Mary Bisenius

Position:
Outside Hitter
Height:
6-0
Class:
Junior
High School:
Bishop Heelan
Hometown:
Sioux City, Iowa

Awards and Honors
Iowa State Invitational MVP (2008) ... Hampton Inn State of Iowa Challenge MVP (2007) ... Academic All-Big 12 Second Team (2007, 2008).

2008 (Senior)
Saw action in 26 matches, starting 12 ... racked up 102 kills, 124 digs and eight service aces on the season ... also had two solo blocks and 19 block assists ... finished career with 362 kills, 180 digs and 93 total blocks ... posted double-digit kills four times and double-figure digs five times ... opened season with first career double-double, posting 10 kills and and a career-high 13 digs in win over Illinois State ... had 12 kills and hit .440 with seven digs, a solo block and three block assists against Florida International ... also had two aces and two assists against FIU ... recorded 12 kills and eight digs against Iowa ... also had 12 kills and hit .526 in win over Xavier to capture MVP honors at the Iowa State Invitational ... had 12 digs at Kansas.

2007 (Junior)
Played in 31 matches and 103 of 125 games ... fifth on team with a career-best 241 kills and second with 12 solo blocks ... reached double-digit kills in 10 matches ... had 11 kills and five block assists in win over Long Island ... had final three kills of the match as Iowa State beat UNI for the third straight season ... finished with seven kills against the Panthers ... recorded a career-high 17 kills in win over then-No. 21 LSU and followed with eight against Iowa and 10 against Drake to earn MVP honors at the State of Iowa Challenge ... opened Big 12 play hitting .385 with 13 kills in win over Baylor ... posted 12 kills, three digs and a solo block and block assist against Texas A&M ... had two solo blocks and three block assists against Texas Tech ... hit .308 and had 13 kills in sweep of Kansas ... posted 10 kills and seven digs against Texas ... recorded nine kills in upset win of No. 8 Wisconsin in the second round of the NCAA Tournament ... had eight kills in season-ending loss to No. 6 California in NCAA Regional Semifinal.

2006 (Sophomore)
Played in six matches, seeing action in nine games ... posted a season-high 10 kills against UMKC ... recorded the first service ace of her career against the Kangaroos ... had a key kill, halting a long rally, against Colorado in the home finale ... also had three kills against Chicago State.

2005 (Freshman)
Saw action in three matches ... first career match was against Montana ... recorded her first career kill against North Dakota State ... had a block assist in matches against Montana and Drake.

High School
PrepVolleyball.com High School All-American ... all-state honoree by Des Moines Register and Omaha World-Herald ... named to the IGCA Elite all-state team ... set a school record and was the state’s all-class leader with 560 kills in 2004 ... first-team all-Metro and all-conference ... averaged 3.9 kills and 2.8 digs as a senior, with a hitting percentage of .349 ... academic all-conference ... played on the Nebraska Elite club team that qualified for national competition and won the President’s Day Classic and the Drake-Asics Classic ... high school coach was Gabe Baumann ... club coach was Aaron Nelson ... five-year softball letterwinner, earning second-team all-state honors.

Personal
Design major ... born Feb. 6, 1987 ... daughter of Jim and Amy Bisenius ... brother Joe was selected in the 2003 and 2004 Major League Baseball drafts, and is currently a pitcher in the Philadelphia Phillies minor league system ... younger brother, Mike, is a freshman on the baseball team at Wayne State (Neb.) ... cousin Kelly (Cizek) Hanfelt played volleyball and basketball at Iowa State.