2015 Volleyball Roster
Kreklow, Ali

Jersey Number 5
Ali Kreklow
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Columbia, Mo.
- High School:
- Rock Bridge
Bio
CAREER HONORS
- 2017 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2017 SEC Volleyball Community Service Team
- 2016 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2015 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2015 Dean's List (Spring)
- 2014-15 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2014 Dean's List (Fall)
SENIOR (2017)
- Produced 50th career ace in Mizzou's win over LSU (Nov. 5)
- Tallied first double-double of 2017 campaign with season-high 28 assists and 15 digs vs. Sacramento State (Sept. 16)
- Became only the ninth player in Mizzou history with 1,500-plus career assists, following her 2017 season-opening weekend at the Culver's Governors Challenge (Aug. 25-26)
- Exceeded 20 assists in a match four times
- Led the Tigers in single-match assists twice (18 vs. Kentucky - Sept. 20 // 20 vs. Georgia - Oct. 29)
JUNIOR (2016)
- Ended junior campaign with 1,492 career assists, ranking 9th-most in Mizzou Volleyball history
- Earned lone double-double of the year (21 assists, 11 digs) vs. Liberty (Aug. 27)
- Appeared in 16 total matches, including one start (vs. Kennesaw State - Aug. 26)
- Reeled off nine consecutive matches with 10-plus assists to begin the year
- Season high 22 assists vs. Pittsburgh (Aug. 27) at Kennesaw State Invitational
- Missed the latter part of the season due to injury
SOPHOMORE (2015)
- Produced strong season inside the Tigers' 6-2 system, alongside fellow setter and teammate Courtney Eckenrode
- Reset single-season career-highs in service aces (26) and digs (199)
- Posted new single-match career-highs in assists (34), aces (five), total blocks (one) and points (5.0)
- Second on the team in double-doubles (five) and was only one of five Tigers to record a double-double in 2015
- Tallied 1,000th career assist in Mizzou's 3-1 victory at Mississippi State (Oct. 9)
- Led the team in single-match assists 11 times
- Had two separate two-match double-double streaks (Sept. 5-11 and Sept. 30 - Oct. 4)
- Two of those double-doubles came in Mizzou's SEC opening matches (vs. No. 9 Florida, vs. Tennessee)
- Season and career-high 34 assists at Appalachian State (Sept. 11)
- Season and career-high five assists vs. North Dakota State (Aug. 28) in Tigers' season opener
FRESHMAN (2014)
- Arguably top match came against Xavier (Sept. 6) after leading team with then career-high and match-high 30 assists, while also adding a career-high nine digs.
- Established a new career and season-high in assists after tallying 32 vs. Georgia (Nov. 14)
- Tallied her first career double-double at Tennessee (Nov. 7) with 13 assists and 14 digs
- Responsible for two of the five highest single match assists mark (3rd and 4th), teammate Loxley Keala produced other three
- One of five Tigers to record double-doubles this season (Kan - 19, Keala - 13, Kreklow - 1, Little - 1, Reuter - 1)
- Led or tied with the most assists on the team 12 times
HIGH SCHOOL (ROCK BRIDGE)
- Is the daughter of Mizzou head coach and director of volleyball Wayne and Susan Kreklow
- Led Rock Bridge High School, coached by Robin Sherman, to the 4A State Quarterfinals in her senior season and was an All-State honorable mention pick in 2013
- Bruins' team captain in 2012 and 2013
- Was a four-time All-District honoree in high school, and was named to the All-Region team in each of her final three seasons at Rock Bridge
- Four-time Academic All-State honoree
- Guided the team to District Championships in 2010 and 2013
- Member of National Honors Society, and was the on the Student Council at Rock Bridge in 2011 and 2012 before becoming Student Council secretary
- Was an FCA leader and a member of Tri Theta, Rock Bridge Reaches Out, Bruins United and K-Life as well.
CLUB
- Was a member of Performance Volleyball
- Guided her team to a Crossroads title in the National Division
- Team was a Show-Me Qualifier in the National Division
- Qualified for the USA Junior National Championship in 2013
- Played with Invasion with fellow signee Sydney Deeken under the direction of coach Mark Ethridge.
PERSONAL
- Born August 29, 1995, to parents Wayne and Susan Kreklow in Columbia, Mo.
- Plans to major in elementary education while at Mizzou the goals of becoming a teacher
- Comes from a very athletic family as her parents are on the volleyball coaching staff at Mizzou while her father Wayne played in the NBA and won a World Championship with the Boston Celtics
- Mother Susan played volleyball at Missouri State
- Brother Ricky is a senior basketball player at Creighton University
- Younger brother Ryan plays varsity basketball for Rock Bridge
- Is cousins with former Tiger setter Molly Kreklow.
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