Stephanie Niemer

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Stephanie Niemer
Personal information
Nationality American
Born (1989-09-03) September 3, 1989 (age 35)
Hometown Erlanger, Kentucky, U.S.
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight150 lb (68 kg)
College / University Flag of the United States.svg University of Cincinnati
Volleyball information
PositionWing Spiker
Current club-
Career
YearsTeams
2011–2013 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Indias de Mayagüez
2013 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Orientales de Humacao
2014 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Gigantes de Carolina
2014–2015 Flag of France.svg ASPTT Mulhouse
2015–2016 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azeryol Baku
2016 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Gigantes de Carolina
2016 Flag of the Philippines.svg Petron Tri-Activ Spikers
2016 Flag of the Philippines.svg PSL-F2 Logistics Manila [1]
2016–2017 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Criollas de Caguas
2017–2018 Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos Piraeus
2019 Flag of the Philippines.svg Petron Blaze Spikers
2020-21 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Valencianas de Juncos

Stephanie Niemer (born September 3, 1989) is a female American volleyballer, playing as an Outside Hitter. [2]

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Career

After three years in Puerto Rico, Stefani Niemer in 2014 traveled for first time in Europe, signing in French ASPTT Mulhouse. In 2015–16 season she played for Azeryol Baku and she was voted 2015–16 Azerbaijan Volleyball Super League "Best outside hitter". In 2016 she was selected to the Philippine Super Liga All-Stars team who competed at the 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship. [3]

In the summer of 2017 Stephanie Niemer traveled for a second time in Europe, signing with Greek powerhouse Olympiacos Piraeus, [4] who were competing in the Hellenic Women’s Volleyball League and the CEV Women's Challenge Cup. In Greece, Niemer stood out for her highly efficient service. During a league game against A.O. Markopoulo, she achieved the unbelievable record of 17 serving points. [5]

In 2017-18 season she won with the Piraeus club the CEV Women's Challenge Cup, [6] being the 3rd top scorer with 137 points and the 3rd best server with 19 aces in the whole competition. [7] She also won during the same season the Hellenic championship [8] and the Hellenic cup as well, [9] competing with the best way in the historical Continental Treble of Olympiacos Piraeus that period. In the summer of 2018 she decided to leave Europe and return home for family reasons. [10]

Sporting achievements

Clubs

International competitions

National championships

National trophies

Individual

St. Henry's High School

  • District Tournament MVP
  • Most Outstanding Player (Kentucky)

University of Cincinnati

  • 2007 Freshman of the Year
  • 2007 Second Team All-Conference Selection
  • 2008 First Team All-Conference Selection
  • 2009 AVCA Honorable-mention All-American
  • 2009 AVCA First Team Northeast Region Selection
  • 2010 Big East Player of the Year

Azeryol Baku

Petron Tri-Activ Spikers

References

  1. ↑ "Stephanie Niemer FIVB Profile". clubworldchampionships.2016.women.fivb.com.
  2. ↑ "Stephanie Niemer GoBearCats Profile". GoBearCats.com. Archived from the original on December 14, 2013. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Philippine All-Stars players - 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship". clubworldchampionships.2016.women.fivb.com. Archived from the original on October 7, 2016. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Stephanie Niemer signed in Olympiacos". sport24.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on September 20, 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Stephanie Niemer Scores 17 Service Points In Greece". volleywood.net. December 4, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Olympiacos make history with Challenge Cup title". cev.eu. Archived from the original on April 19, 2018. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  7. ↑ "CEV Challenge Cup 2018 atomic statistics". cev.eu. Archived from the original on April 14, 2018. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Olympiacos Piraeus 2017-18 Hellenic champions". olympiacossfp.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on April 9, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Olympiacos Piraeus 2018 Hellenic Cup winners". olympiacossfp.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on November 23, 2020. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Αποχωρούν Κονόμη και Νιέμερ" [Konomi and Niemerre leave]. gavros.gr (in Greek). May 1, 2018. Archived from the original on May 4, 2018. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Criollas de Caguas logran su cuarto campeonato consecutivo en el voleibol superior". noticel.com (in Spanish). May 15, 2017. Archived from the original on May 17, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
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