Julianna Rettig '23 Recruiting Profile

NCAA Eligibility ID: 1911736410 (4 Years of Eligibility Remaining) **IN TRANSFER PORTAL**

I am a hard-working, versatile Class of 2023 student athlete with lots of experience at multiple positions throughout my playing career with 12U-18U elite Chicago area based travel club teams, high school teams, and in college at SBU. I am primarily a Libero/DS with lots of experience playing all 3 back row defensive positions, and I have also been a 2-year starting Setter in a 6-2 system for my high school team (some setting experience at the club level too). I would be willing to play whatever position helps the team be successful. In addition to playing multiple positions, I have experience playing in rotational and perimeter defenses, 5-1 and 6-2 systems, have a serve accuracy above 90% during my career with greater than a 2.5 ace to error rate, and have been a team captain 6 different seasons.

Even though I redshirted my Freshman indoor season at SBU, I competed hard in practice every day, lifted weights, utilized the training staff for recovery, and participated as a member of the bench for home matches...all like the rest of the active team. I also volunteered to travel with the team for several road matches to gain experience with athletic travel and academics away from campus. I was able to compete in preseason scrimmages and played left back and middle back defense. So far, with 20 college credit hours completed, I have a 4.0 GPA.

I also train and compete in beach volleyball. I took lessons in the sand at an early age then later played 3 club team summer beach power league seasons in high school and am currently competing on the SBU beach team this semester as a redshirt. Playing beach has been an awesome way to develop my speed, quickness, and skills plus it is fun. Since I am redshirted, I was unable to compete in regular season matches, but I played an exhibition beach match against a D1 Missouri State doubles team and earned the W.

If you are looking for a versatile player who can play L/DS/Setter with 4 years of eligibility and previous college experience, I would love to chat about an opportunity to play for you!

Please see my recruiting profiles and video clips of my match play and practices at:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn9jrPbjOPp-8_V2WEYaVWw/videos

https://sportsrecruits.com/athlete/julianna_rettig

https://www.captainu.com/athletes/1991430/profile

In high school, I finished with a 3.944 cumulative GPA, was a member of the National Honor Society and the ACHS Student Athlete Advisory Committee, was named to the Academic All-Conference First Team during my Junior and Senior seasons, and was also selected as the School Winner for the Heisman High School Scholarship process in November 2022. 

I finished my high school Senior season at Antioch Community HS. During my high school career, I started as the Libero on the JV Team during my Freshman year, as a DS on Varsity during my Soph year, as a Setter on Varsity during my Junior year, and as a 6-rotation Setter/Pin Hitter on Varsity during my Senior year.  My team voted me as “Most Improved” during my Junior year because I volunteered to switch from a defensive position to Setter and helped the team finish with a 20-12 record. During my Senior year, I was selected to the 1st Team All Conference (NLCC) team, and my teammates voted me as "Team Most Valuable Player" at the end of the season.

In 2023, I finished my 7th year of national-level club volleyball for Sky High Volleyball in Libertyville, IL. I played on the Sky High Adidas 18-1 Junior Olympic national-level club team. During my club career, I played 6-rotation OH, Libero/DS in both rotational and perimeter defensive systems, and have also played Setter in a 6-2 system.

In 2022, I started every match and played all rotations across many positions for the Sky High Adidas 17-1 Junior Olympic national-level club team. I mainly started at L/DS, but I also played several matches as a 6-rotation Pin Hitter and several other matches at Setter. 

In 2021, I played L/DS on the Sky High Adidas 17-Sophs team (as a 16U player), so I played up in age all season, including qualifiers and nationals. I started all matches, played all sets, and served every rotation. 

In 2020 and 2022, I competed in club-run Summer beach volleyball doubles power leagues and really enjoyed it. I train some in the sand, have taken some beach lessons, and am open to playing beach volleyball in college as well as playing indoor.

During the offseason, I regularly compete in college camps, regional recruiting events such as Prep Dig and Junior Day Showcases, and any open gym I can find. During my career, I have been highlighted in several recruiting magazine articles:

Prep Dig “‘Bros I Can’t Wait to Watch Play at the IL Top 250 Expo” (Dec 2021): https://www.prepdig.com/2021/12/bros-i-cant-wait-to-watch-play-at-the-il-top-250-expo/

Prep Dig “7 Stock Risers from the Top 250 Expo” (Nov 2021): https://www.prepdig.com/2021/11/7-stock-risers-from-the-top-250-expo/

Prep Volleyball Magazine Recruits of the Week (Jan 2021):  https://prepvolleyball.com/articles/club-articles/club-features/recruits-of-the-week-january-27/430099

Prep Dig Magazine journal that I wrote about Covid-19 impacting volleyball (Jan 2021): 

https://www.prepdig.com/2021/01/playing-through-a-pandemic-illinois-athlete-shares-experience/?fbclid=IwAR2Lzolmq9kQy5ysiwOktbI1M9jgMO3RO2kgStYaqW1JZN8IjMRbbaw-TAs

Please see additional video highlights at:

Sports Recruits: https://sportsrecruits.com/athlete/julianna_rettig

Field Level: https://www.fieldlevel.com/app/profile/julianna.rettig/volleyballwomen

YouTube Video Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn9jrPbjOPp-8_V2WEYaVWw/videos

 Hudl Videos: https://www.hudl.com/profile/12390507/Julianna-Rettig/videos#