2020 Volleyball Roster

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Jeanette Robinson, ULM Photo Services
Jeanette Robinson, ULM Photo Services
Miles Jordan
Miles Jordan

9 McKinley Thiede

  • Position Setter
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Damonte Ranch HS
  • Hometown Reno, NV

Biography

2020 (JUNIOR)
Played in 57 sets over 18 matches with 13 starts, leading the team in assists per set (4.93, 281 total assists) and tied for third in service aces (8)…Tallied double-digit assists 15 times, including a career-high matching 32 assists at Central Arkansas (10/18/20)…Topped 20 assists three times…Added 79 digs with a season-high nine twice, coming in the season-opener vs. Lamar (9/11/20) and vs. UT Arlington-1 (10/23/20)…Had a season-high two service aces twice, vs. Central Arkansas (10/16/20) and vs. UT Arlington (10/24/20)…Closed the season with 12 assists vs. South Alabama at Sun Belt Conference Championship (11/19/20)…Had a career-high matching 32 assists with four digs and one kill at Central Arkansas (10/18/20)…Collected 28 assists with four digs and one kill at Arkansas State-1 (10/9/20)…Narrowly missed a double-double with 14 assists, eight digs and one service ace vs. Ragin’ Cajuns (10/2/20)…Opened the season with a strong showing, posting 27 assists and nine digs vs. Lamar (9/11/20).

2019 (SOPHOMORE)

Played in 32 matches with three starts…Appeared in 110 of 112 sets, while averaging a team-high 5.35 assists per set, good for 10th in the Sun Belt Conference…Tied with two others for team lead with 110 sets played…Compiled 589 assists on the season to lead the team...Had double-digit assists in all 32 matches… Had 20 or more assists in 12 matches…Earned at least 30 assists twice…Picked up a career-high 32 assists vs. Prairie View A&M (9/6)…Averaged 1.33 digs per set, totaling 146 digs on the season…Tallied one double-double, going for 30 assists and 10 digs at Little Rock (11/15)…Second on team with 27 service aces…Picked up a season-high three service aces twice, doing so vs. UAPB (8/30) and at Little Rock (11/15)…Totaled 13 assists, two digs and a season-high three service aces in the season-opener vs. UAPB (8/30)...Closed out the opening weekend of the season at the New Orleans Invitational by posting back-to-back matches with 27 assists each at New Orleans (8/30) and vs. North Dakota (8/31)…Also had eight digs vs. North Dakota…Solid opening day of Katrinka Crawford Invitational at Lamar after she finished with 22 assists and three digs vs. South Dakota State and a career-high 32 assists and eight digs vs. Prairie View A&M (9/6)…Closed out the Katrinka Crawford Invitational with 15 assists and nine digs vs. Lamar (9/7)…Came up with 25 assists vs. Grambling State (9/20)…Had 21 assists and five digs vs. McNeese State (9/22)…Topped 20 assists again with 25 assists and seven digs vs. Coastal Carolina (10/4)…Went on the road to Troy and finished with 20 assists, a dig and a service ace (10/11)…Finished with 28 assists and eight digs vs. Arkansas State (10/25)…Picked up 20 assists with five digs vs. Jackson State (10/30)…In the home finale, came through with 24 assists, nine digs and one ace vs. Ragin’ Cajuns (11/8)…Posted first career double-double with 30 assists and 10 digs at Little Rock (11/15).

2018 (FRESHMAN)
Played in 18 matches with four starts…Appeared in 42 sets…Compiled 142 assists with 57 digs…Averaged 3.38 assists and 1.36 digs per set…Tallied double-digit assists in eight matches and hit the 20-assist mark once…Picked up seven assists and four digs in her collegiate debut vs. Cal Baptist (8/24)…Later that day, earned a season-high 20 assists and added seven digs and a service ace in a win over Mississippi State (8/24)…Had her second consecutive double-digit assist match with 11 assists, four digs, an ace and her first-career kill vs. Mississippi Valley State (8/25)…Made it three straight matches with double-digit assists, picking up 12 assists with two digs in her first career start at Southeast Missouri State (8/31)…Followed it up with 14 assists and seven digs vs. Northwestern State (8/31)…Wrapped up the Redhawks Invitational with five assists and seven digs vs. Radford (9/1)…Posted 13 assists, three digs and a career-high four service aces vs. Grambling State (9/14)…Tallied 13 assists with three digs vs. South Alabama (10/5)…Followed it up the next night with 16 assists and eight digs vs. Troy (10/6)…Compiled her final double-digit assist match of the season with 11 assists and one dig at Little Rock (10/12).

DAMONTE RANCH HS
Three-time academic letter winner...NIAA All-State Academic Team...Damonte Ranch Scholar and 2018 Female Student and Athlete of the Year...Helped lead the Mustangs to a 16-9 finish in the 2017, finishing the season ranked 14th in the state and 12th in the Class 4A rankings... Averaged an 88% serving efficiency and totaled 127 service aces over her high school career…In closing out her high school career, she played in 261 sets while totaling 2,056 assists, 468 digs and 122 kills...First Team Class 4A junior and senior year... Won a bid to 2018 nationals after a second-place finish at the Pacific Northwester Qualifier and Golden State Qualifier with the Northern Nevada Juniors VB Club.

PERSONAL
Born Dec. 1, 1999 to Jeff and Pepper Thiede in Reno, Nevada...Has a younger brother, Coltin…Enjoys riding horses and mud-riding on four-wheelers...Grew up participating in junior rodeos...Majoring in nursing.

Career Match Highs
Kills: 1, 13x, last vs. UT Arlington-2, 10/23/20
Attacks: 10, vs. UT Arlington-1, 10/23/20
Hitting Percentage (minimum 10 attempts): .000, vs. UT Arlington-1, 10/23/20
Assists: 32, 2x, last at Central Arkansas, 10/18/20
Aces: 4, vs. Grambling State, 9/14/18
Digs: 10, at Little Rock, 11/15/19
Blocks: 1, 2x, last vs. Central Arkansas, 10/16/20

Career Totals
Double-Digit Assists: 55
20-Plus Assists: 16
30-Plus Assists: 3
Double-Digit Digs: 1
Double-Doubles: 1

Career Stats

Season SP MP-MS K K/S E TA Pct A A/S SA SA/S SE
2018 42 18-4 2 0.0 4 10 -.200 143 3.4 9 0.2 13
2019 110 32-3 6 0.1 5 34 .029 589 5.4 27 0.2 42
2020 57 18-13 7 0.1 6 50 .020 281 4.9 8 0.1 24
TOTAL 209 68-20 15 0.1 15 94 .000 1013 4.8 44 0.2 79
Season DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE PTS
2018 57 1.4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 5 11.0
2019 146 1.3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 19 33.0
2020 79 1.4 0 0 2 2 0.0 0 16 16.0
TOTAL 282 1.3 0 0 2 2 0.0 0 40 60.0

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2018Freshman

    Setter
    5'9"
    9
  • 9

    2019Sophomore

    Setter
    5'9"
    9
  • 9

    2020Junior

    Setter
    5'9"
    9