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Maddie Hughes

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
St. Charles, Ill.

High School:
North

Height:
5-8

Position:
DS / L


2008 HIGHLIGHTS: Appeared in all 32 matches and 117 sets as the libero...recorded a team-high 519 digs along with a career-best 27 assists and 17 aces, and 19 points...averaged 4.44 digs/set (ranked seventh in MAC) and 0.23 assists/set...registered double-digit digs in all but the first three matches and had 20-plus digs eight times...tallied a season-best 29 digs against Eastern Michigan (Nov. 7)...had a career-high five assists against DePaul (Sept. 23)...earned an all-invite team selection at the NIU Invite II as she recorded double-digit digs in all four matches for a total of 56...ranks 10th all-time at NIU with 1,094 career digs in just two seasons.

2007 HIGHLIGHTS:
Appeared in all 112 games for the Huskies as both a defensive specialist and libero...finished first on the squad in digs with 559 and fifth in assists with 23...earned a spot in the record books, ranking second all-time in digs in a season with 559...ranked fifth in the MAC in digs per game with 4.95...finished the season with 23 assists, fifth on the team...recorded a career-high 31 digs in a four-game win versus Western Michigan (Oct. 25)...tallied double-digit digs in 26 of 28 matches and obtained 20 or more digs in 10was a Huskie Scholar with a 3.00-3.49 GPA.

PREP: Two-time selection to the Daily Herald All-Area first team...collected 88 kills, 212 digs, 39 aces and 24 assists to help St. Charles North to the 2006 IHSA Class AA Supersectionals and Upstate Eight Conference title with a record of 31-9...named the team MVP as a junior...was a first-team all-conference selection as a junior and two-time academic all-conference selection.

CLUB VOLLEYBALL:
Competed for Club Fusion and was a member of the 17-under squad that placed second overall in the Junior Olympic Open Division in 2006...named to the All-Tournament squad at the 15-under Junior Olympics.

PERSONAL: Major - Nursing...Birthdate - September 30, 1988...daughter of Michael and Margaret Hughes.

Maddie Hughes' Career Highs

Kills: 2 at Eastern Michigan
11/2/07
Attempts: 3 - two times
Hitting Pct.: 1.000 - eight times
Assists: 5 at DePaul
9/23/08
Digs: 31 vs. Western Michigan 10/25/07
Blocks: N/A

Maddie Hughes' Career Stats

YEAR MP-GP K K/G E TA PCT. A A/G SA SA/G SE RE DIG DIG/G BS BA TOT. B/G BE BHE PTS.
2007 31-116
11 0.09
3
27
.296
24
0.21
16
0.14
25
37
575
4.96
0
0
0
0.00
0
2
27.0
2008 32-117
2 0.02
3
12
-.083
27
0.23
17
0.14
21
24
519
4.44
0
0
0
0.00
0
2
19.0
TOTALS 63-233 13 0.06 6 39 .179 51 0.22 33 0.14 46 61 1094 4.70 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 46.0