2019 Volleyball Roster

Little Rock Athletics/Nelson Che
Little Rock Athletics/Nelson Che
Little Rock Athletics/Nelson Che
Little Rock Athletics/Nelson Che
Little Rock Athletics/Nelson Che
Benjamin Krain

1 Diana Giordani

  • Position Defensive Specialist/Libero
  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • Experience 1
  • Hometown Caxias do Sul, Brazil
  • Prev School Trinity Valley C.C.

Biography

Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 16, 2019)
Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 28, 2019)
2019 Oral Roberts Classic All-Tournament Team
 
Career: Played in 60 matches and 220 sets over two seasons, recording 860 digs (3.91 digs per set), serving up 30 aces (0.14 per set) while recording 180 assists … Recorded a career-high 31 digs against Oral Roberts (9/13/2019) and had a career-high nine assists against Georgia Southern (11/2/2019) … Served up a career-high three aces on two different occasions, against Lamar (8/25/2018) and against Mercer (9/20/2019).
 
2019 (Senior): Led the Trojans defensively with 410 digs, 4.32 digs per set … Her 4.32 digs per set ranked 114th nationally and sixth in the Sun Belt while her 410 digs ranked 203 nationally and ninth in the Sun Belt … Posted a career-high 31 digs against Oral Roberts (9/13), part of a week where she totaled 63 digs (5.25 per set) which vaulted her to Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week honors … Claimed a second Defensive Player of the Week honors on Oct. 28 after averaging 5.5 digs per set including 22 digs (7.3 per set) against ULM (10/26) … Played in 28 matches overall and 95 sets, primarily as libero … Registered double-digit digs in 24 of those 28 matches five matches recording 20-plus digs.

2018 (Junior): Saw action in all 32 matches for the Trojans at both libero and defensive specialist ... Led the team in digs with 450, averaging 3.60 per set ... Also tallied 82 assists and 14 service aces ... Posted a season-best 30 digs against Georgia State (Oct. 27) with six assists ... Finished with double-digit dig totals in 24 matches, eclipsing 20 digs seven times ... Posted 26 digs in three sets against UT Arlington (Nov. 2) ... Had 22 digs with three assists against Texas State (Nov. 3) ... Registered a season-high eight assists with 10 digs against Clemson (Sept. 14) ... Tallied seven assists and 20 digs at Coastal Carolina (Oct. 7) ... Recorded three service aces against Lamar (Aug. 25) with five digs.

Trinity Valley CC: Was an NJCAA All-American Honorable Mention in 2017... Was the Region XIV Conference Libero of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and was an All-Conference First Team recipient for two consecutive years... Averaged 3.93 digs per set in 27 matches and 92 sets in 2017... Averaged 4.66 digs per set during her freshman season...Was named the 2016 Newcomer of the Year... Earned All-Tournament Team honors at the Vernon College Invitational and the NCTC Invitational... Received The Rock Award, which is awarded annually to Trinity Valley's ultimate team player... Named to the Region XIV Conference All-Academic Team... Member of Phi Tetta Kappa Honor Society.

Club: Played with APAAVOLEI/UCS and ADC Bradesco and earned multiple awards.

Personal: Hometown is Caxias do Sul, Brazil... Daughter of Gilson Giordani and Gilda Pontalti... Has one older brother, Miguel... Majoring in business information systems... Wants to be a professional volleyball player.

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Historical Player Information

  • 1

    2018Junior

    Defensive Specialist/Libero
    5'3"
    1
  • 1

    2019Senior

    Defensive Specialist/Libero
    5'3"
    1