ATHLETIC HONORS:
Center Parc Student Athlete of the Week- 9/24/24
ACADEMIC HONORS:
President's List- Spring 2025
Dean's List- Fall 2024
2024: Saw action in 28 matches... Led the Panthers in digs with 456 on the season, ranking 5th in the conference... Averaged 4.18 digs per set as the Panthers' libero... Set a season-high 27 digs at Tulane (Sept. 20)... UWG Invitational All-Tournament Team
2023 (AT AUBURN UNIVERSITY- MONTGOMERY): Played in 33 matches and appeared in 117 sets as the Libero for the Warhawks… Led the Warhawks in service aces (59) and digs (482)… Fourth on the team in assists (125)… Posted a season-high 26 digs against West Georgia (Oct. 28)… Notched a season-high seven aces and seven points against Montevallo (Oct. 6)… 2023 All-South Region Second Team… 2023 All-Gulf South Conference First Team… 2023 Gulf South Conference Libero of the Year.
PRIOR TO AUBURN UNIVERSITY-MONTOGMERY: Transferred from Hartford University ... Finished the 2022 season top five in the American East Conference in service aces per set ... Led the Great Danes with 34 service aces ... Second on the team in digs per set at 1.97.
(AT HARTFORD UNIVERSITY): Appeared in all 25 matches and all 84 sets, making three starts as a sophomore… Second on the team in service aces (20)… Third on the team in digs (159)… Tenth in the America East in service aces (0.26 per set)… Recorded double figures in digs in two matches, setting a season-high of 15 against Quinnipiac (Sept. 3)… Registered a season-high three service aces on three occasions, most recently against UMBC (Oct. 29)… Notched first career block against NJIT (Nov. 12)… Tallied a career-high four kills in four matches, the latest being against New Hampshire (Nov. 14)… America East Commissioner’s Honor Roll (3.5+ GPA)
SPRING 2021( AT HARTFORD UNIVERSITY): Appeared in 10 matches and 31 sets, making one start… Made collegiate debut vs. NJIT (March 14)… Posted a team-best 13 service aces… Second on the team in digs (104)… Fourth in the America East in service aces (0.44 per set) and eighth in digs (3.41 per set)…. Hit a season-best mark of four service aces on two occasions, most recently against Binghamton (March 17)… Registered double figures in digs in five matches… Recorded a career-high 29 digs vs. Stony Brook (March 22)… America East Commissioner’s Honor Roll (3.5+ GPA)
HIGH SCHOOL: A two-year member of the volleyball team at Reading Memorial High School (2018-20)… A two-time Boston Herald All-Scholastic Athlete (2018, 2019) and a two-time Boston Globe All-Scholastic selection (2018, 2019)… Twice named an MIAA All Star… Two-time MIAA All-Conference and MIAA All-State selection… Led conference with 323 assists, 113 kills and 82 aces as a junior… Earned Middlesex League MVP honors during senior campaign… Registered 314 digs, 274 kills and 47 aces as a senior… Attended Kettle Morain High School from 2016-18… Led Kettle Moraine to a regional championship… Two-time WIAA All-Conference selection… Earned WIAA All-State honors as a sophomore… Totaled 556 digs and averaged 14.3 digs per match during sophomore campaign.
PERSONAL: Born in Waukesha, Wisconsin ... Daughter of Ryan Gerlach and Anne Fitzgerald ... Played travel volleyball for the Milwaukee Sting and Smash Volleyball Club… Her mother played volleyball at George Washington University, while her aunt played volleyball at the University of Wisconsin… Majoring in Sport Management.
