2022 Volleyball Roster
Jersey Number 8
Maddie Whittington
- Position:
- Middle Blocker/Opposite
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Height:
- 6-4
- Hometown:
- Stillwater, Minn.
- High School:
- Stillwater HS
Redshirt Sophomore - 2022
- Academic All-Big Ten
Redshirt Freshman - 2021
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Started nine of the 10 matches she played in, totaling 30 kills on a .264 hitting percentage, to go along with 28 blocks, three digs and two assists.
- Turned in eight kills on a .538 hitting percentage and three blocks at Indiana (11/19/21).
- Started both matches against Indiana (11/21/21) and No. 10 Ohio State (11/14/21), posting a team-high four blocks against the Hoosiers and equaling a career-high with five blocks vs. the Buckeyes.
- Started both matches against No. 9 Nebraska (11/4/21) and No. 11 Minnesota (11/6/21), posting two kills, four blocks and two digs.
- Totaled six kills on a .500 hitting percentage after just one error in 10 swings to go along with two blocks against Missouri (9/17/21).
- Posted five kills on a .300 attack clip and four blocks vs. SMU (9/10/21).
- Made her Illini debut against Colorado (9/4/21), seeing action in three sets and posting three kills on a .500 hitting percentage to go along with five blocks.
Freshman - 2020-21
- Did not see action as a freshman in the conference-only 2020-21 shortened season.
High School
- Named the 2019 Ms. Baden Volleyball Player of the Year by the Minnesota Volleyball Coaches Association Class as a senior
- Two-time MNVBCA Class AAA All-State First-Team selection as a junior and senior
- 2019 Under Armour Second-Team All-America
Earned Suburban East All-Conference honors in 2018 - Helped lead her Stillwater High School team to the Suburban East Conference Championship in 2018 and a pair of state tournament appearances in 2017 and 2018
- Won the USAV National Championship in 2016 with Kokoro Volleyball and also placed ninth at the AAU Championships in 2019
- Mother Missi (Wheeler) Whittington played volleyball at Illinois during the 1984 season.
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