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Jersey Number 1
Lydia Dimke
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Ham Lake, Minn.
- High School:
- Blaine
Awards & Honors
2015 Boiler Box All-Tournament Team
2015-16 Academic All-Big Ten
2016 AVCA First Team All-East Region
2016 AVCA Third Team All-American
2016 BIG EAST Conference All-Tournament Team
2016 BIG EAST Player of the Week, 11/7
2016 BIG EAST Player of the Year
2016 Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team
2016 Creighton Female Athlete of the Year
2016 First Team All-BIG EAST
2016 Iowa State Challenge All-Tournament Team
2016 PrepVolleyball.com Honorable Mention All-American
2016 VolleyballMag.com Honorable Mention All-American
2016-17 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2016-17 Dean’s List
2017 AVCA First Team All-East Region
2017 AVCA Honorable Mention All-American
2017 BIG EAST Institutional Female Scholar-Athlete Award
2017 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 9/5
2017 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 11/14
2017 Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team
2017 Bluejay Invitational MVP
2017 CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 First Team
2017 First Team All-BIG EAST
2017 Husky Invitational All-Tournament Team
2017 PrepVolleyball.com Honorable Mention All-American
2017 Preseason All-BIG EAST Team
2017 Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year
2017 Senior CLASS Award Candidate (30)
2017 VolleyballMag.com Honorable Mention All-American
2017 VolleyMob.com Honorable Mention All-American
2017: Senior at Creighton
• First Team All-BIG EAST for second straight year in 2017.
• Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year in 2017.
• Honorable Mention All-American in 2017 by AVCA, PrepVolleyball.com, VolleyMob.com and VolleyballMag.com.
• One of 30 initial Senior CLASS Award candidates.
• CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 First Team in 2017.
• Second in the BIG EAST in assists per set, 10th in aces per set and 20th in digs per set.
• Second in Creighton history for career hitting percentage.
• Named to Husky Invitational All-Tournament Team (8/26) after averaging 11.50 aps., 2.30 dps. and 0.50 saps.
• Had 47 assists and nine digs in win at No. 3 Washington (8/26).
Named MVP of the Bluejay Invitational (Sept. 2) and BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week (9/5) after averaging 9.67 assists, 2.44 digs, 1.56 kills, 1.00 blocks and 0.78 aces per set on .520 hitting.
• With 29 assists, 10 digs, four blocks, four aces and four kills vs. UNI (Sept. 2), become first Bluejay with 4+ in each category since Melissa Weisensee on Nov. 2, 1996.
• Set CU to .446 hitting vs. Belmont (9/8), fourth-best in team history.
• Had 40 assists, season-high 15 digs, seven kills and hit .500 at Wichita State (9/15).
• Missed Sept. 16 match vs. No. 19 Iowa State and Sept. 22 vs. Georgetown due to an ankle injury.
• Returned vs. Villanova (9/24) with 43 assists, 18 digs and seven kills on .500 hitting.
• Led CU to sweep at St. John’s (9/29) with 37 assists, seven kills, six blocks and five digs on .583 hitting.
• Dished career-high 65 assists vs. Butler (10/13), most by a Bluejay since 2007, in a match she also passed 2,000 assists at CU.
• Had 61 assists, 18 digs and 7 kills on .500 hitting in 3-2 win at Butler (11/12).
• BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week on Nov. 14 after averaging 11.75 assists, 4.12 digs, 1.00 kills and 0.38 blocks per set on .389 hitting and two double-doubles.
• Recorded first career triple-double with 53 assists, 14 digs and a season-high 10 kills in BIG EAST Championship final at Marquette (11/25).
• Had 34 assists, 10 digs and 5 kills in NCAA Tourney win over Coastal Carolina (12/1).
• Will transfer to South Carolina in January to play beach volleyball.
2016: Junior at Creighton
• Started all 36 matches, averaging 11.36 assists and 2.67 digs per set.
• Named 2016 BIG EAST Player of the Year, First Team All-BIG EAST and All-BIG EAST Tourney Team.
• Honored by the AVCA as a First Team All-East Region choice and a Third Team All-American.
• Also named Honorable Mention All-American by PrepVolleyball.com and VolleyballMag.com.
• Her 1,454 assists ranked second-most in Creighton single-season history and were second in the nation in 2016.
• Creighton’s fifth different opening day starting setter in as many years, but all five teams made the NCAA Tournament.
• Led team with 17 double-doubles and led the BIG EAST (ranking 12th nationally) in assists per set. She also finished 12th in BIG EAST in digs, best among the league’s setters.
• Enrolled at Creighton in January of 2016 and trained with the Bluejays in the spring.
