Player Bio: Krista Eschelman :: Women's Volleyball

Krista Eschelman

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Germantown, Md.

High School:
Seneca Valley

Height:
6-2

Position:
MB

2007 -- Named to the all-tournament team following the Patriot League Championship ... tallied seven kills on 14 swings and recorded a Navy-best six blocks in semifinal match against American ... closed the regular season by knocking down a career-high 12 kills and committing 0 errors on 19 swings (.632) against Lehigh ... led Navy on the year with 88 blocks and a 0.86 blocks-per-game average ... tied for seventh in the league in blocking average ... produced a hitting line of 11-2-23 (.391) against NJIT ... tallied a career-high eight blocks in five-game match against Colgate ... totaled four or more blocks in 10 matches.

2006 -- Played her best volleyball at the end of the year, averaging over one kill a game over the last four matches ... of her 35 games played on the year, 17 appearances came over Navy's final matches games of the season ... tallied a season-high five kills (with no errors on 10 swings for a .500 attack percentage) in the season finale against Bucknell ... one match prior against Colgate, totaled four kills and a season-best six blocks.

High School -- Graduated from Seneca Valley High School ... earned four letters in volleyball ... was a two-time all-county selection and served as the team captain as both a junior and senior ... her club volleyball team competed in four national Junior Olympics tournaments.

Personal -- Krista Rae Eschelman ... born Dec. 19, 1986, in Harrisburg, Pa. ... sister, Jean, played volleyball for two years at Catholic University ... was a member of her high school's honor roll, the National Honor Society and the National Latin Honor Society ... oceanography major ... is interested in becoming a surface warfare officer in the Navy.