Ian Peckler

Position:
Outside Attacker/Libero
Height:
6-3
Weight:
null
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Vernon Hills, Ill.
High School:
Vernon Hills

2007 (Jr): AVCA All-America Second Team . . . Volleyball Magazine All-America Second Team . . . Second Team All-MIVA . . . played in all 30 matches and in 104 of a possible 107 games . . . ranked first in the league and sixth in the nation with a 2.65 digs-per-game average . . . his 276 digs on the year ranked second among all NCAA Division I/II players . . . scored double-figure digs in 14 matches . . . tallied a career-high two kills at Ohio State (3/9).

2006 (So.): Second Team All-MIVA . . . played in 26 matches and 85 games . . . recorded a BSU-record 29 digs vs. Carthage (1/20) . . . finished the year tied for fifth in the nation with a 2.78 digs-per-game average . . . recorded double-figure digs in 12 matches . . . added a kill in four contests . . . logged 236 digs on the year.

2005 (Fr.): Played in 30 matches and 102 games after redshirting in 2004 . . . ranked second on the team and third in the league with 238 digs . . . tallied a season-best 19 digs in two matches - - vs. Ohio State (4/1) and Loyola (4/15) . . . collected double-figure digs in 11 matches . . . dished out a career-high five assists at Hawaii (3/12) . . . recorded his first career kill at Findlay (3/26) . . . added his second vs. Mercyhurst (4/23).

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters in volleyball plus three in basketball for Vernon Hills . . . helped team to a 28-8-1 mark as a senior and an 89-45-2 career record . . . registered 80 aces, 246 blocks and 1,023 kills in his career . . . set school records for kills in a game (10), kills in a match (20), kills in a season (365), aces in a game (6), digs in a game (11), digs in a match (21) and digs in a season (340) . . . two-time team Most Valuable Player . . . three-time All-North Suburban Conference, all-area and All-Lake Shore . . . Lake Shore Player of the Year as a senior . . . 2003 Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 selection . . . two-time Chicago Tribune All-State Honorable Mention, and Chicago Sun-Times All-State Second Team as a senior . . . helped Vernon Hills to first-ever conference title as a senior . . . played for Adversity Volleyball Club Team for three seasons and helped team to a ninth-place finish at nationals in 2002 and 2003.

PERSONAL: Son of Scott and Sheila Peckler . . . has one brother . . . father, Scott, played baseball at Eastern Illinois . . . graduated last spring with a degree in sport administration, with a marketing minor . . . currently working on a master’s degree in sport administration . . . born Nov. 28, 1984, in Evanston, Ill.