Ariel Ley

Class:
Senior
Height:
6-1
Position:
Setter
High School:
H.B. Plant
Hometown:
Tampa, Fla.

2011: Started 29 games for the Wildcats, playing in 99 sets… Ranked third in the SoCon with 10.52 assists per set for a total of 1,041 on the season… Also finished fourth on the team with 227 digs for 2.29 per set… Totaled 19 service aces on the season… Had a season-high 54 assists along with four kills and two aces in the Cats’ 3-2 win over UNC Wilmington (8/27)… Tallied 53 assists against Winthrop (8/27)... Had 15 digs, 27 assists and three kills vs. James Madison (9/10)… Had 41 assists and two service aces in the team’s 3-0 win over Wright State (9/10)… Put up four blocks and 3 assists against Norfolk State (9/17)… Posted a season-high five kills three times on the season… Twice had a season-high 17 digs (10/14 vs. UNCG and 10.29 vs. COFC)… Had four service aces vs. Chattanooga (10/22)… Had 51 assists and 14 digs vs. Samford (11/19).

2010: Appeared in 17 matches and started 11 as a sophomore ... finished second on the team with 165 assists (4.23/set) to go along with four kills, 11 service aces, 66 digs and a block ... finished with a career-high 22 assists in first match of the season against UNC Asheville on Aug. 27, with a pair of aces and four digs ... matched career high in next match against Stetson on Aug. 28, with a kill, three aces, four digs and a block ... tallied a career-best 13 digs at Western Carolina on Oct. 24 ... also finished with double-digit digs (11), against Georgia Southern on Oct. 21, and tallied double-digits in assists in eight matches.

2009: Appeared in 30 matches and made two start in her freshman season ... finished with 42 assists, 35 kills, 44 digs and six blocks ... ranked third on the team with 25 service aces ... posted back-to-back matches with double digits in assists, getting a career-best 18 against NC State Aug. 29 and recording 10 the following match against Marshall Sept. 5 ... finished with career-high seven kills against both Winthrop Sept. 18 and Gardner-Webb Sept. 19 ... also set a career-high with six service aces against Gardner-Webb Sept. 19, after having five against James Madison the previous match that day ... made a career-best 10 digs against Appalachian State Oct. 25 and a career-high two blocks against James Madison Sept. 19.

Prep/Personal: Four-year letterwinner at Plant ... recipient of the Marine Distinguished Athlete Award and the Lady Panther Award ... team was 5A State Champions in 2008, 2007 and 2006 ... graduated ninth in her class ... Dad, Jerome Ley, was a defensive tackle for Duke University and the New England Patriots.