Temple University Athletics

2023 Women's Volleyball Roster

Roster

1

Brooklyn Stearns

RS
/ Women's Volleyball
2

Falanika Danielson

L
/ Women's Volleyball
3

Abby Jhun

DS/L
/ Women's Volleyball
4

Ava Blascziek

S
/ Women's Volleyball
5

Lexi Yoza

S
/ Women's Volleyball
6

Magdalena Rogalska

S
/ Women's Volleyball
7

Nalani McBride

DS/L
/ Women's Volleyball
8

Samantha Jo Mikosky

MB
/ Women's Volleyball
9

Olivia Vance

MB/OH
/ Women's Volleyball
10

Nikki Shimao

DS/S
/ Women's Volleyball
11

Patrycja Zielinska

S
/ Women's Volleyball
12

Jelena Prolic

OH
/ Women's Volleyball
13

Chelci Banks

MB
/ Women's Volleyball
14

Taylor Davenport

OH
/ Women's Volleyball
16

Chudear Tut

MB
/ Women's Volleyball
17

Jaaliyah Evans

OH
/ Women's Volleyball
18

Avery Luoma

RS
/ Women's Volleyball
19

Sofia Hardy

L/DS
/ Women's Volleyball
20

Olivia Hummel

OH
/ Women's Volleyball
Avery Luoma
Avery Luoma vs. Princeton 9.13.23
Avery Luoma vs. Penn State 9.8.23
Avery Luoma vs. Princeton 9.13.23
Photo by: Shane Holland
Avery Luoma vs. Lehigh 8.27.23
Avery Luoma 2023
Jersey Number 18

Avery Luoma

  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Hometown:
    Phoenix, Ariz.
  • High School:
    Mountain Pointe
  • Prev School:
    Princeton
Career Honors/Awards: 
AAC Defensive Player of the Week (10/23/2023) 
*Two-time All-Ivy League First Team (2022, 2021) 
*All-ECAC Second Team (2022) 
*Two-time Ivy League Player of the Week 
*CS Academic All-District (2022) 
*Accomplished at previous school 
 
2024 
  • Saw action in 26 matches, starting 16 of the Owls’ matches. 
  • Third on the team with 56 assists. 
  • Fourth highest service percentage on the team (.932) while adding 22 aces. 
  • Fifth most digs on the team with 159. 
  • Reached double-digit kills on four occasions. 
  • Recorded a season high in kills (8), assists (5) and digs (17) in a five-set win over New Hampshire (9/15). 
  • Tied her career-high of four aces while adding 10 a season-high 10 points against Rider (8/30). 
  • Tallied her season-high four blocks at Tulsa (9/29). 
2023 
  • AAC Defensive Player of the Week (10/23) 
  • Hilton Philadelphia at Penn's Landing Cherry & White Invitational All-Tournament Team 
  • Was one of five players on the team to play and start in all 31 matches. 
  • Second on the team with 260 kills. 
  • Second on the team with 255 digs.  
  • Recorded 10 or more kills 11 times. 
  • Tallied 12 matches of double-digit digs. 
  • Achieved seven double doubles over the course of the season. 
  • Recorded a season-high 17 kills at Charlotte (10/21). 
  • Marked a career-high four aces versus East Carolina (10/13). 
  • Found a season-high 21 digs at Charlotte (10/20). 
2022 at Princeton 
  • All-Ivy League First Team 
  • All-ECAC Second Team 
  • Rutgers Tournament MVP 
  • Two-time Ivy League Player of the Week 
  • All-Tournament Team (Rutgers Tournament, Sacred Heart Invitational) 
  • CS Academic All-District 
  • Appeared in and started 23 matches. 
  • Ranked third in the Ivy League and second on the team in points per set (3.81). 
  • Ranked third in the Ivy League and second on the team in kills per set (3.67). 
  • Had at least 15 kills in seven matches. 
  • Tallied a career-high 23 kills and a season-high 18 digs in a win over Rider (9/14). 
  • Recorded a season-best six blocks against SHU (9/10). 
2021 at Princeton 
  • All-Ivy League First Team 
  • All-Tournament Team (Towson Tournament) 
  • Appeared in all 22 matches and started all 22. 
  • Finished seventh in the Ivy League in kills per set (3.09) and eighth in hitting percentage (.316). 
  • Finished second on the team with 241 total kills. 
  • Second on the team in total blocks with 64 and third on the team in blocks per set (0.86). 
  • Fourth on the team in digs per set with 1.83. 
  • Recorded a season-high 20 kills against Yale (10/20).  
  • Tallied a season-high 22 digs at Dartmouth (10/30). 
  • Grabbed a season-best eight blocks against Harvard(10/2). 
2020 at Princeton 
  • Season Canceled due to COVID-19. 
2019 at Princeton 
  • Appeared in two matches before a season-ending injury. 
High School 
  • Led the Mountain Pointe in hitting percentage, aces and assists in 2018. 
  • Was named a member of All-State Second Team, All-Section First Team, Team Most Valuable Player and Region Player of the Year in 2018. 
  • Earned First-team All-Section in 2017. 
  • Led Mountain Pointe to the state championship game in 2016. 
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