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Jersey Number 10
Ellie Bichelmeyer
- Position:
- Right Side Hitter
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Mission Hills, Kan.
- High School:
- St. Theresa's Academy
- Deals:
Bio
2023: Senior at Creighton
• A grad transfer from Rice, who had 833 kills in 105 matches over four years with the Owls and finished college career with 983 overall.
• Was a Second Team All-Conference USA choice in 2020, 2021 and 2022 at Rice.
• Finished the fall ranked 12th in the BIG EAST in hitting percentage (.275).
• Hit .356 (108-28-225) in last 16 matches, with CU winning 44 of the 47 sets she played in.
• Started each of Creighton’s first three matches of the season, combining for 10 kills, seven blocks and six digs (Aug. 25-27).
• Best match came vs. Duke, when she notched seven kills, five blocks and four digs (Aug. 27).
• Owned three kills in four swings vs. Iowa State (Sept. 10).
• Provided a spark off the bench with six kills and two digs in 3-2 win at No. 9 Minnesota (Sept. 16).
• Started BIG EAST debut and had six kills at Butler (Sept. 22).
• Owned seven kills at Xavier (Sept. 23).
• Had four kills, two digs and two blocks vs. Georgetown (Oct. 13).
• Registered 11 kills while hitting .500 vs. Villanova (Oct. 15).
• Generated six kills on .455 hitting at UConn (Oct. 20).
• Had six kills in second set of win at Providence on Oct. 21 as the Jays rallied from a 17-10 deficit.
• Hit .600 with six kills and five blocks in win at Villanova (Oct. 27).
• Pounded a season-high 14 kills, including seven in a third set 26-24 win, of 3-0 sweep vs. No. 25 Marquette (Nov. 5) as she hit .571.
• Hit .421 and finished with 10 kills in 3-0 win at Seton Hall (Nov. 10).
• Owned a .714 attack percentage in win vs. Xavier (Nov. 17).
• Had 10 kills on .476 hitting in Senior Day win vs. Butler (Nov. 19).
• Owned 12 kills in win vs. Minnesota to clinch Sweet 16 bid (Dec. 2).
• While playing for Rice, had 12 kills in win over No. 17 Creighton on Sept. 18, 2022.
• Selected as a College Sports Communicators Academic All-District pick while at Rice last year.
• Both parents attended Creighton, and dad (John) played on the CU Baseball team and won Carl M. Reinert, S.J., Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award in 1997.
• One of seven players from Kansas on the Bluejay roster.
• Last name pronounced BICK-ill-my-er.
2022: Senior at Rice
• Honored as a Second Team All-Conference USA choice for the third time.
• Named Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 12 after helping the Owls to a 4-0 week.
• Named College Sports Communicators Academic All-District.
• Ranked 14th in C-USA in kills per set (2.81), upping that to 3.00 kills per set in league play to rank ninth.
• Set a career high in hitting percentage (.313).
• Third on the team in kills per set (2.81) and fourth in total kills (284), points (310.5), and blocks (46).
• Collected at least 10 kills on 15 occasions.
• Also hit .300 or better 15 times, including a career-high .647 hitting percentage against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Sept. 10).
• Had a career-high 21 kills versus Charlotte (Oct. 16).
• Owned at least three blocks five times.
• Twice had a season-high eight digs, doing it against both Kansas State (Sept. 16) and at North Texas (Sept. 30).
2021: Junior at Rice
• Second Team All-Conference USA pick.
• Ranked eighth among all C-USA players with a .350 hitting percentage during league play.
• Produced 10 or more kills in 10 matches.
• Was third on the Owls with 206 kills and in kills per set (2.40).
• Hit .300 or better in 12 matches.
• Established a season-high in kills (16) in just three sets in a sweep over UTSA (Nov. 5).
• Tallied 13 kills vs. No. 13 Oregon (Sept. 2).
• Recorded a season-high seven rejections at UAB (Oct. 29).
2020: Sophomore at Rice
• Earned a spot on the Conference USA Second Team.
• Second on the Owls in total kills (179), total attacks (459) and third in total points (205.5) and kills per set (2.45).
• Had five matches with 10 or more kills, including a season-high 16 kills in a win over North Texas (March 7).
• Totaled 14 kills in a win at UTSA (Feb. 28).
• Had 10 matches with 10 or more points.
• Named to C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2019: Freshman at Rice
• Named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team.
• Third on the Owls in kills per set (1.89) and total attacks (468).
• Fourth on the team in total kills (164), blocks (40), and points (188.0).
• Had five matches with 10 or more kills, including a season-high 12 in a win over Loyola Marymount (Sept. 7).
• Also had 10 kills against No. 19 Western Kentucky in the C-USA title match (Nov. 24).
