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- Height:
- 5-4
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- Year:
- Jr.
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- Hometown:
- Bettendorf, Iowa
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- High School:
- Assumption
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- Position:
- L
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- m
- 34
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- k/s
- 0.02
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- h %
- -.143
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- a/s
- 0.43
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- b/s
- 0.00
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- sa/s
- 0.20
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- d/s
- 4.95
Bio
2024:
- Competed in 34 matches and 118 sets
- Recorded 584 digs, 51 assists, and 24 service aces
- WIAC All-Defensive Team
2023:
- Competed in 28 matches and 104 sets
- Recorded 388 digs, 76 assists, and 40 service aces
2022:
- Competed in 30 matches and 105 sets
- Recorded 452 digs, 83 assists, and 29 service aces
- Recorded 6 kills
- WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll
Career Highs:
Digs: 38 (2x) Most recent vs. Augustana (Illi.) 9/27/24
Service Aces: 5 vs. Carleton 9/3/22
Personal:
Why did you choose UW-Platteville?
The kind people, the amazing pre-med program, and the closeness to home.
Favorite thing about UW-Platteville?
It feels like home.
High School sports awards, honors, or other accomplishments:
Volleyball 3x All-State All-Tournament Team and Graduated with a Summa Cum Laude.
Parents/Guardians:
Jim and Nikki Gartner
Your favorite sport moment of your career:
Walking in on Yell Night my Freshman year of College
Hobbies:
Baking, outdoor activities, disc golf, tennis, and spikeball.
Top things on bucket list:
Travel the world and have a house on the lake.
Unexpected fun fact about yourself?
I am engaged!
Post graduation career aspiration:
Get accepted into medical or dental school.
Major:
Biology
Last Updated: 11/26/24
Recent games
Season Statistics
Game Log - Offense
Game Log - Defense
Game Log - Serve/Receive
Career Stats: Offense
Career Stats: Defense
Career Stats: Serve/Receive
Splits Stats: Offense
Splits Stats: Defense
Splits Stats: Serve/Receive
News mentions

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – Juniors Kierney McDonald and Bri Gartner of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville volleyball team were named to the College Sport Communicators (CSC) 2024 Academic All-District Team on Tuesday afternoon.
WHITEWATER, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville volleyball team’s historic season came to a close Saturday night in the NCAA Regional Championship. Making just their second ever Sweet 16 appearance in program history, the Pioneers (27-7) fell in three sets to top-seeded UW-Whitewater in Kris Russell Volleyball Arena.

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – For the eighth time in program history and first since 2010, the University of Wisconsin-Platteville volleyball team will play in the NCAA DIII Tournament after earning an at-large bid following the selection show on Monday afternoon. The Pioneers will take on Edgewood in the opening round from Whitewater, Wisconsin on Thursday.

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – Senior Emma Carlson and junior Kierney McDonald of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville volleyball team were named to the 2024 All-WIAC Team the league announced on Friday afternoon. Junior Bri Gartner earned a spot on the All-Defensive Team, while junior Jaelyn Stadler picked up All-Sportsmanship honors.
OSHKOSH, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville volleyball team (25-5, 4-3 WIAC) exited the WIAC Tournament Thursday night after falling in five sets to No. 5 nationally ranked UW-Oshkosh (25-4, 6-1, WIAC). Behind 14 team blocks across the match and a 20-18 fifth set, the No. 17 Pioneers denied the Titans of an easy route to the conference title match.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville volleyball team defeated UW-Eau Claire in three straight sets Tuesday night at The Sonnentag Event Center to advance to the WIAC Tournament Semifinals this Thursday in Oshkosh. The five seed Pioneers (25-5, 4-3 WIAC) defeated the four seed Blugolds (20-8, 4-3 WIAC) by scores of 25-18, 25-17, and 25-23.
PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville volleyball team picked up another sweep on Friday night, this time against UW-Stevens Point inside Williams Fieldhouse. The Pioneers (23-5, 3-3 WIAC) defeated the Pointers (19-9, 5-1 WIAC) 25-10, 26-24, and 25-20.

CHICAGO, Ill. – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville volleyball team (23-5) picked up a pair of wins at on Saturday evening, sweeping Carthage (14-11) in the team’s first match of the day before taking down North Park (12-15) in four sets inside North Park Gymnasium in Chicago.

