Cedarville University Yellow Jackets

Erica Bartholomew is in her final season with the Lady Jacket volleyball squad.....will serve as one of three co-captains this year.....one of three players to appear in all 40 matches and all 145 sets during the 2011 schedule.....produced second-best marks in assists (638) and assists per set (4.40).....career tally of 8.08 assists per set is third-best in Cedarville volleyball history.....ranks fourth all-time at CU with 3,458 total assists.....sits in the seventh spot all-time with a .362 assist pct.....needs 547 assists this season to move into third position.....distributed a season-high 46 assists in a four-set victory at Ursuline.....posted season-high eight digs in the win at Ursuline and in an Ohio Independent Championship setback at Walsh.

2010 - One of seven players to appear in all 38 matches.....dished out 1,417 assists - bested her previous season record for the tenth-most in a single season.....tied a career-high with 57 assists in a match against Spring Arbor at the NCCAA Midwest Regional......produced 50+ assists in four other contests.....led squad with 30 service aces.....tallied a career-best five service aces at West Liberty.....posted 179 digs during the campaign - fourth-best on the team.....registered a career-high 13 digs at Mount Vernon Nazarene in the American Mideast Conference Tournament semifinals.....named to the AMC Second Team.....earned NCCAA Midwest Region Honorable Mention.

2009 - Appeared in all 38 matches as the team’s setter.....tallied 1,403 assists - tenth-highest ever in a single season at CU.....averaged 9.42 assists per set.....added 229 digs, 41 kills and 18 service aces.....handed out a season-high 57 assists in a five-set match versus Indiana-Southeast.....posted double figure assists in 37 of the 38 matches......produced a season-best four service aces at Ohio Dominican.....six matches in double figures for digs including a season-high 12 in a victory over Indiana-East during the Cedarville Invitational.....served 22 times without an error against Urbana.....member of the AMC Freshmen Team.....NCCAA Midwest Region and AMC Honorable Mention.

High School - Registered a stellar four-year volleyball career at Coloma High School..... led team to three Lakeland Conference championships, two district titles and one regional banner.....three-time all-conference and all-region recognition.....named team MVP as a senior.....holds state of Michigan record for most assists in a single season with 1,548 set during her sophomore campaign.....finished high school career with 4,010 assists.....team posted a 181-34-4 record during the last four seasons.....four-time all-conference academic honoree.....member of Midwest Juniors 18 club team that earned a regional title in spring 2008.....senior class vice president.....National Honor Society student.

Personal - Organizational communications major at Cedarville University.....born 6/28/91 in Des Moines, IA.....daughter of Jarrod and Julie Bartholomew.....mother was a four-year volleyball player at Faith Baptist Bible College.....younger sister, Melissa, is a freshman member of the volleyball team at Olivet Nazarene University.....also has another younger sister.