Eastern Illinois Athletics wrapped up its 20th year as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference in May. As a way to celebrate the many accomplishments, both team and individual during that time period, EIU conducted an online poll during the month of May for fans to help select the Top 20 athletes of the Panthers OVC Era. During the month of June we will unveil the top 20 athletes as selected by the more than 2,500 fan votes submitted. The original list of 40 athletes was comprised by a committee looking at a variety of criteria including Player of the Year, All-American selection and multiple time first-team All-OVC honors.
#20 Meleah Cutler (Volleyball / 1996-99)
Cutler was a member of the Panthers volleyball team during the early days of EIU's membership in the Ohio Valley Conference. She earned first team All-OVC honors in both 1998 and 1999. During the 1998 season she helped lead EIU to the OVC regular season volleyball championship posting a 17-1 conference record. She is one of 12 players in EIU volleyball history to have collected more than 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs for their career. Cutler currently ranks second on the EIU career list for service aces with 173. She is third in career kills with 1,268 and fifth in career digs with 1,484.
Cutler is currently a teacher at Pana Elementary School.
