* Second four-time All-Big Sky selection in program history

* First three-time All-Big Sky First Team selection in program history

* First AVCA All-Region First Team selection in program history

* First AVCA All-American in program history and second in Big Sky Conference history

* Third Big Sky Regular Season MVP in program history

* Five-time Big Sky Player of the Week

* First player in Big Sky Conference history to receive three consecutive Player of the Week awards

* Seventh all-time in Big Sky Conference history in kills

Academic Notes: Majoring in elementary education...Four-time Big Sky All-Academic selection and Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award recipient...Spring 2016 NAU Gold Axe Award recipient.

Career Notes: First in program history in kills (1,626), kill average (3.67), attacks (4,886) and sets played (443)...Fourth in program history in digs (1,228)...Fifth in program history in service aces (115) and double-doubles (47).

2015 (Senior): AVCA Honorable Mention All-America...AVCA Pacific North All-Region First Team...Big Sky Regular Season MVP...Big Sky Tournament MVP...All-Big Sky First Team...NAU's Female Athlete of the Year...Started all 33 matches and played in all 121 sets...First player to receive both Big Sky MVP awards in same season since 2010...First Big Sky player to receive AVCA All-Region First Team since 1998...Received Big Sky Player of the Week four times (Sept. 7, Oct. 19, Oct. 26, Nov. 2) including becoming first player in league history to receive it three consecutive weeks...Named Lumberjack Classic MVP and to JMU Classic, Indiana Invitational and GCU Invite All-Tournament teams...Led the team and the Big Sky and ranked ninth in the NCAA with 563 kills and 4.65 kills per set...Broke the program record for kills (563) and attacks (1,570) in a season...Posted the second highest kill average in a season in program history...Broke the program record for career kills at Idaho State...Recorded double-digit kills in 32 of 33 matches including 10 matches with at least 20 kills...Had at least nine kills in all 33 matches...Season-high 26 kills vs. Loyola Marymount...Led the team and the Big Sky and ranked sixth in the NCAA with 5.31 points per set...Ranked third in the NCAA with 12.98 attacks per set and sixth with 1,570 attacks...Had a .282 hitting percentage...Hit .200 or better in 29 matches, .300 or better in 14 matches, .400 or better in eight matches and .500 or better in four matches...Hit career-high .542 with 13 kills at Montana State...Recorded her 1,000th career dig to become the fifth player in school history to record both 1,000 career kills and 1,000 career digs on Sept. 19 vs. UC Riverside...Ranked second on the team with 360 digs and 2.98 digs per set...Totaled 18 matches with double-digit digs...Season-high 19 digs three times at James Madison, Sacramento State and Southern Utah...Had at least five digs in 32 of 33 matches...Tied for first in the Big Sky with team-best 18 double-doubles...Recorded 10 kills and 15 digs vs. San Diego in NCAA First Round match...Ranked fifth on the team with 61 total blocks and was second with 20 solo blocks...Season-high five blocks vs. San Diego...Recorded at least one block in 28 of 33 matches...Ranked second on the team with 39 service aces...Ranked third on the team and fourth in the Big Sky with 0.32 aces per set...Matched career-high four aces vs. St. Francis Brooklyn...Totaled 46 assists.

2014 (Junior): All-Big Sky First Team...Started all 29 matches and played in all 102 sets...Named Big Sky Player of the Week on Nov. 10...Named to Marriott Houston Westchase Invitational All-Tournament team...Ranked second on the team and sixth in the Big Sky with 3.18 kills per set...Totaled 324 kills...Recorded double-digit kills in 18 matches...Had at least five kills in all 29 matches...Season-high 20 kills vs. Portland State...Became the 12th player in school history to reach 1,000 career kills on Nov. 6 vs. Eastern Washington...Ranked second on the team and fifth in the Big Sky with 3.85 points per set...Had a .217 hitting percentage...Hit .200 or better in 18 matches, .300 or better in four matches and .400 or better in three matches...Hit season-high .439 with 19 kills vs. Lamar...Ranked second on the team with 359 digs and 3.52 digs per set...Totaled 21 matches with double-digit digs, including two matches with at least 20 digs...Career-high 25 digs vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi...Had at least five digs in 28 of 29 matches...Tied for second in the Big Sky with team-best 15 double-doubles...Ranked sixth on the team with 57 total blocks and was second with 20 solo blocks...Career-high six blocks in Big Sky semifinal at Idaho State...Recorded at least one block in 23 of 29 matches...Ranked second on the team with 30 service aces...Ranked seventh in the Big Sky with 0.29 aces per set...Season-high three aces in four matches...Totaled 33 assists.