• One of four team captains on Creighton’s 2016 squad, along with Kenzie Crawford, Lauren Smith and Jess Bird.
• First Creighton setter with multiple matches of 60+ assists in a year since Korie Lebeda in 2007.
• Named to Iowa State Challenge All-Tournament Team after averaging 8.11 assists and 3.78 digs per set in matches against Wichita State (Aug. 27) and Iowa State (Aug. 28).
• Became second player in Creighton history to post a double-double in each of her first two matches.
• Her 20 digs vs. ISU were third-most in CU history in a debut. She also became one of six players to debut with a double-double and one of six women in CU history with at least 20 assists and 20 digs in the same match.
• Collected her third double-double on Sept. 3 at USC, when she posted a career-high 63 assists to go with 13 digs.
• Named to Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team (Sept. 8-10) after averaging 11.91 assists, 2.73 digs, 1.36 kills and 0.64 blocks per set on .440 hitting.
• Had 31 assists and season-high nine kills while hitting .727 in 11 swings at Xavier (Sept. 30).
• Recorded 46 assists, 15 digs and seven kills in win at Villanova (Oct. 7).
• Named BIG EAST Player of the Week on Nov. 7.
• Tallied 43 assists as team hit .410 in BIG EAST Championship final vs. Xavier (Nov. 26).
• Delivered 60 assists in five-set NCAA Tournament win vs. Northern Iowa (Dec. 1).
• Had 56 assists and 17 digs in 3-2 win at No. 4 Kansas (Dec. 2) to clinch Sweet 16 bid.
• Dished 57 assists and 14 digs in 3-2 win against No. 17 Michigan to reach Elite Eight (Dec. 9).
2015: Sophomore at Purdue
• Racked up 55 kills while hitting at a .255 clip, adding 10 aces, 19 digs and five blocks at Purdue.
• Saw action in 24 matches, mostly as an outside hitter and serving specialist.
• Dished out 22 assists, including a season-best 10 vs. Maryland, while helping the team to a .394 hitting effort (Oct. 3).
• Tallied career-high 14 kills to lead Purdue in a win vs. South Dakota (Sept. 18) in a match that featured her sister Sydney on the USD side.
• Managed a .250 or better hitting percentage in six of 12 matches with a hitting attempt.
• Named to the Boiler Box Challenge All-Tournament Team.
• Academic All-Big Ten selection.
2014: Freshman at Purdue
• Saw action in all 32 matches, earning one start vs. Iowa (Nov. 8).
• Averaged 1.65 assists per set, as well as 1.38 digs per set.
• Ranked eighth in the Big Ten with 0.26 aces per set.
• Notched double-digit assists seven times, including a season-best 30 at Iowa.
• Added a season-best 12 digs to complete a double-double against the Hawkeyes.
• Also tallied double-digit digs with 10 at Minnesota (Nov. 22).
• Put down season-high eight kills against Morehead State (Sept. 19) while hitting .800 in 10 swings.
• Served up a season-best four aces at Northwestern (Oct. 24).
• Helped Purdue to .250 or better hitting percentages in four matches in which she recorded double-figure assist totals.
• Enrolled at Purdue in January of 2014.
Blaine High School
• Three-time All-State and all-conference choice.
• Led the state of Minnesota in aces as a junior, while also earning team MVP honors, after leading her team to a third-place finish at state, and conference and section championships.
• Honorable Mention All-State as a sophomore after compiling 74 aces, 611 assists and 191 digs, ranking second on her team with 221 kills.
• Ranked by PrepVolleyball.com as the No. 50 Senior Ace, as a Top 50 junior, to their Soph 79 Highest Honorable Mention team, and to the Frosh 59 Honorable Mention list.
• 2013 Under Armour All-America First Team honoree.
• 2012 PrepVolleyball.com High School All-American.
• Posted 160 kills, 44 blocks and 22 digs as a freshman.
• Honor roll student.
• Played club volleyball for the Northern Lights Volleyball Club, and received 15 Open MVP honors with the club at Junior Nationals in 2011.
Personal
• Born on April 23, 1996.
• Daughter of Bob and Mary Dimke.
• Has brothers Dylan and Wyatt and a sister, Sydney.
• Communication studies major.
• Favorite athlete is Kerri Walsh.
• Gameday superstition is drinking coffee.
• Chose Creighton because of Coach Booth and how she spoke so highly of the girls as people, not volleyball players.
• Favorite class has been Communication and Community with Dr. Kirby.
• Dream dinner guest is Jesus.
