2023 Women's Volleyball Roster
Emma Monks
- Position:
- MB
- Hometown:
- Louisville, Ky.
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Assumption
- Height:
- 6-4
- Prev School:
- Michigan State
Career Highlights
AVCA All-American Honorable Mention (2023)
AVCA All-East Coast Region Team (2023)
All-ACC Second Team (2023)
Pittsburgh NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team (2023)
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2023)
All-ACC Academic Team (2023)
ACC Defensive Player of the Week (9/11)
Academic All-Big Ten (2020, 2021, 2022)
AS A GRADUATE (2023)
- Set the program record for most blocks (172) and block assists (152) in a single season
- Ninth in program history in single season hitting percentage (.393)
- Finished the season second in the nation in blocks per set (1.59) and fourth in total blocks (172)
- Recorded a season-high 11 kills in the win over Georgia Tech (10/6) and hit .563
- Notched a career-high 11 blocks in the sweep over Virginia Tech
- Registered seven or more kills in 14 matches
- AVCA All-American Honorable Mention
- AVCA All-East Coast Region Team
- All-ACC Second Team
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
- Pittsburgh NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team
- ACC Defensive Player of the Week (9/11)
- All-ACC Academic Team
At Michigan State (2019-22)
SENIOR (2022): Academic All-B1G for the third year in a row…took advantage of the most playing time she had seen in her time as a Spartan, setting career-bests in matches played (21), sets played (69), kills (133), blocks (72.0) and points (174.0)…finished her senior season strong, posting 65 kills (2.83 k/s) on .394 hitting with 26 blocks (1.13 blk/s) over the course of her final seven B1G matches including a career high 13 kills on .571 hitting in a sweep over Northwestern (11/20)…finished her Michigan State career with 1.00 block/set over the course of 62 matches after averaging over 1 block/set in each of her past two seasons.
JUNIOR (2021): Academic All-B1G ... Appeared in 20 matches and made 15 starts, totaling 58 sets played as a junior ... Ranked second on the team in solo blocks with nine and was third in block assists with 52 ... Totaled 61.0 blocks to rank second on the team ... Posted season bests in both kills (9) and blocks (10) with a season-high .600 hitting percentage at Ohio State.
SOPHOMORE (2020-21): Academic All- B1G ... Appeared in seven of 15 matches, and 16 sets overall in a COVID-19-shortened season ... Averaged 1.5 kills and 0.75 blocks per set, good for second on the team ... Hit .367 with six kills in each match of the Minnesota series, averaging 2.4 kills and 0.6 blocks per set over the two contests (1/23-24) ... Came off the bench in the second matchup with Wisconsin and contributed five kills, an assist, two aces, and two blocks (2/21) ... Had a kill and a solo block in the first game vs. Penn State (3/20) ... Came off the bench to deliver four kills and four blocks in the third set against Iowa (3/27).
FRESHMAN (2019): Appeared in 14 matches, earning more playing time as the season wore on and starting three of the final four matches of the season ... Hit .355, contributing 0.75 blocks and 1.32 kills per set ... Her seven solo blocks was fourth on the team ... Made her collegiate debut against IUPUI (9/20), posting four kills and adding a block and an ace with three digs ... Saw her first career B1G action at Nebraska, posting a kill and a pair of digs (10/11) ... Came off the bench vs. Rutgers (10/18)and delivered three kills and three blocks in the third set ... Led the Spartans with four blocks and added three kills against Wisconsin (10/25) ... Tied her season high of four blocks and put down five kills against Minnesota (10/27) ... Four kills and a pair of blocks (one solo) at Northwestern (11/1) ... Shared the team lead with a career-bests of seven blocks (one solo) and six kills and two aces in a home win over Northwestern (11/9) ... Four kills (no errors) on 10 swings and a pair of blocks against Nebraska (11/13) ... Season bests in kills (8) and hitting percentage (.727, 8-0-11) at Wisconsin (11/16) ... Tied her season best of eight kills and hit .462 in a five-setter against Michigan (11/20) ... Posted four kills, two aces, and two digs at Indiana (11/24) ... Posted five kills and shared the team lead with four blocks against Purdue (11/29), hitting .300 ... Delivered four blocks (three solo) with an assist, two digs, and three kills in the season finale against Indiana (11/30).
CLUB: Played for Ron Kordes of the Kentucky Indiana Volleyball Academy … 2018 Under Armour Honorable Mention All-American … Two-time Central Zone Invitational Champion (2016, 2017) … JVA Summerfest champion and JVA All-American Team in 2016… Took first place at SPVB Junior Nationals in 2017 … SPVB Junior Nationals All-Tournament Team.
HIGH SCHOOL: Captured the 2018 Super 25 Girls Volleyball National Championship at Assumption, as the Rockets finished the season 43-0 ... Helped Assumption to the 2017 and 2018 Kentucky State championships and the No. 1 national ranking by USA Today … Asics Challenge All-Tournament team as a senior … Helped her team to LIVT and A sics Challenge championships in 2018 … Two-time Durango Fall Classic champion (2017,2018) …Three-time Avon Tournament champion (2016, 2017, 2018) … JV LIVT Champion in 2016 … AHS Freshman Tournament Champions in 2015 … Providence Tournament and Freshman LIVT championship winner in 2015… Kentucky HS Athletic Association Academic All – State honoree … Three-year letterwinner.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Toby and Anita Monks… Has two younger siblings, Brady and Jay … Uncle, Brandy Monks, played basketball at Bellarmine University … Made the Principal’s List as a freshman and the Honors List as a sophomore and junior.
