2024 Volleyball Roster
Jersey Number 1
Nalani Iosia
She/Her
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Long Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Redondo Union
Bio
Three-Time Team Captain (2022, 2023, 2024) joining Nikki Colson (01-03), Katie Johnson (05-07), Kori Moster (12-14), Julia Bishop (22-24)
Pronunciation: nuh-LAW-knee yo-SEE-uh
SENIOR (2023): AVCA All-Region Honorable Mention ... Academic All-District ... Academic All-B1G ... Invited to Women's National Team Open Program ... Named tournament MVP of the Kathy DeBoer Invitational ... Named B1G Defensive Player of the Week on 9/5, MSU's first since 2019 ... Team-high 483 kills ranked eighth in program history ... 4.16 digs/set ranked ninth by a Spartan ... Had 148 assists as an OOS setter ... 25 aces were second on the team.
JUNIOR (2022): Named tournament MVP of the Auto-Owners Insurance Spartan Invitational ... Played in 116 sets at libero recording a team-high 467 digs on 4.03 digs per set ... Also contributed 160 assists and 25 service aces to rank third on the team in both stats.
FRESHMAN/SOPHOMORE (TEXAS, 2020-2021): Big 12 All-Rookie team selection (2020) ... Starting libero/defensive specialist on Texas squads that reached NCAA championship match in Spring 2021 ... Led Texas in digs during sophomore season (313, 2021) and ranked second as a true freshman (Spring 2021).
HIGH SCHOOL: Played club at Mizuno Long Beach for 12 years under Joy Fuerbringer ... 2019 AVCA Under Armour First Team All-America … 2019 All-USA Today Preseason Volleyball Team … 2019 MaxPreps Preseason All-American … 2018 MaxPreps First Team All-American … 2018 USA Today Preseason All-America Third Team … 2018 Division 1 All-CIF Southern Selection … four-time captain for Redando Union … converted from setter to libero for coaches Tommy Chaffins and Tiffany Rodriguez.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Marlene and Moe Iosia ... Has two sisters, Naomi and Norene, and three brothers, Nathan, Nehemiah and Nazareth ... Comes from a family of volleyball players with Naomi playing at Hope International University, Norene playing at Hawaii and Nehemiah playing at El Camino College ... Father, Moe, was her first coach.
Pronunciation: nuh-LAW-knee yo-SEE-uh
SENIOR (2023): AVCA All-Region Honorable Mention ... Academic All-District ... Academic All-B1G ... Invited to Women's National Team Open Program ... Named tournament MVP of the Kathy DeBoer Invitational ... Named B1G Defensive Player of the Week on 9/5, MSU's first since 2019 ... Team-high 483 kills ranked eighth in program history ... 4.16 digs/set ranked ninth by a Spartan ... Had 148 assists as an OOS setter ... 25 aces were second on the team.
JUNIOR (2022): Named tournament MVP of the Auto-Owners Insurance Spartan Invitational ... Played in 116 sets at libero recording a team-high 467 digs on 4.03 digs per set ... Also contributed 160 assists and 25 service aces to rank third on the team in both stats.
FRESHMAN/SOPHOMORE (TEXAS, 2020-2021): Big 12 All-Rookie team selection (2020) ... Starting libero/defensive specialist on Texas squads that reached NCAA championship match in Spring 2021 ... Led Texas in digs during sophomore season (313, 2021) and ranked second as a true freshman (Spring 2021).
HIGH SCHOOL: Played club at Mizuno Long Beach for 12 years under Joy Fuerbringer ... 2019 AVCA Under Armour First Team All-America … 2019 All-USA Today Preseason Volleyball Team … 2019 MaxPreps Preseason All-American … 2018 MaxPreps First Team All-American … 2018 USA Today Preseason All-America Third Team … 2018 Division 1 All-CIF Southern Selection … four-time captain for Redando Union … converted from setter to libero for coaches Tommy Chaffins and Tiffany Rodriguez.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Marlene and Moe Iosia ... Has two sisters, Naomi and Norene, and three brothers, Nathan, Nehemiah and Nazareth ... Comes from a family of volleyball players with Naomi playing at Hope International University, Norene playing at Hawaii and Nehemiah playing at El Camino College ... Father, Moe, was her first coach.
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