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Ainoah Cruz Season 2026

#4
PosL
Ht5-3
YearSenior
HometownArecibo, Puerto Rico
Previous SchoolEvansville

CAREER HONORS

  • 2025 All-MVC Second Team
  • 2023 MVC All-Freshman Team

PRIOR TO MIZZOU (EVANSVILLE / 2023-25)

  • Collected 1,384 career digs (4.68 digs/set), 337 assists (1.14 assists/set) and 60 service aces (.20 SA/set)
  • In 2025, ranked eighth in the NCAA for digs per set with 5.16
  • Collected All-Missouri Valley second team honors after leading the league with digs
  • Amassed 547 digs in 28 matches during her junior campaign, as she posted 15 matches with 20 or more digs
  • Earned MVC Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 8, 2025), after racking up 31 digs and nine assists in a win over Purdue Fort Wayne
  • Named to the Butler Big Dawg Kickoff All-Tournament Team after recording 5.86 digs per set in the three-match tournament
  • Posted two double-doubles during her sophomore season, including a 36-dig and 12-assist match against Indiana State
  • Finished the 2024 season with an 8.71 digs/set mark during the final two matches of the season and had 22+ digs in three of the final four matches
  • Named to the 2023 MVC all-Freshman Team

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Regarded as Puerto Rico’s top libero in her age group
  • Represented Puerto Rico by playing on the U-19 National Team
  • Last year, her team won the National High School Championship
  • Her club team – Capitanas – finished in third place at the AAU National Championship last year in Orlando