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2024 Volleyball Roster

Miguel Esparza
Miguel Esparza
Miguel Esparza
Isaiah Alonzo
Tyler Fleeman
Tyler Fleeman
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Eddie Kelly / ProLook Photos
Amanda Gerlach

Cali Nims #5 S

  • Position:
    Setter
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Hometown:
    Corpus Christi, Texas
  • High School:
    Flour Bluff HS

Summary

Biography

CAREER HONORS
Lone Star Fall Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2021Spring 2022Fall 2022Spring 2023Fall 2023; Spring 2024; Fall 2024; Spring 2025)
Lone Star All-Conference Team (Honorable Mention 2022; Second Team 2024)
Lone Star All-Tournament Team (2022)
Lone Star All-Freshman Team (2021)
Lone Star Conference Setter of the Week (Sept. 16, 2024; Nov. 18, 2024)
D2ADA Academic Achievement Award (2023)
CSC Academic All-District (20232024)

2024 (SENIOR)
Named to the Lone Star All-Conference Second Team after ranking third in the league and 19th nationally with 10.64 assists per set… Played in all 107 sets, recording 16 double-doubles in assists and digs… Broke the St. Mary’s single-season rally scoring record with her 10.64 assists per set, which also ranks seventh all-time… Ended her standout career with 2,695 assists for the fifth-most in StMU history, and her 6.89 assists per set rank seventh all-time… Also finished ninth in service aces with 113 and 17th with 998 digs… Recorded a career-high eight kills against DBU (Oct. 12), and twice had a career-best 53 assists during the season… Totaled a career-high five aces against Missouri S&T (Sept. 7) and twice during the year had four blocks (Sept. 14 vs Anderson; Oct. 11 vs UT Tyler)… For the second-straight year, was named to the CSC Academic All-District team and was once again a member of the LSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll… Earned Lone Star Conference Setter of the Week honors the second and last week of the season.
 
2023 (JUNIOR)
Played in 96 of the team's 101 sets, playing in 25 matches and starting 24... Led the team with 6.00 assists per set, finished third with 25 aces (0.26/set) and added 2.65 digs per set, also good for third on the team... Recorded a season-high 19 digs in the team's four-set victory at Cameron (9/29)... Notched a career-high 46 assists in the four-set win over Midwestern State (9/23)... Led the team with 13 double-doubles and ended the year tied for sixth all-time at St. Mary's with 29 double-doubles... Recorded the 1,000th assist of her career in the season opener against Davenport and now has 1,556 to rank seventh in St. Mary's history... She is also tied for 17th with 84 career aces... Named to both the fall and spring Lone Star Commissioner's Honor Rolls as well as to the prestigious CSC Academic All-District team.

2022 (SOPHOMORE)
Named to both the honorable mention All-Conference and All-Tournament teams... Also earned a spot on the Lone Star Commissioner's Honor Roll in the fall and spring... In the starting rotation for all 28 matches, playing in 100 of the 102 sets during the year... Led the team with 494 (4.94/set) assists and 30 service aces (0.30/set)... Finished second on the team in digs, despite usually playing only three rotations, totaling 292... Collected nine double-doubles in assists and digs throughout the year... Posted a season-high 38 assists against Eastern New Mexico on Sept. 30 and twice recorded a career-high 22 digs less than a week apart... Tied her career-high with four aces against Southeastern Oklahoma State on Sept. 2.

2021 (FRESHMAN)
The lone setter named to the inaugural all-freshman squad by the Lone Star Conference... Tallied six double-doubles in assists and digs during the season... She averaged 5.52 assists and 2.14 digs per set... Led the Rattlers with 29 service aces... Was in the starting rotation all season as the team ran a 6/2 offense, playing in 88 of the team's 99 matches... Recorded a career-high 17 digs against Angelo State on Nov. 12 and had a career-best 39 assists at UTPB on Oct. 2... Three times posted four aces in a match.

HIGH SCHOOL
A four-time Academic All-District selection for Flour Bluff HS and named to the TGCA Academic All-State team in 2020... Named the 2021 South Texas Volleyball Player of the year... A two-time All-State selection and was the MVP of District 29-5A... Named Setter of the Year in the district as a junior... Was also a First-Team All-District pick in track & field, qualifying for the regionals in the 300 hurdles... Finished 9th in the regional qualifiers in the 300 hurdles after placing fourth in the area finals... Also placed sixth in the 100 meter hurdles at the district championship... Helped the team win the 2020 5A-29 district championships with an unblemished record... Advanced to the 5A Region IV semifinals each of her last three seasons.

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2021Freshman

    Setter
    5'8"
    5
  • 5

    2021-22Sophomore

    Setter
    5'8"
    5
  • 5

    2022Sophomore

    Setter
    5'8"
    5
  • 5

    2023Junior

    Setter
    5'8"
    5
  • 5

    2024Senior

    Setter
    5'8"
    5

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