Rachelle Hagerty

Position:
Outside Hitter
Height:
6-2
Class:
Junior
High School:
Defiance
Hometown:
Defiance, Ohio

Final Bio / Career Match-By-Match Stats in PDF Format

At Ball State University . . .
2008: Did not play for Ball State due to injury.

At University of Minnesota . . .
2006-07 (Fr.-So.): Earned two letters at Minnesota . . . played in 43 matches and 90 games over her two seasons . . . posted career-highs of 15 kills, four solo blocks and seven total blocks versus Ohio State (Oct. 27, 2007) . . . logged double-figure kills in four career matches, including 13 versus Iowa (Nov. 18, 2006) . . . recorded at least one block in 21 career matches.

Prep Career . . .
Earned four letters in volleyball at Defiance, where she was coached by her mother Bretta . . . 2005-06 Ohio Gatorade Player of the Year . . . Western Buckeye League and District 8 Player of the Year as a senior . . . holds the Ohio High School Athletics Association records for kills in a season (593) and kills in a career (1,637), while ranking fifth for kills in a match with 38 (versus Ottawa-Glandorf on Oct. 13, 2005) . . . believed to be the first player in state history to record over 1,000 kill before the end of her junior year . . . holds the state record for career matches with 30-or-more kills at 11 . . . First-Team All-State selection as a junior and senior, while earning second-team status as a sophomore . . . ranked 19th on the 2005 prepvolleyball.com list of senior high school players . . . helped guide Defiance to back-to-back Western Buckeye League Championships (2004 & 05) and three Division II Sectional Championships (2002, 04 & 05) . . . played club volleyball for Toledo VBC program . . . named to the all-tournament team for the USA 18’s Club Division Junior Olympic Championships.

Personal . . .
Major is physical education . . . born Dec. 15, 1987 . . . daughter of John and Bretta Hagerty . . . has one brother, Luke, and one sister, Brie . . . brother Luke was a two-year letterwinner in baseball at Ball State (2001-02) and is one of only six first round draft picks in school history, being selected with the 32nd pick of the 2002 MLB Draft by the Chicago Cubs . . . sister Brie was a member of Washington women’s volleyball team which won the 2005 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball National Championship . . . full name is Rachelle Ann Hagerty.