2016 Iowa Ice Roster

#21 Stephanie Niemer

Height: College/Universty:

6'2" University of Cincinnati

Position: Hometown:

OH Erlanger, KY

Player Biography

Career Highlights: 

2009 AVCA Honorable-Mention All-American ... Three-time all-conference selection, including first-team all-BIG EAST honors in 2008 and 2009 ... became the 15th player in school history to reach 1,000 career kills ... ranks No. 9 on UC's all-time kills list (1,349) and is fifth on career aces chart (149) ... sits in second on the single-game kills chart after putting 34 balls to the floor at Utah on Aug. 29, 2009.

2010 Season: 

Named BIG EAST Player of the Week five consecutive weeks, and six weeks overall, both conference records...voted BIG EAST Player of the Year...named to the Northeast All-Region Team...finished her career at UC ranked 1st in service aces and second in kills and kills per set.

2009 Season: 

AVCA Honorable-Mention All-American ... AVCA First-Team All-Northeast Region selection ... first-team all-conference selection ... named to the BIG EAST Conference All-Tournament team ... named the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Women's Sports Association Sportswoman of the Year ... ranked third in the BIG EAST in kills per set (4.19), aces (0.41) and points per set (4.88) ... 4.88 points per set also ranked 24th nationally ... ranked first in aces (0.49), ninth in points (4.22), and 10th in kills (3.47) in conference-only matches..

2008 Season: 

A first-team all-conference selection and was the only sophomore to earn first-team distinction ... named BIG EAST Player of the Week on Sept. 22 after averaging 5.11 kills per set, 1.89 digs per set, and 0.78 blocks per set en route to earning all-tournament honors at the TIS Bookstore Invitational ... earned all-tournament accolades at the Honolulu Advertiser Volleyball Classic and was selected as the Most Valuable Player at the Bearcat Invitational.

2007 Season: Tabbed the 2007 BIG EAST Freshman of the Year and was a second team all-conference selection ... earned BIG EAST Freshman of the Week honors on Sept. 24 with a week that included 3.55 kills, 1.55 digs and 0.64 blocks per game in a trio of UC wins ... placed on the Community Bankers Classic all-tournament team after averaging 2.89 kills per game in pair of matches.

High School: Named district tournament MVP as a senior at St. Henry High ... ranked 81st on the prepvollveyball.com Senior Aces list ... tabbed the most outstanding player in Kentucky during senior year ... helped team to a state runner-up and the school's seventh straight district championship in 2006 ... named LaRosa's MVP of the Week for playing during St. Henry's state tournament run ... also a standout basketball player, earning Northern Kentucky All-Star award and MVP of District 33.