10 Hannah Lester
Hannah Lester
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Year:
    Sr
  • Hometown:
    Indianola, Iowa
  • High School:
    Indianola
  • Position:
    MH
  • m
    27
  • k/s
    3.07
  • h %
    .263
  • a/s
    0.06
  • b/s
    0.75
  • sa/s
    0.15
  • d/s
    0.62

Bio

Honors & Awards

  • All-IIAC (2017)
  • All-A-R-C Honorable Mention (2018)
  • Simpson Offensive Player of the Year (2017)
  • Three-year letterwinner (2016-18)

2018 | junior

  • Earned Honorable Mention All-American Rivers Conference
  • Appeared in all 27 matches totaling 94 sets
  • Finished with 224 kills (2.38/set), hitting .241
  • Was also second on the team with 50 blocks
  • Also had 35 digs
  • Reached double-figure kills ten times and hit better than .300 in nine matches
  • Had a career-high 17 kills while hitting .234 against Nebraska Wesleyan (Oct. 11)
  • Hit a career-high .545 with 14 kills and 3 digs against Monmouth (Oct. 13)

2017 | sophomore

  • Named to the All-Iowa Conference Team
  • Appeared in all 26 matches totaling a team-high 104 sets
  • Finished with 233 kills (2.24/set), hitting .258
  • Hitting percentage was highest by a Simpson player since 2011
  • Posted a team-high 93 total blocks
  • Also had 10 service aces and 56 digs
  • Hit better than .300 in 12 of 26 matches and reached double-figure kills 13 times
  • Had a season-high 16 kills at a .364 clip in a five-set win over Buena Vista (Sept. 19)
  • Tied a season-high with 16 kills at a .452 clip in a five-set loss at Nebraska Wesleyan (Oct. 24)
  • Hit a season-high .533 with 12 kills and two block assists against Ramapo (Sept. 1)

2016 | freshman

  • Appeared in 27 matches totaling 91 sets
  • Finished second on the team with 172 kills (1.89/set), hitting .134
  • Was also second on the team with 48 total blocks
  • Posted 18 service aces and 105 digs
  • Reached double-figure kills five times
  • Had a season-high 16 kills while hitting .196 at Benedictine (Sept. 24)
  • Hit a season-best .533 with eight kills and zero errors in 15 attempts against Nebraska Wesleyan (Oct. 25)

High School

  • A 2016 graduate of Indianola High School
  • Coached by Kent Halstead
  • Named first team All-CIML Metro Conference as a senior and second team All-CIML Metro Conference as a junior
  • IGHSAU Class 5A West All-District Volleyball Team as senior
  • A four-year Academic All-Conference Athlete
  • Named first team All-Indianola Record Herald & Tribune as a junior and senior
  • A member of state-qualifying basketball and volleyball teams
  • Also lettered in basketball and track
  • Amember of student council for four years

Personal

  • Parents are Aaron and Michelle Lester
  • Has two sisters, Liz and Sarah, and one brother, Andrew
  • Majoring in health services leadership

