Senior Year (2014)
Appeared and started in all 33 matches, playing in all 124 sets … named Illinois State’s Kelly Meisner Courage Award winner … ranked second on the team in digs (342) and third in kills (286) … led the team with 36 service aces … tallied a career-high 21.5 points, while matching her career high of 17 kills, against Lipscomb (9/6) … registered double-digit kills in 10 matches … reached double figures in digs in 18 matches … tallied a career-high five service aces against Columbia (9/12) … notched multiple service aces in 11 matches … recorded six double-doubles (kills/digs) … named American Volleyball Scouting Report Indoor Player of the Week twice … recorded 11 kills and 12 digs in NCAA Tournament win over Marquette (12/4).
Junior Year (2013)
Appeared in all 32 matches with 29 starts, playing in 115 sets … named Illinois State’s Kristin Kueltzo Inspiration Award winner … ranked second on the team in kills (272), digs (308) and digs per set (2.68) … ranked third in kills per set (2.37) and fourth in services aces (20) and service aces per set (0.20) … set career highs in kills (17) against Butler (9/13) and digs (21) in two matches … established a career high in block assists (5) against Wichita State (10/11) … tallied four service aces against Wichita State (11/9) … recorded double-digit kills in 13 matches and double-digit digs in 11 matches … named American Volleyball Scouting Report Indoor Player of the Week … named to Nevada-Reno Tournament all-tournament team, and selected as the Tournament MVP … named to Missouri Valley Conference and AFNI academic honor rolls … earned MVC Commissioner’s Excellence Award.
Sophomore Year (2012)
Appeared in 29 matches and 92 sets … named Illinois State’s Most Improved Player … ranked fourth on the team in kills (197), and fifth in digs (209) and points (237) … recorded double-digit digs in 11 matches … tallied double-digit kills in six matches … tallied 16 kills and 20.5 points at Missouri State (10/6) … recorded four double-double performances (digs/kills) … posted a career-high 18 digs against Creighton (11/23) … named to MVC and AFNI academic honor rolls.
Freshman Year (2011)
Appeared in 14 matches and 26 sets … ranked seventh on the team in kills per set (1.00) … recorded a career-high .500 hitting percentage in her first collegiate appearance against Utah Valley (8/26) … posted five kills twice … recorded one or more kills in 10 matches … tallied six digs against Idaho State (9/9).
Prior to ISU
A member of the New Zealand under-18 junior volleyball team that traveled to the Asian Championships and finished 11th in 2010 … served as a captain of the North Island volleyball and netball teams during her junior and senior seasons … a member of the tournament team for the New Zealand Nationals … has six years of boxing experience in Kawerau.
Personal
Stacey Maria Arohanui Niao … born October 28, 1992 … daughter of Roger and Sharon Niao … major is exercise science … last name is pronounced: NEE-ow.
