2013: Earned fourth straight Ivy Leaguetitle...Earned winningest four-year record in Ivy League historywith a 51-5 mark.
2012: Appeared in 73 sets...Ranked fifthon the team with 190 digs...Averaged 3.25 digs per set in IvyLeague matches...Smashed 77 kills on the season...Had 11 digs, fiveblock assists and three kills against Bowling Green in NCAATournament match...Had 11 or more digs in 10 matches...Produced aseason-high 15 digs in four matches...Had 10 kills and 15 digs in a3-1 win over Columbia on Oct. 26...Had five straight matches ofseven or more kills during Ivy League season...Had 10 kills andeight digs in a 3-0 win over Penn on Oct. 13.
2011: Named Second Team All-Ivy…Ranked9th in Ivy League conference matches with a .279 hittingpercentage…Named to Ivy League Weekly Honor Roll threetimes…Earned All-Tournament honors at YaleClassic…Totaled at least 10 kills in a match 10times…Tallied at least 10 digs in a match ninetimes…Produced seven double-doubles (in kills and digs) thisseason…Collected 15 kills, 16 digs, 3 block assists, 2assists and hit .520 in win at Columbia on Oct. 29…Produced13 kills, 18 digs, 3 service aces, 3 assists, a solo block and hit.433 in win over Princeton on Nov. 5.
2010: Honorable Mention All-Ivy...NamedIvy League Rookie of the Week three times...Finished among the top10 in the Ivy League in hitting percentage (3rd, .311), kills perset (7th, 2.98) and points per set (7th, 3.38)...Finished second onthe team in kills with 277...Posted highest individual hittingpercentage in a match among all Ivy teams during 2010 season with.688 performance against Georgetown on Sept. 11...Named toBlackbird Invitational (Long Island University) All-TournamentTeam...Tallied at least 10 kills in 16 matches...Had 12 matcheswith at least 10 kills and 10 digs.
Off the Court: Yale Athletics Department,Football Development, Office Assistant (Spring2011-present)… Kitchen2Kitchen food rescue participant tobring extra food from dining halls to a downtown soupkitchen… Musical Cure member of ensemble that sings fornursing homes, food kitchens, and other similarestablishments… Worked in McCarthy lab at Yale conductingresearch using EEG to study mirror neurons… NorthwesternMutual Corporate Planning-Strategic Intelligence Intern, invented asurvey sample generator and report conversion tool using VisualBasic macros, designed the SharePoint sit for SI team, analyzedNetwork Office segmentation and compiled data in PowerPointpresentations, and presented work and taught skills to theStrategic Intelligence team (Summer 2011, 2012)… MarandaEnterprises Office/Warehouse Help, American International Toy FairSales Consultant, assisted in office projects, responsible fororganization and completion of various warehouse projects, andpacked and shipped customer orders to achieve timely shipments(Summer 2007-Winter 2010)… Relay For Life, team captain,coordinated team participation and promoted fundraising (Spring2011-present)… Ministerio de Vida 2020, built waterfiltration system complex and community center, translated Englishand Spanish for mission group and Cancun residents, and instructedchildren in mathematics (January 2012)
Before Yale: Named North Shore ConferencePlayer of the Year at Homestead High School… First teamall-conference, All Area and all-state selection… Playedclub volleyball for the Milwaukee Sting… Her 2009 17 Openteam finished fifth at the JVA Championships in Louisville, Ky.
Appleman on Reetz: “The first thing Inoticed about Erica was her tenacity on the court. She is a veryskilled attacker who wants the ball and can finishconsistently.”
Four Questions for Erica:
1. Why Yale? Icouldn’t pass up this incredible academic and athleticopportunity.
2. Best New Havenrestaurant? Prime 16
3. Favorite song?“Roll Out the Barrel”
4. Team Jacob, Team Edward, orTeam Couldn’t Care Less? Team Potter.
