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Jersey Number 9
Marysa Wilkinson
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Lincoln, Neb.
- High School:
- Southwest
Bio
Awards & Honors
2014Â Â Â BIG EAST Conference All-Tournament Team
2014Â Â Â BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, 9/15
2014Â Â Â BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, 10/6
2016Â Â Â Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team
2016Â Â Â AVCA First Team All-East Region
2016Â Â Â NCAA Tournament All-Austin Regional Team
2016Â Â Â Second Team All-BIG EAST
2016Â Â Â USC Radisson Classic All-Tournament Team
2016-17   Dean’s List
2017 Â Â All-BIG EAST Tournament Team
2017 Â Â AVCA First Team All-East Region
2017 Â Â AVCA Honorable Mention All-American
2017 Â Â BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week, 8/29
2017 Â Â BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week, 10/3
2017 Â Â BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week, 10/24
2017 Â Â Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team
2017 Â Â First Team All-BIG EAST
2017 Â Â Husky Invitational All-Tournament Team
2017 Â Â Husky Invitational Tournament MVP
2017: Senior at Creighton
• First Team All-BIG EAST, First Team All-East Region and AVCA Honorable Mention All-American in 2017.
• First Team All-East Region and Second Team All-BIG EAST in 2016, Wilkinson can play middle blocker or on the right side.
• Has played in 106 wins, most in CU history.
• Third in the BIG EAST in hitting percentage, seventh in blocks per set and 14th in kills per set.
• Husky Invitational MVP (8/26) and BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week (8/29) after averaging 2.90 kills and 1.50 blocks per set on .397 hitting to open the season.
• Had 11 kills, 4 blocks and hit .429 in win at No. 3 Washington (8/26).
• Opened her senior year with 13 kills and five blocks on .571 hitting vs. Saint Mary’s (8/25).
• Named to Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team on Sept. 2 after averaging 3.11 kills per set on .390 hitting.
• Owned 14 kills vs. No. 17 Purdue (9/8).
• Hit .321 with 12 kills in sweep of No. 7 Kansas (9/9).
• Finished with 13 kills on .600 hitting vs. Seton Hall (9/29).
• Tied career-high with eight blocks and notched 1,000th career kill in win at St. John’s (9/30).
• Also BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 30th and Oct. 24.
• Finished with 10 kills on .833 hitting in sweep at DePaul (10/6).
• Had season-high 15 kills and hit .389 in win vs. Butler (10/13).
• Had 14 kills and hit .700 in 3-0 win vs. Xavier (10/15).
• Notched 14 kills in BIG EAST Championship finals win at Marquette (11/25), earning a spot on the All-Tournament Team.
• In BIG EAST play, hit .401 to rank second in the league.
• Creighton is 45-1 all-time when she hits .400 or better.
• Owns 1,183 career kills, eighth-most in CU history.
• First in CU career history in matches played, 2nd in sets played, 3rd in starts.
2016: Junior at Creighton
• Started 35-of-36 matches, averaging 2.51 kills and 0.86 blocks per set on .337 hitting.
• Second on the team in blocks per set and in hitting percentage, ranking in the top-12 in the BIG EAST of both categories.
• Second Team All-BIG EAST pick.
• Named First Team All-East Region by the AVCA.
• Voted to the All-Austin Regional Team in the NCAA Tournament.
• Had streak of 68 straight starts snapped on Nov. 20 when she gave way to Amanda Foje on Senior Day.
• Had 10 kills in CU’s season-opener vs. Wichita State (Aug. 27), then added nine kills and five blocks vs. Iowa State (Aug. 28).
• Named to USC Radisson Classic All-Tournament Team after pacing CU in kills (35) and blocks (7) in the event (Sept. 2-3).
• Finished with a career-high 16 kills on .361 hitting at USC (Sept. 3).
• Named to Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team after averaging 2.60 kills and 1.30 blocks per set on .423 hitting (Sept. 16-17).
• Had 12 kills and just one error in 14 swings for a .786 hitting percentage vs. Montana State (Sept. 16) that ranks second-best in CU single-match history while adding a career-high eight blocks.
• Hit .545 and had 14 kills with six blocks in win against DePaul (Sept. 25).
• Had nine kills and seven blocks on .500 hitting in 3-0 win at Butler (Oct. 1).
• Hit .471 with eight kills in 17 errorless swings in 3-0 sweep of Xavier in BIG EAST Championship title match (Nov. 26).
• Slammed a career-high 18 kills on .394 hitting in NCAA Tourney victory over Northern Iowa (Dec. 1).
