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2017 Women's Volleyball Roster
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Luafalemana, Tawnee
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Jersey Number 20
Tawnee Luafalemana
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Carson High School
- Hometown:
- Carson, Calif.
Bio
2017 (Senior)
• Honorable Mention AVCA All-American
• First-team AVCA All-Pacific South Region selection
• Honorable Mention All-Pac-12 Team
• Led the team with 152 total blocks, which included a team-leading 22 solo blocks
• Posted a team-high .368 hitting percentage, which ranks as the program's third-best single season hitting pct.
• Totaled 260 kills (1.98 kills/set) and 55 digs on the year
• Earned Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (4/4)
• Was one of three Utes to start every match of the season
• Posted career-high 12 total blocks against Hawaii (9/3)
• Set career-high 18 kills at Utah Valley (9/15)
2016 (Junior)
• Honorable Mention All-Pac-12 Team
• Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (10/10)
• Started in 31 of 32 matches played in her first season with the Utes
• Ranked ninth in the Pac-12 and 76th in the nation with 132 total blocks
• Tallied a team-best .329 hitting percentage, which ranked seventh in the Pac-12 and 109th overall in the nation
• Totaled 262 kills and 42 digs on the year
• Set season-high 15 kills vs. Gonzaga (8/27)
• Posted season-high nine total blocks vs. Arizona State (9/24)
• Tallied 5+ total blocks in 14 matches on the season
• Averaged 2.05 kills, 0.33 digs and 1.03 blocks-per-set
Luafalemana's 2016 Match-by-Match Stats
College of Southern Idaho
• Member of 2015 NJCAA National Championship squad
• Tallied a match-high 18 kills in national title match against Western Nebraska
• Posted 435 kills (3.15/set) on the season, which ranked 25th-most among NJCAA athletes
• Ranked No. 8 in the nation with a .371 hitting percentage
• Collected 149 total blocks (1.07/set) on the season
• Named Region 18 Player of the Year and NJCAA First-Team All-American
Blinn College
• Helped lead the Buccaneer's to a NJCAA National Championship in 2014
• Posted 307 kills (2.84/set) and 126 total blocks (1.17/set) in her only season at Blinn
• Totaled 11 kills in national title match against Miami Dade College
High School/Club Volleyball
• Four-year letterwinner at Carson High School
• Was a three-time all-conference performer at Carson, including first team honoree in 2013 and 2014
• Helped lead her squad to league championships all four seasons and a second-place finish at the state tournament in 2011
• Played club volleyball for Mizuno Long Beach
Personal
• Daughter of Shonya Coleman and Antonio Luafalemana
• Has six siblings: Tenelle, Tarryn, Antonio, Roman, Nicole and Anthony
• Born June 22, 1996
• Career objective includes running her own business some day
• Major is kinesiology
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