NDSU

2019 Summit League Offensive Player of the Week
2019 Summit League Preseason Watch List
2018 Summit League Commissioner's List
2018, 2017 Summit League Honor Roll

2019 SEASON (JUNIOR): Named to the 2019 Summit League Preseason Watch List ... Played in 29 matches and 109 sets ... Hit .319 (208-55-480), averaging 2.34 points, 1.91 kills and 0.65 blocks per set ... Collected 255 points, 208 kills, 71 blocks, 51 digs, eight assists and six service aces ... In the final Summit League statistics, ranked No. 4 in attack percentage ... Hit .345 (130-29-293) during league play ... Summit League Offensive Player of the Week (11-19-19) after hitting .455 with 27 kills and six blocks in 3-1 wins over North Dakota (11-12-19) and Oral Roberts (11-17-19) ... Named to Central Michigan Chippewa Invitational and NDSU Classic all-tournament teams ... Career best .563 attack percentage (10-1-16) at Central Michigan (9-6-19) ... Season-high 14 kills and hit .444 in 3-1 win over Oral Roberts (11-17-19) ... One of eight matches with double-figure kills, pushing career total to 13 overall ... Matched career-highs with six digs and two aces against Illinois-Chicago (9-6-19) ... Had career-high three assists vs. Eastern Illinois (9-7-19).

2018 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Started in all 29 matches and 111 sets ... Hit .228 overall including .266 in the Summit League ... Averaged 2.37 points, 1.73 kills and 0.95 blocks per set ... Ranked No. 8 in the league with 106 total blocks and No. 10 in blocks per set ... Added 263.5 points, 50 digs, eight service aces and five assists ... Belted career-high 16 kills in key 3-1 win at Oral Roberts (11-9-18), one of three matches with double-figure kills ... Has five double-figure efforts in career ... Had season-high .545 (13-1-22) hitting percentage vs. Niagara (8-24-18) ... #Groot recorded a career best 10 blocks including nine block assists in 3-1 win at Purdue Fort Wayne (10-7-18), becoming first NDSU player since 2012 to log double-figure blocks ... Twice had career-high two service aces, last at Western Illinois (10-5-18) ... Had career best six digs at North Dakota (9-26-18) ... Member of NDSU Fellow of Christian Athletes (FCA) Huddle group including teammate Abbi Klos that went on trip through organization Mission of Hope to the Dominican Republic on March 9-16, 2019 ... Named to Summit League Commissioner's List and Honor Roll.

2017 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Played in 22 matches including 15 starts and 55 sets ... Connected for .265 hitting percentage, averaging 1.73 points, 1.36 kills and 0.64 blocks per set ... Had 95 points, 75 kills, 64 blocks and 21 digs overall ... Collected a career-high 12 kills with no errors in 18 attacks for a .667 hitting percentage in the win over San Francisco (9-2-17) ... Earned all-tournament honors at the NDSU Classic after hitting .410 (19-3-39) with five blocks ... Racked up a career-high six blocks (all block assists) in the road victory at Florida Atlantic (9-16-17) ... Came up with 10 kills and hit .304 in win over Appalachian State (9-9-17), the second of two matches with double-figure kills ... Named to Summit League Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year starter for Iowa City West High School and head coach Randy Dolson, which qualified for the Class 5A state tournament her sophomore, junior and senior years ... The Women of Troy had a 104-49 record during her career including 28-12 her sophomore year ... Led Iowa City West in kill efficiency, total blocks and blocks per set at middle hitter and right front as a senior... All-conference second team and honorable mention selection during her career ... Set the state Class 5A tournament blocks per set (3.25) record as a sophomore ... Member of the Iowa Rockets top club team since the age of 13 ... The Rockets qualified for the national tournament each year ... Two-year starter for the basketball team, earning honorable mention all-conference honors ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Received the Iowa High School Athletic Association's Bernie Saggau Award ... Active with the Coralville Methodist Church, and volunteers for the Coralville Community Food Pantry and Agape free breakfast program ... Logged 200-plus hours of volunteer work during high school.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Michelle and John Halverson ... Has two brothers, Josh and Tyler ... College major in strategic communication.

THE HALVERSON FILE
Favorite Movies:  Star War movies, Fried Green Tomatoes, Les Miserables
Favorite Foods:  Cake, mashed potatoes, strawberry smoothies
Favorite Singers/Group: Stevie Nicks, Janis Joplin, Regina Spektor
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Favorite Colors: Sea foam green, yellow
Favorite Actors: Ed Westwick, Johnny Depp, Eddie Redmayne
Favorite Actresses: Sophia Bush, Ellen Pompeo, Julia Roberts
Favorite TV Shows: Grey's Anatomy, American Horror Story
Favorite Song:  Dreams by Stevie Nicks
Favorite Book: The Remnant Chronicles
Favorite Athlete: The late Caroline Found

EMILY’S CAREER BESTS
Kills: 16, at Oral Roberts, 11-9-18
Attacks: 31, at Oral Roberts, 11-9-18
Attack pct: .563 (10-1-16), at Central Michigan, 9-6-19
Assists: 3, vs. Eastern Illinois, 9-7-19
Service Aces: 2, vs. three teams, last vs. Illinois-Chicago, 9-6-19
Digs: 6, vs. Illinois-Chicago, 9-6-19; at North Dakota, 9-26-18
Blocks: 10, at Purdue Fort Wayne, 10-7-18
Block solo: 3, vs Seton Hall, 8-24-18
Block assists: 9, at Purdue Fort Wayne,10-7-18
Double Figure Kills: 13 matches
Double Figure Blocks: 1 match