the Edwardsville Tigers to a 122-39 record and several conference, district and regional championships during her career
• Served a school-record 109 aces as a senior in addition to 2.89 kills and 0.79 blocks per set that season
• First-team all-Southwestern Conference selection and the Edwardsville Intelligencer’s co-MVP her senior year
• Selected by the Alton Telegraph as its Large-Schools Volleyball Player of the Year in 2013
• Earned first-team all-metro honors from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch following her junior and senior seasons
• Hit .321 for her high school career with 111 block assists
• Had 172 kills and 61 blocks for the 32-8 Tigers as a junior, and helped the club to a third-place state finish her freshman season
• Made the honor roll each year of high school and was a member of the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society

Personal
• Born November 13, 1995, in Maryville, Ill.
• Daughter of Derrick and Anita Wright
• Sister Sydney plays on the indoor volleyball team MSU
• Majoring in Biology

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