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2023 Volleyball Roster

7 Morgan Romano

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Hagerty High School
  • Hometown Oviedo, Fla.

Biography

NIL OPPORTUNITIES
Grad Student 2023

*2023 Second Team All-SoCon
*CSC Academic All-District Team
*2023 Georgia State Invitational Tournament MVP
*2023 Georgia State Invitational All-Tournament Team
*2023 Charleston Southern Tournament MVP
*2023 Charleston Southern All-Tournament Team
*1x SoCon Offensive Player of the Week: (08/28)
*1x SoCon Offensive Player of the Month: (November)
*Seventh-most kills in a single season in program history (453)
* Fall Term Dean's List & AD Honor Roll
* Spring Term Dean's List & AD Honor Roll

- Played in all 33 matches for the Mocs, making a total of 32 starts on the year.
- Appeared in all 122 sets of the season.
- Finished the season with 453 kills (3.71 kills/set), 281 digs (2.30 digs/set), 46 blocks (0.38 blocks/set), 30 aces (0.25 aces/set) and 16 assists (0.13 assists/set).
- Her kill total of 453 officially ranks seventh in program history when it comes to single-season kills.
- Accounted for 508.5 points (4.17 points/set) on the season.
- Ended the year with a .275 hitting percentage on 1184 total attack attempts.
- Reached the 2,000 career kills mark against Mercer (11/09).
- Ranked either first or second on the NCAA active kills leaderboard over the course of the 2023 season.
- Recorded her season-high of 25 kills against The Citadel (10/21).
- Also saw 20+ kill performances against Georgia State (08/26) and against Austin Peay (09/06).
- Logged a career-best five blocks in UTC's five-set win over Murray State (09/08).
- Hit her season-high of 15 digs twice on the year, first against Georgia State (08/26) and again at Jacksonville State (09/12).
- Recorded double-digit kills in 28 out of 33 matches on the season.
- Recorded double-digit digs in 11 out of 33 matches on the season.
- Ended the year with a total of 10 double-doubles, her third time of her career having 10+ double-doubles in a season.
- Had a season-best four aces at Georgia State (08/26).
- Ranked third in the SoCon in total kills (453), kills/set (3.71) and total points (508.5).
- Ranked fourth in the SoCon in points/set (4.17).
- Ranked 10th in the SoCon in hitting percentage (.275).
- Surpassed the 2,000 career kills and 1,000 career digs mark during the season.
- Recorded her third season with 450+ kills of her career.
- Finished with a hitting percentage of .275, her best single-season hit percentage since 2021 at Rider.
- Her 453 total kills rank seventh on UTC’s single-season kills leaderboard.
- Ranked 46th in the entire NCAA when it came to total kills (453).

2022 (Rider)
*First Team All-MAAC (first ever four-time All-MAAC selection in program history)
*CSC Academic All-District

- Started all 31 matches and played 113 sets... finished the season with 409.0 total points.
- Racked up 353 kills at a 3.12 kills per set average... attacked at a .220% clip.
- Recorded 31 service aces... 116 assists.
- Registered 217 digs at a 1.92 digs per set average.
- Posted 48.0 total blocks... two solos and 46 assists.
- Totaled 18 matches with 10 or more kills... five matches with 20 or more... season-high 23 kills against Siena on October 1.
- Posted 15 matches with 2.0 or more total blocks... season-high 6.0 blocks Marist on October 2.
- Filled in at the setter position for two matches... recorded 26 and 35 assists in the pair of contests.

2021 (Rider)
*First-Team All-MAAC
- MAAC Player of the Week (9/28).
- Started all 31 matches and played in 114 sets as a junior.
- Totaled 510 kills, 299 digs, 49 service aces, 56 total blocks and 588.0 points.
- Led the MAAC and ranked ninth nationally in points.
- Led the MAAC and ranked 11th nationally in kills.
- Led the MAAC and ranked 22nd nationally in aces.
- Recorded 13 double-doubles.
- Had a season-high 26 kills in five different matches, including the three-set program record against Quinnipiac in the MAAC Semifinals.
- Had a career-high 26 digs against Niagara during the regular season.
- Posted a career-high six aces against Siena.
- Her 510 kills are fifth-most in a single season in program history.
- Enters Senior season with 1,229 kills, fourth-most in program history.
- Member of the MAAC All-Academic Team.

2020-21 (Rider)
*AVCA All-America Honorable Mention
*AVCA All-Northeast Region Honorable Mention
*MAAC Player of the Year

- Started all 12 matches and played in all 47 sets as a sophomore.
- Totaled 185 kills, 104 digs, 19 service aces, 13 total blocks and 211.0 points.
- Recorded four double-doubles.
- Had a season-high 24 kills in the MAAC Championship Match against Canisius.
- Had a season-high 17 digs against Canisius during the regular season.
- Ranked nationally in aces per set, kills per set, and points per set.
- Led the MAAC in total kills, total points, and points per set.
- Member of the MAAC All-Academic Team.

2019 (Rider)
*MAAC Rookie of the Year.
*First Team All-MAAC honors.
*MAAC All-Rookie Team.
*ECAC Rookie of the Year
*All-ECAC Team

- Named the MAAC Rookie of the Week 12 times (9/3, 9/10, 9/17, 9/24, 10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12 & 11/19).
- Named the MAAC Player of the Week twice (9/24 & 10/29).
- Named to the All-Tournament Team at the Georgetown Classic.
- She had 534 kills, 283 digs, 31 service aces, 70 total blocks and recorded 602.5 points.
- When her season ended she ranked sixth in the nation in total kills and seventh in all of Division I in points.
- Her 534 kills were the second-most in a single-season in program history.
- Her 4.64 kills per set were also the second-most in a single-season in program history.
- She led the MAAC in kills, kills per set, total points and points per set.
- She recorded 11 double-doubles during the year.
- She had 10 matches with 20 or more kills.
- Registered a career-high 30 kills in a win over Manhattan on Setember 22.
- She had a season-best 21 digs versus Robert Morris on September 14.
- Registered eight total blocks in a win over Quinnipiac on November 10.
- Had five service aces in victory over Hampton on September 14.

Hagerty High School (FL)
- Member of the varsity volleyball team at Hagerty High School for four years
- Member of the school's beach volleyball team
- Racked up 744 kills, 121 blocks, 70 service aces and 377 digs
- Coaches Award recipient in both 2015 and 2016
- First Team All-Conference and Second Team All-Area distinction
- Played club for Orlando Tampa Volleyball Academy (OTVA)
- Named an AAU All-American three times and her team captured a National Championship in 2014

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