Megan Fesl Class: Junior Hometown: Arlington Heights, IL High School: John Hersey Height: 6-1 Position: Outside Hitter Birthdate: 11/21/1987

Hardest hitter on the Irish squad ... good all-around skills ... has shown the ability to carry a heavy offensive load ... great hustler and gritty player. As a Sophomore (2007): Logged 28 starts and saw action in 109 games for the Irish ... third on the team with 340 kills (3.12/game) ... carried a .217 attack percentage while hitting over .300 in eight matches ... notched 194 digs (1.78/game), good enough for fifth on the squad ... third on the team with 398.5 points (3.66/game) ... cleanly received opponent's serves with a .953 average ... posted double-digit kills in 19 matches for the Irish, including each of the first nine to start the season ... finished the campaign with 14+ kills in each of the final six contests ... notched seven double-doubles on the season ... recorded 20+ kills in four matches ... earned a spot on the all-tournament team at Missouri's Tiger Invitational after blitzing Florida International (Sept. 1) for 20 kills with a .366 clip ... named to the BIG EAST Honor Roll (Sept. 3) ... scooped 19 digs against Alabama (Sept. 8) while sliding through with 20 kills ... against College of Charleston (Sept. 7), had a careerhigh four solo blocks en route to earning alltournament team honors at the Shamrock Invitational ... had seven blocks against No. 11 California (Sept. 15) ... tallied 13 kills and 17 digs in the BIG EAST opener at Pittsburgh (Sept. 22) ... assisted on four scores at West Virginia (Sept. 23) ... locked in with 15 kills against Villanova (Sept. 30), finishing with a .400 attack average ... threw down 21 kills against No. 17 Louisville (Nov. 11), then blazed Cincinnati (Nov. 16) for 21 more one match later to begin to the BIG EAST Tournament ... sliced the defense for three aces at Tennessee (Nov. 23) ... named the BIG EAST Player of the Week on Nov. 12, giving Notre Dame the first sweep of the weekly honors by a league team as Kellie Sciacca was tabbed the conference's top rookie ... was only the second sophomore to win the award through twelve weeks of play.

As a Freshman (2006): Saw action in 83 games and played in 31 matches ... started 22 contests ... totaled four doubledoubles ... slammed a career-best 16 kills and 18 points against Valparaiso (Sept. 1) ... also totaled 10 digs against the Crusaders for her first career double-double ... had 11 kills and 16 digs against No. 13 Missouri (Sept. 2) in the championship game of the Shamrock Invitational ... turned in a team-best 13 kills and 11 digs versus Arizona State (Sept. 17) in the Sun Devil Classic ... had 12 kills against Marquette (Oct. 6) then 11 kills and nine digs against Syracuse (Oct. 8) ... recorded 10 kills on a .450 hitting percentage against St. John's (Oct. 22) ... was good for 10 kills on a .350 hitting percentage versus Georgetown (Nov. 3) ... sixth on the team with 201 kills (2.42/game) ... finished third on the squad with 26 service aces (0.31/game) ... fifth on the team with 188 digs ... scratched out 248 points (2.99/game) ... led the team in hitting percentage in three matches.

The Fesl File: Enjoyed highly successful prep and club careers ... part of a seven person freshmen class that Volleyball Magazine and PrepVolleyball.com ranked among the top-five groups in the country ... named the 14th-best high school senior by PrepVolleyball.com, and was the top-ranked player in the traditionally talent-laden state of Illinois ... named first team all-state by the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times and Champaign New Gazette in 2005 ... captained the Daily Herald's all-area team in 2005 ... helped her club team, perennial power Sports Performance, to AAU national championships in 2004 and 2005, earning All-America honors on the former occasion ... led her 18 Open division squad to the Junior Olympics National Championships in 2006 ... an AAU All-American in 2006 ... a Junior Olympics all-tournament team selection in 2006 ... tabbed to the all-tournament team in the 2004 Junior Olympics and was the only junior on the Sports Performance 18 Elite squad that won the national championship in the 18 Open division in 2005... four-year varsity starter for John Hersey (Ill.) ... finished hercareer with the school record for career kills (1,141) while ranking 16th in Illinois history in that category ... also had 763 digs and 281 blocks during her prep career ... in final prep season, posted 489 kills on .482 attack percentage to go with 67 blocks and a teambest 300 digs while being John Hersey's top serve receiver and registered 26 aces of her own ... named team MVP at John Hersey in 2005 ... set the John Hersey record for kills in a match with 34, the fourth-best output ever by any high school player in Illinois ... also holds school record for digs in a match (25) ... earned all-state accolades in 2004 from the Chicago Tribune and Champaign News- Gazette and all-area honors from the Chicago Sun Times in 2005 ... helped John Hersey win four consecutive regional championships and reach the quarterfinals of the Illinois state tournament in 2004 ... Mid Suburban League (MSL) co- Player of the Year in both 2004 and 2005 after being all-conference as a sophomore ... helped John Hersey to the MSL championship in 2005 ... named Chicago Tribune/WGN Prep Athlete of the Month in September of 2005 ... played first base on John Hersey's junior varsity softball team as a freshman ... carried a 5.29 cumulative grade-point average on a 5.00 scale and was ranked 33rd in her graduating class of 501 students ... member of the National Honor Society and a leader in the Service- Over-Self program ... the latest of several Sports Performance products to play for the Irish, joining Jenny Birkner (1993-96), Denise Boylan (1997-2000), and Adrianna Stasiuk (2004-07) ... NFL player and Notre Dame grad Tom Zbikowski (2007), standout golfers Steve Ratay (also a John Hersey grad) and Shannon Byrne (2004), baseball academic All-American Jeff Perconte (2000), and Joe Jarosz (fullback on the 1988 football national championship team) are among other Arlington Heights natives to wear the gold and blue ... daughter of Joanie and Rich Fesl ... mother played volleyball at Iowa ... full name is Megan Ann Fesl ... last name is pronounced FEH-sul ... born Nov. 21, 1987 ... sister,Annie, is a freshman setter at Cincinnati ... father sang the national anthem before Notre Dame battled Cincinnati in the Joyce Center during the 2007 regular season ... wears the same #9 jersey worn by former Notre Dame great Mary Kay Waller (1985- 88) ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business as a marketing major ... also majoring in German.

Fesl's Career Statistics