2015 Boiler Box All-Tournament Team
2015-16 Academic All-Big Ten
2016 AVCA First Team All-East Region
2016 AVCA Third Team All-American
2016 BIG EAST Conference All-Tournament Team
2016 BIG EAST Player of the Week, 11/7
2016 BIG EAST Player of the Year
2016 Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team
2016 Creighton Female Athlete of the Year
2016 First Team All-BIG EAST
2016 Iowa State Challenge All-Tournament Team
2016 PrepVolleyball.com Honorable Mention All-American
2016 VolleyballMag.com Honorable Mention All-American
2016-17 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2016-17 Dean’s List
2017 AVCA First Team All-East Region
2017 AVCA Honorable Mention All-American
2017 BIG EAST Institutional Female Scholar-Athlete Award
2017 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 9/5
2017 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 11/14
2017 Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team
2017 Bluejay Invitational MVP
2017 CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 First Team
2017 First Team All-BIG EAST
2017 Husky Invitational All-Tournament Team
2017 PrepVolleyball.com Honorable Mention All-American
2017 Preseason All-BIG EAST Team
2017 Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year
2017 Senior CLASS Award Candidate (30)
2017 VolleyballMag.com Honorable Mention All-American
2017 VolleyMob.com Honorable Mention All-American
2017: Senior at Creighton
• First Team All-BIG EAST for second straight year in 2017.
• Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year in 2017.
• Honorable Mention All-American in 2017 by AVCA, PrepVolleyball.com, VolleyMob.com and VolleyballMag.com.
• One of 30 initial Senior CLASS Award candidates.
• CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 First Team in 2017.
• Second in the BIG EAST in assists per set, 10th in aces per set and 20th in digs per set.
• Second in Creighton history for career hitting percentage.
• Named to Husky Invitational All-Tournament Team (8/26) after averaging 11.50 aps., 2.30 dps. and 0.50 saps.
• Had 47 assists and nine digs in win at No. 3 Washington (8/26).
Named MVP of the Bluejay Invitational (Sept. 2) and BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week (9/5) after averaging 9.67 assists, 2.44 digs, 1.56 kills, 1.00 blocks and 0.78 aces per set on .520 hitting.
• With 29 assists, 10 digs, four blocks, four aces and four kills vs. UNI (Sept. 2), become first Bluejay with 4+ in each category since Melissa Weisensee on Nov. 2, 1996.
• Set CU to .446 hitting vs. Belmont (9/8), fourth-best in team history.
• Had 40 assists, season-high 15 digs, seven kills and hit .500 at Wichita State (9/15).
• Missed Sept. 16 match vs. No. 19 Iowa State and Sept. 22 vs. Georgetown due to an ankle injury.
• Returned vs. Villanova (9/24) with 43 assists, 18 digs and seven kills on .500 hitting.
• Led CU to sweep at St. John’s (9/29) with 37 assists, seven kills, six blocks and five digs on .583 hitting.
• Dished career-high 65 assists vs. Butler (10/13), most by a Bluejay since 2007, in a match she also passed 2,000 assists at CU.
• Had 61 assists, 18 digs and 7 kills on .500 hitting in 3-2 win at Butler (11/12).
• BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week on Nov. 14 after averaging 11.75 assists, 4.12 digs, 1.00 kills and 0.38 blocks per set on .389 hitting and two double-doubles.
• Recorded first career triple-double with 53 assists, 14 digs and a season-high 10 kills in BIG EAST Championship final at Marquette (11/25).
• Had 34 assists, 10 digs and 5 kills in NCAA Tourney win over Coastal Carolina (12/1).
• Will transfer to South Carolina in January to play beach volleyball.
2016: Junior at Creighton
• Started all 36 matches, averaging 11.36 assists and 2.67 digs per set.
• Named 2016 BIG EAST Player of the Year, First Team All-BIG EAST and All-BIG EAST Tourney Team.
• Honored by the AVCA as a First Team All-East Region choice and a Third Team All-American.
• Also named Honorable Mention All-American by PrepVolleyball.com and VolleyballMag.com.
• Her 1,454 assists ranked second-most in Creighton single-season history and were second in the nation in 2016.
• Creighton’s fifth different opening day starting setter in as many years, but all five teams made the NCAA Tournament.
• Led team with 17 double-doubles and led the BIG EAST (ranking 12th nationally) in assists per set. She also finished 12th in BIG EAST in digs, best among the league’s setters.
• Enrolled at Creighton in January of 2016 and trained with the Bluejays in the spring.
• One of four team captains on Creighton’s 2016 squad, along with Kenzie Crawford, Lauren Smith and Jess Bird.
• First Creighton setter with multiple matches of 60+ assists in a year since Korie Lebeda in 2007.
