Bridget Fonke

Bridget Fonke

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
St. Louis, Mo.

High School:
St. Joseph's

Height:
6-1

Position:
OH

Major:
Communication

2008 • JUNIOR
Named American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-America honorable mention ... selected as a member of the AVCA All-Region First Team ... earned a spot on the A-10 All-Championship team, and became the second player in program history to be voted the Most Outstanding Player ... chosen as a member of the A-10 First Team ... A-10 co-Player of the Week honoree on Oct. 27 ... named to the Best Western Miami Invitational All-Tournament team ... her 110 career service aces rank ninth all time ... ranks 13th on SLU's career kills chart with 907, bidding to become the 11th member of the Bills' 1,000-kill club ... career average of 3.70 kills per set ranks sixth in SLU annals ... her league-high 47 service aces tied for the 14th most in a season in school history ... led the Bills with 23 service aces in conference matches ... led Saint Louis with 424 kills, 47 service aces and 19 block solos ... recorded a team-high 12 double-doubles ... hit .632 (13 kills, one error) in the Northern Iowa victory, the team's best individual hitting effort of the season ... registered team season highs of 71 attempts, 26 kills and 25 digs in the NCAA Tournament match against Michigan, her dig total was also a career best ... tied for team season-high honors with five aces in the La Salle match ... ranked second among A-10 players with 3.56 kills, 0.39 service aces and 4.26 points per set in all matches ... finished with the second-most service aces per set (0.51) in league matches while coming in third with 3.62 kills and 4.51 points per set ... posted double-digit kills in 26 of the Billikens' 34 matches ... recorded 15 matches of double-digit digs ... tied her career high with four blocks vs. Duquesne and later at Xavier ... registered a career-best three block solos at Rhode Island.

2007 • SOPHOMORE
Had a breakout season after moving to the outside en route to A-10 second team accolades ... named A-10 Co-Player of the Week on Aug. 27 and Sept. 4 ... selected to LSU's Mizuno Tiger Classic All-Tournament team, Bradley's Radisson Hotel Invitational All-Tournament team and SLU's Santo Bento Volleyball Invitational All-Tournament team ... finished the season as the A-10 leader in service aces per game with 0.57 ... ranked fourth in the A-10 with 4.21 kills per game and ninth with a .286 hitting percentage ... led the Billikens with 459 kills, which ranks 14th on SLU's single-season chart ... her 62 service aces rank 10th on the single-season list ... ranked 21st among all Division I players with 0.57 aces per game ... registered double-digit kills in the first 20 matches of the season ... missed double-digit kills in just two of SLU's 30 matches ... had six 20-kill matches ... hit better than .400 in nine matches ... was the match leader in kills in 10 matches at the beginning of the season ... posted a career-best six service aces in the Western Illinois match ... collected the first double-double of her career with 17 kills and 12 digs at Bradley ... narrowly missed her second double-double the next day with a career-high 28 kills and nine digs against Montana ... nearly registered a double-double in the season finale against Xavier with 15 kills and nine digs ... hit .404 with 25 kills, five digs and four blocks against #23 LSU ... recorded a match-high four service aces along with 10 kills and five digs in SLU's A-10 Championship first-round win over GW ... posted a match-best 13 kills in the win at Rhode Island ... led all players with 19 kills in SLU's regular-season win over Xavier ... tied for match-high honors with 14 kills in the Billikens' win at La Salle ... collected a match-high 17 kills in the Fordham win ... earned match-high accolades with 17 kills and a career-best .556 hitting percentage in a win over Drake ... led all players with 17 kills in the Western Michigan match ... was the only player with double-digit kills in SLU's season opener.

2006 • FRESHMAN
Added four kills, two blocks and a dig at Duquesne ... notched two kills and added one dig against Duquesne ... contributed two kills and a dig against Rhode Island ... earned her first career start against La Salle, responding with a season-high seven kills while adding two digs, one block and one ace ... put down five kills with two blocks against Oakland ... made her first collegiate appearance against Illinois-Chicago.

AT ST. JOSEPH'S
Was a first-team All-State and St. Louis Post-Dispatch second-team All-Metro selection as a senior ... helped the Angels to a 29-9-1 record and the Missouri Class 4 championship match ... finished her career with 587 kills, 191 blocks and 175 digs while hitting .298 ... helped her team to two second-place finishes at state and to the final four as a sophomore ... was a second-team All-State selection in 2004 ... two-time All-Region choice ... tabbed first-team All-Conference three times ... named to PrepVolleyball.com Dream Team and was selected as a Top 70 recruit in 2006 ... played three times at the Junior Olympic Nationals, including two top-five finishes in the open division ... earned four swimming letters and helped her team win three conference titles ... three-time All-State swimmer ... played one season of basketball.

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