• Finished with eight kills in win over No. 8 Texas (Sept. 18).
• Set a season-high with three blocks in six separate matches.
• Named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
St. Theresa’s Academy
• Graduated from St. Teresa’s Academy in Kansas City, Mo., where she played for head coach Lauren Brentlinger.
• While with the Stars, Bichelmeyer helped guide her team to district titles, sectional championships, and state final four appearances in all four seasons.
• The school record holder for both kills and blocks, Bichelmeyer was an All-State selection in 2017 and 2018, as well as an AVCA Honorable Mention All-American and the Evelyn Gates Award (top female varsity student-athlete in Kansas City area) winner.
• For her career, Bichelmeyer amassed 650 kills (while hitting .347) with 165 blocks, 278 digs and 75 aces.
• In her senior season alone, Bichelmeyer totaled 350 kills while hitting .298, to go along with 75 blocks, 169 digs and 30 aces.
• Also participated in track in the pole vault, clearing a personal-best of 9’6”.
Awards & Honors
2019 Conference USA All-Freshman Team
2019-20 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2020 Second Team All-Conference USA
2020-21 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll 2021 Conference USA All-Tournament Team
2021 Second Team All-Conference USA
2022 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2022 Conference USA Player of the Week, 9/12
2022 Second Team All-Conference USA
Personal
• Daughter of John and Julie Bichelmeyer.
• Has siblings Anna, Jack and Charlotte.
• Both parents attended Creighton, with dad playing on the baseball team from 1993-97.
• Is pursuing her Master’s of Business Administration at Creighton.
• Best sports memory is beating Texas in 2019.
• Chose to attend Creighton because of its strong academics and volleyball program, Coach Booth, and its proximity to being close to home while going to her parents alma mater.
• Favorite show on Netflix/Hulu is Criminal Minds.
• Favorite sport other than volleyball is tennis.
• Chose her uniform number by adding a 0 to the #1 she wore at Rice.
• Favorite ice cream flavor is mint chocolate chip.
• First job as a kid was baby sitting.
• Opponent I can’t wait to play is Nebraska.
• Best part of European trip was Cinque Terre.
• Favorite book is Silent Patient.
• Dream vacation destination is Maldives.
• Favorite social media outlet is TikTok.
• Sports hero is Serena Williams.
• Favorite BIG EAST road city is Chicago.
• Summer job was coaching camps and classes.
• Favorite holiday is Christmas.
• A grad transfer from Rice, who had 833 kills in 105 matches over four years with the Owls and finished college career with 983 overall.
• Was a Second Team All-Conference USA choice in 2020, 2021 and 2022 at Rice.
• Finished the fall ranked 12th in the BIG EAST in hitting percentage (.275).
• Hit .356 (108-28-225) in last 16 matches, with CU winning 44 of the 47 sets she played in.
• Started each of Creighton’s first three matches of the season, combining for 10 kills, seven blocks and six digs (Aug. 25-27).
• Best match came vs. Duke, when she notched seven kills, five blocks and four digs (Aug. 27).
• Owned three kills in four swings vs. Iowa State (Sept. 10).
• Provided a spark off the bench with six kills and two digs in 3-2 win at No. 9 Minnesota (Sept. 16).
• Started BIG EAST debut and had six kills at Butler (Sept. 22).
• Owned seven kills at Xavier (Sept. 23).
• Had four kills, two digs and two blocks vs. Georgetown (Oct. 13).
• Registered 11 kills while hitting .500 vs. Villanova (Oct. 15).
• Generated six kills on .455 hitting at UConn (Oct. 20).
• Had six kills in second set of win at Providence on Oct. 21 as the Jays rallied from a 17-10 deficit.
• Hit .600 with six kills and five blocks in win at Villanova (Oct. 27).
• Pounded a season-high 14 kills, including seven in a third set 26-24 win, of 3-0 sweep vs. No. 25 Marquette (Nov. 5) as she hit .571.
• Hit .421 and finished with 10 kills in 3-0 win at Seton Hall (Nov. 10).
• Owned a .714 attack percentage in win vs. Xavier (Nov. 17).
• Had 10 kills on .476 hitting in Senior Day win vs. Butler (Nov. 19).
• Owned 12 kills in win vs. Minnesota to clinch Sweet 16 bid (Dec. 2).
• While playing for Rice, had 12 kills in win over No. 17 Creighton on Sept. 18, 2022.
• Selected as a College Sports Communicators Academic All-District pick while at Rice last year.
• Both parents attended Creighton, and dad (John) played on the CU Baseball team and won Carl M. Reinert, S.J., Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award in 1997.
• One of seven players from Kansas on the Bluejay roster.