• Had 15 kills on career-best 40 swings in NCAA Tournament win at No. 4 Kansas (Dec. 2).
• Helped Creighton to first Elite Eight with 16 kills on .368 hitting vs. No. 17 Michigan (Dec. 9).
• In last 27 matches, hit .358 and averaged 2.53 kills and 0.95 blocks per set, as team went 25-2.
• CU is 33-0 all-time when she hits .400 or better.
2015: Sophomore at Creighton
• Started every match in 2015, averaging 2.13 kills and 0.96 blocks per set on .302 hitting.
• Began the fall as the right side hitter before being moved to middle blocker on Sept. 5 prior to the match vs. Kentucky.
• Team started 1-4 with her as a right side hitter, but went 26-5 after moving her to the middle.
• Ranked fourth in BIG EAST play with a .339 hitting percentage and was 10th in the league in hitting percentage for all matches (.302).
• Was also eighth in blocks per set in league play and 21st in points per set.
• Collected double-figure kills in 12 matches.
• Had 14 kills and hit .650 -- both career highs at the time -- in Oct. 3 win at Providence.
• Pounded 13 kills on .429 hitting in 3-2 comeback win over Kansas State (Sept. 20).
• Hit .667 with 13 kills in 18 swings during five-set comeback victory over DePaul (Oct. 9).
• Served up three aces vs. Providence (Oct. 23) after entering the contest with two total aces in the first 55 matches of her career.
• Hit .556 with 11 kills in 18 swings and added five blocks in road win at Georgetown (Nov. 20).
• Put down 13 kills in a four-set win at DePaul (Nov. 7).
• Had six blocks in the first set to set the tone in CU’s 3-0 sweep of Villanova in the 2015 BIG EAST Championship final (Nov. 28).
• Owned 11 kills and had four blocks in NCAA Tournament win over No. 23 North Carolina (Dec. 5) to clinch program’s first Sweet 16 appearance.
2014: Freshman at Creighton
• True freshman who played primarily on the right side but also saw some time in the middle.
• Averaged 1.98 kills and 0.61 blocks per set while starting 23-of-33 matches played.
• Named to BIG EAST Conference All-Tournament Team.
• Named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week twice, earning the honor on Sept. 15 and Oct. 6.
• Reached her season-high of 14 kills on Sept. 13 in a win over Wichita State to seal the Bluejay Invitational title.
• Became first BIG EAST freshman with 10+ kills in a road win at Marquette since 2008, when she hit .364 with 10 kills and six digs on Oct. 4.
• Collected seven kills and four blocks in return to her hometown against No. 9 Nebraska (Sept. 17).
• Had nine kills and four blocks in road win at St. John’s that clinched the BIG EAST regular-season title (Nov. 15).
• Led team in kills for the first time when she had 13 kills on .355 hitting in BIG EAST Championship semifinal win over Xavier (Nov. 28).
• Had nine kills vs. No. 6 USC (Sept. 6), becoming CU’s first true freshman with nine or more kills against a top-10 team since 2004.
• Owned nine kills and six blocks in BIG EAST Championship finals win over Seton Hall (Nov. 29), including consecutive kills to finish off a 26-24 third set.
Southwest High School
• Four-year starter who played middle blocker her first three years of high school before moving to the outside hitter position as a senior.
• First Team All-State pick as a senior by the Omaha World-Herald and Lincoln Journal Star after finishing with 504 kills, 42 blocks and 27 aces while hitting .271.
• Second Team All-State as a sophomore and junior, as well as Honorable Mention All-State as a freshman, by the Lincoln Journal Star.
• Ranked fourth in Class A with 3.9 kills per set and also fourth with a .351 hitting percentage as a junior, finishing with 347 kills and 77 blocks.
• As a sophomore, she led her team with 345 kills, 121 blocks and a .334 hitting percentage.
• Helped team finish 25-9 and No. 3 ranking in the state as a senior.
• Owns school records for single-season kills (504), career kills (1,402) and career blocks (316).
• Also participated in basketball and track as a prep.
Personal
• Born on September 4, 1996.
• Daughter of John and Beth Wilkinson.
• Has two brothers, Dylan (20) and Bryce (16).
• Is a social work and psychology double-major and a business minor.
• Gameday superstitions are black socks with blue jersey and white socks with white jersey, along with using the same headband and have her ponytail braided by teammate Samantha Bohnet.
• Favorite road trip with the team is to New York.
• Her favorite class at Creighton is Infant and Childhood Psychology.
• Dream dinner guests are Beyonce, Ciara, Gabrielle Union and Mariah Carey.
