Saturday, November 6, 2010

Volleyball: Broad Run Grad Elisa Scudder Puts Her Name in Dartmouth Record Books

Broad Run grad Elisa Scudder (#15) is having a record-breaking freshman year at Dartmouth
Photos courtesy Dartmouth Sports Information

(Nov. 6, 2010) - Broad Run High School grad Elisa Scudder, daughter of Spartan varsity volleyball coach Betsy Scudder, had her best collegiate game ever against Brown last month.

Although it's only her first season, Scudder has already put her name in the Dartmouth record books after her stellar performance against Brown. With her .607 hitting percentage, she had the eighth-highest hitting percentage in a single match with 15 total attacks or more. Even more impressive is it's the highest hitting percentage ever for a Big Green player with 25 attacks or more. In all, Scudder had 19 kills on 28 attempts and only two errors against the Bears.

Scudder has played all 22 matches and each of the 84 sets this season for Dartmouth. She has148 148 kills on the season in 344 total attacks for a .299 percentage, tops on the team. She also has 17 assists, six aces, and 51 digs with only one receiving error.

The 6-footer leads Big Green in blocks with 10 solo and 53 assists for 63 total.

More on Scudder from Dartmouth media guide:

Before Dartmouth
Four-year letter winner in volleyball at Broad Run High School … Team was distric co-champs with an 11-1 record in 2009 and then was the district tournament champions … Was named All-Dulles District First Team as a senior as well as first team All-Loudoun County … Also named first team All-Region and was a Washington Post All-Met Honorable Mention … Named to the VHSCA All-State Second Team … Was selected as the team's offensive MVP … Played for the Virginia Elite Volleyball Club which was ranked 27th in the country at the USAU Open Division Nationals.

Off the Court
Named an Excellence in Education honoree for having a 4.0 GPA all four years of high school … Interested in studying economics or business while at Dartmouth … Would like to be a member of the National Honor Society … She enjoys coaching youth volleyball teams … She was born in South Africa and has played volleyball in China.

Personal
Daughter of Jeffrey and Elizabeth Scudder … Has two sisters.

6 comments:

  1. This is one talented young lady...must have inherited the right genes from her mom, current
    Spartan varsity volleyball coach.

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  2. Congratulations from Frederika from the Netherlands.
    Ask your Grandma who I am.
    Keep on going.

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  3. Congratulations. How wonderful. Send our best with love from Uncle Jack & Aunt Angie

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  4. Who knows? Maybe some of those genes go back to a sports loving grandma.
    So proud of you; your commitment, honors to date, cudos galore, and beautiful as well.

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  5. WOW! WAY TO GO :) CONGRATULATIONS ELISAM ON YOUR WINS IN VOLLEYBALL. I KNOW THAT YOUR GRANDMA, JEANETTE SCUDDER IS VER PROUD OF YOU. ALSO YOUR PARENTS ARE TOO! GOD BLESS YOU. YOUR GRANDMA FRIEND, JAN ELSCHLAGER

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  6. Elisa, I knew you were good at volleyball but your breaking records now! chill out! Also in case you didnt know, in addition to being a superhuman volleyball player, Elisa is also a really cool awesome hippie person off the court.

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