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2009 Volleyball Roster

10 Nicky Valenti

  • Position Libero
  • Class Junior
  • Height 5-5

Biography

2009
Louisiana Defensive Player of the Year and First-Team All-Louisiana...Two-time SLC Defensive Player of the Week selection for the 2009 SBC West Division champion Privateers, the first division title in school history...Only UNO player to appear in all 127 sets, starting all 33 matches...Totaled 597 digs for a 4.70 average, ranking second in the SBC in dig per set average...The 597 digs ranks as the third-best single-season of all-time in school history with the dig per set average also ranking third...Dig per set average increased to 4.79 in conference play...Became just the second Privateer with 1,600 digs and ranks second in school history with 1,600 digs - just 157 shy of the school-record...Improved school-record digs per set average over course of career to 4.46...Had double-figure digs in 31 of 33 matches, posting 15 or more on 22 occasions and more than 20 in 14 matches...Career-high 31 digs against Arkansas State (10/17) ranks tied for fifth in UNO records for single-match digs...Also posted 27 digs on two occasions -  against Louisiana-Lafayette (10/20) and Florida Atlantic (10/31) tied for 11th in school history..Had just 21 return errors on the season and just eight in conference play, the lowest amongst defensive specialists in Sun Belt...All-tournament team at Memphis Tiger Invitational...Team captain.

2008
Appeared in all 113 games for the Privateers...Totaled 443 digs on the season, ranking seventh all-time in UNO history for single-season digs...Led team with 4.18 digs per set...Ranked second in SBC in the category in both overall and conference-only...Had 27 contests with at least 10 digs, giving her 53 on the career...In the final match of the season, the SBC tournament final against WKU, surpassed the 1,000 dig mark, becoming just the seventh in school history to acheive the feat...Had 25 digs on two occasions in contests against SMU (9/5) and WKU (10/25)...Seven matches with at least 20 digs...Will enter 2009 season, 754 digs behind Jayne Duncan for the top spot in the category.

2007
Only UNO player to appear in all 119 games...Stepped in to replace Jayne Duncan, all-time leader in digs in UNO history...Team-high 4.46 digs per game with 531 digs on the season...Third best season-performance in dig category by a Privateer...Ranked 5th in the SBC in digs per game average...Had 26 matches with ten or more digs...Totaled career-high 30 digs against Florida Atlantic, sixth-best performance in school history...All-Sun Belt Conference nominee

High School
Four-year letter winner in volleyball was a three-time All-District performer at Cabrini High School in New Orleans...Was also a standout track athlete, winning the state championship in the discus as a senior while also taking All-District and All-Regional MVP honors for the javelin.

Personal
Born on October 10, 1986...Daughter of Richard and Stacy Valenti...Has an older brother, Ricky, Jr...Mother was a hurdler on the LSU track team

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2007Redshirt Freshman

    Libero
    5'5"
    10
  • 10

    2008Sophomore

    Libero
    5'5"
    10
  • 10

    2009Junior

    Libero
    5'5"
    10