Bradley University Athletics

HONORS AND AWARDS
MVC Defensive Player of the Week: (08-31-15)
Rocket Invitational MVP: (2015)
Kangaroo Klassic All-Tournament Team: (2015)
Honorable Mention MVC Scholar-Athlete: (2015)
MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award (3): (2016, 2015 & 2014)
MVC Honor Roll (3): (2016, 2015 & 2014)
Bradley Country Financial Scholar-Athlete of the Week (3): (11-25-15, 09-02-15 & 11-26-14)
Bradley Athletic Director's Honor Roll (8): Fall '12, Spring '13, Fall '13, Spring '14, Fall '14, Spring '15, Fall '15, Spring '16

2015 (SENIOR)
One of two players to appear in all 106 sets … Ranked third in the MVC in digs per set (4.72) and was 18th in aces per set … Posted the fifth 500-dig season in school history and her season dig average was third among Bradley season marks … Joined Lauren Zerante as the only players in program history to tally 500 digs, 100 assists and 20 or more aces in a season … MVP of the season-opening Rocket Invitational and also earned MVC Defensive Player of the Week honors for the week of Aug. 31 … Also earned all-tournament honors at the Kangaroo Klassic and was a two-time Bradley COUNTRY Financial Scholar-Athlete of the Week honoree ... Honorable mention MVC Scholar-Athlete … Finished her career tied for third in school history with 1,346 career digs … One of two players in school history with 1,300 digs, 200 assists and 65 or more career aces … Had 10 outings with 20 or more digs and is the only Brave in school history with 30 or more digs in four contests … Her career digs-per-set average of 3.3235 is sixth all-time on The Hilltop … Owned a 95.4 serve-receive percentage. 

2014 (JUNIOR)
Took over the starting spot at libero and led the team with 402 digs and a 3.98 digs-per-set average … Was third on the team with 80 assists and fourth with 13 aces … Averaged 4.33 digs-per-set in MVC play … Ranked ninth in the MVC in digs per set ... Her 264 digs in Valley play rank as the seventh-best season total in school history … Led the team in digs 24 times and had 25 double-digit dig outings … Tied the Bradley record for digs in a three-set match with 22 against Northern Iowa … Boasted a 94.6 serve-receive percentage … Enters her senior year with 846 career digs to rank 22nd in program history … Had four 20-dig efforts.

2013 (SOPHOMORE)
Started 16 matches in the back row and was third on the team in digs with 265 … Was second on the squad with 24 aces… Averaged 2.59 digs and 0.23 aces per set in Missouri Valley Conference play … Recorded a career-best 23 digs at Nebraska-Omaha to go with two aces … Reached double figures in digs in 13 times, including each of the last three regular-season matches.

2012 (FRESHMAN)
Ranked fourth on the team in digs, seeing the bulk of her action as a defensive substitution ... Averaged 1.99 digs per set for the year, but increased it to 2.06 digs per set in MVC play .... Started seven of the 28 matches she played in ... Was in the starting lineup for the final three matches and six of the last 10 matches she appeared in ... Tallied a season-high 18 digs in the home match against Creighton and boasted a 3.88 digs-per-set average in the two matches against the Bluejays ... Had five matches with 10 or more digs ... Was among the team's top passers, owning a 96.2 serve receive percentage.

HIGH SCHOOL
Was on the Under Armour Hough School All-American watch list prior to her senior year ... Led her team to the Class B state championship in 2011 and top-four state finishes in each of her final three years at the prep level ... Led the Thunderbolts in digs as a junior and senior years, earning multiple all-state honors, including First-Team Class B all-state accolades from the Omaha World Herald as a senior ... Named academic all-state as a senior ... Earned a spot in the annual Nebraska All-Star match as a senior ... Collected 460 digs, 74 assists and 46 aces in her final prep season ... Was honorable mention all-state as a junior ... Also lettered in basketball.

PERSONAL
The daughter of Eric and Therese Sack, Lea was born in Lincoln, Neb. ... Has three siblings: Jesse, Claire and Roger ... Her brother Jesse played football at Wesleyan University in Lincoln, Neb. ... Majored in health science.