Fairfield University Athletics

2021 (Fall): MAAC All-Academic Team…Played in 28 matches for a total of 82 sets…Averaged 1.66 kills per frame on .236 hitting…Moved to the middle for the first time in her collegiate career and turned in one of the best blocking seasons in program history with 95 rejections (1.16 per set)…Also registered 49 digs and landed five aces…Reached double-digit kills in four matches and hit .333 or better in 11 contests…Had three or more blocks in 16 matches, including 11 in a 3-0 win at Rider – the most by a Stag ever in a sweep during the rally-scoring era…Had seven kills and seven blocks in the MAAC Semifinal win over Canisius.

2021 (Spring): MAAC All-Academic Team…Appeared in 26 sets over eight matches…Averaged 2.46 kills per set on the outside…Added 18 digs and 10 blocks…Reached double-digit kills in three matches, including a career-high 18 at Quinnipiac on March 28…Posted 10 kills on .500 hitting in the second of two wins over Siena on March 21.

2019: MAAC All-Academic Team…Did not see game action due to injury.

2018: MAAC Academic Honor Roll...Appeared in 43 sets over 19 matches in an injury-shortened season…Averaged 1.86 kills per set…Had a season-high 11 kills in the Sept. 22 win over Manhattan…Hit a personal-best .391 in that sweep of the Jaspers…Was a part of nine bocks with 14 digs and two assists.

An All-Southwestern Conference honoree in all four of her seasons at Avon Lake (Ohio) High School, Emily Schillinger joins the Stags after a record-setting career. Schillinger was a four-year letterwinner and two-year captain for Head Coach Dan Berkheimer, setting the school record for career kills (1,090) as well as kills in a single-season (373) and in a single match. She was an All-State selection in 2017, a two-time All-District pick and a three-time All-County honoree. Schillinger earned High Honor Roll status in all four of her years at Avon Lake, including Outstanding Student of the Year honors in Chemistry and an honorable mention for the Outstanding Student of the Year award in French.

Personal: Daughter of Amy and Andy Schillinger...Has three siblings: Drew, Abby and Nate...Her father Andy played football at Miami (Ohio) and was drafted by the Phoenix Cardinals in the 1988 NFL Draft.