New Jersey Institute of Technology Athletics

2009: Played in all 28 matches. ... ranked second on the team in total blocks (44) and third in kills (183, 1.89kps). ... she holds the NJIT Division I record for total blocks with 286 and the individual record for kills in a five-set match (30 vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore 11/4/06).

2008: Posted double-figure totals in kills six times with a season-high 14 kills vs. Columbia (9/19). ... ranks first on the team with 86 total blocks.

2007: Second on the team with 352 kills in 113 games.

2006: Female Newcomer of the Year for the entire NJIT program, as well as women’s volleyball MVP … NCAA Division I Independent Newcomer of the Week twice … led the Highlanders in kills (2.78), blocks (0.81) and points per game (3.74) … started all 31 matches,  while posting 11 double-figure kills games, with a career-high 30 kills against Maryland Eastern-Shore on November 4.

Prior to NJIT: All-Tournament at Effingham, IL, playing for coach Helen Buckley at Nerinx Hall HS in Webster Grove, MO … had 145 kills and 70 blocks as a senior in a league that produced the 2004 national Player of the Year … most improved on her high school team … played club volleyball for Swic 181 … also competed in high school track and field and swimming.

Personal: Kristine Melanie Haeckel … daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Haeckel … Her mom, Liz, coaches and played at the University of Missouri-St. Louis … civil engineering major. … born 3/4/88 in St. Louis.