Meg Viggars

Height:
6-0
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Stoke-on-Trent, England
Prev School:
Loughborough College

2016
MVC Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention
Was the only NCAA DI student-athlete to end the 2016 season with 800 career kills, 2,000 assists, 1,000 digs and 300 blocks…Ends her Saluki career ranked in the top-10 in five statistical categories, including third in both block assists (356) and double doubles (54), fifth in sets played (452), sixth in digs (1,094), tied for seventh in matches played (121) and 10th in assists (2,081)…Joins Debbie Barr as the only Salukis to record over 2,000 assists and 1,000 digs in a career…Was the 11th Saluki to join the 1,000 dig club...Recorded 10 triple-doubles during her career, the most of any Saluki....Tallied her 10th career triple-double in SIU's win at Drake (10/21), as she finished with 10 kills, 35 assists and 12 digs…Finished first on the team in assists, second in aces and fourth in blocks and digs...Averaged 1.84 kills, 6.30 assists, 0.26 service aces, 1.85 digs and 0.81 blocks per set...Recorded seven double-doubles.....Tallied double-digit kills in four matches, including 10 against Dayton...Led the Salukis in assists in 16 matches this season...Totaled a season-best 35 assists in the win at Drake...Had a season-best 17 digs at IUPUI...Served three aces in three matches this season...Recorded multiple blocks in 17 matches this season, including a season-high six blocks at Northern Iowa...Hit .563 in SIU's win over Western Michigan, as she put down nine kills on 16 swings with no errors.

2015
All-MVC First Team
MVC Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 2)
Ranks fifth in the nation with six triple-doubles...Led the Salukis with 781 assists, and ranked second in blocks with 130...Is No. 82 in the nation for total blocks...Started in all 33 matches this season, for 86 consecutive starts...Finished with 260 kills for and average of two per set at a .264 clip...Had 19 service aces...Had the third-most digs on the team with 334 for an average of 2.57 per set...Had 12 kills and zero errors for a season-high .522 attack efficiency against No. 22 Missouri State...Named MVC Defensive Player of the Week after putting up a career-high 14 blocks against Loyola, which ranks third all-time at SIU for most block assists in a single match...Put up a season-high 52 assists in SIU's four-set match against Indiana State Named MVC First Team All-Conference...Named to the Butler Invitational All-Tournament team...Helped the Salukis to the best season in program history with an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.

2014
Second Team All-MVC
Named Second Team All-MVC...Earned three triple-doubles in wins over Northern Iowa, Indiana State and SEMO...Hit with a career-high efficiency against Wichita State, hitting eight kills for a .700 efficiency...Led the team against Missouri State with eight kills...Put up 534 assists, SIU's second-highest number of the season...Averaged 2.01 kills, 4.73 assists, 2.08 digs and 0.76 blocks per set...Served 20 aces...Played and started all 31 matches....Earned a spot on the MVC Honor Roll.

2013
MVC All-Freshman Team
MVC Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 11)
MVC Freshman of the Week (Nov. 25)
MVC All-Freshman Team...MVC Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 11)...MVC Freshman of the Week (Nov. 25)...Started and played in 32 of SIU's 33 matches (120 sets)...Fourth on SIU's roster with 227 kills (1.89 per set)...Second on SIU's roster with 212 assists (1.77 per set)...Tied for third on SIU's roster with 24 service aces, which also tied for 21st in the MVC at 0.20 per set...Tallied 361 digs (3.01 per set), the second-most for SIU in 2013...Her 361 digs registered as the 13th best in the Valley in 2013...Had 83 total blocks (0.69 per set), the 25th-most in the Valley in 2013...In conference-only play, ranked 13th in digs (213, 3.09 per set), 16th in blocks (52, 0.75 per set) and 21st in service aces (15, 0.22 per set).

Pre-SIU
Played for the Newcastle Staffs club team, helping her squad to national championships at the under 14, under 15 and under 18 level...Also helped Newcastle Staffs to a national Shield championship in 2011 and a runner-up finish at the under 16 level...Earned MVP honors at the U16, U18 and Shield national championships...Was a member of the England Juniors squad at age 13 and represented Great Britain in beach volleyball at the 2008 Junior Olympics...Was selected to the Great Britain squad in the run up to the London Olympics...Helped the England Developmental squad win the Novotel Cup in Luxembourg in 2012.

Personal
Full name is Megan Elizabeth Viggars...Major is criminology and criminal justice...Born Jan. 31, 1994 in Stoke-on-Trent, England...Has two siblings, Sam and Chelsey...Daughter of Anthony and Jennifer Viggars.