2014 Lady Demon Volleyball Roster
Biography
2014: Started in 31 of team’s 33 matches .... became NSU’s all-time career kill leader with 1,293 in the regular season finale vs. Abilene Christian (Nov. 15) ... posted double-digit kill numbers in nine matches including 14 in home matches against Abilene Christian (Oct. 2) and Stephen F. Austin (Nov. 7) ... her 36 digs at Mississippi State (Sept. 13) ranks fourth in program history ... tallied four service aces on Oct. 18 vs. Southeastern Louisiana.
2014 Accolades:
All-Southland Confernece Preseason First Team Selection (8/20/2014)
All-Southland Conference Honorable Mention Team Selection (11/19/14)
Southland Conference Tournament Team (11/23/14)
2013: Earned a repeat first team All-Southland selection, first team Southland All-Academic and All-LSWA second team after dishing out nine double-doubles on the season… appeared in all 33 matches, starting 28… had a season-high 20 digs against Houston Baptist in the conference tournament semi-finals... also recorded a season-high 16 kills, twice… her 3,602 career attempts stand at third in the NSU record book, as well as her 1,070 career kills, which ranks fourth.
2013 Accolades:
All-Southland Conference Preseason First Team Selection
Southland Conference All-Time Volleyball Honor Roll
All-Southland Conference First Team Selection
Southland Conference All-Academic First Team Selection
Louisiana Sports Writers Association All-Louisiana Volleyball Second Team Selection
Southland Conference Fall Commissioner's Honor Roll
2012: Started 29 matches and played in 113 sets…recorded a team-high 14 double-doubles…landed an NSU fifth-best 385 kills and finished fourth in the SLC at 3.39 kills per set…entered the NSU career-kills top 10 at No. 7 with 809 total kills…recorded the second most attempts in NSU history with 1,244…entered the NSU career-attempts lists at No. 6 with 2,634 total attempts…served up a team-high and SLC fourth-best 0.38 aces per set…second on the team in digs, collecting 313…reached double-figures in kills 25 times and digs 17 times…hammered down a career-high 25 kills against Texas-Arlington on Sept. 8…recorded her personal-best and an NSU seventh-best .692 hitting percentage on Oct. 20 against McNeese State.
2012 Accolades:
All-Southland Conference Preseason First Team Selection
Texas Arlington Inviational All-Tournament Team
All-Southland Conference First Team Selection
Louisiana Sports Writers Association First Team Selection
Southland Conference Commissioner's Fall Honor Roll
2011: Became the first NSU player in program history to win SLC Freshman of the Year… led the team and finished second in the SLC in kills with 424 (3.79 k/s)… broke the school record for attacks in a season (1390)… notched 14 double-doubles in 16 conference games including a stretch of nine consecutive double-double games – 19 double-doubles on the season, best in the SLC… crushed a career-high 22 kills at Nicholls State on Oct. 1… dove for a career-high 29 digs at UTA on Oct. 22… reach double-figures in kills 23 times, and digs 19 times… tallied a career-best hitting percentage of .326 vs. Nicholls State on Nov 12… named to the Holiday Inn Express Classic All-Tournament team… earned NSU Co-MVP at the team 2012 banquet.
2011 Accolades:
Holiday Inn Classic Express All-Tournament Team
Southland Conference Freshman of the Year
All-Southland Conference Second Team Selection
Louisiana Sports Writers Association All-Louisiana First Team Selection
Louisiana Sports Writers Association Freshman of the Year
Southland Conference Fall Commissioner's Honor Roll
High School: Led The Woodlands HS to the state finals in 2010… Class 5A All-State… First-team 14-5A All-District… District 14-5A Offensive MVP… earned UIL 5A All-Tournament honors… Special Mention All-Texas team… USA Volleyball Junior Olympic Champions All-American… named in the GHVCA Houston Area Preseason Top-30 players.
Personal: Born Feb. 24, 1993… daughter of Joseph and Diann DiFrancesco…brother Christopher… majoring in Family & Consumer Science.
Career Bests
Kills…………......25 at UT Arlington, 9/8/12
Attempts……......72 at UT Arlington, 9/8/12
Percentage…..414 vs. McNeese, 10/20/12
Assists……….....…..5 at McNeese, 11/5/11
Service Aces……................…..............4 (2x)
Digs……….....29 at UT Arlington, 10/22/11
Total Blocks……......5 at McNeese, 11/5/11
Double-Doubles..........................................25
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2011Freshman
Outside Hitter
5'10"
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2012Sophomore
Outside Hitter
5'10"
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2013Junior
Outside Hitter
5'10"
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2014Senior
Outside Hitter
5'10"
