2025 Volleyball Roster
Jersey Number 18
Emma Berran
- Position:
- Setter
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Inver Grove Heights, Minn.
- High School:
- Eagan
CAREER NOTES
Academic:
National
CSC Academic All-America® Third Team (2024)
2x CSC Academic All-District® (2023, 2024)
2x D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award (2024-25, 2025-26)
Conference
3x NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence (2023, 2024, 2025)
3x NSIC All-Academic (2023, 2024, 2025)
Athletic:
National
2x AVCA Honorable Mention All-American (2023, 2024)
Regional
2x AVCA All-Central Region (First Team - 2024 | Honorable Mention - 2023)
NCAA Central Region All-Tournament Team (2024)
Conference
2x All-NSIC (First Team - 2024 | Second Team - 2023)
NSIC All-Tournament Team (2024)
4x NSIC Setter of the Week (Sept. 12, 2022 | Sept. 25, 2023 | Oct. 23, 2023 | Nov. 11, 2024)
SCSU CAREER RECORDS
4. Assists – 4,029
16. Double-Doubles – 17
SCSU SEASON RECORDS
1. Assists by a First Year – 1,286 (2022)
9. Assists – 1,295 (2024)
10. Assists – 1,286 (2022)
SCSU MATCH RECORDS
t-7. Aces – 6, vs. Florida Tech (Sept. 1, 2023)
2025 | SENIOR SEASON:
Appeared in 25 sets over 15 matches, making four starts...tallied 213 assists, 31 digs, 13 blocks (one solo and 12 assists) and 21 points...averaged 8.52 assists, 1.24 digs, 0.52 blocks and 0.84 points/set...tied her career-highs in total blocks (five) and block assists (five) vs. San Francisco State on Sept. 5...posted 40+ assists in one match and 30+ in three...
2024 | JUNIOR SEASON:
Started all 32 matches and played in 111 of 113 sets...compiled 1,295 assists, 210 digs, 68 kills, 54 blocks, 33 aces and 131.5 points...led team in assists...averaged 11.67 assists, 1.89 digs, 0.61 kills, 0.49 blocks, 0.30 aces and 1.18 points/set...ranked No. 6 in assists/set and No. 9 in total assists among all D-II players...ranked No. 2 in assists/set and total assists among NSIC players...sent down a career-high six kills twice - at Cal State San Bernardino on Sept. 6 and vs. Sioux Falls on Nov. 19...tallied 60+ assists once, 50+ five times, 40+ 16 times and 30+ 28 times...posted 10+ digs six times...recorded six double-doubles (assists/digs)...
2023 | SOPHOMORE SEASON:
Started all 31 matches and was one of two players to play in all 109 sets...recorded 1,235 assists, 192 digs, 46 blocks (five solo and 41 assists), 45 aces, 43 kills and 113.5 points...led team in assists and aces...averaged 11.33 assists, 1.76 digs, 0.42 blocks, 0.41 aces, 0.39 kills and 1.04 points/set...ranked No. 6 in assists/set and No. 16 in total assists among all D-II players...ranked No. 2 in assists/set, No. 3 in total assists, No. 4 in total aces and No. 9 in aces/set among NSIC players...tied her career-high for assists in a match, with 63 at Wayne State on Nov. 18...recorded a career-high six aces vs. Florida Tech on Sept. 1...tied her career-highs in total blocks (five) and block assists (five) vs. Northern State on Sept. 23...dished out 60+ assists once, 50+ four times, 40+ 16 times and 30+ 27 times...tallied 10+ digs five times...recorded five double-doubles (assists/digs)...
2022 | FRESHMAN SEASON:
Delivered a historic debut collegiate campaign, becoming the Huskies’ first true freshman to earn the starting setter spot in 15 years while directing one of the Nation’s most prolific offenses, posting the seventh-most assists per set in DII and breaking the program’s first-year assist record…started all 34 matches and played 115 sets, recording an SCSU first-year record 1,286 assists alongside 192 digs, 55 blocks, 31 kills and 18 aces…averaged 11.18 assists, 1.67 digs and 0.48 blocks per set…converted her sets at a 41.9% clip…her 1286 assists ranked eighth in the NCAA and stand as the seventh-most a Husky has dished out in a single season while her 11.18 assists/set landed seventh across the NCAA and No. 9 in single-season SCSU history…produced the second-most assists and assists/set in the NSIC and…quarterbacked one of the most terminal offenses in the NCAA as the Huskies ranked No. 6 in hitting percentage (.278), No. 8 in total kills (1717) and No. 10 in kills/set (14.19)…her ability to distribute the ball evenly across her hitters shined as the Huskies were one of just four teams in all of DII to have three players average at least 3.0 kills per set…St. Cloud State hit .300 or better in 12 matches, .280 or better in 18 matches and only had three matches in which the club hit below .200…recorded 50-plus assists six times…produced six double-doubles…earned NSIC Setter of the Week honors once…first true freshman to earn the starting setter role since Jennifer Waterman did so in 2007…
Prep: 2022 graduate of Eagan High School…three-year letterwinner...2021 Third Team All-Metro honoree...named All-South Suburban Conference as a senior...garnered AAU All-America honors with Mizuno Northern Lights in 2019...helped Eagan to a runner-up finish at the 2021 MSHSL Class AAA State Tournament...guided the Wildcats to a MSHSL Section 3AAAA Finals appearance…off the court was a member of NHS and the Eagan Band...academically ranked in the top-10 percent of her class as a freshman, sophomore and senior...four-year Academic All-American...Presidential Award recipient...graduated with honors...volunteered in Special Needs buddy clubs and gym classes...