WHITEWATER, Wis. – The 17th-ranked University of Wisconsin-Platteville volleyball team (21-5, 3-3 WIAC) was swept by 5th-ranked UW-Whitewater (21-3, 4-2 WIAC) on Wednesday night inside the Kris Russell Volleyball Arena in Whitewater.

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville volleyball team picked up its second sweep this week against UW-La Crosse on Friday night at Williams Fieldhouse. The Pioneers (21-4, 3-2 WIAC) defeated the Eagles (6-17, 0-4 WIAC) 25-14, 25-16, and 25-19.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville volleyball team cruised to a Tuesday night sweep at Coe College. The Pioneers (20-4) swept the Kohawks (16-7) 25-11, 26-24, and 25-16 inside Kohawk Arena.

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – After trailing two sets to none, the University of Wisconsin-Platteville volleyball team rallied and forced fourth and fifth sets on Wednesday at Williams Fieldhouse. The Pioneers (19-3, 2-2 WIAC) comeback ultimately fell short as UW-Eau Claire (15-6, 2-2 WIAC) cruised to a fifth set victory.

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – In front of a record-setting crowd, the University of Wisconsin-Platteville volleyball team (19-3) rallied for a 3-2 win after dropping the first two sets against Cornell (7-11) at the annual Yell Night match Friday inside Williams Fieldhouse.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville volleyball team (17-3) split a pair of matches on Saturday afternoon inside Si Melby Hall at Augsburg University. The Pioneers swept Augsburg (8-10) to begin the day before falling in five sets to St. Catherine (12-7) to wrap up the weekend.

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – On the second day of Triangulars on Saturday, the University of Wisconsin-Platteville volleyball team (15-2) picked up two more wins, sweeping 17th-ranked Gustavus Adolphus (9-8) in the morning before closing the day with a 3-1 win over Aurora (8-9) inside Williams Fieldhouse.

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville volleyball team (13-2) hosted a pair of matches on Friday and picked up two wins in the process, sweeping Wartburg (10-4) to being the day before beating Augustana (Ill.) (6-6) 3-1 to close out the day inside Williams Fieldhouse.

MENOMONIE, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville volleyball team (10-2, 0-1 WIAC) fell 3-0 on the road in the WIAC opener to UW-Stout (7-4, 1-0 WIAC) on Friday night from Johnson Fieldhouse in Menomonie, Wisconsin.

DELAWARE, Ohio – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville volleyball team (10-1) split two matches on the final day of the Bishop Invitational on Saturday morning. The Pioneers swept Ohio Wesleyan (6-4) in the first game before falling 3-0 to Case Western Reserve (11-0) in the second match from Branch Rickey Arena in Delaware, Ohio.

DELAWARE, Ohio – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville volleyball team preserved its 9-0 record Friday night after a 3-2 victory over Texas Lutheran (5-4) at Ohio Wesleyan’s Bishop Invite in Branch Rickey Arena.

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville volleyball team (8-0) remained undefeated after beating the University of Dubuque (5-3) by a score of 3-1 inside Williams Fieldhouse on Wednesday night.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville volleyball team (7-0) remained undefeated by picking up two more wins on Saturday afternoon at the Coe College Tournament in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Pioneers beat Concordia Moorhead (0-4) 3-0 to start the day before taking down Concordia Wisconsin (3-3) by a score of 3-1 to conclude the weekend.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – In an early season matchup of undefeated teams, the University of Wisconsin-Platteville volleyball team (5-0) handed Grinnell (5-1) its first loss of the season behind a 3-0 sweep on Friday afternoon inside Kohawk Arena on day one of the Coe College Tournament.

MADISON, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville volleyball team (4-0) earned its fourth consecutive sweep to start the season on Tuesday with a 3-0 win over Edgewood (1-2) on Tuesday night inside the Todd Wehr Edgedome in Madison.

GRINNELL, Iowa – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville volleyball team (1-0) got the 2024 season off to a good start by sweeping Simpson (0-1) on Friday night in Grinell, Iowa.

GRINNELL, Iowa – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville volleyball team (3-0) wrapped up a successful opening weekend by picking up two more sweeps on Saturday afternoon, this time against Westminster (Mo.) (0-4) and Bethel (Minn.) (1-1) at Central (Iowa) College in Grinnell, Iowa.

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville volleyball team was picked to finish fourth in the 2024 WIAC Preseason Poll the league announced on Wednesday afternoon.