Cedarville University Yellow Jackets

Amanda Bell is in her final season with the CU women’s volleyball team.....appeared in 33 matches and 122 sets last fall.....produced a second-best 343 digs and 2.81 digs per set.....ranked third on the team with 294 kills and 2.41 kills per set.....established a new career-high 18 kills in a 3-1 non-conference victory at Ohio Dominican.....posted double figures in kills during 12 other matches.....recorded a season-high 20 digs in an early season five-set loss to Wheeling Jesuit.....tallied double digits in digs in 16 other contests including five consecutive at the end of the season......needs 65 kills during the upcoming campaign to reach the 1,000 career kill mark.....ranks ninth all-time at CU with a .932 passing percentage.....Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) First Team selection for second consecutive season......member of National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) Midwest Region Team.

2012 - Appeared in all 38 matches.....posted a third-high 270 kills and a 2.05 kills per set.....recorded a season-high 15 kills in the second match of the season versus Michigan Tech at the Indiana PA Invitational.....registered nine kills in nine attempts for a 1.000 attack percentage in a non-conference win over visiting Kentucky State.....delivered 10 matches with double figure kills during the campaign.....tallied a career-high 25 digs in a late-season four-set league win at Trevecca Nazarene.....notched double figure digs in six other contests.....Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) First Team.

2011 - Appeared in 39 of the 40 matches.....second on the squad with 329 digs.....registered a third-best 371 kills and 2.63 kills per set.....drilled a season-high 16 kills in the second match of her collegiate career - a five-set loss to McKendree.....posted double figure kills in 21 other matches.....produced a season-best 18 digs in a victory versus Notre Dame OH in the semifinals of the Ohio Independent Championship.....recorded double figures in digs on 15 occasions including seven of the last 10 matches of the campaign.....season-best tally of five blocks occurred in final match of the season versus Bethel IN.....added 30 service aces and 46 total blocks to a solid freshman season.....joined fellow rookie Maddie Anderson as Ohio Independent Championship (OIC) honorable mention choices.

High School - Participated in three sports during prep career at Grandview Park Baptist High School.....four-year letter winner and three-year starter in volleyball.....two-time Iowa Girl’s Coaches Association (IGCA) All-State First Team selection......three-time all-conference first team performer.....three-year member of IGCA All-District South Central Team.....participated in the IGCA Senior All-Star Classic as one of the top 32 seniors in the state of Iowa.....2010 Des Moines Register All-State First Team honoree.....two-time Team MVP.....completed career with 1,277 kills and a .323 hitting percentage.....produced 1,214 digs, 220 aces and 111 blocks as team went 102-41....member of two-time conference championship squads.....also four-year letter winner in basketball and two-year letter winner in softball.....earned 2010 Grandview Female Athlete of the Year.

Personal - Dean’s list student as a marketing major at Cedarville University.....born 12/31/92 in Ankeny, IA....daughter of Dean and Becky Bell....has a younger sister and a younger brother.