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Brooke Bartek
Sophomore • 1VL • 5-11 • Outside Hitter • Lincoln, Neb. • Lincoln Northeast/Nebraska
Club Team: Nebraska Juniors • Major: Marketing
Career/2006 Highs
Kills: 2 vs. Louisville (9/8)
Attacks: 2 vs. Louisville (9/8)
Hitting Percentage: 1.000, twice, last
vs. Colorado (10/14)
Assists: N/A
Aces: 1 vs. Louisville (9/8)
Blocks: N/A
Digs: 1 vs. Kansas (11/22)
Q & A
Greatest accomplishment: Being
where I am today
Most interesting thing I did this
summer was: Besides moving here, it
was just workouts and school!
One thing I’ve never been able to do,
but want to is: A cart wheel
Person that has most influenced me
in life and why: My Mom because she
has set the best examples possible
First paying job: Detasseling
Last concert I went to was: Eve 6
was my only concert in middle school
2006 (Freshman - Nebraska): Saw action in
nine matches her rookie season ... Was a back-up
for the Huskers at the outside hitter position ...
Had two kills on two attempts and a service ace
against No. 20 Louisville on Sept. 8 ... Had a kill
on match point to lift Nebraska to a win against
Colorado on Oct. 14.
High School: Ranked as the 13th-best player
nationally by PrepVolleyball.com coming out of high
school and also was named a Volleyball Magazine Fab
50 recruit ... A four-year starter at Lincoln Northeast
where she set a school record with 337 blocks and
ranks second all-time with 1,190 kills ... The 2005
Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year ... Totaled 406
kills on .359 hitting with 74 blocks, 33 aces and 290
digs her senior season ... Led Lincoln Northeast to a
19-11 record an an appearance in the district finals
in 2005 ... Captained the Lincoln Journal-Star’s Super
State team her senior year ... Earned first-team allstate
honors from the Journal Star and the Omaha
World-Herald her last two seasons ... Coached by
Michelle Leising ... Played club volleyball for a
Nebraska Juniors squad that finished third at the
2005 Junior Olympics in Salt Lake City ...
Trained with the A2 Junior National Team
in 2005 ... Earned All-America honors at
the 2004 Junior Olympics in the 17-andunder
category ... Also participated in track
and basketball at Lincoln Northeast, helping
her squad to an undefeated record and
a Class A state title in 2004-05 ... Named
to the honor roll every semester of high
school and graduated in the top five percent
of her high school class.
Personal: Full name is Brooke Kathleen
Bartek ... Born December 11, 1987
... Parents are Steve and JoAnne Bartek
... Comes from a family of athletes ...
Father Steve was an All-America basketball
player at Doane College and
mother JoAnne participated in
volleybal and track and field at
Midland Lutheran, earning All-
America honors in the high
jump ... Grtandfather Bertyl
Gissler played football at
Nebraska in 1943.
Bartek’s Career Stats
Year GP-MP K E TA HIT% KPG AST APG BHE SA SE RE DIG DPG BS BA TB BPG
2006 9-9 3 4 7 -.143 0.33 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 1 0.11 0 0 0 0.00
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