• Last name pronounced BICK-ill-my-er.
2022: Senior at Rice
• Honored as a Second Team All-Conference USA choice for the third time.
• Named Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 12 after helping the Owls to a 4-0 week.
• Named College Sports Communicators Academic All-District.
• Ranked 14th in C-USA in kills per set (2.81), upping that to 3.00 kills per set in league play to rank ninth.
• Set a career high in hitting percentage (.313).
• Third on the team in kills per set (2.81) and fourth in total kills (284), points (310.5), and blocks (46).
• Collected at least 10 kills on 15 occasions.
• Also hit .300 or better 15 times, including a career-high .647 hitting percentage against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Sept. 10).
• Had a career-high 21 kills versus Charlotte (Oct. 16).
• Owned at least three blocks five times.
• Twice had a season-high eight digs, doing it against both Kansas State (Sept. 16) and at North Texas (Sept. 30).
2021: Junior at Rice
• Second Team All-Conference USA pick.
• Ranked eighth among all C-USA players with a .350 hitting percentage during league play.
• Produced 10 or more kills in 10 matches.
• Was third on the Owls with 206 kills and in kills per set (2.40).
• Hit .300 or better in 12 matches.
• Established a season-high in kills (16) in just three sets in a sweep over UTSA (Nov. 5).
• Tallied 13 kills vs. No. 13 Oregon (Sept. 2).
• Recorded a season-high seven rejections at UAB (Oct. 29).
2020: Sophomore at Rice
• Earned a spot on the Conference USA Second Team.
• Second on the Owls in total kills (179), total attacks (459) and third in total points (205.5) and kills per set (2.45).
• Had five matches with 10 or more kills, including a season-high 16 kills in a win over North Texas (March 7).
• Totaled 14 kills in a win at UTSA (Feb. 28).
• Had 10 matches with 10 or more points.
• Named to C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2019: Freshman at Rice
• Named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team.
• Third on the Owls in kills per set (1.89) and total attacks (468).
• Fourth on the team in total kills (164), blocks (40), and points (188.0).
• Had five matches with 10 or more kills, including a season-high 12 in a win over Loyola Marymount (Sept. 7).
• Also had 10 kills against No. 19 Western Kentucky in the C-USA title match (Nov. 24).
• Finished with eight kills in win over No. 8 Texas (Sept. 18).
• Set a season-high with three blocks in six separate matches.
• Named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
St. Theresa’s Academy
• Graduated from St. Teresa’s Academy in Kansas City, Mo., where she played for head coach Lauren Brentlinger.
• While with the Stars, Bichelmeyer helped guide her team to district titles, sectional championships, and state final four appearances in all four seasons.
• The school record holder for both kills and blocks, Bichelmeyer was an All-State selection in 2017 and 2018, as well as an AVCA Honorable Mention All-American and the Evelyn Gates Award (top female varsity student-athlete in Kansas City area) winner.
• For her career, Bichelmeyer amassed 650 kills (while hitting .347) with 165 blocks, 278 digs and 75 aces.
• In her senior season alone, Bichelmeyer totaled 350 kills while hitting .298, to go along with 75 blocks, 169 digs and 30 aces.
• Also participated in track in the pole vault, clearing a personal-best of 9’6”.
Awards & Honors
2019 Conference USA All-Freshman Team
2019-20 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2020 Second Team All-Conference USA
2020-21 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll 2021 Conference USA All-Tournament Team
2021 Second Team All-Conference USA
2022 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2022 Conference USA Player of the Week, 9/12
2022 Second Team All-Conference USA
Personal
• Daughter of John and Julie Bichelmeyer.
• Has siblings Anna, Jack and Charlotte.
• Both parents attended Creighton, with dad playing on the baseball team from 1993-97.
• Is pursuing her Master’s of Business Administration at Creighton.
• Best sports memory is beating Texas in 2019.
• Chose to attend Creighton because of its strong academics and volleyball program, Coach Booth, and its proximity to being close to home while going to her parents alma mater.
• Favorite show on Netflix/Hulu is Criminal Minds.
• Favorite sport other than volleyball is tennis.
• Chose her uniform number by adding a 0 to the #1 she wore at Rice.
• Favorite ice cream flavor is mint chocolate chip.
• First job as a kid was baby sitting.
• Opponent I can’t wait to play is Nebraska.
• Best part of European trip was Cinque Terre.
• Favorite book is Silent Patient.
• Dream vacation destination is Maldives.
• Favorite social media outlet is TikTok.
• Sports hero is Serena Williams.
• Favorite BIG EAST road city is Chicago.
• Summer job was coaching camps and classes.
• Favorite holiday is Christmas.
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