2023 Lady Demon Volleyball Roster

Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Gary Hardamon
Gary Hardamon
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Gary Hardamon

12 Symone Wesley

  • Position Outside Hitter
  • Hometown Grapevine, Texas
  • Height 5-10
  • Volleyball Club Texas Advantage Volleyball
  • Class Senior
  • High School Grapevine HS
  • Prev School Houston

Biography

2023 Season
   
Battle of the Boot All-Tournament Team
    Southland Conference Preseason Second Team

Played in 30 total matches and made 27 starts in her final season at NSU...finished the year with 146 kills, 280 digs and 53 blocks...became the 11th player to record 1,000 career digs at NSU and finished her career with 1,105 placing her ninth on the career leader board following her final season...finished third on the team in digs and digs per set...recorded one double-double on the season with a 13-kill, 22-dig performance against UIW (Oct. 7), season-best totals in both categories...had 16 double-digit dig matches on the season, including five straight early during the conference schedule and 11 in the first 14 matches of the SLC schedule...set a new career high with six blocks at Nicholls (Oct. 21).

2022 Season
     Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 26)
     Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 14)

Six-rotation player that started all 32 matches on the season that produced offensively and defensively all season long...finished the season with 268 kills (2.02 K/set), 517 digs (3.89 D/set) and 63.0 blocks (0.47 Blk/set)...along with libero Ashlyn Svoboda, became the first pair of players in NSU history to collect 500 or more digs in a single season...ended in the top 10 overall in the Southland in digs per set and finished fifth in the category in league matches, the only non-primary defensive player in either ranking...led the NCAA in digs by an outside hitter...had nine kill-dig double-doubles on the season, pushing her career total to 19...had a stretch of five double-doubles in a six match span where she averaged 12.7 kills and 19.3 digs per set...named Southland defensive player of the week twice during the season, the first coming after matching her career-high 31 digs at McNeese (Sept. 24)...second player of the week honor came after averaging 26.0 digs per match and 5.2 per set in the final week of the season and one of ther best all-around matches of the season against Texas A&M-Commerce (Nov. 12)...against the Lions Wesley had 12 kills, 26 digs and five blocks to help NSU win its fourth straight match to end the season...had 11 double-digit kill matches and 26 double-digit dig matches, 10 of them where she had 20 or more...matched her career high with 18 kills against ULM (Sept. 17) and matched her career high with 31 digs at McNeese (Sept. 24) a week later.

2021 Season
     2021 Louisiana Sports Writers Association Second-Team All-Louisiana
     2021 Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year
     2021 Third-Team All-Southland Conference
     2021 Tulane Invite All-Tournament Team
     2021 Lamar Invitational All-Tournament Team
     2021 UTA Maverick Invitational All-Tournament Team


Started and played in every match on the season and only player to appear in all 109 sets...first NSU player to be named Southland Newcomer of the Year...a true six-rotation player she led the team with 292 kills and a 2.68 kill/set average and was second on the team with 308 digs and a 2.83 dig/set average...only player in the conference ranked in the top 10 in both kills/set and digs/set and only non-primary defensive player in the top 10 in digs/set...had six kill-dig double-doubles during conference play and 10 overall...had a career-high 18 kills against New Orleans (Oct. 21), one of her double-doubles with 13 digs as well...had six straight double-digit kill performances and did so in nine of 10 overall at the end of non-conference play...had five straight double-digit kill outings during conference play...recorded a career-high 31 digs in the five-set match against UTA (Sept. 18), one of her 11 double-digit dig performances of the season...had one other match with 20 or more digs with a 22-dig outing to go along with 13 kills at New Orleans (Oct. 14).

Prior to NSU
Played one season at Houston helping the team reach its first postseason since 2000…appeared in five matches playing in seven total sets…earned the first kill of her career in the match against LSU (Aug. 31, 2019)…had a season-high three kills against Houston Baptist (Sept. 17, 2019)

High School
Four-year letter winner and four-time First-Team All-District honoree in volleyball and three-year letter winner in basketball and track & field at Grapevine HS…Won the 2019 National Championship in the 18 Open Division on her club team (Texas Advantage Volleyball)…Won Gold at the 2015 USAV Girls Junior Nationals 14 Open Division…Named a 2018 Under Armour All-American honorable mention…Amassed 1,661 kills and 1,907 digs in her four prep seasons on the volleyball court…Named District MVP as a senior after finishing with over 450 kills and 525 kills in route to an area championship...BB District Defensive MVP…Earned consecutive District Offensive Player of the Year honors as a sophomore and junior hammering nearly 900 kills in those two seasons…Had her most impressive athletic seasons as a sophomore earning district Offensive Player of the Year in volleyball, First-Team All-District in basketball and setting the school record in the long jump (18-3) and high jump (5-4)…Picked up District Newcomer of the Year awards for both volleyball and basketball following her freshman seasons.

Personal
Daughter of Carolyn and Steve Wesley…Has an older brother Sean…majoring in psychology…Career plans include becoming a registered nutritionist and coach volleyball…Life's ambition is to, "be an inspiration and leader for young girls. Fight for equality and the injustices especially through sports. I want to show young girls that it does not matter what you look like or where you come from, that you can be successful and aspire for great things no matter what others or society tells you."

Career Bests
Kills: 18, vs. New Orleans (Oct. 21, 2021)
Attacks: 58, at Nicholls (Oct. 16, 2021)
Hitting %: .409 (10-1-22), at Lamar (Sept. 22, 2022)
Assists: 10, vs. Abilene Christian (Sept. 2, 2022)
Service Aces: 3, 3x, last vs. Houston Christian (Nov. 19, 2022)
Block Solo: 3,  at McNeese (Sept. 24, 2022)
Total Blocks: 5, 2x, last vs. TAMU-Commerce (Nov. 12, 2022)
Digs: 31, 2x, last at McNeese (9/24/2022)
Points: 19.5, vs. ULM (Sept. 17, 2022)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2021Junior

    Outside Hitter
    5'10"
    12
  • 12

    2022Senior

    Outside Hitter
    5'10"
    12
  • 12

    2023Senior

    Outside Hitter
    5'10"
    12