University of Toledo Athletics

2010: Competed in all 30 matches...Ranked second on team with 3.40 digs and 0.21 aces per set and third with 2.29 kills per set...Named to all-tournament team at Bama Bash after posting team-high 4.20 kills and 3.90 digs per set to go along with .288 ATK%...Tallied season-high 23 kills vs. Furman (Sept. 4) and career-best .519 ATK% vs. Alabama (Sept. 3) during tournament...Notched 22 kills vs. Creighton (Sept. 10)...Notched double-digit dig totals in 21 contests, including season-high 24 at Akron (Oct. 9)...Reached double digits in kills on 13 occasions.

2009: Started all 29 matches...Received second-team All-MAC accolades...Ranked seventh in conference with 3.74 points per set and ninth with 3.30 kills per set...Led team with 0.25 aces per set and was second with 3.36 digs per set...Named MAC West Division Offensive Player of Week after averaging 4.60 kills, 3.70 digs and 0.50 service aces per set to earn MVP honors at Rocket Classic...Recipient of all-tournament laurels at Harvard Invitational and Cardinal Classic...Notched team-high 20 double-digit kill totals and 16 double-doubles in kills and digs...Posted career-high 24 kills vs. Stony Brook (Sept. 4)...Tallied season-best .417 ATK% with 19-4-36 totals vs. Marist (Aug. 29)...Collected career-high 26 digs vs. Western Michigan (Sept. 25) and five blocks vs. Miami (Oct. 23).

2008: Competed in all 31 matches and earned spot on MAC's All-Freshman Team...Led team and all MAC rookies with 3.31 kills per set and ranked sixth overall in conference...Ranked second on team with 3.16 digs and 0.27 service aces per set...Received all-tournament team honors at Ohio State, Eastern Illinois and South Florida...Registered team-best 20 double-digit kill outings and 15 double-doubles in kills and digs...Recorded season-high 21 kills on five occasions - vs. Western Illinois (Sept. 6), vs. Harvard (Sept. 19), at South Florida (Sept. 20) and in back-to-back MAC contests vs. Ohio (Oct. 17) and Kent State (Oct. 18)...Earned MAC West Division Player of Week accolades for performance against Bobcats and Golden Flashes...Also tallied season-best 22 digs at Ball State (Nov. 6) and career-high five service aces vs. Youngstown State (Aug. 29).

Prep: A 2008 graduate of Plainfield North High School...Named to Chicago Sun Times All-Area Team and ranked among state's Top 50 players as senior...Also received Chicago Tribune's All-State Special Mention and Plainfield Enterprise Player of Year accolades...Tallied 327 kills, 292 digs, 64 service aces and 27 blocks along with an impressive .352 attack percentage as senior...Helped school to conference title in 2006 and 2007...Received all-league and team MVP honors as junior and senior and served as team captain each year.

Personal: Born Amber Marie DeWeerdt on February 9, 1990...Parents are Dennis and Susan DeWeerdt...Father is a supervisor and mother is a web programmer...Has a younger brother, Jeremy (19)...Majoring in special education.

Career Highs

Kills:.................................................... 24 vs. Stony Brook (9/4/09)
Total Attacks:....................................... 72 vs. Stony Brook (9/4/09)
ATK%:...................................... .519 (14-0-27) at Alabama (9/3/10)
Assists:...................................... 3 (3 times, last at Akron (10/9/10)
Service Aces:............................... 5 vs. Youngstown State (8/29/08)
Digs:.......................................... 26 vs. Western Michigan (9/25/09)
Block Solos:...................... 1 (10 times, last vs. Ball State (11/19/10)
Block Assists:.............................................. 5 vs. Miami (10/23/09)
Total Blocks:................................................ 5 vs. Miami (10/23/09)

Career Statistics