2018 (W) Volleyball Roster
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Jersey Number 19
Megan Ballenger
- Position:
- Middle Blocker/Right Side Hitter
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Ankeny, Iowa
- High School:
- Ankeny
Bio
Awards & Honors
2015-16 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2015-16 Dean’s List
2016 BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, 9/12
2016 BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, 9/19
2016 BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, 10/31
2016-17 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2016-17 Dean’s List
2017 Husky Invitational All-Tournament Team
2017 Shocker Volleyball Classic All-Tournament Team
2017-18 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2017-18 Dean’s List
2018 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 9/4
2018 Second Team All-BIG EAST
2018 SMU DoubleTree Classic All-Tournament Team
2018 SMU DoubleTree Classic MVP
2018-19 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2018-19 Dean’s List
2019 AVCA All-East Region First Team
2019 BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week, 9/24
2019 First Team All-BIG EAST
2019 Preseason All-BIG EAST Team
2019 UNI Tournament All-Tournament Team
2019: Senior at Creighton
• First Team All-BIG EAST in 2019 after earning Second Team All-BIG EAST accolades in 2018.
• A fifth-year senior who owns 126 career starts, including the last 93 matches in a row.
• Hit .330 in league play to rank third in the BIG EAST.
• Named to the All-Tournament Team at the UNI Tournament, where she collected 38 kills and nine blocks while hitting .437.
• Had 12 kills and five blocks on .579 hitting in win vs. No. 12 Kentucky (9/6).
• Tied career-high with 16 kills and hit .414 in 3-1 win vs. No. 15 USC (9/7).
• Earned eight blocks vs. Wichita State (Sept. 19), then followed it two days later with career-best nine blocks vs. Wyoming (Sept. 21).
• Named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 24 after averaging 2.83 blocks per set during the Creighton Classic.
• Hit .583 with eight kills in 3-0 sweep vs. Villanova (Sept. 27).
• Had 10 kills and hit .625 vs. Georgetown (Sept. 29).
• Hit .750 with 10 kills in 12 swings during 3-0 sweep vs. Butler (Oct. 18).
• Finished with eight kills on .538 hitting in 3-0 victory vs. Xavier (Oct. 20).
• Ranks ninth in Creighton history with 372 career blocks and fifth with 126 starts.
• Preseason All-BIG EAST selection.
• Started matches at middle blocker, right side hitter and even once at setter in her career.
• Leads Creighton’s 2019 returners with 299 kills from a year ago, and second with 103 blocks.
• Sister, Alyssa, is a junior volleyball player at Wayne State.
• First syllable of last name rhymes with “pal”, and last syllable sounds like “jur”.
2018: Junior at Creighton
• Second Team All-BIG EAST middle blocker.
• Started all 34 matches, averaging 2.53 kills and 0.87 blocks per set while hitting .305.
• Ballenger’s 299 kills ranked third on the team, trailing only All-Americans Taryn Kloth (490) and Jaali Winters (451).
• Recognized as BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 4) after being named MVP of the SMU DoubleTree Classic (Sept. 1) and averaging 3.44 kills per set on .529 hitting in three sweeps.
• In BIG EAST play, ranked sixth in hitting percentage and eighth in blocks per set.
• Opened her junior season with three straight matches of 10 or more kills at the Trojan Invitational (Aug. 24-25).
• Started the season with 10 kills and six blocks in a 3-2 win over No. 5 Kentucky (Aug. 24).
• Led CU with 13 kills and .435 hitting vs. Northern Iowa (Aug. 24).
• Tied career-high with 16 kills on .609 hitting in 3-0 sweep at SMU to clinch SMU DoubleTree Classic title (Sept. 1).
• Hit .400 with 26 kills and two attack errors in 60 swings at the Illini Classic (Sept. 14-15).
• Had 11 kills in 19 swings to hit .579 in win vs. Lipscomb (Sept. 15).
• Owned a season-high six blocks at Xavier (Sept. 29); then matched that against Seton Hall (Oct. 5) and St. John’s (Oct. 7).
• Had eight kills & four blocks on .615 hitting at Georgetown (Oct. 12) and followed that with 12 kills on .435 hitting at Villanova (Oct. 13).
• Had 15 kills, five digs and four blocks in win vs. Xavier (Oct. 18).
• Owned 12 kills on .435 hitting in win at No. 18 Marquette (Oct. 26), then added 12 kills on .556 hitting one night later at DePaul (Oct. 27).
2017: Sophomore at Creighton
• Averaged 2.32 kills and 0.78 blocks per set on .304 hitting, starting 32-of-33 contests.
• Also served up 11 aces.
• Was ninth in the BIG EAST in hitting percentage, 15th in blocks per set, 23rd in points per set and 24th in kills per set.
• Split time between middle blocker and right-side hitter, but made a start at setter on Sept. 22 vs. Georgetown with Lydia Dimke sidelined.
• Made collegiate setting debut on Sept. 22 vs. Georgetown, finishing with 23 assists, eight kills and four digs as CU hit .446, which is CU’s fifth-best hitting percentage ever for a match.
• Named to Husky Invitational All-Tournament Team after averaging 2.20 kills and 1.00 blocks per set on .349 hitting (Aug. 26).
• Named to Shocker Volleyball Classic All-Tournament Team after averaging 3.11 kills on .357 hitting in two matches (Sept. 17).
• Opened season with 10 kills on .562 hitting vs. Saint Mary’s (Aug. 25).
• Hit .500 with 11 kills vs. No. 18 USC (Sept. 2).
