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2024 Women's Volleyball Roster

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Steve Woltmann

6 Esma Ajanovic

  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • High School Niles North
  • Hometown Skokie, Ill.

Biography

Honors & Awards:
+ 2024 A-10 All-Tournament Team

2024: Saw action in 34 matches across 116 sets played... made 28 starts... totaled 292 total kills, averaging 2.52 kills per set for a .255 hitting percentage... added nine assists, 19 aces, 101 digs, and 79 blocks on the year... tallied 10 matches with 10 or more kills... recorded a career-high 16 kills twice at Michigan State (Sept. 8) and at Rhode Island (Oct. 4)... tallied a season-high 10 digs at Dayton (Nov. 24)... had a season-best two aces four times... registered four or more blocks in seven matches, including a season-high eight vs. Marist (Sept. 6).

2023: Saw action in 27 matches, playing 83 sets … Notched a season-high five kills and four digs vs. Yale on Sept. 16 … Ended the year with 13 kills and 33 digs.

2022: Appeared in 16 matches off the bench for the Ramblers, tallying 37 total sets … Had a career-high 11 kills off the bench in a win over Morehead State (9/2) … Picked up 10 kills in a winning effort against Kansas State (9/9) … Tied a career-high with four blocks in a win against Morehead State … Had five kills on a .625 hitting percentage in a win over Rhode Island (10/21), finishing the match with no errors on eight total attempts.

2021: Had a solid rookie campaign and averaged 1.35 kills, 0.29 digs and 0.59 blocks per set, while hitting .136 (23-14-65), over 17 sets and nine matches … Was impressive in her collegiate debut, going for three kills, two digs and a block in a four-set decision over Oakland (Aug. 27) in the season opener … Came off the bench and provided a major lift in a sweep of Drake (Nov. 1) by drilling seven kills and turning back four Bulldog attacks, hitting .417 (7-2-12) … Swatted a season-best nine kills and hit .263 (9-4-19), adding a pair of blocks, in three sets of action at Valparaiso (Nov. 5) … Went for four kills and a season-high four blocks, to go with two digs, at Drake (Nov. 19) … In two matches against Drake, recorded 1.83 kills and 1.17 blocks per set. 
 
High School: Helped lead Niles North to the first Central Suburban League championship in school history in 2021 … Racked up 702 kills, 106 blocks and 114 service aces in her three-year varsity career at Niles North High School … Named Niles North’s Rookie of the Year in 2017 and was her team’s Offensive Player of the Year in 2018 and 2019 … As a junior, collected Central Suburban League North Player of the Year and all-conference honors … Named to the Under Armour All-America Watch List in 2019 … Twice named to the Ultra-Ankle JVA Watch List (2017, 2018) … Most recently played club for Adversity 18 Purple.

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2021Freshman

    RS/OPP
    6'1"
    6
  • 6

    2022Sophomore

    RS/OPP
    6'1"
    6
  • 6

    2023Junior

    RS/OPP
    6'1"
    6
  • 6

    2024Senior

    RS/OPP
    6'1"
    6