VUVB adds Illinois State Champion Adaline Eisenmann to recruiting class

VINCENNES, Ind. – The four-time defending Region 24 Champion Vincennes University volleyball program picked up another big addition to their 2025 recruiting class this week with the addition of libero Adaline Eisenmann.

"Adaline is another student that approached us with interest," VUVB Head Coach Gary Sien said. "The thing that is most impressive to me about her is that she is a farm kid. Farm kids are just a different breed. I'm from Chicago, so I didn't know anything about how farmers or kids of farmers would be. Then I got to college and had some pretty good friends that were farm kids. When you grow up with that mentality of literally working with your hands and your livelihood depends on it. On top of all of that, Adaline goes and does live stock shows all throughout the Midwest. So of course she has to have that responsibility at home of taking care of those animals. I almost look at that as being in 2 sports, volleyball and livestock."

"That goes along with her what her career is and what she wants to do after she is done in college," Sien added. "If nothing else, that was probably the thing that impressed me the most is that she has that background and work ethic from growing up on a farm."

"In terms of volleyball, she is someone who has State Championship experience," Sien said. "She has a high school teammate that is going to play at Butler and another teammate that will be playing in the Big Ten. So she was playing on a high school team that was definitely next level and they showed that by going through some of the Chicago area teams in the State tournament to win."

"Adaline's first contact skills are exceptional, we like all of our passers to pass well in all body positions and angles," Sien added. "Of course, a team cannot have that next level offense without that next level passing."

"We talk about leadership with any one of our athletes here," Sien added. "Position wise I know she was the libero for the team but I know that she had a tremendous leadership role on the team at Mahomet Seymour and was someone who would really just keep the team going. As a coach, you just have to love that because you have to really decide if you are going to lead or not. You have to make a conscious decision to be a leader and that is a really special thing to have and to do. She's got the skills and great stats and everything like that, but another part on the volleyball side that impressed me was her leadership ability. I've always said that your leader on offense should be your setter, but your leader on defense has to be that libero. We are not only looking for players who are not only good ball control players at that position but ones who are just not going to be afraid to lead."

Eisenmann is a five-foot-nine libero that comes to Vincennes University after a standout high school career at Mahomet-Seymour High School in Illinois.

Eisenmann helped guide the Bulldogs to the IHSA Class 3A State Championship in November at Illinois State University.

Eisenmann finished her senior season at Mahomet-Seymour High School with a final record of 39-3, playing in all 42 matches and leading the Bulldogs with 427 digs, 65 set assists and 26 aces.

Eisenmann ranks sixth All-Time in school history in digs and seventh in aces.

Eisenmann received First Team All-Apollo Conference honors, as well as being named Defensive Player of the Year, earning First Team All-Area honors from the News Gazette and being named to the All-Tournament team at the Mahomet Seymour Bulldog Invitational.

Eisenmann capped off her high school career by also being named to the Illinois Volleyball Coaches Association (IVCA) State Finals All-Tournament Team and was a 2024 All-State honorable mention by the News Gazette.

Adaline is the daughter of Derric and Jodi Eisenmann and plans to major in Animal Husbandry and minor in Agronomy at Vincennes University.

"I am very excited that Addi gets to continue to spread her contagious excitement and love for volleyball with a new team," Eisenmann's High School Coach Stan Bergman said. "I am so happy that she can attend a school where she can play volleyball and study in a field that she is passionate about. We wish her all the best."

"We have a number of players coming in that have that winning experience," Sien said. "It doesn't necessarily have to be at the State level but close to it and it could be at the Club level too. But when you have that, the timetable should be shorter. Because we have a lot of new players coming in to our team next year, everyone has to come in ready to go and it starts with leadership. Who is going to step up and be the first to do this drill? Maybe it's a drill that they have never done before in their life and who are going to be the ones to keep going and keep asking questions. Leadership isn't always just vocal, it can also be about what you do."

"When we get started in August, we don't have a second to waste," Sien added. "So the more athletes we have that have that next level experience, the better it is going to be. Having players come in from winning programs is the key. Mahomet Seymour has a really long history of being a very good program."

The Vincennes University Athletic Department is excited to welcome Adaline Eisenmann to the 2025 Trailblazer recruiting class.