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Jersey Number 11
Audra Wilmes
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- West Linn, Ore.
Bio
2024 (As A Third-Year Sophomore)
Went 4-4 in her second season on the beach as UW made its first NCAA Championship appearance.
Partnered With Martin: Went 2-1 with Natalie Martin at the #5 position, all in the opening weekend … defeated #5 pairs for Houston Christian and Central Arkansas … had a close 12-15 third set loss to No. 4 TCU’s fifth pair in the season opener on Feb. 23.
Partnered With Ulrich: Went 1-1 with Josie Ulrich … beat Tubbs/Baptista of Pacific at #4, 21-19, 23-21, on Apr. 17.
Partnered With S. Wilcock: Had a 1-1 record with Sarah Wilcock, both at #5 … paired together in a loss against No. 5 LMU on Mar. 1 … picked up a win over Pacific’s Abougoush/Brown on Apr. 17 by a 21-6, 21-10 score.
Partnered With Nichols: Went 0-1 with Maia Nichols, dropping a three setter at #5 against Houston Christian on Mar. 20.
2023 (As A Sophomore)
Did not compete in beach in 2023
2022 (As A Freshman)
In her first season on the squad, posted several big victories, going 9-23 overall … was 4-3 with Olivia Mikkelsen (2-3 at No. 3 and 2-0 at No. 4), went 2-11 with Maeve Griffin (1-2 at No. 2 and 1-9 at No. 3), had a 3-6 mark with Paloma Bowman (0-2 at No. 2, 1-4 at No. 3, 2-0 at No. 4), was 0-2 at the No. 3 spot with Kyra Petersen, and was 0-1 at No. 2 with Natalie Robinson.
Partnered with Mikkelsen: had a couple huge wins at Alki Beach, including a 21-13, 17-21, 15-11 win at No. 3 over No. 8 Hawaii’s Penner/Widener in the 3-2 win, and a 22-20, 21-18 win over Oregon’s McClellan/Rothstein in another 3-2 win the next day.
Partnered with Griffin: a win in the Pac-12 tourney, 22-24, 23-21, 15-12 over Utah’s Andrew/Vezzani at No. 2 … seven of their losses came against top-20 teams.
Partnered with Bowman: first win was at No. 4 over Oregon’s Schroeder/Tyus, 15-9 in the third, in a 4-1 win … a marathon win over Boise State’s Mejia/O’Neil, 21-19, 17-21, 18-16 … a 21-16, 22-20 win over Utah’s Koch/Leight with Wilmes on Apr. 9.
Partnered with Robinson: a 21-19, 21-14 loss to 11th-ranked Cal’s Dreibholz/McKeown at No. 2 in their one match together.
High School and Personal: Born in Portland, Oregon ... parents are Mark and Darlene Wilmes ... youngest of four siblings ... older sister Emilie played volleyball at Long Beach State and Oregon State, graduating from OSU in 2016 ... older sister Mindy played volleyball at College of Southern Idaho and Linn Benton C.C., and older brother Peter played basketball two years at Linn Benton ... a member of the 2019 USA Youth National Training Team ... named an AVCA/Under Armour Third Team All-American ... one of 25 underclassmen to watch in 2020 by Volleyball Magazine ... led her West Linn squad to three straight Three Rivers League titles from sophomore to senior seasons ... a unanimous All-State Tourney First Team pick in 2019 helping West Linn to the 6A state semifinals ... played club for NPJ Salem as well as PVC ... helped NPJ Salem finish 11th in the U.S. Junior Nationals - National Division in 2021.