• Named to Iowa State Challenge All-Tournament Team after averaging 8.11 assists and 3.78 digs per set in matches against Wichita State (Aug. 27) and Iowa State (Aug. 28).
• Became second player in Creighton history to post a double-double in each of her first two matches.
• Her 20 digs vs. ISU were third-most in CU history in a debut. She also became one of six players to debut with a double-double and one of six women in CU history with at least 20 assists and 20 digs in the same match.
• Collected her third double-double on Sept. 3 at USC, when she posted a career-high 63 assists to go with 13 digs.
• Named to Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team (Sept. 8-10) after averaging 11.91 assists, 2.73 digs, 1.36 kills and 0.64 blocks per set on .440 hitting.
• Had 31 assists and season-high nine kills while hitting .727 in 11 swings at Xavier (Sept. 30).
• Recorded 46 assists, 15 digs and seven kills in win at Villanova (Oct. 7).
• Named BIG EAST Player of the Week on Nov. 7.
• Tallied 43 assists as team hit .410 in BIG EAST Championship final vs. Xavier (Nov. 26).
• Delivered 60 assists in five-set NCAA Tournament win vs. Northern Iowa (Dec. 1).
• Had 56 assists and 17 digs in 3-2 win at No. 4 Kansas (Dec. 2) to clinch Sweet 16 bid.
• Dished 57 assists and 14 digs in 3-2 win against No. 17 Michigan to reach Elite Eight (Dec. 9).
2015: Sophomore at Purdue
• Racked up 55 kills while hitting at a .255 clip, adding 10 aces, 19 digs and five blocks at Purdue.
• Saw action in 24 matches, mostly as an outside hitter and serving specialist.
• Dished out 22 assists, including a season-best 10 vs. Maryland, while helping the team to a .394 hitting effort (Oct. 3).
• Tallied career-high 14 kills to lead Purdue in a win vs. South Dakota (Sept. 18) in a match that featured her sister Sydney on the USD side.
• Managed a .250 or better hitting percentage in six of 12 matches with a hitting attempt.
• Named to the Boiler Box Challenge All-Tournament Team.
• Academic All-Big Ten selection.
2014: Freshman at Purdue
• Saw action in all 32 matches, earning one start vs. Iowa (Nov. 8).
• Averaged 1.65 assists per set, as well as 1.38 digs per set.
• Ranked eighth in the Big Ten with 0.26 aces per set.
• Notched double-digit assists seven times, including a season-best 30 at Iowa.
• Added a season-best 12 digs to complete a double-double against the Hawkeyes.
• Also tallied double-digit digs with 10 at Minnesota (Nov. 22).
• Put down season-high eight kills against Morehead State (Sept. 19) while hitting .800 in 10 swings.
• Served up a season-best four aces at Northwestern (Oct. 24).
• Helped Purdue to .250 or better hitting percentages in four matches in which she recorded double-figure assist totals.
• Enrolled at Purdue in January of 2014.
Blaine High School
• Three-time All-State and all-conference choice.
• Led the state of Minnesota in aces as a junior, while also earning team MVP honors, after leading her team to a third-place finish at state, and conference and section championships.
• Honorable Mention All-State as a sophomore after compiling 74 aces, 611 assists and 191 digs, ranking second on her team with 221 kills.
• Ranked by PrepVolleyball.com as the No. 50 Senior Ace, as a Top 50 junior, to their Soph 79 Highest Honorable Mention team, and to the Frosh 59 Honorable Mention list.
• 2013 Under Armour All-America First Team honoree.
• 2012 PrepVolleyball.com High School All-American.
• Posted 160 kills, 44 blocks and 22 digs as a freshman.
• Honor roll student.
• Played club volleyball for the Northern Lights Volleyball Club, and received 15 Open MVP honors with the club at Junior Nationals in 2011.
Personal
• Born on April 23, 1996.
• Daughter of Bob and Mary Dimke.
• Has brothers Dylan and Wyatt and a sister, Sydney.
• Communication studies major.
• Favorite athlete is Kerri Walsh.
• Gameday superstition is drinking coffee.
• Chose Creighton because of Coach Booth and how she spoke so highly of the girls as people, not volleyball players.
• Favorite class has been Communication and Community with Dr. Kirby.
• Dream dinner guest is Jesus.
Creighton Volleyball vs Northern Iowa NCAA Volleyball Second Round Press Conference
Saturday, December 06
Creighton Volleyball vs Northern Colorado NCAA Volleyball First Round Press Conference 12:4:25
Friday, December 05
Utah Volleyball Press Conference - 12/4/25
Friday, December 05
Northern Iowa Volleyball Press Conference - 12/4/25
Friday, December 05
