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Merete Lutz Season 2013
PositionMB
Height6-8
ClassFreshman
HometownHouston, Texas
Merete Lutz: My Tall Tale
Career Honors
- Three-time AVCA All-America second team (2014, 2015 & 2017)
- AVCA All-America third team (2016)
- Two-time Volleyball Magazine All-America third team (2014 & 2015)
- VolleyballMag.com All-America third team (2017)
- Four-time AVCA All-Pacific North Region (2014-17)
- Four-time All-Pac-12 Conference (2014-17)
- All-Pac-12 Freshman Team (2014)
- Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 6, 2017)
- Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 26, 2015)
- Two-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Oct. 6, 2014 & Oct. 27, 2014)
- NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team (2017)
- Stanford Invitational All-Tournament Team (2014)
- USD Invitational All-Tournament Team (2014)
- Four-time Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention (2014-17)
As a Redshirt Senior (2017)
- AVCA All-America second team
- VolleyballMag.com All-America third team
- AVCA All-Pacific North Region
- All-Pac-12 Conference
- NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team
- Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 6)
- Recorded her 1,000th career kill versus Arizona State (Sept. 27) becoming just the 18th Cardinal player since 1986 to do so
- Ranks seventh all-time in program history in career blocks (503)
- 17 kills while playing middle at No. 25 Colorado (Sept. 25)
- Season-best seven blocks at No. 12 UCLA (Oct. 13)
- Season-high .688 hitting percentage (13-2-16) against No. 16 Oregon (Nov. 5)
- Eight kills and tied her season-high with seven blocks in a sweep over No. 14 USC (Nov. 15)
- Career-high 21 kills on .476 hitting in a five-set win over No. 18 UCLA (Nov. 16)
- Hit .560 with 16 kills and registered her 500th career block vs. No. 11 Wisconsin (Dec. 8)
- Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
As a Redshirt Junior (2016) • National Champions
- AVCA All-America Third Team
- VolleyballMag.com All-America honorable mention
- AVCA All-Pacific North Region
- All-Pac-12 Conference
- Preseason All-Pac-12 Conference
- Started at opposite after playing middle as a freshman and sophomore
- Tied her career-high with 10 blocks in the season opener against San Diego (Aug. 26)
- Recorded a season-high 17 kills on .429 hitting and five blocks against Cal Poly (Sept. 11)
- Notched 11 kills and six blocks at No. 17 Washington State (Sept. 30)
- Led the team with 13 kills and nine blocks against Utah (Oct. 9)
- Hit a season-best .562 (9-0-16) in a sweep over Arizona State (Oct. 15)
- Had a match-high 12 kills on a season-best .706 attack percentage with five blocks in a sweep at No. 25 USC (Oct. 23)
- 13 kills on .478 hitting and a career-high five digs against No. 13 UCLA (Nov. 12)
- Recorded 12 kills on .321 hitting and three blocks in the regional final win at No. 3 Wisconsin (Dec. 10)
- Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
As a Redshirt Sophomore (2015)
- AVCA All-America second team
- Volleyball Magazine All-America third team
- AVCA All-Pacific North Region
- All-Pac-12 Conference
- Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 26)
- Preseason All-Pac-12 Conference
- Career hitting percentage (.412) is the third-best mark in program history
- Ranked fourth in the conference with a .388 attack percentage, sixth with 1.24 blocks and 10th with 3.94 points
- Registered double-digit kills in 20 matches
- Recorded 19 kills on a .531 attack percentage in her season debut versus No. 6 Illinois (Sept. 4)
- Posted 15 kills and four blocks in a five-set win at Duke (Sept. 11)
- Tallied seven blocks, including three solo, in a sweep over No. 24 Pacific (Sept. 18)
- Registered a season-high 20 kills on .450 hitting to go with a season-best eight blocks at No. 14 Arizona (Sept. 30)
- Went 15-0-28, hitting .536, and had five blocks in a win over No. 25 Oregon (Oct. 11)
- Notched 13 kills and seven blocks in a win over No. 4 Washington (Oct. 21)
- Hit a season-high .647 (12-1-17) in a sweep at Oregon State (Nov. 8)
- Led the team with a .464 hitting percentage (16-3-28) and six blocks in a win at Washington State (Nov. 15)
- Went 13-1-19, hitting .632 and posted seven blocks in a win over Colorado (Nov. 19)
- Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
As a Redshirt Freshman (2014)
- AVCA All-America second team
- Volleyball Magazine All-America third team
- AVCA All-Pacific North Region
- All-Pac-12 Conference
- All-Pac-12 Freshman Team
- Two-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Oct. 6 & Oct. 27)
- Stanford Invitational All-Tournament Team
- USD Invitatational All-Tournament Team
- Led the Pac-12 and was third in the nation in hitting percentage (.441), which is the third-best in a single season at Stanford
- Made her collegiate debut at Nebraska (Aug. 31)