INDOORS
Video: Get To Know Audra Wilmes
2023 (As A Sophomore)
Appeared in every match, starting 25 and playing in 117 of 119 total sets ... ranked second on the team with 281 kills and fourth with a 2.40 kills/set average ... second on the squad with 0.35 aces per set (41 total) ... led the team in kills in 6 matches and in aces in 11 matches ... handled 512 serve-receptions, third-most on the team ... earned 9 kills on 26 swings with 8 digs in 3-1 win over Arizona (11/22) ... in 0-3 setback against No. 25 USC, had 7 kills and 7 digs ... connected on 8 kills with 3 aces in 1-3 setback at No. 5 Stanford (11/5) ... in 3-1 win at Cal (11/3) had 7 kills, 3 aces, a career-high 15 digs and tied career-high with 4 blocks ... in home week against Oregon schools, had 9 kills vs. Beavers (10/27) and 7 against Ducks (10/29) ... second 20-kill effort in past three matches with 20 on career-high 53 swings at USC on 10/22, adding 11 digs and 2 aces in the five set loss ... put away 12 kills on a .286 Att% with 3 aces in road setback at UCLA (10/20) ... huge career-best effort with 24 kills (previous career-high was 16) on a .404 Att% and UW needed every point in 16-14 five set win over Utah (10/15) ... hit .333 with 11 kills and 9 digs with 2 aces in sweep of Colorado (10/13) ... in four-set win over Cal on 10/8 earned 11 kills (.292 Att%) with 3 aces and 8 digs ... 8 kills and 6 digs with 1 ace in 1-3 loss to No. 3 Stanford (10/6) ... team-leading 12 kills plus 8 digs in four-set loss at No. 6 Oregon (9/29) ... tallied 10 kills in four set loss at Arizona State (9/24) ... all-around impressive line with 9 kills (.304 Att%) with 2 aces and 11 digs in 3-1 win over St. Mary's (9/16) ... upped career-high to 16 kills in 3-1 win over Florida International (9/10) with 2 aces ... 9 kills/9 digs in 3-2 win over UNLV (9/8) ... team-high 10 kills with 11 digs for first career double-double in sweep of Memphis (9/7) ... in sweep of Indiana on 9/2, led the offense with 12 kills on a .286 Att% with 9 digs and 2 aces ... one dig off a double-double in 3-1 win at Long Beach State, getting 10 kills and 9 digs and firing 3 aces ... hit .316 with 7 kills in sweep of Grambling on 8/26 ... 11 kills, 2 aces, 5 digs and 2 blocks in 3-1 win at SE Louisiana (8/25) ... in season opener vs. UTEP (8/25) set new career-high with 14 kills on 47 swings, and also had a career-high 9 digs.
2022 (As A Redshirt Freshman)
In her first season, entered into the starting lineup midway through the year, and posted 1.48 kills per set in 60 sets to rank fifth on the team ... one of the toughest servers in the league, racking up 25 aces for an average of 0.42 per set that ranked second in the Pac-12 ... missed the final five matches of the year with an ankle injury ... upped season-high to 12 kills on 28 swings, hitting .321, in five set road win at Arizona State (11/13) ... served 4 aces and had 4 blocks and 3 kills in 2-3 loss at Arizona (11/11) ... scored 13.5 points at Oregon State on 11/6 with 6 kills and career-highs of 5 aces and 4 blocks ... in 2-3 loss to No. 8 Stanford (10/30) had 6 kills, 4 digs, 2 blocks ... upped season-high to 10 kills on a .375 Att% in 3-0 win over California (10/28) ... hit .615 with 8 kills on 13 swings and no errors in 3-0 win over Arizona (10/23) ... in five set loss to Arizona State (10/21) had 4 kills, 3 aces, 6 digs and 2 blocks ... put down 9 kills and had key serve on match point, 24-23, to force a Colorado error in 3-1 win on 10/16 ... fired 4 aces in 3-2 win over No. 12 Oregon (10/9), serving UW on a 5-0 run to start set five, and had 5 kills on 19 attempts without an error (.263) ... had first career start in 3-0 win at Cal (10/2) with 8 kills on 14 swings to hit .429, adding 4 digs and an ace ... played third set in 3-0 win over Boise State (9/17) with 2 digs and 8 serve-receptions ... 4 kills on 10 swings without a miss plus first 2 career aces in sweep of Montana State (9/16) ... grabbed first career kills in 3-0 win over North Texas (9/16) with 4 on 5 swings to hit .800 with 2 digs ... made collegiate debut in third set of 3-0 win over Iowa on 9/3 and had 1 dig.
