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2021 – Senior Season: Did not appear in any matches, due to injury.

2021 – Junior Season: Played in 16 matches and 29 sets...Put down 34 kills (1.17/set) and produced 14 blocks (four solo, 10 assist)...Had six kills and seven kills against Providence (9/25) and UConn (10/31), respectively...Went for a season-high three blocks vs. No. 16 Creighton (9/24)...Collected a season-best three digs against Seton Hall (10/9).

2020-21 – Sophomore Season: Appeared in 32 sets…Recorded 72 kills (2.25 k/s) which was good for fourth on the team…She added 13 blocks and 22 digs…Had at least 10 kills in five matches…Season-highs with 17 kills for a .353 hitting percentage against Indiana State (2/4).

2019 at DePaul (Freshman): Played in 97 sets...Ended her rookie campaign with 145 kills, 110 digs, 21 blocks and eight service aces...Her season-high kill total came in the first match of the season vs. Jacksonville...Brueggemann recorded 13 kills on just 21 attempts to post a .571 attack percentage...Impacted the match at St. John's with a season-high four blocks.

High School: Served as a six-rotation player at Carmel High School...Led her team in kills..Voted the 2018 team captain as a senior...All-MIC selection...Helped lead her club team, the Circle City Purple, to a fifth place finish at the USA National Tournament in 2018...Along with her team, won the Windy City Qualifier for the USA Open Division in 2019.

Personal: Daughter of Barry and Melinda Brueggemann...has two older brothers, Bennett and Evan

MORE ABOUT ELANA

Major: Marketing
Favorite Volleyball Memory: Club volleyball
Favorite Place on Campus: Dugan Hall
Favorite School Subject or Class: Digital marketing
Pet: Wheezy (Italian water dog)
Hobby: Walking
Favorite Sport besides Volleyball: Basketball
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Food: Fruit
Favorite Dessert: Cookies
Favorite TV Show: Law & Order SVU
Favorite Movie: Toy Story
Favorite Music: R&B, country, hip-hop