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UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER YELLOWJACKETS

2024 Women's Volleyball Roster

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16 Alexia Nelms

16 Alexia Nelms

  • Position:
    Setter
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Hilton
  • Hometown:
    Rochester, NY

Summary

Biography

At UR 2024: UR's primary setter, appeared in 33 matches, making 29 starts as a senior and playing 114 sets...Tallied 988 assists, 172 digs, 47 service aces, 43 kills and 14.0 blocks (two solo)...Per set averages of 8.67 assists and 1.51 digs per set...Graduates ranked 7th in program history with 2,161 career assists and a 7.30 assists per set average...Ranked 3rd in the UAA and 43rd in NCAA Division III in total assists, and 3rd in the UAA and 62nd in DIII in assists per set...Notched double-digit assists in all but three matches...Tallied 30+ assists in 20 matches and three double-doubles...Posted 30+ assists in three-straight matches at the UR Invitational to earn All-Tournament Team honors, including a double-double of 30 assists and 10 digs in a win over SUNY Geneseo on Sept. 14...Hit a season and career-high five kills vs. #7 Emory at UAA Round Robin #1 on Sept. 28...Notched another double-double with 41 assists and 12 digs vs. NYU on Oct. 27...Set a career-high with 51 assists, adding nine digs, to open the River Hawk Classic against Susquehanna on Nov. 8...Reached the 2,000-career assist mark in UR's five-set win over William Smith, tallying 42 assists and 11 digs to go along with five kills...Turned in another 40+ assist performance with 48 digs just hours later vs. Stevenson on Nov. 9...Earned UAA Defense/Setting Athlete of the Week honors after tallying 151 assists and 27 digs at the River Hawk Classic...Wrapped up the year with 43 assists and a season-high five aces against Brandeis in the UAA 7th-Place Match...Selected as one of UR's 2024 Lysle 'Spike' Garnish Scholar-Athletes...UR's 2025 Terrence L. Gurnett Female Scholar-Athlete Award Winner...Named to the CSC Academic All-District and UAA All-Academic squads...Elected Phi Beta Kappa.

At UR 2023: Started the season as Rochester's setter before and injury cut short her season after 13 matches (43 sets)...Recorded 245 assists (5.70 per set), 18 kills, 29 digs, 6 aces and 4 blocks...Recorded season-high 39 assists against #9 Emory on Sep. 23, adding 2 aces and 3 digs...Posted career-high 5 kills and 3 blocks, along with 32 assists and 3 digs win 5-set win over Grove City on Sep. 15...Elected one of UR's team captains for the 2023 season...Named to the UAA All-Academic Team for the second straight season...Selected as a Provost Circle Scholar.

At UR 2022: Became UR's primary setter as a sophomore, starting all 27 matches and appearing in 99 total sets...Handled 832 total assists while chipping in 178 digs, 40 kills, 30 aces and 15 blocks...Averaged 8.40 assist per set, 1.80 digs per set and had a .201 hitting percentage...Ranked 72nd in NCAA Division III in total assists and was 97th in assists per set, ending fourth in the UAA in both categories...Season-high 47 assists in win over Buffalo State on Sep. 3...Had four double-doubles on the year...Season-high 15 digs against St. John Fisher on Oct. 29, helping UR upset the regionally ranked Cardinals...Academically, honored as a CSC Academic All-District selection...Member of the UAA All-Academic team.

At UR 2021: Saw action in 20 matches and 40 total sets during rookie campaign...Had 96 total assists (2.40 per set) to go along with 14 digs, 7 kills and 3 blocks...Had strong match in UR's win over Thiel on Sep. 11, recording 23 assists, 3 aces and 3 digs...Had double-digit assists in wins against SUNY Oneonta and Medaille at the UR Invitational on Sep. 4...Ended the season ranked 15th in the UAA in assists per set and 19th in total assists.

HS: Lettered in volleyball at Hilton HS...Played setter for the Cadets...Team captain as a senior...Was All-League twice and earned All-County and All-Greater Rochester honors in senior season...Averaged 7.7 assists per set in her career, tallying over 440 total...Member of the National Honor Society...Varsity Athletes Leadership Council...Sources of Strength...Urban League of Black Scholars...Student Body President...Principal's Advisory Council.
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