Abbie Kraus

Height:
5-4
Class:
Senior
High School:
Vestavia Hills
Hometown:
Birmingham, Ala.

2015: Ranked eighth in the Big Ten with 0.29 aces per set ... Finished the year with 30 aces ... Tied a career high with four aces against Purdue (11/15) ... Tallied her 25th ace of the season in a win over Michigan State (10/31) ... Recorded a season-high 12 digs in a win over Iowa (10/18) ... Served three aces in that match ... Notched an ace at Minnesota to run her streak to six straight with at least one (9/30) ... Tied her season high with 11 digs at Maryland (9/26) ... Notched three consecutive aces to begin the second set vs. Milwaukee at the Wildcat Challenge on the way to a career high four in the match (9/20) ... Served two aces in a match for the third time this year in the Holiday Inn University Plaza Invitational at Western Kentucky ... Matched her season high with two aces at Boise State (9/5) ... Set a career high with two hitting attempts in that match ... Tallied an ace in every match of the Rambler Challenge, including a pair of them in the finale at Loyola (8/29).

2014: Appeared in 46 sets ... Dug out a season-high six attacks and added a season-high two assists in season finale against Maryland (11/29) ... Served an ace and added a dig in victory over Iowa (11/22) ... Contributed two digs at No. 9 Illinois (11/8) ...Had four digs against No. 13 Nebraska (10/15) ... Served an ace against No. 18 Minnesota (10/5) ... Registered two digs in win over Ohio (9/18) ... Tallied a dig against No. 15 San Diego (9/6) ... Made season debut on opening night in five-set win vs. Colorado (8/29).

2013: Used primarily as a serving specialist ... Added five digs against No. 18 Illinois (11/27) ... Collected a dig at both No. 2 Penn State (11/22) and Ohio State (11/23) ... Registered three digs against No. 11 Nebraska (11/2) ... Tallied a pair of digs in a win over Illinois (10/23) ... Notched two digs and an ace against No. 17 Ohio State (10/16) ... Added a match-high three aces against Indiana (10/11) ... Served an ace against Nebraska (9/27) ... Averaging 1.28 digs per set ... Chipped in with seven digs against Portland State (9/14) ... Matched a season high with nine digs against Arizona (9/12) ... Secured five digs and a pair of aces against Belmont (9/6) ... Picked up nine digs in season's first victory over Milwaukee (8/31) ... Made sophomore debut against Oklahoma (8/31) ... Served a career-high four aces against the Sooners.

2012: Handed out a career-high four assists at Nebraska (11/24) ... Added eight digs in that match ... Collected seven digs against Illinois (11/21) ... Recorded nine digs at Penn State (11/10) ... Served a pair of aces at Ohio State (11/7) ...Contributed four digs and a crucial service ace in the fifth set at Wisconsin (10/28) ... Served an ace against Iowa (10/21) ... Tallied five digs at Illinois (10/17) ... Notched three digs and an assist at Michigan (10/13) ... Earned six digs against both Ohio State (10/6) and Penn State (10/5) ... Tallied seven digs, two aces and two assists at Indiana (9/29) ... Set a new career-high with 15 digs against Wisconsin (9/21) ... Added a pair of aces against the Badgers ... Dug out 12 attacks in finale of the Wildcat Classic against Western Michigan (9/16) ... Tallied two aces and nine digs vs. Delaware (9/14) ... Collected a career-high 14 digs in the championship of the Yale Invitational against the host Bulldogs (9/8) ... Notched 12 digs in a four-set win over Villanova (9/8) ... Served a career-best three aces against Drake (8/31) ... Recorded a personal-best 10 digs vs. the Bulldogs ... Notched eight digs vs. Marquette in the championship of the Marquette Challenge (8/26) ... Collected a service ace and three assists in that match ... Made collegiate debut against Bowling Green (8/25) ... Tallied six digs, three assists and an ace in that match.

High School: Three-time letterwinner and team captain at Vestavia Hills H.S. ... Took home countless awards as a senior ... 2011 Birmingham News South Player of the Year ... 2011 Birmingham News All-State Team selection ... 2011 Birmingham News All-Metro Team ... Helped team reach the 6A state semifinals in 2010 ... Recorded more than 600 digs and 90 aces as a senior ... Member of National Honor Society and National Latin Honor Society.

Personal: Born Abigayle Christine Kraus ... Daughter of Thomas and Barbara Kraus ... Thomas played college football at Purdue and Miami (Ohio) when former Northwestern head coach Randy Walker was a graduate assistant there ... Sister, Alex, swam at Northwestern from 2008-11 and captained the Wildcats for the 2010-11 season ... Double Majoring in Journalism and Economics and also pursuing an IMC Certificate.