2021 (Redshirt)
Redshirted her first fall as the Huskies won the Pac-12 title and made the NCAA round of 16.
Went 4-4 in her second season on the beach as UW made its first NCAA Championship appearance.
Partnered With Martin: Went 2-1 with Natalie Martin at the #5 position, all in the opening weekend … defeated #5 pairs for Houston Christian and Central Arkansas … had a close 12-15 third set loss to No. 4 TCU’s fifth pair in the season opener on Feb. 23.
Partnered With Ulrich: Went 1-1 with Josie Ulrich … beat Tubbs/Baptista of Pacific at #4, 21-19, 23-21, on Apr. 17.
Partnered With S. Wilcock: Had a 1-1 record with Sarah Wilcock, both at #5 … paired together in a loss against No. 5 LMU on Mar. 1 … picked up a win over Pacific’s Abougoush/Brown on Apr. 17 by a 21-6, 21-10 score.
Partnered With Nichols: Went 0-1 with Maia Nichols, dropping a three setter at #5 against Houston Christian on Mar. 20.
2023 (As A Sophomore)
Did not compete in beach in 2023
2022 (As A Freshman)
In her first season on the squad, posted several big victories, going 9-23 overall … was 4-3 with Olivia Mikkelsen (2-3 at No. 3 and 2-0 at No. 4), went 2-11 with Maeve Griffin (1-2 at No. 2 and 1-9 at No. 3), had a 3-6 mark with Paloma Bowman (0-2 at No. 2, 1-4 at No. 3, 2-0 at No. 4), was 0-2 at the No. 3 spot with Kyra Petersen, and was 0-1 at No. 2 with Natalie Robinson.
Partnered with Mikkelsen: had a couple huge wins at Alki Beach, including a 21-13, 17-21, 15-11 win at No. 3 over No. 8 Hawaii’s Penner/Widener in the 3-2 win, and a 22-20, 21-18 win over Oregon’s McClellan/Rothstein in another 3-2 win the next day.
Partnered with Griffin: a win in the Pac-12 tourney, 22-24, 23-21, 15-12 over Utah’s Andrew/Vezzani at No. 2 … seven of their losses came against top-20 teams.
Partnered with Bowman: first win was at No. 4 over Oregon’s Schroeder/Tyus, 15-9 in the third, in a 4-1 win … a marathon win over Boise State’s Mejia/O’Neil, 21-19, 17-21, 18-16 … a 21-16, 22-20 win over Utah’s Koch/Leight with Wilmes on Apr. 9.
Partnered with Robinson: a 21-19, 21-14 loss to 11th-ranked Cal’s Dreibholz/McKeown at No. 2 in their one match together.
High School and Personal: Born in Portland, Oregon ... parents are Mark and Darlene Wilmes ... youngest of four siblings ... older sister Emilie played volleyball at Long Beach State and Oregon State, graduating from OSU in 2016 ... older sister Mindy played volleyball at College of Southern Idaho and Linn Benton C.C., and older brother Peter played basketball two years at Linn Benton ... a member of the 2019 USA Youth National Training Team ... named an AVCA/Under Armour Third Team All-American ... one of 25 underclassmen to watch in 2020 by Volleyball Magazine ... led her West Linn squad to three straight Three Rivers League titles from sophomore to senior seasons ... a unanimous All-State Tourney First Team pick in 2019 helping West Linn to the 6A state semifinals ... played club for NPJ Salem as well as PVC ... helped NPJ Salem finish 11th in the U.S. Junior Nationals - National Division in 2021.
