Amelia Preston

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Height:
6-0
Hometown:
Roseau, Minn.
Position:
OH
Previous School:
Roseau HS (North Dakota)

2021 Fall (R-Sr.)

• Played two matches (three sets) before sustaining season-ending injury Sept. 10 against Navy

• Averaged 4.33 kills per set (.524)

• Scored four kills on five attempts (.800) in one set played against Old Dominion

• Sent down nine kills at a .438 pace on Sept. 10 versus Navy

• Received medical hardship from the NCAA, allowing for one more year of eligibility

• Named to ASUN Honor Roll

2021 Spring (R-Sr.)

• Sat out season while recovering from offseason surgery

• Named to ASUN Honor Roll

2019 (R-Jr.)

• Appeared in all 33 matches, playing in 120 sets

• CoSIDA Academic All-America® third team, the third Academic All-American® in program history

• CoSIDA Academic All-District®

• ASUN All-Conference first team

• ASUN Scholar-Athlete of the Year

• ASUN All-Academic Team

• ASUN Player of the Week (Sept. 29)

• VaSID All-State first team

• VaSID Academic All-State Team

• Named to ASUN Honor Roll

• Totaled 457 kills (3.81 kps) at a .232 pace, adding 31 aces, 243 digs and 54 blocks (three solo, 51 assisted)

• Led the ASUN and ranked 45th nationally with her 457 kills, the seventh most by a Lady Flame in rally-scoring history

• Recorded 26 10-kill matches, 11 double-doubles and three 20-kill contests, including a career-high 29 kills twice

• Her 29 kills against both Stetson (Oct. 13) and North Alabama (Nov. 3) are tied for the most in a single match by a Lady Flame in rally-scoring history

• Posted first career double-double with 19 kills and a career-high 14 digs to go along with a career-best three aces against Virginia Tech (Sept. 7)

• Scored 19 kills (.350) and added three aces and 12 digs in 3-2 win over Louisiana (Sept. 20)

• Registered first career 20-kill match with 21 kills, three aces and 12 digs at North Alabama (Oct. 4)

• Sent down program-record-tying 29 kills (.345) to go along with 12 digs against Stetson (Oct. 13)

• Totaled 13 kills, 14 digs ad a career-high four blocks at Jacksonville (Oct. 27)

• Converted 29 kills at a .258 pace in 3-2 win over North Alabama, becoming the first Liberty player in the rally-scoring era with multiple 29-kill matches

• Turned in 18 kills and 14 digs in ASUN quarterfinal win over North Florida

• Had back-to-back double-doubles against La Salle (13 kills, 12 digs) and High Point (15 kills, 11 digs), helping Liberty to a quarterfinal appearance in the Postseason NIVC

2018 (R-So.)

• Appeared in 64 sets over a span of 22 matches played, making 14 starts

• Recorded 130 kills (2.03), adding 39 digs and 24 blocks (three solo, 21 assisted)

• Registered five double-digit kill matches

• Scored 10 kills on Aug. 24 against Oakland in her first career start

• Sent down 10 kills versus South Carolina (Aug. 31)

• Posted a season-high 12 kills against Colgate (Sept. 8), and tied her season high with 12 kills at North Alabama (Sept. 28) and against FGCU (Oct. 12)

• Named to ASUN Honor Roll

Previous School

• Was a member of North Dakota’s volleyball team for two seasons, redshirting as a freshman before appearing in 28 sets during sophomore campaign

• During Johnson’s time at North Dakota, the Fighting Hawks won back-to-back Big Sky Tournament titles, appearing in the NCAA Tournament in 2016 and 2017

Prep

• Graduated from Roseau High School in Roseau, Minn.

• Four-year starter at outside hitter

• Named to Minnesota Class AA all-state team as a senior, earning honorable mention all-state during junior campaign

• Four-time all-conference member, including Conference MVP honors in 2015

• Recorded a team-high 430 kills as a senior, to go with 38 blocks, 307 digs and 32 service aces

• During senior season, was named Academic all-state and Presidential Academic honoree

• Also competed in basketball and track & field in high school

Personal

• Daughter of Blair and Martina Johnson

• Father, Blair Johnson, played tennis at Wisconsin-Stout

• Grandfather, Larry Johnson, played basketball at North Dakota State