Linsey Rachel

Photo by: Kylie Macziewski

Position:
Outside Hitter
Height:
5-8
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Maple Lake, Minn.

Awards and Honors
2021 AVCA Honorable Mention All-American
2021 AVCA First Team All-Central Region
2021 D2CCA Second Team All-Central Region
2021 NSIC All-Tournament Team
2021 First Team All-NSIC
2021 NSIC Offensive Player of the Week (2x, Nov. 1, Nov. 8)
2021 Academic All-NSIC
2019 AVCA Honorable Mention All-American
2019 AVCA First Team All-Central Region
2019 First Team All-NSIC
2019 NSIC Offensive Player of the Week (1x, Sep. 23)
2019 Academic All-NSIC
2018 AVCA Central Region Freshman of the Year
2018 NSIC Freshman of the Year
2018 Second Team All-NSIC
2018 NSIC Offensive Player of the Week (1x, Sep. 17)

2021: AVCA Honorable Mention All-American...AVCA First Team All-Central Region...D2CCA Second Team All-Central Region...First Team All-NSIC...NSIC All-Tournament Team...two-time NSIC Offensive Player of the Week...Academic All-NSIC...named Huskies Team MVP...first-ever back-to-back All-American honoree in program history...appeared in all 32 matches and 119 sets...recorded 429 kills and 376 digs during the 2021 season, ranking top-15 in the NSIC in both categories...posted the highest hitting percentage of her St. Cloud State career, hitting .264 during the regular season and .270 against conference opponents...led the Huskies in digs and attack attempts, ranked second in kills, digs per set and kills per set while landing third in attack percentage and aces...finished fifth in the NSIC in kills, ninth in kills/set, 10th in digs and 15th in digs per set...piled up 17 double-doubles and posted double-digit kills in 24 matches...set the program record for double-doubles (57) and double-digit kill matches (72)...concluded the season ranking third all-time in 20+ kill matches (9), fifth in career kills (1251) and sixth in career digs (1198)...opened her season with six kills on .308 hitting against UW-Parkside on September 2, then double-doubled in her next two matches against Northern Michigan (14/15) and Michigan Tech (16/15)...had another double-double with 16 kills and 14 digs on September 10 against Western Oregon...recorded 10+ kills in four straight matches beginning September 11 against Simon Fraser...piled up 16 kills and 17 digs in a Huskies win over Wayne State on September 18, hitting .324 with just four errors...hammered home a season-high 22 kills while adding 16 digs in a five-set win at Sioux Falls on September 25...followed with a 12 kill/15 dig double-double on October 1 against Concordia-St. Paul...held a three-match double-double streak October 8-15...went 10-and-10 on October 8 against Upper Iowa, 14-and-18 on October 9 at Winona State then recorded 18 kills and 18 digs on Oxtober 15 against U-Mary...played in just two sets as the Huskies defeated Minot State in straight sets October 16, terminating eight kills on 14 swings with just one error...posted a season-high 24 digs and added 17 kills on October 22 at Northern State...hit .333 or better in five straight matches from October 23-November 5, combining for 77 kills - 4.53 a set - on .413 hitting...had at least 15 kills in seven straight matches between October 28-November 13...earned NSIC Offensive Player of the Week on November 1 after posting 5.33 kills per set against Minnesota Duluth and Minnesota Crookston, hitting .409...earned her second-straight NSIC Offensive Player of the Week honor on November 8 following a 50-kill week against Bemidji State, Sioux Falls and SMSU - hitting .376 with 4.55 kills per set...pounded down 20 kills in a win at Augustana on November 13...opened the NSIC Championships with 11 kills on .292 hitting against SMSU on November 18...recorded a ridiculous 21 kill/21 dig double-double on November 19 against Wayne State in the NSIC Tournament, hitting .378 with just four errors...double-doubled with 16 kills and 13 digs in the Huskies' NSIC Championship-clinching win over Winona State on November 20...

2020: No season due to COVID-19 pandemic...

