Freshman - 2014

• Received a varsity letter but did not see any action.

HIGH SCHOOL

• Three-year player for Peoria Notre Dame under head coach Jacqueline  Kelly.
• 2013 All-state
• 2013 All-area
• Two-time First-Team All-Mid-State Six (2012, 2013)
• 2011 Second-team all-conference
• 2013 Lincoln High School All-Tournament Team
• Played club volleyball for Illini assistant coach Hillary Haen at both Peoria Elite and Eastside.
• Played one season each for BAVC and Metamora volleyball clubs.
• Also played basketball for PND, earning first-team all-conference twice, along with all-state honors as a senior.

PERSONAL

• Born on May 8, 1996 in Peoria, Illinois
• Daughter of David and Julie Bielfeldt.
• Has three siblings: Elle who graduated from Illinois in 2014, Max who plays basketball at Michigan, and a younger sister Lydia.
• Comes from a long line of Illini, including both of her parents and several aunts, uncles and grandparents.
• Her grandfather, Gary, was a member of the Illinois football team in the 1950s.
• Enjoys swimming, painting, biking and anything active.
• Member of the National Honors Society, Bradley Leadership ALUMS, Student Government, Student Ambassadors and Earth Club, as well as making the Honor Roll at PND.

GETTING TO KNOW MATTI

Fun Fact: Has kissed four sting rays and consequently received 28 years of good luck.
Favorite Movie: Frozen
Movie you've seen in theatres that you've regretted seeing the most: Grown Ups 2
Restaurant you have to get to when going back home: Michael's Italian Feast
Favorite Midnight Snack: A bowl of Honey Bunches of Oats with Strawberries...yummm
Three things on your "bucket list": See the Northern Lights, Skydive, Travel in a hot air balloon
What are you most proud of and why? Having one of my paintings published and awarded a prize.
Famous person you admire and why? Jennifer Lawrence, because she has such a great personality and I feel like we would be great friends.
If you were to win $10 million, what would you buy? A penthouse apartment in Paris that overlooks the Eiffel Tower.
Book you've read in the past year: Divergent
Favorite Quote: "Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away."
Weirdest Quirk: Laughing at my own jokes even when they aren't that funny.
Favorite Athlete: Kerri Walsh
Favorite TV Show: How I Met Your Mother, but since it ended, Brooklyn Nine Nine
Favorite Musical Group: Imagine Dragons
If you could visit any place in the world, where would you choose and why? Italy, because I have been to France and I'm dying to visit Venice.
Secret Talent: I can bend my left pinky finger all the way down without moving any of my other fingers.
Favorite subject in high school: Art
Crazy thing you dream of doing someday: Be in a shark tank surrounded by Great White
Who did you idolize growing up: My older brother and sister.