The University of Akron Athletics
2008 Akron Women's Volleyball
Meryl Loop
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Circle
- Hometown:
- Valley Center, Kan.
at Circle High School: Four-time all-conference selectionand league MVP as a senior ... three-time all-state performer,including a first teamer as a junior and senior ... started everyvarsity high school match for four years ... led Circle to fourstraight league titles and a fourth-place finish at the 4A StateTournament as a junior ... claimed sub state titles as a sophomoreand junior ... selected to participate in the Kansas VolleyballAssociation All Star Match ... set school records for ace serves ina season (120) and in a career ... also competed in the high jump, long jump and was asprinter on the track team.
Personal: Daughter of Gary and Margo Loop ... hersister, Kelsey, who lettered in volleyball at Wyoming and ColoradoUniversity at Boulder, is currently on the track team at Baylor ...mother, Margo, played softball and was a member of the swim team atthe University of Nebraska-Kearney ... was a four-year honor rollstudent ... member ... also played for the Central Kansas Jets Clubteam ... four-year member of SADD (Students Against DestructiveDecisions) and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes ... two-yearmember of the science club.
