Biography
2023 – Sophomore: Started all 25 games during her second season on the Heights, tallying a team-high 496 assists, 15 kills, a team-high 29 services aces and 11 block assists in 79 sets played… recorded 13 assists and three digs against West Virginia (Aug 25) … tallied 36 assists, a season-high 11 digs and a career-best three block assists during a 1-3 loss at Rhode Island (Sep 2) … registered 29 assists during a 1-3 conference loss at Stonehill (Sep 22), then provided 30 assists, a season-high three service aces, 10 digs, one block assist and two kills during a 1-3 conference loss at Merrimack (Sep 23) … contributed 30 assists, seven digs, two block assists and two service aces against FDU (Sep 30) … recorded 20 assists, two service aces, two kills and eight digs at Central Connecticut State (Oct 13) … during the program’s first-ever Northeast Conference win, a 3-0 victory against Stonehill (Oct 20), Gerken tallied a season-high and career-high-tying 39 assists with six digs and two service aces… recorded 28 assists against Central Connecticut State (Nov 3) … provided 24 assists, eight digs and one service ace against Sacred Heart (Nov 4)
2022 – Freshman: During her first collegiate campaign, Gerken was one of three players on the roster to play in all 23 matches, and she led the team in assists with 424 and service aces with 39… she also recorded 182 digs, 16 kills, eight double-doubles, and 56.5 total points in 85 sets played… she was 12th in the conference in total assists, and her 22 service aces during NE10 play was the third-most in the league… recorded a double-double (15 assists, 11 digs) in her Le Moyne debut against Millersville, then delivered a double-double of 15 assists and 10 digs during the team’s first win of the season against Goldey-Beacom (Aug 26) … Gerken tallied 29 assists, 12 digs, a kill and a season-high five service aces during Le Moyne’s 3-2 win over D’Youville (Sep 6) … following her double-double against D’Youville, Gerken recorded double-doubles during the next two matches, with 17 assists, 13 digs and four service aces in a win over Post (Sep 9), followed by 17 assists, 13 digs and two service aces in a non-conference battle against Southern Connecticut State (Sep 9) … she compiled a season-high 39 assists along with eight digs, one kill, two service aces and one block assist during a 3-1 win over Roberts Wesleyan (Sep 20) … during Le Moyne’s 3-2 win over Southern Connecticut State (Sep 24) at home in the conference opener, Gerken provided 30 assists, six digs and one kill in five sets played… tallied 29 assists, eight digs, two service aces and one kill during a 3-1 win over Saint Michael’s (Oct 14) … recorded a double-double of 24 assists and a season-high 15 digs along with two service aces and two kills during a conference setback against Saint Anselm (Oct 15) … recorded her final double-double of the campaign during the Dolphins’ final victory of the season, a 3-2 win against Assumption (Oct 23). Gerken recorded 24 assists, 11 digs, five service aces and one kill against the Greyhounds… she registered a season-high 6.5 points during a loss at Pace (Oct 25), with one kill, one block assist and five service aces, along with 15 assists and four digs.
Personal: A 2022 graduate of Frontier High School where she was a member of the National Honor Society and won back-to-back Section VI Class AA Volleyball Championships with the Frontier varsity team during her junior and senior seasons… was named to the All-ECIC Second Team as a freshman, then earned All-ECIC First Team recognition following her sophomore, junior and senior seasons… an All-Western New York First Team selection, as well as an All-Western New York Buffalo News honoree as a junior and senior… broke the Frontier school record for career assists with 2,730…competed for the Niagara Frontier Volleyball Club... enrolled in the Direct Entry Physician Assistant Studies 4+2 Pathway at Le Moyne… daughter of Dan and Maureen Gerken
