Northwestern University Athletics
Northwestern Signs Three to National Letters of Intent
12/5/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Dec. 5, 2006
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern head coach Keylor Chan announced today the signing of a trio of future Wildcats to National Letters of Intent. Elyse Glab (Chicago, Ill./Resurrection), Naomi Johnson (Bloomington, Minn./Kennedy) and Lindsay Kresch (Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area) comprise the incoming Class of 2011 that will matriculate to Evanston in the fall of 2007.
"This class has the most experience and success on the club level that we have ever had here at Northwestern," Chan said. "They will bring that winning attitude to our program and every one of them will compete for a spot on the floor right away. This group also is one of our most well-rounded, and coming on the heels of a tremendous 2006 group, the future of Northwestern volleyball is bright."
Glab is the one of the nation's highest-rated setters, coming in at No. 41 overall on prepvolleyball.com's "Senior Aces" list. A four-time All-Conference selection and the Chicago Girls Catholic Athletic League Player of the Year last year, she also has played eight years of club with Sports Performance, finishing fifth at both the USAV and AAU National tournaments in 2006.
"Elyse has the potential to become of the top setters in the nation," Chan said. "She is the first true setter we have recruited into our program, and she played for a very strong and successful Sports Performance club. She will have the opportunity to come in and compete to play right away."
Johnson was the starting middle on the champion AAU and U.S. Junior Olympic 17 open teams with her club, Northern Lights. A National Merit Commended Scholar, she also was a Minnesota All-State selection in 2006.
"Naomi has been playing at such a high level all of her life, being trained in a very strong club program," Chan said. "She is a true competitor and a prototypical Big Ten middle blocker who will bring winning experience to our program."
Kresch earned the No. 61 ranking on the prepvolleyball.com "Senior Aces" list, and is a two-time Pennsylvania All-State honoree. She led her high school to its first-ever conference championship and earned a No. 14 finish in the country with her club team, Renaissance.
"Lindsay is an outside hitter who has been playing with her club's 18 team since she was a freshman," Chan said. "That experience will help us in the area of having an outside who can play all the way around. She is very much in the mold of a Lindsay Anderson or Courtnie Paulus."
Following are complete bios for Northwestern's three signees:
Elyse Glab
6-1 • S
Chicago, Ill./Resurrection
High School: Selected as one of the nation's top-50 recruits by prepvolleyball.com ... Earned the No. 41 spot on prepvolleyball.com's "Senior Aces" list ... Girls Catholic Athletic Conference Player of the Year ... GCAC All-Conference selection all four years of high school ... Named to Chicago Sun-Times Top-50 Players list ... Second-team selection by The News-Gazette ... Named team MVP as a sophomore, junior and senior ... Played eight years of club with Sports Performance ... Earned All-Tournament team honors at the AAU 18s and the USAV 18-Club tournaments ... Took home the Sports Performance Spirit Award ... Club team 18 Red took fifth at the USAV 18 Club Nationals and the AAU Nationals ... Honor roll student ... National Honor Society member ... Illinois State Scholar ... Who's Who Among American High School Students ... National Society of High School Scholars, National Honor Roll and Quill and Scroll member.
Personal: Born Elyse Nicole Glab on 1/14/89 ... Daughter of Teresa Glab and Michael Glab ... Chose Northwestern over Purdue ... Anticipated major is undecided.
Naomi Johnson
6-3 • MB
Bloomington, Minn./Kennedy
High School: Named to the No. 95 spot on prepvolleyball.com's 2007 "Senior Aces" list ... Named All-State in 2006 ... Earned Star-Tribune and Pioneer Press All-Metro honors in 2006 as well ... 2005 All-Lake Conference honoree ... Team MVP in 2005 ... Played club with the Northern Lights for four years ... Starting middle on the 2006 AAU and USJO national champion 17 open team ... Has a 4.0 GPA and is a National Merit Commended Scholar ... Was home-schooled through the 10th grade before attending Normandale Community College in 11th and 12th grade ... Earned Dean's List honors at Normandale ... Played her high school volleyball at Kennedy in Bloomington, Minn.
Personal: Born Naomi Marie Johnson on 8/24/89 ... Daughter of David and Karin Johnson ... Plans to major in pre-veterinary medicine.
Lindsay Kresch
6-1 • OH
Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area
High School: Ranked No. 61 on prepvolleyball.com's "Senior Aces" list ... Named as an alternate to prepvolleyball.com's top-50 recruits in the nation list ... Named All-State and All-WPIAL as a junior and senior ... Selected as team MVP in 2005 ... Led her team to the WPIAL championship, the first in school history ... Named MVP at the MAC Tournament in 2005 and 2006 ... All-Tournament team selection at the Senecca Valley and Ambridge tournaments ... Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Player of the Week ... School's High School Heisman nominee ... Earned school's Student-Athlete award for September of 2006 ... Played three years of club with Renaissance ... Club finished 14th in the nation in 2006 ... Ranked in the top-10 of her class.
Personal: Born Lindsay Kay Kresch on 2/25/89 ... Daughter of Joel and Kim Kresch ... Uncle Rick Carias played professional baseball for the Oakland Athletics ... Chose Northwestern over Iowa, Kentucky, Dayton and Ohio State ... Plans to major in biomedical engineering.