2019: AVCA Honorable Mention All-American...AVCA First Team All-Central Region...First Team All-NSIC...NSIC All-Tournament Team...NSIC Offensive Player of the Week...Academic All-NSIC...played in 32 matches and recorded 470 kills, fourth-most all-time in Huskies program history...posted 4.05 kills per set on .243 hitting...led all NSIC outside hitters with 4.19 digs per set, placing her seventh all-time in single-season digs as a Husky...led St. Cloud State in kills, kills per set, attack attempts and aces...ranked third in the NSIC in kills, sixth in kills per set, seventh in aces, 13th in aces per set, seventh in digs and 11th in digs per set...piled up 23 double-doubles and added double-digit kills in 28 matches...opened her sophomore season with back-to-back double-doubles against Dixie State (13/16) and Northwest Nazarene (10/13)...added 15 kills on .393 hitting against Colorado Christian on September 6...terminated 16 kills and set a new career-best with 25 digs on September 7 against Simon Fraser...followed with an 11 kill/13 dig double-double on September 12 against Bemidji State...matched her career mark with 25 digs and added 17 kills for her third-straight double-double on September 13 against Michigan Tech...began a run of five straight double-doubles on September 14 against Wheeling, putting down 10 kills with 19 digs...posted 23 kills on .400 hitting with 14 digs on September 20 against Winona State...set a new career-high with 26 kills against Upper Iowa on September 21, hitting .340 with 20 digs...garnered NSIC Offensive Player of the Week honors for her work against Winona and Upper Iowa, leading the NSIC with 49 kills - 5.44 per set...closed the stretch with 19 and 16 at Minnesota State then posted 25 and 10 at Concordia St. Paul...added three more double-doubles October 5 at Mary (12/17), October 11 vs MSUM (11/15) and October 12 against Northern State (21/18)...had 11 kills on 18 swings with zero errors (.611) in a straight-set win at Minnesota Crookston on October 15...had 17 digs at Augustana on October 18...double-doubled with 18 kills and 13 digs on October 25 against SMSU...dug out 18 shots on October 26 against Sioux Falls then added a 17/13 double-double on Halloween against UMD...had a 17-kill, 25-dig double-double on November 8 against Minnesota State...beginning with the match versus the Mavericks, embarked on a run of six straight double-doubles in which she averaged 3.93 kills and 4.56 digs per set...opened her NSIC Tournament career with 11 kills and 19 digs against Wayne State on November 22...posted 25 kills and 23 digs in the Huskies' five-set thriller against Upper Iowa in the NSIC Tournament Semifinals...recorded a 15-kill, 13-dig double-double in the NCAA Central Region Tournament opener with Northern State...

2018: AVCA Central Region Freshman of the Year...NSIC Freshman of the Year...Second Team All-NSIC...NSIC Offensive Player of the Week...played in 26 matches as a true freshman and recorded a Huskies first-year record 352 kills on .223 hitting, posting 3.78 kills per set while adding 3.61 digs per set and scoring 21 aces...led SCSU in kills and kills/set while ranking second in digs and digs/set, third in aces and fourth in hitting percentage...landed sixth in the NSIC in kills/set and eighth in kills, leading all first-year players...in NSIC play, led all first-year players in four different categories including kills (277), kills/set (3.85), digs (267) and digs/set (3.71)...posted 16 double-doubles and 20 double-digit kill matches...opened her career with double-digit kills in three straight matches, posting 10 kills on .308 hitting in her collegiate debut against Simon Fraser on August 24...posted her first collegiate double-double versus Northwood on August 31 with a 14-kill, 10-dig effort...double-doubled in back-to-back matches at Michigan Tech (13/11) and Northern Michigan (19/14) on November 1...knocked down 16 kills and 17 digs on September 8 at Bemidji State...hit .455 and double-doubled with 17 kills and 10 digs in a straight-set win over Minnesota Duluth on September 11...piled up 20 digs in a straight-set win at Mary on September 14...went 19 and 13 at Minot State on September 15 while hitting .395...picked up her first NSIC Offensive Player of the Week award on September 17 after terminating 4.80 kills per set in the Huskies' 3-0 week...had a season-high 25 digs and added 19 kills on September 22 against MSUM, beginning a stretch of five-straight matches with double-digit kills...had 18 kills on 34 swings with zero errors (.529) against Augustana on September 29, adding 12 digs for the double-double...outdueled the reigning AVCA National Player of the Year in a four-set win at SMSU on October 6, posting 21 kills on .327 hitting with just three errors and 11 digs...had double-digit digs in seven straight matches from October 12-November 2, clearing 20 digs twice...double-doubled six times in the seven-match span...went 18/21 against Upper Iowa on October 12...added 14 and 12 on October 13 against Winona State...dug out 24 shots and terminated 19 kills on October 20 at Minnesota State...

Before SCSU: A 2018 graduate of Maple Lake High School...tri-sport athlete in volleyball, basketball and softball...5x All-Conference honoree, 5x Team MVP, 3x Class AA All-State honoree, 3x Conference Player-of-the-Year, 3x Class AA State All-Tournament Team, 2x State Championn...Ms Baden Finalist in volleyball...4x All-Conference honoree, 4x Team Defensive Player-of-the-Year, 2x Offensive Player-of-the-Year in basketball...3x All-Conference honoree, 3x Silver Slugger Award Recipient, 2x Class AA All-State Honorable Mention, 2x Class AA State All-Tournament Team in softball...5x Academic All-Conference honoree, Academic All-State as a senior, member of National Honor Society, 2018 Student of Excellence Honoree...

Personal: Enjoys boating, fishing, surfing and baking...the daughter of Don and Julie...earned her undergraduate degree in December 2021 with a Bachelor of Science in Real Estate with a minor in Finance....currently pursuing her MBA at St. Cloud State...