Bison Athletic Hall of Fame
Rachael Schmieg Hovey
- Induction:
- 2026
- Class:
- 2001
Watch the 2026 Bison Athletic Hall of Fame Ceremony
Named to the 2001 AVCA All-America second team...2001 AVCA All-Region and Daktronics All-Region first team...2000 and 2001 All-North Central Conference...1999 NCAA Elite Eight all-tournament team...Two-time North Central Conference Player of the Week...Part of teams that won three North Central Conference titles, played in four NCAA regionals and advanced to nationals twice, including a national runner-up finish her freshman year in 1998...Led the Bison in kills and digs her junior and senior seasons...Finished her career No. 1 in NDSU history for digs per set (3.36) and was second with 1,511 total digs, which remains the most digs by an outside hitter in school history...Also ranked seventh in kills per set (3.13) and 10th in total kills (1,408)...Still ranks fifth in digs and 13th in kills...Had a .244 career attacking percentage with 126 service aces and 169 blocks in 136 career matches...Her 4.42 kills per set as a junior in 2000 still ranks fifth-best in school history and her 530 kills that year rank 10th in Bison single-season history.
Named to the 2001 AVCA All-America second team...2001 AVCA All-Region and Daktronics All-Region first team...2000 and 2001 All-North Central Conference...1999 NCAA Elite Eight all-tournament team...Two-time North Central Conference Player of the Week...Part of teams that won three North Central Conference titles, played in four NCAA regionals and advanced to nationals twice, including a national runner-up finish her freshman year in 1998...Led the Bison in kills and digs her junior and senior seasons...Finished her career No. 1 in NDSU history for digs per set (3.36) and was second with 1,511 total digs, which remains the most digs by an outside hitter in school history...Also ranked seventh in kills per set (3.13) and 10th in total kills (1,408)...Still ranks fifth in digs and 13th in kills...Had a .244 career attacking percentage with 126 service aces and 169 blocks in 136 career matches...Her 4.42 kills per set as a junior in 2000 still ranks fifth-best in school history and her 530 kills that year rank 10th in Bison single-season history.