Cedarville University Yellow Jackets

Libby (Short) Aker returns for her final campaign with the Lady Jacket volleyball program as the team’s defensive leader.....one of three seniors on the 2008 team and a co-captain.....appeared in 38 of 39 contests last fall.....led squad with 612 digs (4.43 per game).....posted a team-best .952 passing percentage with 1,073 attempts and just 51 errors.....team’s best server with a .973 mark (704 serve attempts - 19 errors).....posted a career-high 39 digs versus Palm Beach Atlantic at the NCCAA National Tournament.....registered 20 or more digs in 12 matches.....recorded double figures in digs in 32 of the 38 matches played.....put together a 36-for-36 serve receive effort in the season-opening match at Grace .....ranks third all-time at CU with 2,180 career digs.....named to the NCCAA All-America Second Team.....earned prestigious NCCAA Susan R. Hellings Award.....member of the NAIA Region IX Team and NCCAA Midwest Region squad.....American Mideast Conferernce South Division Second Team selection.....NAIA, NCCAA and AMC Scholar-Athlete.

2006 - One of three players to appear in all 55 matches.....led the team in digs with 735 and digs per game with a 3.97 mark.....tied for team-high serving percentage honors at .958.....registered a fourth-best 50 service aces.....tallied a season-high 31 digs against Spring Arbor at the NCCAA Midwest Regional..... recorded double figures in digs in 42 other matches.....her 43 matches with double figure digs rates third-highest in a single season in NAIA history.....named to the All-NCCAA Midwest Region Team .....All-AMC South Division honorable mention.

2005 - Appeared in all 51 matches and all 174 games.....led the team in digs with 833 - second-highest ever in a single season at CU.....also led in digs per game (4.79)....paced the team in service aces with 42.....posted a fourth-best .944 serving percentage.....totalled a season-high 44 digs versus Doane at the NAIA National Tournament.....recorded double figures in digs in 39 other matches..... named to the All-AMC South Division Freshmen Team.

High School - Produced an outstanding two-sport career at Springfield Shawnee High School.....four-year letter winner in volleyball.....high school squad captured four consecutive Central Buckeye Conference titles....two-time sectional champions and district runners-up in 2001 and 2004.....named the Springfield News-Sun Co-Area Player of the Year...voted to the All-Ohio Division III Third Team....member of the All-District First Team....earned District 9 All-Star honors....County and Area Player of the Year....registered 234 kills, 125 total blocks and 211 digs during senior campaign.....three-year letterwinner in track & field....team garnered three consecutive Central Buckeye titles in 2001, 2002 and 2003.....recorded district championships in 2002 and 2004.....named All-County and All-Area First Team in hurdles in 2004.....National Honor Society Vice-President....Student Council member.

Personal - Dean's List student as an early childhood education major at Cedarville University.....born 7/2/87 in Springfield, OH....daughter of Greg and Belinda Short.....married former Yellow Jacket golfer, Scott Aker, on July 19, 2008.....older brother, Ryan, graduated from CU in 2008 and was a four-year member of the men’s basketball team.