2023 Women's Volleyball Roster

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4 Madeline Barber

  • Class Senior
  • Position Middle Blocker
  • Height 6-2
  • Highschool Cedarburg
  • Hometown Cedarburg, Wis.

Biography

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll 2023: 8.28, 2022: 10.3
BIG EAST Freshman of the Week 2020: 2.16
BIG EAST All-Academic Team 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024

Career: Veteran of 94 matches and 342 sets in her time on the Main Line … Consistent presence at the net who compiled a .266 hitting percentage during her career which was 10th in the VU rankings at the time of her graduation … Tallied 562 kills, including a career-best 224 in her senior year … Totaled 218 total blocks with a career high of 10 against St. John's in her sophomore season … Four-time member of the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and earned Athletic Director's Honor Roll in all eight collegiate semesters.

2023: Starting middle blocker in every match for the Wildcats as a senior … Ended the year second on the team in blocks and fourth in kills … Played in 117 sets while accumulating 224 kills (1.91 per set) on a .321 hitting percentage … Contributed eight double-digit kill matches while leading the 'Cats in scoring on a pair of occasions … Tallied five or more blocks in 10 matches during 2023 in addition to being the team's blocks leader 13 times … Hit .500 with 10 kills to take down Northern Iowa in the season opener … Tallied 12 kills at a .478 clip against Western Michigan and earned All-Tournament … Picked up a BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll selection in the opening week of the year … Contributed a season-high seven blocks and 15.5 points to defeat St. John's … Put forth a career-best 18 kills in an October victory over Butler.

2022: Appeared in 85 sets and 25 matches … Finished fifth on the team in kills (124) and fourth in blocks (55) … Registered a career-high 10 blocks against St. John's on 9/30 … Tallied a season-high 10 kills against Providence on 10/28 … Earned selection to BIG EAST Honor Roll on 10/3.

2021: Appeared in 107 sets and 30 matches…..Finished fourth on the team in kills (165) and third in blocks (62)……Recorded career-high eight blocks against Georgetown on 11/3…..Recorded season-high 13 kills against Butler on 10/15

2020: Finished the season with 28 blocks…Third on team in blocks per set (0.85)…Tallied a season-high seven blocks against St. John’s on 3/10…Recorded 14 kills in her first match on 2/11 against Coppin State…

Cedarburg High School:  Earned four varsity letters in volleyball and one in basketball…Earned First Team All-Conference honors in 2018 and was named team captain in 2019…Tallied 674 kills and 226 blocks…Had a career high 16 kills in a single game…Member of the National Honor Society (2018-20) and part of the student athlete leadership council (2017-19)

Personal:  Born June 20, 2001 in Cedarburg, Wis. to Mark and Lisa…Has two older siblings Allie and Matthew…Allie played volleyball at Marquette (2016-20) and Matthew played basketball at the University of St. Thomas…Plans to major in Comprehensive Science….Hobbies include outdoor activities and boating…Chose Villanova because of the combination of great athletics and academics, as well as the people that "made it so easy to want to attend."

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2020Freshman

    Middle Blocker
    6'2"
    4
  • 4

    2021Sophomore

    Middle Blocker
    6'2"
    4
  • 4

    2022Junior

    Middle Blocker
    6'2"
    4
  • 4

    2023Senior

    Middle Blocker
    6'2"
    4