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 25 at Loras L, 3-0
Oct 26 at Dubuque L, 3-0
Oct 30 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 3-0
Nov 1 at Wis. Lutheran L, 3-0
Nov 2 vs. Concordia Wisconsin L, 3-0
Nov 2 vs. Maranatha Baptist L, 3-2
  Overall Conf
Matches 27 8
Sets 102 29
Kills 313 88
Kills per set 3.07 3.03
Errors 117 41
Total Attacks 745 239
Hitting Percentage .263 .197
Assists 6 1
Assists per set 0.06 0.03
Service Aces 15 1
Service Errors 26 4
Service Aces per set 0.15 0.03
Receptions 27 7
Reception Errors 1 0
Digs 63 18
Digs per set 0.62 0.62
Block Solo 23 5
Block Assist 53 15
Block Total 76 20
Blocks per set 0.75 0.69
Block Errors 6 1
Ball Handling Errors 3 1
Points 377.5 101.5
Points per set 3.7 3.5
Matches started 10 2
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 30 vs. Rockford W, 3-0 1 3 13 6 26 .269 0 3 2 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 17.0
Aug 31 at Illinois Col. L, 3-1 1 4 15 7 41 .195 1 1 4 6 0 8 0 3 0 3 0 17.5
Aug 31 vs. Trine L, 3-2 - 5 17 0 30 .567 0 1 2 0 1 2 2 5 1 7 0 22.5
Sep 7 at Pacific (Ore.) W, 3-2 1 5 11 3 26 .308 0 1 4 2 0 1 3 4 0 7 0 17.0
Sep 7 vs. Wells W, 3-2 1 5 15 2 23 .565 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 20.5
Sep 8 vs. Wells W, 3-1 1 4 17 4 31 .419 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 5 0 6 1 20.5
Sep 8 vs. Pacific (Ore.) L, 3-2 1 5 9 7 25 .080 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 4 0 5 0 13.0
Sep 12 vs. Grinnell L, 3-1 - 4 12 5 35 .200 1 2 3 0 0 4 1 1 0 2 0 15.5
Sep 18 at Central (Iowa) L, 3-2 1 5 12 4 32 .250 0 1 2 1 0 6 1 3 0 4 0 15.5
Sep 20 vs. Concordia Chicago W, 3-2 - 5 13 5 29 .276 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 3 0 4 0 15.5
Sep 20 vs. Alverno W, 3-0 - 3 9 4 18 .278 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 3 1 11.5
Sep 21 vs. Wis.-River Falls L, 3-0 - 3 9 5 21 .190 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 9.5
Sep 24 Luther L, 3-1 - 4 17 5 36 .333 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 3 0 19.0
Sep 27 Principia W, 3-0 - 3 8 1 16 .438 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 9.5
Sep 28 Saint Benedict L, 3-0 - 3 4 4 16 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 5.5
Sep 28 Wis.-River Falls W, 3-0 - 3 16 3 31 .419 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 18.5
Oct 1 Buena Vista L, 3-2 - 5 17 6 39 .282 0 0 0 2 0 4 3 0 0 3 0 20.0
Oct 5 vs. Alma L, 3-1 - 4 18 4 34 .412 0 0 0 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 19.0
Oct 5 vs. Millikin L, 3-0 - 3 5 3 19 .105 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 6.5
Oct 8 Wartburg L, 3-0 - 3 6 7 21 -.048 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 7.0
Oct 11 Coe L, 3-0 - 3 5 3 21 .095 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 7.0
Oct 25 at Loras L, 3-0 - 3 8 4 27 .148 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 10.0
Oct 26 at Dubuque L, 3-0 - 3 16 5 40 .275 1 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 16.0
Oct 30 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 3-0 1 3 7 7 23 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7.0
Nov 1 at Wis. Lutheran L, 3-0 1 3 9 4 23 .217 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 10.5
Nov 2 vs. Concordia Wisconsin L, 3-0 1 3 4 3 15 .067 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Nov 2 vs. Maranatha Baptist L, 3-2 - 5 21 6 47 .319 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 22.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2016-17 27 91 172 1.89 102 523 .134 12 0.13 18 0.20 75 10 105 1.15 7 41 48 0.53 217.5 2.4
2017-18 26 104 233 2.24 88 561 .258 10 0.10 10 0.10 5 0 56 0.54 31 62 93 0.89 305.0 2.9
2018-19 27 94 224 2.38 90 555 .241 1 0.01 0 0.00 6 0 35 0.37 11 39 50 0.53 254.5 2.7
2019-20 27 102 313 3.07 117 745 .263 6 0.06 15 0.15 27 1 63 0.62 23 53 76 0.75 377.5 3.7
Total 107 391 942 2.41 397 2384 .229 29 0.07 43 0.11 113 11 259 0.66 72 195 267 0.68 1154.5 3.0
    m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Event Total 27 102 313 3.07 117 745 .263 6 0.06 15 0.15 27 1 63 0.62 23 53 76 0.75 377.5 3.7
Conference 8 29 88 3.03 41 239 .197 1 0.03 1 0.03 7 0 18 0.62 5 15 20 0.69 101.5 3.5
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 7 24 73 3.04 29 180 .244 1 0.04 0 0.00 4 0 12 0.50 7 13 20 0.83 86.5 3.6
Away 7 26 78 3.00 34 212 .208 2 0.08 3 0.12 11 0 20 0.77 5 15 20 0.77 93.5 3.6
Neutral 13 52 162 3.12 54 353 .306 3 0.06 12 0.23 12 1 31 0.60 11 25 36 0.69 197.5 3.8
Result Wins 8 31 102 3.29 28 200 .370 3 0.10 9 0.29 8 0 19 0.61 10 18 28 0.90 130.0 4.2
Losses 19 71 211 2.97 89 545 .224 3 0.04 6 0.08 19 1 44 0.62 13 35 48 0.68 247.5 3.5
Month August 3 12 45 3.75 13 97 .330 1 0.08 5 0.42 6 1 14 1.17 3 8 11 0.92 57.0 4.8
September 13 52 152 2.92 52 339 .295 4 0.08 10 0.19 9 0 31 0.60 14 30 44 0.85 191.0 3.7
October 8 27 82 3.04 39 224 .192 1 0.04 0 0.00 10 0 15 0.56 5 11 16 0.59 92.5 3.4
November 3 11 34 3.09 13 85 .247 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 0 3 0.27 1 4 5 0.45 37.0 3.4