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2019 Women's Volleyball Roster

Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU

11 Brinley Milbrath

  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • Position MB/RS
  • Hometown Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  • High School John F. Kennedy

Biography

2019: Academic All-MAC…Played in 105 sets over 30 matches… Recorded 218 kills over the season… Had 12 kills and four digs in five-set win over UC Riverside on August 31… Put down 13 kills in NIU’s 3-1 win over Niagara on September 13, hitting .417… Also had 13 kills in win at Western Michigan on October 10… Had a career-high 15 kills and .609 hitting percentage against Ball State on November 9.

2018: Academic All-MAC… Played in 58 sets over 16 matches… Hit .667 with six kills in win over Western Michigan on Sept. 30… Had 12 kills and three blocks in five-set win at Ohio on Oct. 20… Also had 12 kills in win over Central Michigan on Nov. 9, adding six blocks.

2017: Academic All-MAC…Played in 94 sets, starting 17 matches… Had five kills and season-high five blocks against Loyola Marymount on Sept. 1… Put down six kills with four blocks in five set match against Eastern Michigan on Sept. 29… Had a season-high 10 kills, hitting .409 with four blocks in five-set win at Ball State on Oct. 7… Hit .304 with nine kills and four blocks in sweep of Kent State on Oct. 21.

2016: Made 11 appearances off the bench, including five in MAC play, appearing in 21 sets on the right side … Registered multiple kills twice and multiple blocks three times … Finished with averages of 0.62 kills and 0.43 blocks per set … Totaled nine blocks and 13 kills … Made collegiate debut against Iowa in the NIU Invitational, recording a kill and two blocks (Aug. 28) … Followed up with a season-best five kills and 6.5 points (two blocks) versus South Dakota State at the NDSU Classic (Sept. 2) … Registered three kills and two blocks at Western Michigan (Oct. 27).

Prior to NIU: Won conference championship and placed seventh in state her senior year at John F. Kennedy, finishing with a 29-10 overall record and 8-0 in conference ... Competed in basketball and track as well, throwing the discus and shot-put ... Helped the Cougars basketball team reach the state tournament as a sophomore ... Named the most improved player as a junior for the basketball team ... Volleyball captain her junior and senior years ... Four-time varsity letter winner ... Named Second Team All-Mississippi Valley Conference her sophomore, junior and senior seasons ... Selected to the All-Metro Second Team her junior and senior years; honorable mention as a sophomore ... Helped JFK to the regional final as a freshman, sophomore, and junior ... Recorded 297 kills with a hitting percentage of .312 her junior year ... Posted 127 blocks as a sophomore, stuffing 46 solo; followed up with 77 as a junior ... Placed fifth at nationals her sophomore and junior year with the Stars and Spikes club team ... Named team captain for Club Adrenaline her senior year ... Played for Iowa's High Performance Women's International team in 2013-15, placing second in the women's international division in 2015

Personal: Daughter of Jodie and Robert Milbrath ... Intends to major in athletic training at NIU ... Admires volleyball player Stacy Sykora because she met her and "even after her horrible accident, she pushes through every day and does what she loves" ... National Honor Society member ... Named to the Honor Roll of Excellence in 2012 and 2013 ... Received Academic Athlete Award for all sports all four years of high school.

CAREER HIGHS

Kills: 15 vs. Ball State (Nov. 9, 2019)
Attempts: 33 vs. Toledo (Nov. 8, 2019)
Hitting Percentage: .609 vs. Ball State (Nov. 9, 2019)
Assists: 2 vs. Toledo (Nov. 8, 2019)
Aces: N/A
Digs: 4 vs. UC Riverside (Aug. 31, 2019)
Blocks: 6 vs. Central Michigan (Nov. 9, 2018)
Points: 16.5 vs. Ball State (Nov. 9, 2019)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2016Freshman

    MB
    6'2"
    11
  • 11

    2017Sophomore

    MB/RS
    6'2"
    11
  • 11

    2018Junior

    MB/RS
    6'2"
    11
  • 11

    2019Senior

    MB/RS
    6'2"
    11