Rider University Athletics

RYAN ACKERMANN

2016
- Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team
- Recorded her 1,000th career kill. Just the seventh player in program history to do so. She currently ranks seventh in Rider history with 1, 081.
- Appeared in all 31 games and saw action in a team-high 112 sets.
- Ranked second on the team with 254 kills and average 2.27 kills per set.
- Ranked second on the team with 275 digs and averaged 2.46 digs per set.
- Registered 43 total blocks.
- Accounted for 295 points.
- Had 10 or more kills in 12 matches, highlighted by a season-high 15 at Boston College.

AT RIDER
two-time Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference All-Academic honoree...played in all 130 sets as a junior…second on the team with 328 digs and was third on the squad with 306 kills and points (348.50)…fourth on the team with 19 service aces and fourth with 45 blocks…17 ‘double-digit' dig and 15 ‘double-digit' kill performances out of 33 matches…16 digs and 11 kills in a MAAC win over Marist on September 26 and had a season-high 27 digs and added 11 kills in a five-set MAAC win over Siena on September 27…season-high 19 kills in a five-set win over Morgan State on September 11…appeared in all 34 matches and played 123 of 127 sets as a sophomore...third on the team with 2.25 kills per set...third on the team with 308.50 points...fifth on the squad with 1.21 digs per set...had 15 matches with 'double-digit' kills...season-high 15 kills in Rider's four-set win against Fairleigh Dickinson on September 10...season-high 14 digs in Rider's five-set MAAC win over Manhattan on October 4...as a freshman, played in all 105 sets and was second on the team in kills (244), kills per set (2.32), digs (254) and digs per set (2.32) while compiling 33 blocks, earning a spot on the MAAC All-Rookie team…three ‘double-double' efforts in a row, all in conference matches at the end of September, 2013 as Rider won two of three MAAC matches…14 digs and 11 kills against Niagara in a MAAC win on September 21 and 12 kills and 11 digs at Saint Peter's in a Bronc win on September 28…season-high 17 kills at MAAC-rival Quinnipiac on October 5.

BEFORE RIDER
Four-year letterwinner for volleyball…two-time All-Met honoree from the Washington Post…UnderArmour All-American honorable mention…First Team All-State, District and Regional Player of the Year…school record holder for number of kills (1,200)…All ‘A' honor roll and graduated with a 3.94 grade point average.

PERSONAL
Management and Leadership / Human Resource Management dual major... hobbies include reading and music…plays the piano…daughter of Mark and Ronni Ackermann.