Honors and Awards
•Summit League All-Freshmen Team (2015)
•Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18)
•Summit League Distinguished Scholars List (2015-16, 2016-17)
•Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence (2016-17, 2017-18)
As a Redshirt Sophomore (2017)
Appeared in 21 matches with nine starts as a redshirt sophomore… Averaged 2.66 digs, 1.09 kills, 0.29 assists and 0.15 blocks per set… Finished the season with 87 kills, 213 digs, 23 assists, 19 service aces and 12 blocks… Tallied a career-high 20 digs and three service aces in the season opener at Drake (Sept. 7, 2017)… Recorded a career-high of 13 kills at South Dakota State (Oct. 20, 2017)… Registered her first-career double-double at South Dakota (Nov. 3, 2017) with 11 kills and 19 digs, while adding a season-high of four blocks… Recorded three double-digit kill matches along with 10 double-digit dig matches… Recorded at least 10 or more digs in three straight matches from Sept. 29-Oct. 3, 2017… Her 23 assists also ranked third on the team... Named to The Summit League Academic Honor Roll and Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
As a Sophomore (2016)
Redshirted...Named to the Summit League's Academic Honor Roll and Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
As a Freshman (2015)
Summit League All-Freshmen Team...Appeared in 22 matches, starting 14...Averaged 1.65 kills, 2.13 digs and 0.54 blocks per set...Had seven double-figure dig performances and two matches with double-figure kills...Earned her first career start vs. UCF (Sept. 5)...Narrowly missed a double-double with nine kills and 11 digs, plus two blocks and an ace, vs. Evansville (Sept. 19)...Registered 11 digs, six kills, four blocks, two assists and an ace at Western Illinois (Oct. 20)...Added nine kills, 11 digs and four assists vs. North Dakota State (Oct. 23)...Totaled a career-high 12 digs twice, first alongside six kills and three blocks at South Dakota (Oct. 30), then again with nine kills and four more blocks at IUPUI (Nov. 14)...Smashed a career-high 13 kills with nine digs, four blocks, an assist and an ace at Fort Wayne (Nov. 13)...Matched her career high with 13 kills vs. IUPUI (Nov. 21) at the Summit League Tournament, also adding five digs, a career-high five blocks, an assist and an ace....Named to the Summit League's Academic Honor Roll and Distinguished Scholars List.
Fremont High School
Four-year letterwinner for Coach Rick Hughes at Fremont High School...Three-year team captain...Three-time all-state honorable mention pick...Two-time all-conference selection...In her junior and senior seasons, helped the Tigers to district runner-up finishes...Completed her career with 943 kills, 990 digs and 133 service aces...In her senior campaign, led Fremont in kills, digs and aces...Three-time academic all-state honoree...Also lettered three years in basketball, starting all three seasons, as well as three years in track & field, qualifying for the state meet as a senior...Named Fremont's Female Athlete of the Year...Served as Vice-President of the National Honor Society and was a member of the Spanish Honor Society...Involved in student government...Played club volleyball for the River City Juniors and the Nebraska Juniors...Twice helped her River City program to the gold championship in its age division at the JVA World Challenge...Also finished second in 2015 and third in 2014 in the premier division at AAU Nationals.
Personal
Born Aug. 2, 1997 in Fremont, Neb....Parents are Gerry and Rhonda Gdowski...Has two brothers, Gerry Jr. and Mark, and two sisters, Jennifer Stodden and Linda Blomenkamp...Linda competed in track & field at South Dakota, Gerry Jr. played football at Nebraska and Mark competed in track & field at Kansas...Hobbies include singing, reading, listening to music and spending time outside...Majoring in exercise science.
