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Women's Volleyball

2019 Women's Volleyball Roster

Molly Sheppard
Molly Sheppard
Molly Sheppard
Molly Sheppard
Aaron C Packard/USD

15 Anne Rasmussen

  • Position Defensive Specialist
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Wisconsin Lutheran HS
  • Hometown Oak Creek, Wis.

Biography

2019
Helped the Coyotes win the Summit League regular season title with a perfect 16-0 mark, set a new all-time wins mark with 31 and set a Summit League record for highest win percentage in a season (.912) and finish as NIVC runner-up ... Summit League First Team ... Summit League Defensive Player of the Year ... Academic All-Summit League ... South Dakota’s Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year … Appeared in 34 matches and all 123 sets while contributing 118 assists, 612 digs and 28 service aces ... Topped the Summit League with 612 digs and 4.98 digs per set ... Her 612 digs is third-most in single season and most in the 25-point rally era ... named Summit League defensive player of the week a single-season record seven times (9/17, 9/24, 10/1, 10/15, 10/29, 11/12, 11/19) ... recorded at least 20 digs in 14 games with a season-high 30 in a five-set win over Iowa (9/14) ... had seven assists against Oral Roberts (9/27) and five service aces against North Dakota State (10/11), where she served out the final 10 points of a five-set win ... named tourney MVP of the USD Classic..all-tourney selection at Bradley ...NIVC All-Tournament Team... Finished career with 2,004 digs, ranking second all-time and most in 25-point rally era ... became sixth in Summit League history to reach 2,000 career digs while her 4.53 career digs per set average ranked eighth in Summit League history … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.

2018
Summit League Defensive Player of the Year...Summit League First-Team...Helped the Coyotes win their first-ever Summit League tournament championship...led Summit League in total digs (604) and digs per set (5.44)...her 604 digs were third most in a single season..named Summit League defensive player of the week twice (9/5, 9/24)...the Coyotes finished ninth nationally in digs per set (18.15)...Academic All-Summit League...set a school record for three-set match with 32 digs at North Dakota (10/14)...ranked 18th nationally in digs per set (5.44)...named to all-tournament team at the South Dakota Classic… made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.


2017
All-Summit League … four-time Summit League Defensive Player of the Week recipient … recorded a career-best eight assists against Western Illinois (Sep. 22) … tallied a career-high 41 digs against Denver (Nov. 10th) … tallied 96 assists, 29 service aces and 569 digs … led the team and ranked second in the Summit League in digs … ranked 18th nationally in digs per set and second in the Summit League with 5.42 … helped the team rank 14th nationally in digs per set with 17.97 … made the Summit League honor roll ... named to the Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.

2016
Helped the Coyotes win their first-ever Summit League regular season championship … USD won 25 matches, the most since joining the Division I level in 2009, and 13 Summit League matches, the most since joining the Summit … the Coyotes finished the season ranked second in the nation with 18.44 digs per set … started 14 matches and played in 103 sets … tallied 219 digs, 33 assists and 21 aces … recorded double-digit digs eight times … had a season-high 17 digs against Denver (Nov. 11) … tallied three service aces vs. Lamar (Sept. 16) … made the Summit League honor roll.

Prep
The all-time leader in digs (2,022) and single-season digs (667) record holder at Wisconsin Lutheran High School ... four year varsity starter ... a two-time all-conference selection and a two-time all-state honorable mention ... averaged 4.6 digs per set and had 180 aces during Viking career ... twice named Prep Volleyball Defensive Dandy honoree at the club level ... named to the 2015 Showcase 17's all-tournament team.

Personal
Daughter of Tim and Denise Rasmussen ... Kinesiology and sport management major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2016Freshman

    Defensive Specialist
    5'4"
    15
  • 15

    2017Sophomore

    Defensive Specialist
    5'4"
    15
  • 15

    2018Junior

    Defensive Specialist
    5'4"
    15
  • 15

    2019Senior

    Defensive Specialist
    5'4"
    15