• Favorite color is light blue.
2014Â Â Â BIG EAST Conference All-Tournament Team
2014Â Â Â BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, 9/15
2014Â Â Â BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, 10/6
2016Â Â Â Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team
2016Â Â Â AVCA First Team All-East Region
2016Â Â Â NCAA Tournament All-Austin Regional Team
2016Â Â Â Second Team All-BIG EAST
2016Â Â Â USC Radisson Classic All-Tournament Team
2016-17   Dean’s List
2017 Â Â All-BIG EAST Tournament Team
2017 Â Â AVCA First Team All-East Region
2017 Â Â AVCA Honorable Mention All-American
2017 Â Â BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week, 8/29
2017 Â Â BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week, 10/3
2017 Â Â BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week, 10/24
2017 Â Â Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team
2017 Â Â First Team All-BIG EAST
2017 Â Â Husky Invitational All-Tournament Team
2017 Â Â Husky Invitational Tournament MVP
2017: Senior at Creighton
• First Team All-BIG EAST, First Team All-East Region and AVCA Honorable Mention All-American in 2017.
• First Team All-East Region and Second Team All-BIG EAST in 2016, Wilkinson can play middle blocker or on the right side.
• Has played in 106 wins, most in CU history.
• Third in the BIG EAST in hitting percentage, seventh in blocks per set and 14th in kills per set.
• Husky Invitational MVP (8/26) and BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week (8/29) after averaging 2.90 kills and 1.50 blocks per set on .397 hitting to open the season.
• Had 11 kills, 4 blocks and hit .429 in win at No. 3 Washington (8/26).
• Opened her senior year with 13 kills and five blocks on .571 hitting vs. Saint Mary’s (8/25).
• Named to Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team on Sept. 2 after averaging 3.11 kills per set on .390 hitting.
• Owned 14 kills vs. No. 17 Purdue (9/8).
• Hit .321 with 12 kills in sweep of No. 7 Kansas (9/9).
• Finished with 13 kills on .600 hitting vs. Seton Hall (9/29).
• Tied career-high with eight blocks and notched 1,000th career kill in win at St. John’s (9/30).
• Also BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 30th and Oct. 24.
• Finished with 10 kills on .833 hitting in sweep at DePaul (10/6).
• Had season-high 15 kills and hit .389 in win vs. Butler (10/13).
• Had 14 kills and hit .700 in 3-0 win vs. Xavier (10/15).
• Notched 14 kills in BIG EAST Championship finals win at Marquette (11/25), earning a spot on the All-Tournament Team.
• In BIG EAST play, hit .401 to rank second in the league.
• Creighton is 45-1 all-time when she hits .400 or better.
• Owns 1,183 career kills, eighth-most in CU history.
• First in CU career history in matches played, 2nd in sets played, 3rd in starts.
2016: Junior at Creighton
• Started 35-of-36 matches, averaging 2.51 kills and 0.86 blocks per set on .337 hitting.
• Second on the team in blocks per set and in hitting percentage, ranking in the top-12 in the BIG EAST of both categories.
• Second Team All-BIG EAST pick.
• Named First Team All-East Region by the AVCA.
• Voted to the All-Austin Regional Team in the NCAA Tournament.
• Had streak of 68 straight starts snapped on Nov. 20 when she gave way to Amanda Foje on Senior Day.
• Had 10 kills in CU’s season-opener vs. Wichita State (Aug. 27), then added nine kills and five blocks vs. Iowa State (Aug. 28).
• Named to USC Radisson Classic All-Tournament Team after pacing CU in kills (35) and blocks (7) in the event (Sept. 2-3).
• Finished with a career-high 16 kills on .361 hitting at USC (Sept. 3).
• Named to Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team after averaging 2.60 kills and 1.30 blocks per set on .423 hitting (Sept. 16-17).
• Had 12 kills and just one error in 14 swings for a .786 hitting percentage vs. Montana State (Sept. 16) that ranks second-best in CU single-match history while adding a career-high eight blocks.
• Hit .545 and had 14 kills with six blocks in win against DePaul (Sept. 25).
• Had nine kills and seven blocks on .500 hitting in 3-0 win at Butler (Oct. 1).
• Hit .471 with eight kills in 17 errorless swings in 3-0 sweep of Xavier in BIG EAST Championship title match (Nov. 26).
• Slammed a career-high 18 kills on .394 hitting in NCAA Tourney victory over Northern Iowa (Dec. 1).
• Had 15 kills on career-best 40 swings in NCAA Tournament win at No. 4 Kansas (Dec. 2).
