Megan Tallman

Year:
Senior
Hometown:
Island Lake, Ill.
Position:
Setter
Height:
5-10

SENIOR (2016): Played in 27 matches and 93 sets in the 2016 season…Played in 120 career matches for the Hoosiers…Finished her career as the Hoosiers school record holder for career assists in the rally scoring era with 3,711…that mark is fourth all-time at Indiana…led the Hoosiers with 803 assists in her senior year…552 career kills and 87 career aces for the Hoosiers…In 2016 named the MVP of the Hoosier Classic, where she led the Hoosiers to victory against Cleveland State with 45 assists to clinch the Hoosier Classic title…double-double with 35 assists and 11 digs in match against Arkansas State…46 assists and eight digs in the Hoosiers win against Cleveland State.

JUNIOR (2015):
Played in all 32 matches and 103 sets for the Hoosiers in the 2015 season…finished the season with 1,060 assists and ninth in the Big Ten in the regular season for assists per set at 10.29…finished the season with 2,908 career assists, which ranks seventh on the Hoosiers all-time list and is the third most in school history in the rally scoring era…set a career-high in assists with 60 in a five set win against NAU…career-high with seven kills in win vs. Rutgers…two matches with over 50 assists and two double-doubles, including 47 assists and 12 digs in final match against Minnesota…third on the team in aces with 23 for the season…49 assists and 11 digs in win over Texas State.

SOPHOMORE (2014):
Played in every set (118) for the Hoosiers in the 2014 season...led the team in assists with 1,159, which ranks 13^th all-time for a single-season in program history and became the 14^th player to pass 1,000 assists for a season...finished eighth in the Big Ten in assists and finished the season with 1,848 career assists, which currently ranks ninth in program history for career assists...career-high 55 assists in Hoosiers win at UConn to win the UConn Classic Title...four double-doubles for the season...11 matches with at least 40 assists...46 assists in the Hoosiers win against Michigan and 50 assists in the IU win at Maryland. In the summer Tallman was selected as the Indiana representative on the Big Ten Foreign Tour trip to Europe.

FRESHMAN (2013): Played in 29 matches and 101 sets in her freshman season with the Hoosiers...fourth on the team with 129 digs...season-high 11 digs against Ohio State...six digs in the Hoosiers win at No. 10 Michigan State...15 blocks on the season with a season-high four blocks at Iowa...tallied 24 kills and 18 service aces for the season...season-high four kills against Wisconsin.

PREP: A four-time all-conference, all-area and All-Lake County player at Wauconda High School ... a three-year team captain and earned team MVP honors as a junior ... played club volleyball for Spencer Kaszuba and Rolling Thunder Volleyball Club, where she dished out 1,189 assists to go with 522 digs, 118 blocks, 76 kills and 71 aces ... a three-sport athlete, played one year of basketball and three years of track and field ... won a conference title in the long jump as a freshman and earned all-conference honors twice in track and field ... qualified for the state meet in the triple jump as a junior and owns school records in both the long and triple jumps ... earned team MVP honors as a junior in track and field.

PERSONAL: The daughter of Russell and Julie Tallman ... has a sister, Danielle ... plans to major in sports psychology.