Personal: Daughter of Matthew and Carrie Berran…environmental engineering major…enjoys reading, hiking, water sports, hanging with friends, playing monopoly and card games…interned at Pearson’s Candy Co. her senior summer…
Academic:
National
CSC Academic All-America® Third Team (2024)
2x CSC Academic All-District® (2023, 2024)
2x D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award (2024-25, 2025-26)
Conference
3x NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence (2023, 2024, 2025)
3x NSIC All-Academic (2023, 2024, 2025)
Athletic:
National
2x AVCA Honorable Mention All-American (2023, 2024)
Regional
2x AVCA All-Central Region (First Team - 2024 | Honorable Mention - 2023)
NCAA Central Region All-Tournament Team (2024)
Conference
2x All-NSIC (First Team - 2024 | Second Team - 2023)
NSIC All-Tournament Team (2024)
4x NSIC Setter of the Week (Sept. 12, 2022 | Sept. 25, 2023 | Oct. 23, 2023 | Nov. 11, 2024)
SCSU CAREER RECORDS
4. Assists – 4,029
16. Double-Doubles – 17
SCSU SEASON RECORDS
1. Assists by a First Year – 1,286 (2022)
9. Assists – 1,295 (2024)
10. Assists – 1,286 (2022)
SCSU MATCH RECORDS
t-7. Aces – 6, vs. Florida Tech (Sept. 1, 2023)
2025 | SENIOR SEASON:
Appeared in 25 sets over 15 matches, making four starts...tallied 213 assists, 31 digs, 13 blocks (one solo and 12 assists) and 21 points...averaged 8.52 assists, 1.24 digs, 0.52 blocks and 0.84 points/set...tied her career-highs in total blocks (five) and block assists (five) vs. San Francisco State on Sept. 5...posted 40+ assists in one match and 30+ in three...
2024 | JUNIOR SEASON:
Started all 32 matches and played in 111 of 113 sets...compiled 1,295 assists, 210 digs, 68 kills, 54 blocks, 33 aces and 131.5 points...led team in assists...averaged 11.67 assists, 1.89 digs, 0.61 kills, 0.49 blocks, 0.30 aces and 1.18 points/set...ranked No. 6 in assists/set and No. 9 in total assists among all D-II players...ranked No. 2 in assists/set and total assists among NSIC players...sent down a career-high six kills twice - at Cal State San Bernardino on Sept. 6 and vs. Sioux Falls on Nov. 19...tallied 60+ assists once, 50+ five times, 40+ 16 times and 30+ 28 times...posted 10+ digs six times...recorded six double-doubles (assists/digs)...
2023 | SOPHOMORE SEASON:
Started all 31 matches and was one of two players to play in all 109 sets...recorded 1,235 assists, 192 digs, 46 blocks (five solo and 41 assists), 45 aces, 43 kills and 113.5 points...led team in assists and aces...averaged 11.33 assists, 1.76 digs, 0.42 blocks, 0.41 aces, 0.39 kills and 1.04 points/set...ranked No. 6 in assists/set and No. 16 in total assists among all D-II players...ranked No. 2 in assists/set, No. 3 in total assists, No. 4 in total aces and No. 9 in aces/set among NSIC players...tied her career-high for assists in a match, with 63 at Wayne State on Nov. 18...recorded a career-high six aces vs. Florida Tech on Sept. 1...tied her career-highs in total blocks (five) and block assists (five) vs. Northern State on Sept. 23...dished out 60+ assists once, 50+ four times, 40+ 16 times and 30+ 27 times...tallied 10+ digs five times...recorded five double-doubles (assists/digs)...
2022 | FRESHMAN SEASON:
Delivered a historic debut collegiate campaign, becoming the Huskies’ first true freshman to earn the starting setter spot in 15 years while directing one of the Nation’s most prolific offenses, posting the seventh-most assists per set in DII and breaking the program’s first-year assist record…started all 34 matches and played 115 sets, recording an SCSU first-year record 1,286 assists alongside 192 digs, 55 blocks, 31 kills and 18 aces…averaged 11.18 assists, 1.67 digs and 0.48 blocks per set…converted her sets at a 41.9% clip…her 1286 assists ranked eighth in the NCAA and stand as the seventh-most a Husky has dished out in a single season while her 11.18 assists/set landed seventh across the NCAA and No. 9 in single-season SCSU history…produced the second-most assists and assists/set in the NSIC and…quarterbacked one of the most terminal offenses in the NCAA as the Huskies ranked No. 6 in hitting percentage (.278), No. 8 in total kills (1717) and No. 10 in kills/set (14.19)…her ability to distribute the ball evenly across her hitters shined as the Huskies were one of just four teams in all of DII to have three players average at least 3.0 kills per set…St. Cloud State hit .300 or better in 12 matches, .280 or better in 18 matches and only had three matches in which the club hit below .200…recorded 50-plus assists six times…produced six double-doubles…earned NSIC Setter of the Week honors once…first true freshman to earn the starting setter role since Jennifer Waterman did so in 2007…
Prep: 2022 graduate of Eagan High School…three-year letterwinner...2021 Third Team All-Metro honoree...named All-South Suburban Conference as a senior...garnered AAU All-America honors with Mizuno Northern Lights in 2019...helped Eagan to a runner-up finish at the 2021 MSHSL Class AAA State Tournament...guided the Wildcats to a MSHSL Section 3AAAA Finals appearance…off the court was a member of NHS and the Eagan Band...academically ranked in the top-10 percent of her class as a freshman, sophomore and senior...four-year Academic All-American...Presidential Award recipient...graduated with honors...volunteered in Special Needs buddy clubs and gym classes...
Personal: Daughter of Matthew and Carrie Berran…environmental engineering major…enjoys reading, hiking, water sports, hanging with friends, playing monopoly and card games…interned at Pearson’s Candy Co. her senior summer…
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