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2015 Volleyball Roster

16 Dessi Koleva

  • Position O
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Major Economics
  • Hometown Torrance, Calif.
  • High School South
  • Club Team Mizuno Long Beach

Biography

2014: Completed her junior year on the cusp of several career records ... Started all 31 matches ... Led W&M with 300 kills, 337 digs, and 341.5 points ... Only player in the CAA to rank top-10 in both kills and digs in conference play ... Enters her final season with 837 kills, just 173 away from tying the school record for career kills in the current scoring era ... Also just 86 digs away from becoming the fourth player ever for W&M from scoring 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs ... Her 300 kills in 2014 was the seventh-best single season in the 25-pt era ... Digs ranked eighth for a single year ... Her 341.5 points was the seventh-best single season total ... Needs just 212.0 points to tak the career record in that category ... Served a team-best 14 aces, leaving her fifth all-time in the career ranks under the current scoring format ... Had 10 double-doubles on the year ... Only player in the league to open conference play with four-straight double-doubles ... Had a season-high 20 kills against Wofford ... Was one of 14 matches with 10+ kills, and one of six over 15 kills ... Grabbed 21 digs against Tennesse State and 23 at home against Towson ... Made three solo blocks against Howard, tied for the 16th-most in a single match ever at W&M ... Hit .368 with 17 kills against Elon at home.

2013: Named to the All-CAA third-team ... Only played in the league to rank in the top eight in both kills (2.94) and digs (3.16) per set for the season ... In conference play alone, ranked fifth in kills (3.03) and seventh in digs (3.53), also the only player to rank as highly in both categories ... Led W&M with 12 double-doubles ... Played in all 32 matches, making 26 starts ... Also tied for the team lead with 20 aces, and led the squad out-right with 3.29 points per set ... Her 360 total digs is the 14th-most in a single season all-time ... Had 1,059 attack attempts, fifth-most all-time in a single year ... Her 375.5 points is the fifth-most all-time in a single season, and the most since 2009 ... Lifted her career total to 610.5 points, 10th all-time at W&M ... Average of 2.99 points per set in her career is eighth in school history ... Had 19 matches with 10+ kills, and 18 with 10+ digs ... Had four matches with more than 20 digs ... Career-high of 24 digs came against Northeastern ... Also had 22 digs and a career-high 18 kills against James Madison ... Collected 21 digs against both Delaware and at James Madison ... Also had 18 kills against Liberty to go with 16 digs ... Hit a season-best .378 with 17 kills at Towson ... Hit .250 or better six times.

2012: The CAA Rookie of the Year ... Also selected second-team All-CAA and All-State, and to the CAA All-Rookie team ... Named CAA Rookie of the Week a league-leading four times, including three times in a four-week stretch ... Only one other rookie won the award more than once ... ECAC Player of the Week on Oct. 1 ... Ranked second on the team with 2.24 kills and 2.61 points per set ... Also averaged 2.41 digs and 0.48 blocks per set ... Had six double-doubles ... Hit a season-best 17 kills against Northeastern ... Also had five blocks in the match ... Best mark of the year in digs was also 17, against Fairfield.

Prep: Named All-CIF after her senior and junior seasons… Named MVP of the Pioneer League each of the past two years … Averaged 4.2 kills per set as a senior … Totaled 432 kills, 276 digs, 62 aces, and 47 blocks in 2011 … Four-time first-team all-league … Named all-area by the Daily Breeze in 2010 and 2011 … Won the junior championship at the CBVA Manhattan Beach Open in 2009 and 2010 … Added the AAU Manhattan Beach Open junior title in 2010 … Achieved an AA ranking from the California Beach Volleyball Association.

Personal: Daughter of Rossina and Lubomir Koleva … Enjoys playing beach volleyball, wakeboarding, and hiking.

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2012Freshman

    O
    5'10"
    16
  • 16

    2013Sophomore

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    5'10"
    16
  • 16

    2014Junior

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    5'10"
    16
  • 16

    2015Senior

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    5'10"
    16