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2025 Women's Volleyball Roster

Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer
Kaley Buck, WMU Athletics
Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer
Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer
Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer
Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer
Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer
Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer
Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer
Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer

20 Mary Clare Brusek

20 Mary Clare Brusek

  • Position:
    Middle Blocker
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    Marist HS
  • Hometown:
    Evergreen Park, Ill.

Summary

Biography

2025: CSC Academic All-District … All-MAC First Team Academic All-MAC … One of two Broncos to start all 33 matches … Appeared in 126 sets … Named the MAC Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 27 … Led Western Michigan in kills (377) and kills/set (2.99) … Ranked eighth in the conference with a .296 hitting percentage and was 10th in kills/set … Finished fourth in the MAC in kills/set (3.46) and fifth in hitting percentage (.352) in league play … Registered double-digit kills 22 times, including in 18 of 20 matches against MAC foes … Put down a career-high 23 kills on a .526 hitting percentage in the second of WMU’s back-to-back, five-set wins against Bowling Green … Ranked third on the team in total blocks (76) and blocks/set (0.60) … Had three or more blocks 15 times … Racked up a season-high six blocks in a pair of victories over Bowling Green, including in the MAC Tournament semifinals … Contributed 44 digs … Ended career with a .304 hitting percentage, the ninth-best in program history.

2024: Academic All-MAC … Played in all 33 matches, starting 31, and appeared in 110 sets … Tied for third on WMU with 247 kills … Averaged 2.25 kills/set and hit .281 for the season … Put down double-digit kills five times … Delivered a season-high 20 kills on a .594 hitting percentage in the upset win at #24 Marquette … Ranked second on the Broncos in total blocks (56), block assists (54) and blocks/set (0.51) … Had three or more blocks 10 times … Racked up a season-high five blocks in the win at Bowling Green in the MAC Tournament semifinals … Chipped in 56 digs, including a career-high six twice (LMU, Clemson) … Served up 12 aces.

2023: All-MAC Second Team … Academic All-MAC … Started 33 of WMU’s 34 matches and saw action in 107 sets … Was fourth on the Broncos in both total kills (250) and kills/set (2.34) … Posted a .362 hitting percentage, the fourth-best mark in the MAC and 58th-best in the nation … The .362 hitting percentage was the eighth-best, single-season mark in program history … Recorded double-digit kills seven times, including a season-high 19 in a win over Ball State … Hit .400 or better in 11 of WMU’s 18 MAC matches and posted a .431 overall mark in MAC play, the second-highest in the league … Led Western Michigan with 12 solo blocks … Was third on the Broncos in total blocks (69) and fourth in blocks/set (0.64) … Had a career-high seven blocks (1 solo, 6 assists) against Mississippi State … Served up 19 aces, including a career-high three twice … Collected 45 digs.

2022: Played in 18 matches, earning eight starts, and saw action in 42 sets for the Broncos … Picked up 64 kills (1.52/set) on a .246 hitting percentage … Notched a season-high 10 kills while hitting .375 in a win at Kent State … Collected 19 blocks and averaged 0.45/set … Recorded a season-best three blocks on three occasions … Also contributed six service aces and 20 digs … Posted a season-high five digs in a win over Eastern Michigan.

High School: Played for Jordan Vidovic at Marist High School, the same school that produced former Bronco teammate Mairead Boyle ... Was captain for a team that went 29-6 during her senior season ... Earned selections to the ESCC All-Tournament, ASICS Challenge All-Tournament and Plainfield North All-Tournament teams ... Was named the Tournament MVP of the Plainfield Harvest Tournament and a Daily Southtown/Chicago Tribune Athlete of the Week ... Selected to the AVCA All-Region Team and was an Honorable Mention AVCA All-American ... Also played basketball, golf and lacrosse ... Was a Student Ambassador Officer ... Member of both the Science and Film Clubs. 

Personal: Daughter of Megan and Sean Brusek ... Both parents played basketball collegiately at DePaul ... Grandfather played basketball at Northern Arizona ... Has two younger siblings ... Graduated from WMU in May of 2026 with a degree in Exercise Science.
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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2022Freshman

    Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    20
  • 20

    2023Sophomore

    Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    20
  • 20

    2024Junior

    Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    20
  • 20

    2025Senior

    Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    20