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Jersey Number 6
Abby Freund
- Position:
- L/DS
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- St. Peters, Mo.
- Previous School:
- Incarnate Word Academy
2025: Saw playing time in all 29 matches while making 21 starts at libero…Accumulated a team-best 357 digs (3.50 per set) to go along with 56 assists and 20 service aces…Registered double-digit digs on 19 separate occasions, including 20 or more scoops in three different matches…Career-best 32 digs came against Lamar on Sept. 13…Also turned in 27 digs against Western Illinois on Oct. 10 and 24 scoops (in four sets) against Chattanooga on Sept. 12…Landed at least one service aces in 20 separate matches, including a two-ace effort against Western Illinois on Oct. 9…Dished out a career-best seven assists at Tennessee Tech on Oct. 23…Earned Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Week honors on Sept. 15, becoming just the seventh Skyhawk to ever bring home that accolade…Received all-tournament accolades at the Carrie Yerty Classic (Sept. 12-13)…Was named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for both the fall and spring semesters.
2024: Was granted a medical redshirt after a season-ending injury early in the season…Appearing in just two sets on the season’s opening day against Grambling (Aug. 30), scooping up a pair of digs…Was named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for both the fall and spring semesters...Was named to the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
BEFORE UTM: Was a key contributor to an Incarnate Word Academy squad that won its 12th overall state championship and first since 2005 last fall…Played for head coach Shane Weber and assistant coach Emily Keaton (a former UT Martin standout from 2011-14)…Helped the Red Knights go 31-10-1 en route to the Class 4 state title in 2023, following up on a 29-13 mark during her junior season…Registered 1,256 digs, 197 assists and 176 service aces in her career, achieving one all-state accolade, three all-conference nods and four mentions on the all-district team...Collected 1,089 digs in her final two seasons alone, accounting for 4.44 digs per set over that span…Was responsible for 20-plus digs six times during the 2023 regular season, including a high of 27 scoops against St. Joseph’s on Oct. 14…Served up a career-best 103 service aces during her senior campaign, including eight aces in three sets against McCluer on Oct. 21…Career-high of 565 digs (4.5 per set) came as a junior, posting six matches of 20 or more scoops…Single match career-best 34 digs occurred against Jackson on Sept. 30, 2022 while she also reached the 30-dig plateau against Lutheran South (31 on Oct. 13, 2022).
PERSONAL: Born on Jan. 7, 2006...Daughter of Brian and Sarah Freund...Has one sibling, Andrew...Mother Sarah played collegiate soccer at Rockhurst University...Majoring in cell and molecular biology.
2024: Was granted a medical redshirt after a season-ending injury early in the season…Appearing in just two sets on the season’s opening day against Grambling (Aug. 30), scooping up a pair of digs…Was named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for both the fall and spring semesters...Was named to the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
BEFORE UTM: Was a key contributor to an Incarnate Word Academy squad that won its 12th overall state championship and first since 2005 last fall…Played for head coach Shane Weber and assistant coach Emily Keaton (a former UT Martin standout from 2011-14)…Helped the Red Knights go 31-10-1 en route to the Class 4 state title in 2023, following up on a 29-13 mark during her junior season…Registered 1,256 digs, 197 assists and 176 service aces in her career, achieving one all-state accolade, three all-conference nods and four mentions on the all-district team...Collected 1,089 digs in her final two seasons alone, accounting for 4.44 digs per set over that span…Was responsible for 20-plus digs six times during the 2023 regular season, including a high of 27 scoops against St. Joseph’s on Oct. 14…Served up a career-best 103 service aces during her senior campaign, including eight aces in three sets against McCluer on Oct. 21…Career-high of 565 digs (4.5 per set) came as a junior, posting six matches of 20 or more scoops…Single match career-best 34 digs occurred against Jackson on Sept. 30, 2022 while she also reached the 30-dig plateau against Lutheran South (31 on Oct. 13, 2022).
PERSONAL: Born on Jan. 7, 2006...Daughter of Brian and Sarah Freund...Has one sibling, Andrew...Mother Sarah played collegiate soccer at Rockhurst University...Majoring in cell and molecular biology.
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