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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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2016 Women's Volleyball

10 Megan Gebhard

  • Position OH
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • High School Howell
  • Hometown Howell, Mich.
  • Major Computer Science

Biography

2016: CoSIDA Academic All-America second team ... AVCA All-America third team ... NCAA Tournament Medford (Mass.) Regional all-tournament team ... AVCA New England all-region team ... NEWVA All-New England first team ... NEWMAC all-conference first team ... NEWMAC Tournament Most Outstanding Player ... CoSIDA academic all-district ... NEWMAC academic all-conference ... Haverford College Invitational all-tournament team ... MIT Invitational all-tournament team ... MIT Quad Tournament MVP ... New England Challenge Tournament MVP ... NEWMAC Offensive Athlete of the Week (9/12, 10/3, 10/24) ... graduates ranked second all-time at MIT in career kills (1,625) and career kills per set (3.97), and eighth in career hitting percentage (.280) ... played in 109 sets ... 436 kills ... 0.299 hitting percentage ... 44 blocks ... ranked second in the NEWMAC in kills, third in kills per set (4.00), and seventh in hitting percentage ... her kills per set average for the season ranks eighth all-time at MIT ... reached double-digits in kills in 25 of 34 matches played ... tallied 21 kills against Tufts (10/22), followed by 20 versus Simmons (9/24), Babson in the NEWMAC Tournament semifinals (11/5), and Clark in the NEWMAC Championship (11/6).

2015: AVCA All-America second team ... AVCA New England all-region team ... NCAA Tournament Cambridge (Mass.) Regional all-tournament team ... NEWMAC all-conference first team ... NEWMAC academic all-conference ... NEWVA All-New England first team ... ECAC New England all-star first team ... MIT Invitational all-tournament team ... MIT Quad Tournament all-tournament team ... NEWMAC Athlete of the Week (10/5) ... MIT 1000 Kill Club ... played in 107 sets ... 437 kills ... 0.289 hitting percentage ... 40 blocks ... led the NEWMAC in kills and ranked second in kills per set (4.08) ... amassed 31 kills and five blocks versus Springfield (9/19) ... posted 28 kills and a .474 hitting percentage against Amherst in the second round of the NCAA tournament (11/14) ... generated 21 kills versus Williams (10/24) ... currently ranks ninth all-time at MIT in career kills (1,189).

2014: AVCA All-America third team ... AVCA New England all-region team ... NCAA Tournament Williamstown (Mass.) Regional all-tournament team ... NEWMAC all-conference first team ... NEWVA All-New England second team ... ECAC New England All-Star first team ... NEWMAC academic all-conference ... Regis College Pride Invitational Tournament MVP ... MIT Invitational all-tournament team ... MIT Quad Tournament MVP ... Hall of Fame Tournament all-tournament team ... NEWMAC Athlete of the Week (9/2) ... ECAC Division III New England Player of the Week (9/3) ... played in 115 sets ... 479 kills ... 0.289 hitting percentage ... 47 blocks ... led the NEWMAC in kills and kills per set (4.17) and ranked seventh in hitting percentage ... racked up 23 kills against Bowdoin (11/15) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament ... tallied 21 kills versus SUNY New Paltz (9/5) ... registered 20 kills, five digs, and four blocks at Vassar (9/5) ... posted 20 kills and three blocks against Babson (10/21).

2013: MIT Quad Tournament all-tournament team ... played in 78 sets ... 273 kills ... 117 digs ... 24 blocks ... 16 aces ... ranked third in the NEWMAC in kills per set (3.50) and was ninth in kills ... was second on the team in kills and fifth in blocks ... tallied 21 kills and three blocks versus Williams (10/26) ... posted 19 kills against Stevens (9/7) ... generated 17 kills versus SUNY Cortland (9/6), UMass Boston (10/19), and Babson (10/22) ... produced 10 kills, 12 digs, and five aces against Smith in the NEWMAC tournament quarterfinals (11/5) ... recorded 13 kills and 11 digs at Coast Guard (11/2).

Off the Court at MIT: Majoring in computer science ... completed internships at Spotify, Google, and Covenant Eyes ... Google Generation Scholar ... Society of Women Engineers department chair ... Google Student Ambassador ... Undergraduate Student Advisory Group electrical engineering and computer science committee.

Why I Chose MIT: I chose MIT because I have a passion for volleyball and computer science. In addition, MIT will teach me how to problem solve. MIT will challenge me in ways that will make me grow as a person. Besides all that, the innovative, brilliant people have without a doubt solidified my decision. I was ecstatic about being surrounded by extremely driven and talented individuals.

High School: A 2013 graduate of Howell High School ... captain ... all-conference, all-county, and all-region ... Presidential Award ... three-time varsity letterwinner ... team MVP ... software intern at Covenant Eyes ... Google CSSI participant ... Interact Club ... MREACH ... Ping Pong club ... Michigan State Women in Computing ... Family Career Community Leaders of America national gold medalist and state champions ... National Center for Women and Information Technology regional winner and laptop scholar ... Summa Cum Laude.

Club: Legacy Volleyball Club.

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2013First Year

    OH
    6'1"
    11
  • 10

    2014Sophomore

    OH
    6'"
    10
  • 10

    2015Junior

    OH
    6'1"
    10
  • 10

    2016Senior

    OH
    6'1"
    10