Lisa Mordell

Photo by: Parker Waters

Position:
Libero
Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
High School:
St. Francis
Hometown:
Wheaton, Ill.

2018: Played in 126 sets in 36 matches in her final season with the Green Wave…Finished third on the team with 284 digs (2.25 per set) in 2018, earning her career 1000th in Tulane’s win over ECU (10/26)…Totaled 33 service aces (0.26 per set) to stand at sixth overall in The American…Recorded 10+ digs in a match on 13 occasions.

2017: Played in 107 sets for the Green Wave…Ranked second on the team in total digs with 250 and digs per set with 2.34…Notched a season-high 17 digs against Northwestern State (9/15) and North Florida (9/16)…Recorded 10+ digs in a match on 13 occasions…Tallied 16 service aces and 21 assists on the season…Member of Tulane Athletics 3.0 Club for fall 2017.

2016: Played in 62 sets in 19 matches…Recorded 123 digs, ranking sixth on the team in the category...Fifth on the team in digs per set with 1.98…Notched a season-high 21 digs against Tulsa on Oct. 2…Recorded 10+ digs in a match on four occasions...Named to the 2016-17 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team...Member of Tulane Athletics 3.0 Club for fall 2016 and spring 2017.

2015: Played in 32 matches and tied for the team lead in sets played with 125 with one start as a true freshman…fourth on the team in assists (70), and posted at least one assist in 28 games…tied for first in service aces (27) with a season high four against North Carolina State (9/12)…led the team in digs (463), digs per set (3.70) and had the most digs in one game during the season (31) coming against Tulsa (9/25)...Named to the 2015-16 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.

High School: Three-year letterwinner at St. Francis High for coaches Lisa Ston Peg Kopec...helped lead the Spartans to a combined 107-12 overall record, a perfect 30-0 Suburban Christian League mark, three consecutive league titles and 3A state championships each year as a prepster...as a senior, played in 34 matches and 70 sets when she tallied 201 digs (2.87/set), 27 assists and 11 service aces for the season...during the playoffs, tallied 42 digs, five assists and five aces during the Spartan's seven-match run to the state title...was named Player of the Match after posting 11 digs and an assist in a 2-1 road win over Trinity in the regular-season finale on Oct. 23, 2014...as a junior, led the team with 180 digs and 43 service aces in 78 sets of action...also played for 1st Alliance Volleyball Club in 2014 and 2015, where she was named to the 2014 Junior Volleyball Association (JVA) Watch List, and for Sports Performance Volleyball from 2008-13, where she served as team captain on several occasions...off the court, was a member of National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, AP Scholar, Academic Top 10 and Honor Roll...an honors with distinction graduate, earned the Wheaton Good Citizen Award, Ronald Reagan Foundation Student Leader Award, Fermi Lab Science Award and Physical Education and Health Department Student of the Year.

Personal: Born in Downers Grove, Ill. ...has two brothers...Uncle played football at Stanford...proposed major is neuroscience.