Western Michigan University Athletics

2009:   WMU Outstanding Defensive Player ... three-time MAC Defensive Player of the Week (9/14. 10/26, 11/16) ... CVU.com Top Performer (10/27) ... First in WMU and MAC history in career digs (2.583) ... fifth in NCAA history in digs ... third in school history with 160 service aces ... led WMU, ranked fourth in school history and fifth in MAC in digs (542) ... season-high 33 digs against Eastern Michigan (11/14) ... season- high five assists against IPFW (9/15) ... recorded 20 or more digs 12 times ... six-game streak with 20 or more digs (11/5- 11/21) ... earned fourth letter.

2008:   MAC Defensive Player of the Year, first back-to-back winner in conference history ... First Team All-MAC ... Collegiate Volleyball Update Stellar Spiker ... WMU Outstanding Defensive Player ... WMU Coaches Award ... MAC West Player of the Week (9/29) with 6.29 digs per set against Northern Illinois and Miami ... named to all-tournament teams at Redbird Classic (9/5-6) and Golden Dome Invitational (9/19-21) ... led the MAC with 662 digs, third in a season at WMU ... led the MAC and ranked 17th in the country with 5.13 digs per set ... posted 10 or more digs in 33-of-35 matches, including 26 in a row (9/19-12-6) ... posted 20 digs or more in 16 matches ... season-high 29 digs vs. Miami (9/27) and at Northern Illinois (10/30) ... accounted for 28 digs at Kent State (10/24), at Toledo (11/15) and at Dayton (12/5) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament ... earned third letter. 

2007: Named MAC Defensive Player of the Year and Second Team All-MAC ... named WMU Outstanding Defensive Player for the second year in a row ... led the MAC with 679 digs and finished second in digs per game (5.85 dpg), which was also 19th nationally ... 5.85 digs per game is a new school record ... led the MAC in conference games with 352 digs and 6.07 dpg ... her 679 digs is second all-time in a season at WMU, 21 shy of her record of 700 set last season, and sixth in a single-season in MAC history ... named MAC West Player of the Week (10/1) after picking up 7.70 digs per game (77) in victories against UIC, Eastern Michigan and Central Michigan to surpass 1,000 career digs ... named to the UNI Invitational All-Tournament Team (8/24-25) after picking up 65 digs (7.22 dpg) in three matches ... played in all 33 matches and 116-of-117 games ... season-high 33 digs vs. Eastern Michigan (11/16) in the MAC Tournament is tied for second all-time in a four-game match ... posted 32 digs vs. Northern Illinois (9/20), which is fourth in a four-game match ... twice posted the fifth-most digs in a four-game match with 31 against Eastern Michigan (9/28) and Kent State (10/20) ... tied the school record for digs in a three-game match with 29 at Eastern Michigan (11/2) and tied for third with 27 vs. UIC (9/25) ... posted 20 or more digs in 19 matches and double digit digs in 31-of-33 ... finished the year with 20 digs or more in nine of the final 10 matches ... earned second letter.

2006: Named to the MAC All-Freshman Team after setting a Western Michigan school record with 700 digs, which is also the fifth-best total in MAC history ... named WMU Outstanding Defensive Player ... played in all 36 matches, including seven starts at outside hitter ... led the team with 65 aces, fourth in a single season at WMU ... led the MAC in aces in all matches and was second in aces per game (0.49) ... fifth in the MAC in digs per game (5.26) and third in total digs ... posted a career-high 36 digs at Cincinnati (8/25) in her second collegiate match to set a school record for digs in a four-game match ... is also second and fourth for digs in a four-game match with 33 at Ball State (10/13) and 28 at IPFW (8/29), vs. UC-Santa Barbara (11/24) and at Kent State (10/21) ... she is fifth all-time for digs in a five-game match with 32 in a win over Northwestern (9/2) that gave WMU the Clarion Classic championship ... had 12 or more digs in 32 of 36 matches and 20 or more in 20 matches ... while playing outside hitter she had 12 kills, 15 digs and two blocks at Central Michigan (9/22) ... served a career-high six aces vs. IUPUI (9/1) and five vs. Buffalo (11/10).

High School: Named Illinois Volleyball Second Team All-State, Daily Southtown Player of the Year and First Team All-Area, Chicago Sun-Times Second Team All-Area, Girls Catholic Athletic Conference Player of the Year and team MVP as a senior ... helped Mother McAuley win the 2004 Illinois State Championship and finish third in the state in 2005 ... started on the 1st Alliance Club Team that finished 10th at the USA Volleyball Junior Nationals in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2005 and finished second at the USA Volleyball Junior Nationals in Houston, Texas, in 2004.

Personal: Daughter of Tony and Janet Strimel ... has two older brothers, Dan and Pete, and older sister, Elizabeth ... aunt to nephew Ben ... majoring in exercise science with 3.03 GPA ... born July 30, 1988.

STRIMEL'S CAREER HIGHS