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INDOORS
Video: Get To Know Audra Wilmes
2023 (As A Sophomore)
Appeared in every match, starting 25 and playing in 117 of 119 total sets ... ranked second on the team with 281 kills and fourth with a 2.40 kills/set average ... second on the squad with 0.35 aces per set (41 total) ... led the team in kills in 6 matches and in aces in 11 matches ... handled 512 serve-receptions, third-most on the team ... earned 9 kills on 26 swings with 8 digs in 3-1 win over Arizona (11/22) ... in 0-3 setback against No. 25 USC, had 7 kills and 7 digs ... connected on 8 kills with 3 aces in 1-3 setback at No. 5 Stanford (11/5) ... in 3-1 win at Cal (11/3) had 7 kills, 3 aces, a career-high 15 digs and tied career-high with 4 blocks ... in home week against Oregon schools, had 9 kills vs. Beavers (10/27) and 7 against Ducks (10/29) ... second 20-kill effort in past three matches with 20 on career-high 53 swings at USC on 10/22, adding 11 digs and 2 aces in the five set loss ... put away 12 kills on a .286 Att% with 3 aces in road setback at UCLA (10/20) ... huge career-best effort with 24 kills (previous career-high was 16) on a .404 Att% and UW needed every point in 16-14 five set win over Utah (10/15) ... hit .333 with 11 kills and 9 digs with 2 aces in sweep of Colorado (10/13) ... in four-set win over Cal on 10/8 earned 11 kills (.292 Att%) with 3 aces and 8 digs ... 8 kills and 6 digs with 1 ace in 1-3 loss to No. 3 Stanford (10/6) ... team-leading 12 kills plus 8 digs in four-set loss at No. 6 Oregon (9/29) ... tallied 10 kills in four set loss at Arizona State (9/24) ... all-around impressive line with 9 kills (.304 Att%) with 2 aces and 11 digs in 3-1 win over St. Mary's (9/16) ... upped career-high to 16 kills in 3-1 win over Florida International (9/10) with 2 aces ... 9 kills/9 digs in 3-2 win over UNLV (9/8) ... team-high 10 kills with 11 digs for first career double-double in sweep of Memphis (9/7) ... in sweep of Indiana on 9/2, led the offense with 12 kills on a .286 Att% with 9 digs and 2 aces ... one dig off a double-double in 3-1 win at Long Beach State, getting 10 kills and 9 digs and firing 3 aces ... hit .316 with 7 kills in sweep of Grambling on 8/26 ... 11 kills, 2 aces, 5 digs and 2 blocks in 3-1 win at SE Louisiana (8/25) ... in season opener vs. UTEP (8/25) set new career-high with 14 kills on 47 swings, and also had a career-high 9 digs.
2022 (As A Redshirt Freshman)
In her first season, entered into the starting lineup midway through the year, and posted 1.48 kills per set in 60 sets to rank fifth on the team ... one of the toughest servers in the league, racking up 25 aces for an average of 0.42 per set that ranked second in the Pac-12 ... missed the final five matches of the year with an ankle injury ... upped season-high to 12 kills on 28 swings, hitting .321, in five set road win at Arizona State (11/13) ... served 4 aces and had 4 blocks and 3 kills in 2-3 loss at Arizona (11/11) ... scored 13.5 points at Oregon State on 11/6 with 6 kills and career-highs of 5 aces and 4 blocks ... in 2-3 loss to No. 8 Stanford (10/30) had 6 kills, 4 digs, 2 blocks ... upped season-high to 10 kills on a .375 Att% in 3-0 win over California (10/28) ... hit .615 with 8 kills on 13 swings and no errors in 3-0 win over Arizona (10/23) ... in five set loss to Arizona State (10/21) had 4 kills, 3 aces, 6 digs and 2 blocks ... put down 9 kills and had key serve on match point, 24-23, to force a Colorado error in 3-1 win on 10/16 ... fired 4 aces in 3-2 win over No. 12 Oregon (10/9), serving UW on a 5-0 run to start set five, and had 5 kills on 19 attempts without an error (.263) ... had first career start in 3-0 win at Cal (10/2) with 8 kills on 14 swings to hit .429, adding 4 digs and an ace ... played third set in 3-0 win over Boise State (9/17) with 2 digs and 8 serve-receptions ... 4 kills on 10 swings without a miss plus first 2 career aces in sweep of Montana State (9/16) ... grabbed first career kills in 3-0 win over North Texas (9/16) with 4 on 5 swings to hit .800 with 2 digs ... made collegiate debut in third set of 3-0 win over Iowa on 9/3 and had 1 dig.
2021 (Redshirt)
Redshirted her first fall as the Huskies won the Pac-12 title and made the NCAA round of 16.
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