2013 (Sophomore): All-Big Sky First Team...Named to Big Sky Championship All-Tournament team...Named Tribe Invitational MVP and to Fiesta Bowl All-Tournament team...Started 28 matches and played in 103 of 110 sets...Led the team and ranked second in the Big Sky and 91st in the NCAA with 3.58 kills per set...Totaled 369 kills...Recorded double-digit kills in 21 matches...Had two matches with 20 or more kills and at least five kills in all 28 matches she played...Led the team and ranked second in the Big Sky and 79th in the NCAA with 4.17 points per set...Had a .242 hitting percentage...Hit .353 with career-high 27 kills, 14 digs and five blocks vs. Montana in Big Sky quarterfinal...Hit .200 or better in 18 matches, .300 or better in eight matches and .400 or better in three matches...Hit a career-high .450 with 10 kills vs. Weber State...Ranked second on the team in total digs with 261 and third in dig average with 2.53 per set...Totaled nine matches with double-digit digs with a career-high 18 digs vs. Montana...Had at least five digs in all 28 matches she played...Led the team with eight double-doubles...Ranked fifth on the team with 56 total blocks and was second with 18 solo blocks...Had a career-high tying five blocks three times...Recorded at least one block in 23 of 28 matches...Led the team with 24 service aces and 0.23 aces per set...Career-high four aces vs. Idaho...Totaled 26 assists.

2012 (Freshman): All-Big Sky Honorable Mention...Started all 31 matches and played in all 117 sets...Named to UNLV Invitational, Colorado Volleyball Classic, and Molten Classic All-Tournament teams...Led the team and ranked seventh in the Big Sky with 3.16 kills per set, led the team and ranked eighth in the Big Sky with 3.69 points per set...Totaled 370 kills...Recorded double-digit kills in 21 matches with a career-high 21 kills against Colorado and Sacramento State...Totaled four matches with 20 or more kills...Led all Big Sky freshmen in kills and points...Had at least four kills in every match...Hit .405 with 16 kills and nine digs in NAU’s Big Sky Championship quarterfinal win over Montana State...Ranked fourth on the team with 248 digs and 2.12 digs per set...Totaled nine matches with double-digit digs with a career-high 14 digs twice against Eastern Washington...Had six double-doubles...Had three or more digs in every match...Ranked fourth on the team with 70 total blocks and was second with 10 solo blocks...Had a career-high five blocks four times...Posted at least one block in 28 of 31 matches...Tied for second on the team with 22 service aces and 0.19 aces per set...Totaled 15 assists.

High School: Four-year starter and letterwinner, two-year team captain in volleyball at Cheyenne Mountain HS...Won the 2012 Fred Steinmark High School Athlete of the Year Award as the top multi-sport student-athlete in the state of Colorado...Led team to four consecutive state titles, the first titles in program history...Named state championship MVP in both her junior and senior seasons...Two-time PrepVolleyball.com High School All-American...Named the Denver Post 4A Player of the Year and earned two conference player of the year awards...Also received the Colorado Sportswoman of the Year 2012 Leadership Award...Team went 31-0 in 2011...All-time Cheyenne Mountain kills leader...Averaged 3.8 kills per set and 2.7 digs per set during senior season...Also played for Colorado Juniors volleyball club and was a two-time all star...Was also a four-year starter and letterwinner for her high school basketball and soccer teams...3.85 high school GPA...Academic All-State first team selection.

Personal: Janae Kathryn Vander Ploeg was born Jan. 10, 1994 in Colorado Springs, Colo....Daughter of Paul and Karol Vander Ploeg...Two older brothers, John and AJ...Father, Paul, played football at Iowa State...Hobbies include running and reading...Aspires to be a physical therapist or teacher...Chose NAU because the players and coaching staff were great.