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Jersey Number 13
Merle Weidt
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Schul- und Leistungssportzentrum Berlin
- Hometown:
- Offenburg, Germany
As a Senior (2021)
- Started 30 matches during the season
- Tallied 106 kills and average 1.53 kills/set
- Led the team with a .381 hitting percentage, ranked third in the Pac-12
- Posted 80 total blocks, 69 block assists, and 11 block solos
- Finished the season tied for 16th in the conference in block solos
- Earned career highs of 16 kills and .700 hitting percentage against California (10/1)
- Recorded eight block assists twice during the season
As a Junior (2020-21)
- Competed in 52 sets across 16 matches
- Posted 83 kills and 42 total blocks, including a team-best 9 block solos on the season
- Had a hitting percentage of .424%, highest on the team
- Finished sixth in the Pac-12 in block solos
- Led the Wildcats in blocks in three matches
- Finished the season second on the team in blocks
Prior to Arizona
- Transferred to Arizona after two years at Rutgers
- Averaged 1.44 kills and 1.03 blocks in two productive seasons in the Big Ten
- In 2019, averaged 1.06 blocks/set, 15th most in the conference, including an 11-block outing vs. Towson, good for second most in a match in Rutgers history
- Prior to coming the United States for college, she was a four-year member of VC Olympia Berlin in the First National Division
- Played in more than 70 matches as a member of German Youth National Team
- Placed sixth at the U18 World Championship in Peru in 2015, where she was named the seventh best blocker of the tournament
Personal
- Daughter of Ulrike and Sonke Weidt
- Has one sibling, Sunje
- In her free time, enjoys baking, cooking, playing instruments and crafting
Career Awards
2021
Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
Wednesday, July 15
Thursday, June 04
Tuesday, December 02
Tuesday, December 02