• Helped Creighton to first Elite Eight with 16 kills on .368 hitting vs. No. 17 Michigan (Dec. 9).
• In last 27 matches, hit .358 and averaged 2.53 kills and 0.95 blocks per set, as team went 25-2.
• CU is 33-0 all-time when she hits .400 or better.
2015: Sophomore at Creighton
• Started every match in 2015, averaging 2.13 kills and 0.96 blocks per set on .302 hitting.
• Began the fall as the right side hitter before being moved to middle blocker on Sept. 5 prior to the match vs. Kentucky.
• Team started 1-4 with her as a right side hitter, but went 26-5 after moving her to the middle.
• Ranked fourth in BIG EAST play with a .339 hitting percentage and was 10th in the league in hitting percentage for all matches (.302).
• Was also eighth in blocks per set in league play and 21st in points per set.
• Collected double-figure kills in 12 matches.
• Had 14 kills and hit .650 -- both career highs at the time -- in Oct. 3 win at Providence.
• Pounded 13 kills on .429 hitting in 3-2 comeback win over Kansas State (Sept. 20).
• Hit .667 with 13 kills in 18 swings during five-set comeback victory over DePaul (Oct. 9).
• Served up three aces vs. Providence (Oct. 23) after entering the contest with two total aces in the first 55 matches of her career.
• Hit .556 with 11 kills in 18 swings and added five blocks in road win at Georgetown (Nov. 20).
• Put down 13 kills in a four-set win at DePaul (Nov. 7).
• Had six blocks in the first set to set the tone in CU’s 3-0 sweep of Villanova in the 2015 BIG EAST Championship final (Nov. 28).
• Owned 11 kills and had four blocks in NCAA Tournament win over No. 23 North Carolina (Dec. 5) to clinch program’s first Sweet 16 appearance.
2014: Freshman at Creighton
• True freshman who played primarily on the right side but also saw some time in the middle.
• Averaged 1.98 kills and 0.61 blocks per set while starting 23-of-33 matches played.
• Named to BIG EAST Conference All-Tournament Team.
• Named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week twice, earning the honor on Sept. 15 and Oct. 6.
• Reached her season-high of 14 kills on Sept. 13 in a win over Wichita State to seal the Bluejay Invitational title.
• Became first BIG EAST freshman with 10+ kills in a road win at Marquette since 2008, when she hit .364 with 10 kills and six digs on Oct. 4.
• Collected seven kills and four blocks in return to her hometown against No. 9 Nebraska (Sept. 17).
• Had nine kills and four blocks in road win at St. John’s that clinched the BIG EAST regular-season title (Nov. 15).
• Led team in kills for the first time when she had 13 kills on .355 hitting in BIG EAST Championship semifinal win over Xavier (Nov. 28).
• Had nine kills vs. No. 6 USC (Sept. 6), becoming CU’s first true freshman with nine or more kills against a top-10 team since 2004.
• Owned nine kills and six blocks in BIG EAST Championship finals win over Seton Hall (Nov. 29), including consecutive kills to finish off a 26-24 third set.
Southwest High School
• Four-year starter who played middle blocker her first three years of high school before moving to the outside hitter position as a senior.
• First Team All-State pick as a senior by the Omaha World-Herald and Lincoln Journal Star after finishing with 504 kills, 42 blocks and 27 aces while hitting .271.
• Second Team All-State as a sophomore and junior, as well as Honorable Mention All-State as a freshman, by the Lincoln Journal Star.
• Ranked fourth in Class A with 3.9 kills per set and also fourth with a .351 hitting percentage as a junior, finishing with 347 kills and 77 blocks.
• As a sophomore, she led her team with 345 kills, 121 blocks and a .334 hitting percentage.
• Helped team finish 25-9 and No. 3 ranking in the state as a senior.
• Owns school records for single-season kills (504), career kills (1,402) and career blocks (316).
• Also participated in basketball and track as a prep.
Personal
• Born on September 4, 1996.
• Daughter of John and Beth Wilkinson.
• Has two brothers, Dylan (20) and Bryce (16).
• Is a social work and psychology double-major and a business minor.
• Gameday superstitions are black socks with blue jersey and white socks with white jersey, along with using the same headband and have her ponytail braided by teammate Samantha Bohnet.
• Favorite road trip with the team is to New York.
• Her favorite class at Creighton is Infant and Childhood Psychology.
• Dream dinner guests are Beyonce, Ciara, Gabrielle Union and Mariah Carey.
• Favorite color is light blue.
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