• Hit .600 with seven kills in 10 swings in sweep over No. 7 Kansas (Sept. 9), adding two blocks.
• Put down a career-high 16 kills while hitting .500 at Wichita State (Sept. 15).
• Had 12 kills and three blocks vs. No. 19 Iowa State (Sept. 16).
• Provided 11 kills and eight digs in win over Villanova (Sept. 24).
• Had nine kills on .750 hitting at DePaul (Oct. 6).
• Hit .643 and served two aces in sweep of Seton Hall (Oct. 22).
• Finished with 13 kills, five digs and four blocks in win at Butler (Nov. 12) that clinched a share of fourth straight BIG EAST title.
• Recorded 12 kills and career-high eight blocks in 3-2 win at Georgetown (Nov. 18) to clinch fourth straight outright BIG EAST title.
• Tied career-high with 16 kills on .483 hitting in BIG EAST Championship finals win at Marquette (Nov. 25).
• Named to the Dean’s List at Creighton.
2016: Freshman at Creighton
• Started 29-of-34 matches played, leading the team with 39 aces and contributing 1.61 kills, 1.37 digs and 0.69 blocks per set.
• Led the BIG EAST in aces (39), was second in aces per set (0.36) and ranked 17th in hitting percentage (.279).
• League’s only player to earn three BIG EAST Freshman of the Week honors in 2016, doing so on Sept. 12, Sept. 19 and Oct. 31.
• Redshirt freshman who made her collegiate debut on Aug. 27 vs. Wichita State with two digs on the only point she played.
• Saw significant action a day later, finishing with five blocks, four digs, two aces and two kills in win at Iowa State (Aug. 28).
• Made her first career start vs. Northern Iowa (Sept. 2), recording 11 kills, six digs and two aces.
• Had a season-high with 14 kills and added nine digs at USC (Sept. 3).
• Dug a season-best 16 balls vs. No. 4 Kansas (Sept. 8).
• Had kills on her first seven swings in 3-0 sweep of Gonzaga, as she finished with 13 kills, five digs and three aces (Sept. 16).
• Served career-high six aces in win over DePaul (Sept. 25).
• Finished with seven kills, eight digs, three blocks and an ace on .462 hitting at Butler (Oct. 1).
• Served Creighton to a 10-0 lead in the first set vs. Seton Hall (Oct. 16).
• Hit .727 in 11 swings and finished with nine kills, five digs and season-high seven blocks in 3-0 win at St. John’s (Oct. 29).
• Put down a kill on match point to beat No. 4 Kansas (Dec. 2) and secure a return trip to the Sweet 16.
• Saw minimal playing time in Austin Regional due to injury.
2015: Redshirted at Creighton
• Battled injury in the preseason and redshirted.
• Named to Creighton’s Dean’s List, in addition to the BIG EAST’s All-Academic Team.
Ankeny High School
• Averaged 4.31 kills and 3.39 digs while adding 68 blocks and 53 aces as a senior.
• 2014-15 Under Armour and AVCA Honorable Mention All-American.
• Senior-year team was ranked fifth in state in final regular-season poll, finished 35-8, and reached state tournament quarterfinals.
• At state tournament, ranked second in kills per set (trailing only Jaali Winters), third in blocks per set and tied for eighth in aces.
• Ranked first among all 5A players in Iowa in kills per set while ranking seventh in blocks, seventh in digs and sixth in aces.
• Three-time All-Central Iowa Metro League Elite team pick, as named by the Des Moines Register.
• Earned Central Iowa Metropolitan League All-Academic recognition all four seasons.
• Set a single-season school record with 514 kills as a junior, when she averaged 4.85 kills and 2.92 digs per set, while contributing 63 aces and 61 blocks.
• Was named to Des Moines Register Elite Team three times, and named Des Moines Register Player of the Year as a sophomore and junior.
• Finished prep career with school records for career kills (1,491), blocks (314), aces (197) and attack attempts (3367) while adding 1,126 digs.
• Three-time First Team All-State, all-district and all-conference.
• Played club volleyball for All Iowa Attack, where she was a teammate of former Bluejay All-American Jaali Winters.
• Was named to the USAV 16 American Division All-Tournament Team and was USAV 18 National Division Tournament MVP as her All Iowa Attack team won title both years.
Personal
• Daughter of Steve and Rachel Ballenger.
• Has one sister, Alyssa, who is a junior volleyball player at Wayne State.
• Is a finance and marketing major.
• Spent the summer working as an Investor Services intern at TD Ameritrade.
• Favorite professor is Taylor Keen.
• Dream dinner guests would be Warren Buffett, JFK and Michelle Obama.
• Favorite win last season was vs. Marquette to win the BIG EAST Championship.
• Chose Creighton because of the great academics, athletic opportunities and the people.
• Dream vacation destination is Australia.
• Best food she can make is soy citrus salmon.
• Nicknames include Meg, Meg Bal and Mama Meg.
• Is superstitious about eating an apple before a match.
• Favorite website is ThePlayersTribune.com.
• Go-to pregame music artist is Post Malone.
• Wears #19 because she was a fan of Destinee Hooker when she was at Texas.
Creighton VB Postgame Press Conference vs Butler 9/27/25
Sunday, September 28
Butler at #16 Creighton Volleyball Highlights - 9/27/25
Sunday, September 28
Creighton VB Postgame Presser vs Xavier 9/26/25
Saturday, September 27
#16 Creighton Volleyball Highlights vs. Xavier - 9/26/25
Saturday, September 27
