Lydia Ely

AWARDS & HONORS

JUNIOR (2014)

SOPHOMORE (2013)

Played in 16 sets and tallied 10 kills on .088 hitting with four blocks in her second season
Switched from middle hitter to right side
Played in Mizzou's three-set sweep of Mississippi State and tallied a kill and a block
Saw action in Mizzou's three-set win at South Carolina, tallying two kills on two swings
Played in one set against Ole Miss, registering an attack
Played in one set at Tennessee and had a dig
Came off the bench and had a kill and a pair of blocks in the Tigers' three-set win over Austin Peay
Saw action in three sets at the Mizzou Classic and had three kills on .400 hitting
Played one set at Rice with an attack
Had a kill on seven attempts in two sets at the Yale Invitational
Played in four sets in the Tiger Invitational and had two kills and a block
Had five kills and a block at the annual Black & Gold scrimmage

FRESHMAN (2012)

Averaged 0.86 kills per set and 0.67 blocks per set and had 83.5 points in her first season in Black & Gold
Had a career-high seven kills on two separate occasions, first vs. Savannah State (Sept. 8), hitting .545 in that match, and then had an identical stat line at Ole Miss (Oct. 19) with seven kills on .545 hitting in a three-set loss
Had a career-best 6.0 blocks at Texas A&M (Nov. 16)
Posted six kills on eight errorless attacks in a three-set sweep of LSU at the Hearnes Center (Nov. 11)
Averaged 0.84 blocks per set over her final 11 matches
Had a career-best 7.5 total points, including a pair of match-clinching blocks, in a five-set win at Auburn (Oct. 21)
2012-13 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll

HIGH SCHOOL

Ranked as the No. 4 recruit in the state of Missouri according to ESPN rankings
Ranked as one of the top-250 players as part of the PrepVolleyball.com "Senior Aces" list
Led Rosati-Kain to a conference and district championship in 2011, and a runner-up nod at both levels in 2010
Member of the AVCA / Under Armour High School All-America Watch List
Attended the USA Volleyball Youth National Training Team Camp in 2009
Member of the USA Volleyball A1 White that claimed the silver medal at the USA Volleyball High Performance Championships in 2009
Member of the U.S. Girls' Select A1 Program which participated in the USA Volleyball High Performance Championships International Youth Division in 2008
Named to the PrepVolleyball.com Frosh 59 list, All-Conference and All-District while playing at Rosati-Kain in 2008 and 2009
Academic All-Conference in 2008-11
Received the Rosati-Kain High School Ann Negoan Meyer Scholarship from 2008-11
Member of National Honors Society, and was the Rosati-Kain Student Ambassador

CLUB

Helped St. Louis High Performance to a second place finish at the JVDA Championships, and a fifth place nod at the Lone Star National qualifier in 2008
Began playing club volleyball in 2003.

PERSONAL

Born on May 30, 1994, in St. Louis, Mo., to parents Doug and Cheryl Ely
Has a brother (Matthew) and a sister (Sarah)
Will be a third-generation Tiger, as her grandfather (class of 1961) and mother (class of 1985) each graduated from Mizzou
Both her siblings currently attend Mizzou as well
Father (Doug) played football at the University of Missouri-Rolla