Juri Veldre

Outside Hitter
Senior
6-5, 220, West Allis, Wis. (Central)

2008:  Named All-Midwest-III Conference and league MVP with a .211 attack percentage, a team-leading 3.09 kills-per-game average and a 0.70 blocks-per-game mark…started all 33 matches…collected 10 or more kills in 18 matches, including a career-high 23 kills in the March 28 Clarke contest…set Carthage season records for kills (355) and total attempts (900)…collected seven block assists against Vassar on Jan. 19.

2007:  Played in 28-of-33 matches and made 20 starts…compiled a .226 attack percentage (10th in the MIVA Coleman Division) and averaged 2.46 kills per game (7th in the MIVA Coleman Division)…collected a career-high 15 kills against Clarke on March 21 and Juniata on April 14.

2006:  Played in four matches and made two starts.

High School:  Named second-team All-Greater Metro Conference both his junior and senior years…coached by Pete Remoren…four-year member of the track and field team and won a league title his senior year in the 55-meter high hurdles…played basketball one year…played for the North Shore Milwaukee Volleyball Club.

Personal:  Undecided on major…named 2006 MIVA All-Academic…named to the fall 2005 Carthage dean’s list…born June 4, 1987.