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Jersey Number 13
Elise Goetzinger
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Blue Mounds, Wis.
- High School:
- Mount Horeb
- Deals:
Bio
Awards & Honors
2020-21 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2021 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2022 Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team
2022 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023 SEC Offensive Player of the Week, 10/16
2023 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2024 All-BIG EAST Conference
2024 AVCA All-West Region
2024 Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team
2024 Cardinal Classic All-Tournament Team
2024 VolleyballMag.com Honorable Mention All-American
Personal
• Daughter of Doug and Julie Goetzinger.
• Has two siblings, Orennia and Ian.
• A Biochemistry major.
• Best sports memory is winning a national championship.
• Favorite social media account to follow is Brittany Broski’s.
• Nickname is Mel.
• Super power she wish she had is being able to teleport.
• Hidden talent is being able to solve a Rubik’s Cube.
• Favorite book is 7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.
• Thinks Kate McKinnon would play her in a movie.
• Favorite actress is Margot Robbie.
• Movie she’s watched the most is The Wrong Missy.
• Person she’d like to meet is Billie Eilish.
• Dream NIL endorsement is Ferrari.
• Three dream dinner guests would be Taylor Swift, Barack Obama and Noah Kahan.
• Favorite pro team is the Las Vegas Aces.
• If she were coach for a day she’d do a beach practice.
• Ten years from now she’d like to be involved in dermatology some way.
• Sports hero is Simone Biles.
• Dream vacation destination are Bali and Indonesia.
2024: Senior at Creighton
• All-BIG EAST selection in 2024.
• AVCA All-West Region choice in 2024.
• Recognized as an Honorable Mention All-American by the AVCA and VolleyballMag.com.
• Led the BIG EAST in hitting percentage and was second in blocks per set.
• In BIG EAST play only, ranked third in hitting percentage. and third in blocks per set.
• Her .376 hitting percentage give her CU’s career hitting percentage school record, is the second-best single-season in program history, and was 37th-best in the country in 2024.
• Four-year starter at Kentucky who enrolled at Creighton in January.
• Had 579 kills and 231 blocks with the Wildcats.
• Named to 2022 Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team with the Wildcats.
• Named to All-Tournament Team at 2024 Bluejay Invitational as well (Sept. 1) while with Creighton, as well as the All-Tournament Team at the Cardinal Classic (Sept. 15).
• Teams she were on were 27-0 all-time in matches played in Omaha.
• Started all five of Kentucky’s NCAA Tournament matches en route to the 2020 NCAA title (in the spring of 2021), including three kills and three blocks on .400 hitting in title match win vs. Texas.
• Had 10 kills in each of her first two matches at CU, and hit over .400 in each of her first three contests as a Bluejay.
• Season-high six blocks in win vs. Kansas State (Sept. 7).
• Generated 11 kills at No. 5 Nebraska (Sept. 10).
• Had season-high 14 kills, hit .429 and contributed six blocks at No. 4 Louisville (Sept. 15).
• Helped CU defeat No. 6 Purdue with 10 kills and six blocks (Sept. 20).
• Hit .381 with nine kills and six blocks in 3-0 win at No. 10 Kansas (Sept. 21).
• Provided 12 kills and six blocks vs. Marquette (Oct. 1).\
• Hit .533 with nine kills and five blocks in win at Villanova (Oct. 11), then hit an even better .611 one night later in 3-0 win at St. John’s (Oct. 12).
• Hit .600 with eight kills in 10 swings vs. Georgetown (Oct. 25).
• Hit season-best .615 vs. St. John’s (Nov. 1).
• Had 11 kills and hit .500 against DePaul (Nov. 22).
• Finished with nine kills and hit .571 in NCAA Tourney opening win vs. South Dakota (Dec. 5).
• Led all players with 12 kills and hit .556 during 3-0 win vs. Ole Miss (Dec. 6) ot secure Sweet 16 berth.
• Hit .150 or better in every match in 2024.
2023: Senior at Kentucky
• Averaged 2.58 kills per set on .295 hitting.
• Owned 0.74 blocks per set.
• The Wildcats finished 21-8, won their seventh consecutive SEC title and were ranked 10th in the year-end AVCA poll.
• SEC Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 16).
