Casey D'Ambrose Biography
2012 (Junior) | Match-By-Match Stats: Was the only player to play in all 112 sets... Started 25 of YSU's 29 matches as the primary setter in the 6-2 offense... Finished with 736 assists for an average of 6.57 per set... Her 736 assists ranked as the 19th-most for a single season in school history and fifth-most by a junior... Also added a team-high 23 aces, 196 digs and seven blocks... Averaged 6.11 assists and 1.85 digs during league play... Ranked seventh in the conference in assists per set... Had a season-high 41 assists against Eastern Kentucky in the season opener (8/24), the only time the Penguins played a standard 5-1 offense the entire match... Had 40 assists at Green Bay (9/22), and reached 30 assists eight additional times... Helped YSU hit .212 as a team, which ranked second in the Horizon League and was the highest by a Penguins team since 1999... Set a new career high with four aces against Chicago State (9/1)... Had two aces six times... Registered double digits in digs four times, including three times in the final four matches... Her season high of 12 digs came in a sweep of Wright State (11/8)... Set a season high with four blocks vs. Eastern Kentucky.
2011 (Sophomore) | Match-By-Match Stats: Appeared in 103 sets over 28 matches, 26 of which she started at setter... Registered 913 assists for an average of 8.86 per set... Ranked seventh in the Horizon League in assists and eighth in assists per set... Also recorded 51 kills, 27 aces, 192 digs and 49 blocks... Her 0.26 assists per set was 10th-best in the league... Averaged 8.78 assists in Horizon League matches... Recorded six double-doubles... Posted a career-high 60 assists in five sets against SEMO (9/3)... Registered 52 assists in a four-set win over Loyola in the season finale (11/12)... Posted five kills twice - against Siena in the season opener (8/26) and against Green Bay (11/11)... Also had a career-best 15 digs against the Phoenix... Had three aces twice and two aces five times, including each of the final three matches... Posted a career-high six blocks versus Sacred Heart (8/27)... Her solo block came against Eastern Michigan (9/6).
2010 (Freshman) | Match-By-Match Stats: Played in 74 sets over 25 matches and made seven starts... Played in every set over the last 17 matches - including all 16 in league play - as a defensive specialist... Posted 129 digs, 50 assists, nine aces, two kills and two blocks... Averaged 1.92 digs per set in league play, which was up from 1.32 per set in non-conference matches... Had a career-high 13 digs at Butler (11/12)... Posted a career-best three aces at Green Bay (10/23)... Collected 12 assists at Saint Francis (Pa.) (8/31)... Made her first career start against Butler (10/6)... Had blocks against Akron (8/28) and Miami (Ohio) (9/11).
High School: Was a three-time all-conference selection and a two-time all-area honoree at Addison Trail High... Named team MVP and team captain three years, and she was also a three-time selection to the all-tournament team at the Bison Invite... A member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Parents are Mike and Sheri... Has two brothers (Mikey and Nicholas) and two sisters (Dani and Jessica)... Major is special education... Recipient of the 2013-14 McKenna Family Scholarship.
Single-Match Highs:
Kills: 5, vs Siena, Aug 26, 2011 ; Green Bay, Nov 11, 2011 ; at Saint Louis, Sep 14, 2013
Attacks: 12, Green Bay, Nov 11, 2011
Assists: 60, vs SEMO, Sep 03, 2011
Serve aces: 4, vs Chicago State, Sep 01, 2012 ; vs Miami (Ohio), Sep 14, 2013
Digs: 18, at Coastal Carolina, Aug 30, 2013
Blocks: 6, vs Sacred Heart, Aug 27, 2011
Block solo: 1, vs Iowa, Aug 31, 2013 ; Eastern Michigan, Sep 06, 2011 ; Toledo, Sep 07, 2013
Block assist: 6, vs Sacred Heart, Aug 27, 2011
