2022 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Rebecka Poljan
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Bath, Mich.
- High School:
- Lansing Catholic Central
Collegiate Honors
Academic All-Big Ten (2019, 2020, 2021)
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2021)
Big Ten Sportsmanship Award (2021)
BYU Invitational All-Tournament Team (2021)
Spartan Invitational All-Tournament Team (2018, 2019)
SENIOR (2021): Academic All-B1G ... Appeared in 21 matches, making 15 starts for the Green and White ... Played in a total of 63 sets ... Finished season with 125 kills and was third on the team with 19 aces ... Third on the team with seven solo blocks and ranked fifth on the team with 45 total blocks ... Earned BYU Invitational All-Tournament Team honors (9/2-3) after a weekend where she posted 3.11 kills (.543 pct), 0.67 digs, 1.00 blocks and 0.44 aces per set, including career bests of 14 kills, two aces, three solo blocks, and a .778 hitting percentage (14-0-18) vs. Weber State.
JUNIORÂ (2020-21): Â B1G Distinguished Scholar ... Academic All-B1G ... Appeared in 13 of 15 matches, and 43 sets overall in a COVID-19-shortened season ... Hit .252 (a team best) and averaged 1.4 kills and 0.72 blocks per set, adding five aces ... Started both matches at Maryland, (2/12-13) where she averaged 1.38 kills and 0.63 blocks per set, hitting .241 ... Provided four kills and a pair of blocks against Michigan (2/17) ... Started both matchups against Wisconsin (2/20-21), putting down five kills, an ace, and two blocks in the first meeting ... Combined for six kills in two starts in the two-game set vs. Penn State (3/19-20) ... Hit .421 in the two-game series at Iowa (3/26-27) and averaged 1.5 kills, 1.33 blocks, and added three digs and a pair of aces ...Twice established new season bests in kills and blocks in the Rutgers series (4/2-3), averaging 2.22 kills and 1.11 blocks per set, hitting .260. Â
SOPHOMORE (2019): Â Academic All-B1G ... Appeared in 23 matches (77 sets) ... Averaged 1.08 blocks per set (13 B1G) and added 1.81 kills per frame wth a team-best .283 hitting percentage ... Added 32 digs and 12 service aces on the season ... Opened the season by averaging 1.0 kills and 1.57 blocks per set at the at the College of Charleston Classic (8/30-31) ... Earned All-Tournament Team honors in the Spartan Invitational (9/6-7), averaging 2.00 kills, hitting .486, and adding 1.0 blocks per frame ... Posted a career-best eight blocks and added seven kills and hit .500 against North Carolina (9/15) ... Averaged 2.86 kills, hit .471, and had 1.0 blocks per set in two matches at the WMU Tournament (9/20-21) ... Hit .481 and averaged 2.67 kills and 1.33 blocks per set in the first week of B1G play, with seven kills at Penn State (9/25) and nine against Maryland (9/28), with four blocks in each match ... Â Hit .286, and averaged 1.88 kills and a team-best 1.5 blocks per set in the OSU/Maryland road weekend (10/4-5) ... Delivered six blocks (two solo), five kills, and three digs, hitting .429 at Iowa (10/13) ... Shared the team lead with four blocks and added four kills (4-1-12, .250) against Penn State (10/20) ... Had 11 kills with a dig, a block, and an assist against Minnesota (10./27) ... Led MSU with eight kills and a .316 hitting percentage at Northwestern (11/1) ... Three kills and a pair of blocks at Illinois (11/2) ... Had eight kills and a team-best five blocks at Michigan (11/6). Â
FRESHMAN (2018):  Started 26 of the 28 matches (104 sets) she played on the season ... Averaged 1.84 kills, hit .238, and added 0.96 blocks per frame in her first collegiate campaign ... In MSU’s freshman record book, her 100 blocks ranked eighth, and 87 block assists ranked seventh ...  Among first-year players in the B1G, ranked seventh in hitting percentage, 13th in kills, and seventh in blocks ... Earned two starts in the Tennessee Classic (8/24-25), recording nine and seven kills, respectively, vs. Tennessee (8/24) and Chattanooga (8/25) ... Had a team-best three blocks when she came off the bench vs. Belmont (8/25) ...  Played in two matches of the Carolina Classic (8/31-9/1), which included coming off the bench against North Carolina and putting up seven blocks and seven kills ... Missed the Fairfield Invitational with injury ... Returned to the court with seven and eight blocks, respectively vs. Albany and UAB in the Spartan Invitational (9/14-15) ... Made her B1G debut with four kills, (4-1-6) and three blocks at Iowa (9/21) ... Had three blocks and added four kills at Nebraska, (9/23) ... Delivered 10 kills with a career-best in hitting percentage (.444) and digs, (2) and added seven blocks against Rutgers (9/29) ... Match leader with five blocks and added eight kills and hit .208 vs. Indiana (10/6) ... Led the Spartans with five blocks for the second straight match, and also had five kills and two digs vs. Purdue (10/6) ... Posted a career-best 13 kills on the road at Maryland (10/12), hitting .346 in a five-set win ... Delivered seven kills and four blocks (one solo) at Ohio State (10/14) ... Posted five kills and three blocks at Northwestern (10/19) ... Shared the team lead of nine kills and hit .300 vs. Minnesota, then led MSU with three blocks and added five kills vs. Wisconsin (10/26-27) ... Posted 10 kills and three blocks at Purdue (10/31), leading the team in hitting (.304) ... Had a second-straight 10-kill performance at Minnesota (11/3), adding two digs and sharing the team lead with six blocks ... Posted eight kills and seven blocks, hitting .316, in a home win over Ohio State (11/7) ...  Led MSU with four blocks and added eight kills against Iowa (11/10) ...Posted eight kills, hit .353, and added two blocks, two digs, and an ace in a win at Rutgers (11/14) ... Delivered 12 kills, hit .375, and added an ace and a block against Michigan (11/17) ... Had five kills, two blocks, and three digs in the final home match of the season vs. Illinois (11/21) ... Posted nine kills, hit .250, and contributed four blocks in the season finale at Michigan (11/24).Â
CLUB: Played for Joe Steenhuysen of FarOut in Grand Rapids, Mich. ... MVP at the Great Lakes Power League ... Earned MVP honors at the SPVB President’s Day Challenge in 2018.
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-time letter winner and senior captain at Lansing Catholic High School ... Named MVP and to the Lansing State Journal Dream Team in 2016 ... Named to the Laingsburg All-Tournament Team in 2017 ... Three-time All-League, two-time All-District and three-time All-League Academic ... Led the Lansing Catholic Cougars to three league championships and a district championship in 2015 ... Three-time All-League selection in both basketball and softball ... Four-time All-District pick in softball and twice earned All-Region honors.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Rick and Amy Poljan ... Is the fifth of seven children: brothers Richard, David, Anthony, and Boregard and sisters Hillary and Mary ... Parents were both collegiate athletes - Amy played softball at Indiana and is a member of the Hoosier Hall of Fame, while her dad played football at Central Michigan. Brothers Richard (Michigan Tech), David (Hillside) and Tony (Central Michigan) all played college football, with Tony currently on the Baltimore Ravens roster ... Athletes in Action student leader ... Has volunteered with the St. John's Student Center Food Cupboard, the Lansing Food Bank, Athletes for Hope, Habitat for Humanity and Inner City Youth Opportunities ... Has been on two mission trips with the Fellowship of Catholic University Students Service.
