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2009 Women's Volleyball Roster

6 Meghan Fanta

6 Meghan Fanta

  • Position:
    Setter
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Previous Team:
    Hillsboro
  • Hometown:
    Hillsboro, Wis.

Summary

Biography

Senior Season (2009): Played in all 28 matches and 107 sets ... Served as team captain ... Finished seventh in the Patriot League with 6.59 assists per set ... Wrapped up her career with 3,945 assists, which ranked sixth on the Patriot League's all-time career list ... Ended season with seven kills, 15 aces, 703 assists, 182 digs, and eight blocks ... Was named to the Patriot League all-tournament team ... Had eight matches with 30 or more assists, including a season-high 40 at Long Island U (9/11) ... Had 15 different matches of one service ace ... Had five matches of 10 or more digs, including a season-high 15 versus Siena (9/12) ... Had a season-high two blocks versus Toledo (9/5) ... Posted lone block solo against Bucknell (10/9).

Junior Year (2008): Saw the court in all 29 matches at setter … Finished season with  27 kills, 21 aces, 184 digs, and 21 blocks ... Set the Colgate career assist record with 3,242 ... Ranked third in the Patriot League in assists with 9.28 per game … Finished with 902 assists which ranked 10th all-time in Colgate single-season history … She also holds the record with 1,191 as a rookie … Registered at least 20 assists in 24 matches … Named Patriot League Player of the Week (11/3) following a 36 assist 11 dig outing against Bucknell … Had 47 assists against non-conference rival Binghamton … Ranked third on the team in digs with 1.90 per game … Handed out at least 40 assists six times … Recorded five double-doubles …Posted a season-high four aces against Syracuse.

Sophomore Year (2007): Saw the court in all 30 matches at setter … Ranked second in the Patriot League in assists with 11.26 per game … Finished with 1,149 assists which ranked second all-time in Colgate single-season history … She also holds the record with 1,191 as a rookie … Registered at least 20 assists in 26 matches … Her 70 assists in the five-game victory at Lafayette (10/20) ranks second all-time in Colgate history … Had 58 assists and a career-high 17 digs in the Patriot League Tournament Semifinal victory over Army … Ranked third on the team in digs with 1.96 per game … Handed out at least 50 assists seven times … Named to the Colgate Classic all-tournament Team after helping Raiders to the title … Recorded five double-doubles … Picked up a season-high three block assists against Lafayette (9/21) and in the Raiders’ first victory over Army since 2000 (10/12) … Also had 56 assists in the four-game win against the Black Knights …Posted a season-high five kills at Syracuse.
 
Freshman Year (2006): Started all 29 matches at setter … Broke the Colgate single-season assists record with 1,191 … Averaged 11.34 assists per game …Earned Patriot League Baden Rookie of the Week once … Named a weekly honorable mention six times … Registered a season-high 62 assists in a come-from-behind win over Navy (11/10) … Had 58 assists against Lehigh (10/27) … Also 57 assists against the Mountain Hawks (9/30)… Posted her first 50-assist performance against La Salle (8/26) … Also had a career-high 17 digs against the Explorers for her first double-double… Tallied five kills against Canisius and Rider … Had 14 double-doubles on the year … Finished with a career-best four total blocks at Holy Cross (9/23) … Posted at least one kill in all but one match … Never had fewer than 18 assists in a match.

Before Colgate: A four-year letterwinner at Hillsboro High School... honorable mention all-State selection in 2004 and 2005...Selected to the all-state Tournament team as a senior...A two-time conference Player of the Year (2004-2005)...Voted to the first-team all-conference squad three times (2003-05) ...Team captain as a junior and a senior...Helped the Tigers to the Division 4 State Runner-up in 2005...Her team was a three-time Division 4 State qualifier and won three consecutive Scenic Bluffs Conference titles...Also played basketball ...Helped lead team to three straight conference championships...Earned first-team all-conference recognition in 2005 and 2006...Voted the team’s Most Valuable Player both her junior and senior seasons...A two-year team captain... Played softball in the spring earning first-team all-conference honors in 2005... Also was voted the team’s MVP as a junior...Valedictorian...Senior Honors Student...first-team Academic all-Conference...Named Student of the Year in 2003 and 2004.

 

Personal: Meghan Leigh Fanta was born  in Hillsboro, Wis. ... Daughter of Gerry and Teresa Fanta ... Has two sisters ... Major is neuroscience.
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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2006First Year

    Defensive Specialist/Setter
    5'8"
    6
  • 6

    2007Sophomore

    Defensive Specialist/Setter
    5'8"
    6
  • 6

    2008Junior

    Defensive Specialist/Setter
    5'8"
    6
  • 6
    C

    2009Senior

    Setter
    5'8"
    6
    C