- Totaled nine kills and six blocks in a win over No. 9 Illinois (Sept. 7)
- Tallied 15 kills and six blocks at No. 19 San Diego (Sept. 18)
- Hit a career-high .714 (11-1-14) in a sweep over Oregon State (Oct. 4)
- Recorded 10 kills, six blocks and set a career-best with six assists at No. 16 Arizona (Oct. 10)
- Finished with 12 kills on a .417 hitting percentage and six blocks at Utah (Oct. 19)
- Registered her first career double-double with 12 kills and a career-high 10 blocks against No. 17 UCLA (Oct. 24)
- Hit .688 with 23 kills and just one error in sweeps at No. 21 USC (Nov. 12) and No. 18 UCLA (Nov. 13)
- Had eight kills on .467 hitting and nine blocks in her NCAA Tournament debut against CSU Bakersfield (Dec. 5)
- Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
As a Freshman (2013)
- Redshirted her first season on The Farm
High School
- A 2013 graduate of Mirabeau B. Lamar High School in Houston, Texas
- A two-year letterwinner, only competing for her high school team as a freshman and sophomore
- Team advanced to district playoffs in 2009 and 2010
- Earned all-district honors as a freshman and sophomore
Club Competition
- Played for Southwest Junior
- Captained her team during her senior year
- Team qualified for Junior Nationals in 2011 and 2013
National Team Experience
- Member of the bronze medal winning squad at the NORCECA Championships in Managua, Nicaragua in 2012
- Won gold at the High Performance Championships in Des Moines, Iowa in 2012
- Also played on the 2013 U.S. Junior National Team which competed at the Junior World Championships in Brno, Czech Republic in 2013
Personal
- Daughter of Michael Lutz and Lisa Gertsch, who both graduated from Stanford
- Has an older brother, Karsten, who was a member of the Stanford men’s rowing team
- Major is human biology
- Born in Dallas, Texas
- Full name is Merete Suzanne Gertsch Lutz
Career Highs
Statistic | Career High | Opponent | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Kills | 21 | vs. UCLA | Nov. 16, 2017 |
Attempts | 45 | at Duke | Sept. 11, 2015 |
Hitting Percentage | .714 (10-0-14) (2X) | last at UCLA | Nov. 13, 2014 |
Assists | 6 | at Arizona | Oct. 10, 2014 |
Service Aces | -- | -- | -- |
Digs | 5 | vs. UCLA | Nov. 12, 2016 |
Blocks | 10 (2X) | last vs. San Diego | Aug. 26, 2016 |
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Lutz Leads on Senior Night
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Five-Set Thriller
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Pac-12 Champs
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Setback in Seattle
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Weekly Honor for Lutz
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Alone on Top
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Defense Stifles ‘Cats
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Sweep of the Sun Devils
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Devils, 'Cats Next
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Offensive Start to Pac-12 Play
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Big Spike Opens Pac-12 Play
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Stanford Aces Pacific
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Final Nonconference Tests
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Stanford Comes Up Short
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Cardinal Fights Off Illini
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Cardinal Travels to Illinois
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Solid Start
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Beach Trip
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Picked Second
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Preseason No. 2
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VolleyballMag.com Awards
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Four Named All-Americans
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Regionals in Madison
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Four Earn All-Region
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Five Earn Academic Honors
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Offense Sparks Win
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Bruins Outlast Cardinal
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Stanford Holds Off USC
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Stanford Falls in Four to Utah
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Stanford Falls on the Palouse
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Cardinal Shuts Down Tigers
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Stanford Sweeps Saint Mary’s
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Stanford Fights Off Cal Poly
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Stanford Falls to Purdue
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