• Had career-high 15 kills vs. Colorado State on opening night of the 2023 season (Aug. 25).
• Picked up 10 kills and seven blocks in five sets vs. No. 20 Purdue (Sept. 9).
• Had 14 kills and four blocks on .333 hitting at No. 4 Nebraska (Sept. 17).
• Served match-clinching ace at 14-13 of the fifth set at Georgia (Sept. 29). It was only her third serve attempt of the match.
• Owned 12 kills in 19 errorless swings, hitting .632, in 3-0 win at No. 10 Tennessee (Oct. 15).
• Opened NCAA Tournament with 12 kills and hit .524 vs. Wofford (Nov. 30).
2022: Junior at Kentucky
• Averaged 2.23 kills per set for the season, appearing in 21 matches while earning 18 starts for a Kentucky team that finished 22-8 overall.
• Hit a career-best .377, second-best in the SEC.
• Blocking numbers were solid, as she averaged 0.90 rejections per set and registered seven solo stuffs on the year.
• Was responsible for 2.80 points per set in her 69 sets played on the season.
• UK finished the year ranked 14th.
• Attained a season-high 12 kills vs. Ohio on opening weekend (Aug. 28).
• Hit .647 vs. Ohio, her second-highest ever hitting percentage match.
• Opened season with eight kills and six blocks vs. Marquette (Aug. 26).
• Named to Hilton Omaha Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team, an event hosted by Creighton.
• Had seven kills and four blocks in victory at No. 17 Creighton (Sept. 3).
• Hit career-high .786 with 11 kills on 14 swings vs. No. 25 USC, adding four blocks (Sept. 3).
• Hit .400 and finished match vs. No. 3 Louisville with seven kills and four blocks (Sept. 14).
• Collected 11 kills and seven blocks while hitting .440 vs. Missouri (Sept. 28).
• Served an ace on match point vs. Texas A&M in fourth set (Oct. 23).
• Owned 10 kills and six blocks on .474 hitting vs. Auburn (Oct. 30).
2021: Sophomore at Kentucky
• Appeared in 22 matches for Kentucky, including a dozen starts.
• Hit .325 for the year (seventh in the SEC) with 1.68 kills per set.
• UK finished the season 25-5 and ranked 14th in the country.
• Owned eight kills with a season-high four blocks and hit .727 in Kentucky’s opening-weekend victory vs. Dayton (Aug. 27).
• Hit .400 with six kills and two blocks vs. Creighton (Sept. 4).
• Smashed a season-high nine kills vs. USC in Bluegrass Battle, hitting .500 (Sept. 4).
• Had seven kills and three blocks on .333 hitting vs. Marquette (Sept. 11).
• Produced eight kills and hit .400 vs. No. 16 Stanford (Sept. 19).
• Hit a combined .389 with nine kills in NCAA Tournament matches vs. Southeast Missouri State and Illinois (Dec. 3-4).
2020-21: Freshman at Kentucky
• Hit .340 and averaged 1.35 kills per set and was second on the team with 1.13 blocks per set in her freshman campaign.
• Was a starter in 15 of the 20 matches she played for Kentucky’s national championship team, including all five NCAA Tournament contests.
• The Wildcats finished the season 24-1 and ranked No. 1 nationally.
• Had eight matches with five or more kills and seven matches with five or more blocks.
• Made NCAA Tournament debut with season-high eight kills on .545 hitting vs. UNLV (April 15).
• Collected five kills and three blocks in Final Four win vs. No. 7 Washington (April 22).
• Started and had three kills, three blocks and a dig while hitting .400 in championship match win vs. Texas (April 24).
• Hit .667 with seven kills on nine swings during collegiate debut against Tennessee (Oct. 16).
• Finished with six blocks and six kills while hitting .500 at Missouri (Oct. 28).
• Owned season-high eight blocks in three set win vs. Georgia (Feb. 13).
Mount Horeb High School
• Ranked as the No. 27 recruit in the country by PrepVolleyball.
• Second-Team AVCA Under Armour All-American.
• Named First Team All-Conference in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
• Selected First Team All-State in both 2018 and 2019.
• Achieved 1,400 kills in three years on her varsity team.
• Also a track athlete, she was a Regional and Sectional champion in the high jump in 2018.
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