Career Notes: Was the Braves top attacker in 2008 and will likely play a big role in Bradley's offense this season ... Is the Braves active career leader with 593 career kills ... Also ranks as the team's active career leader in aces and blocks.
Junior Season (2008): Led the team with 299 kills and 2.69 kills per set average ... Ranked second on the squad in aces (20) and was tied for the team lead in aces per set (0.18) ... Earned all-tournament honors at the Wingate by Wynham Invitational after averaging 3.58 kills and 0.42 aces per set in the three matches ... Tallied a career-high 18 kills against Southern Illinois while adding six digs and four blocks ... Reached double figures in kills in seven of the first eight matches and a total of 16 times during the season ... Averaged 3.32 kills per set over the first eight matches of the year.
Sophomore Season (2007): Started 22 of the 29 matches she appeared in ... Ranked fourth on the team in kills (179) and was second in service aces (26) ... Was fourth on the squad in blocks with 60 ... Opened the season with a bang, reaching double digit kills in each of the first three matches ... Had 12 kills and career highs of four aces and seven digs against Drake ... One of six players on the roster to average better than two kills per game (2.06).
Freshman Season (2006): Played in 27 matches, starting 10 contests ... Her 115 kills were sixth on the team and the most by a Bradley freshman since the 2002 season ... Averaged 1.47 kills per game for the year and 1.40 kills per game in Missouri Valley Conference play ... Made her first career start in the Braves victory against Albany ... Had a season-best 16 kills in a five-game loss against Rice.
Schaumburg High School: Earned all-state honorable mention recognition and joined fellow junior Kaitlyn Comiskey as a Chicago Tribune all-state special mention ... Voted the team's MVP as a senior, she was a three-year starter and helped the Saxons to a 72-39 record (.649), as well as a regional championship as a junior ... Named an all-area selection by the Daily Herald and also captured All-Mid-Suburban Conference honors as a senior... Finished her career fifth in school history with 566 kills and her 208 blocks and .273 career attack percentage the third-best marks in school history ... Earned a spot on the Mid-Suburban All-Academic team.
Club Competition: Played club ball with fellow junior Kaitlyn Comiskey for Sky High, helping her team to the #1 ranking in the Great Lakes Region of USAV in 2005.
Personal: The daughter of Sandy and Lee Reichel, Amy was born Nov. 8, 1987 in Hoffman Estates, Ill. ... The youngest of four children, she has three brothers: Chris (27), Brandon (25) and Craig (24) ... Majoring in advertising ... Member of the Braves' Council, the student-athlete advisory committee ... Named to the Bradley Athletic Director's Honor Roll all six of her semesters at BU.
