Reagan Merk Season 2022

HONORS
2022 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team
2022 Mountain West All-Academic Selection
2022-23 Mountain West Scholar-Athlete
2021 Mountain West All-Academic Selection
2021-22 Mountain West Scholar-Athlete

2022 SEASON (As A Sophomore): Appeared in 20 matches off the bench, notching 17 kills, 45 digs, five setting assists and five service aces across 42 sets … Racked up multiple digs in 10 outings … Opened the season with six digs and one kill in a 3-1 triumph over Army at the SDSU Invitational (8-27-22) … Matched her collegiate best with seven kills and scooped up four digs vs. UC Santa Barbara at the Pepperdine ASICS Classic (9-3-22) … Equaled her career high with seven digs and two services aces against Maryland at the Aztec Classic (9-9-22) … Contributed one kill, one assist, two digs and a block assist in the Aztecs’ victory at Fresno State (9-27-22) … Helped the Scarlet and Black secure the sixth and final spot in the Mountain West Championship after logging three kills and matching her collegiate best with seven digs in a must-win situation at San José State, as the Aztecs prevailed in four sets and handed the Spartans their lone home loss of the year (11-19-22) … Played three sets in the MW semifinals vs. SJSU five days later, posting one kill, one assist and one dig (11-24-22) … Earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) academic all-district honors … Landed on the Mountain West all-academic team and merited scholar-athlete distinction for the second year in a row.

2021 FALL SEASON (As A Freshman): Saw action in 18 matches during her rookie campaign on The Mesa, earning two starts ... Posted 29 kills, 40 digs, five service aces and three blocks in 42 sets … Served up two aces in her Aztec debut vs. Sam Houston at the Bearkat Invitational (8-27-21) … Recorded her first collegiate kill against No. 13 UCLA (9-10-21) … Blasted five kills on seven attempts without an error (.714) in the third set at Long Beach State (9-14-21) … Came off the bench and played all three sets in SDSU’s sweep of Texas Southern at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational, finishing with season highs of seven kills and six digs (9-17-21) … Committed just two errors on 13 swings in that match vs. the Tigers for a .385 hitting percentage … Received her first start in a Scarlet and Black uniform the following day against UC Riverside, collecting another seven kills and six digs (9-18-21) … Was also awarded a start vs. Boise State, tying her season best with six more digs (10-30-21) … Served up an ace in each of her final two appearances of the year at New Mexico (11-13-21) and against San José State (11-20-21) … Earned a spot on the Mountain West all-academic team and received scholar-athlete recognition from the conference following the fall semester.

HIGH SCHOOL: Won three varsity letters from 2017-19 for head coach Dan O’Dell at prep powerhouse Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California … Helped the Monarchs compile a stellar 111-14 record during her prep career along with consecutive CIF Southern Section titles in 2017-18 and a CIF Open Division state championship in 2018 … Amassed 430 kills, 600 digs, 64 total blocks and 44 service aces, according to MaxPreps, lifting Mater Dei High to three straight Trinity League titles … Garnered all-state accolades as a senior in 2019 from Cal-Hi Sports and received Under Armour All-America recognition … Merited back-to-back all-conference honors in her final two seasons and was named to the all-tournament team at the 2019 Durango Classic … Excelled in the classroom as well, earning a spot on the Mater Dei High principal’s honor roll all four years before graduating with magna cum laude distinction.

PERSONAL: Born in Newport Beach, California … Parents are Vince and Lonna Merk … Her father played college baseball at San Francisco State ... Majoring in communication with a minor in marketing.