2018 Volleyball Roster

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Nelson Chenault
Nelson Chenault
Nelson Chenault

16 Veronica Marin

  • Position Middle Blocker
  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • Experience 3
  • Hometown Tulcea, Romania
  • Prev School Colegiul National Matei Basarab
  • High School Colegiul National Matei Basarab

Biography

Career: Played in 115 matches and 432 sets during her Trojan career ... 2018 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year ... Finishes her career second all-time in program history with 438 career blocks, averaging 1.01 per set ... Her .281 career hitting percentage ranks eighth all-time ... Marin's 951 career kills ranks 14th all-time.

2018 (Senior): Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year ... First team All-Sun Belt Conference ... Paced the Trojans by starting all 32 matches and playing all 125 sets ... Led the Sun Belt Conference in both hitting percentage (.399) and blocks per set (1.48) while ranking ninth in the conference in kills per set (2.61) ... Ranked fifth nationally in total blocks (185), 11th in hitting percentage (.399) and 13th in blocks per set (1.48) ... Her 185 blocks ranked second in program history for blocks in a season while her .399 hitting percentage is first all-time in Trojan history ... Finished the year with four double-doubles ... Four-time Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Week ... Led the Trojans with 326 kills on the year, registering double digit totals in 16 matches ... Posted a season-high 18 kills with a .429 hitting percentage at Coastal Carolina (Oct. 7), adding three service aces and seven blocks ... Tallied 17 kills on 28 attempts with no errors for a .607 hitting percentage at Georgia Southern (Oct. 26) ... Registered 15 kills and a .424 hitting percentage at Arkansas State (Oct. 30) ... Tallied 14 kills at Georgia State (Oct. 27) and again against Texas State (Nov. 17) in the Sun Belt semifinals ... Registered 10 or more blocks on five occasions, led by a season-high 13 against South Alabama (Sept. 21) with five solo blocks and 11 kills for the double-double ... Her 13 blocks tied for the fourth-best single match performance in program history ... Registered 12 blocks with 16 kills at UT Arlington (Sept. 29), hitting .471 with no attack errors on 34 attempts ... Posted 11 blocks with eight kills at Tulane (Sept. 14) ... Registered 10 blocks to complement 13 kills and hit .458 in the win over South Dakota (Sept. 8) ... Had 10 blocks and 13 kills while hitting .355 against Troy (Sept. 22) ... Tallied 81 digs on the year, ranking seventh on the team ... Notched a season-high eight digs to go along with 13 kills and six blocks in the win over Villanova (Sept. 15) ... Tallied 31 services aces on the year, tied for second on the team, including a season-high three on four occasions ... CoSIDA Academic All-District selection.

2017 (Junior): Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week (Aug. 28)... Southern Miss Invitational All-Tournament Team... UCA Invitational All-Tournament Team... Holiday Inn Express SFA Invitational All-Tournament Team... Started in 26 matches and played 103 sets... Had the second-most kills (261) and kills per set (2.53) on the team... Led the team with 113 total blocks and had the fourth-most blocks per set in the Sun Belt at 1.10... Tallied the third-best hitting percentage in the Sun Belt at .327... Put down a career-high 26 kills with a .532 hitting percentage and six total blocks at Louisiana (Oct. 13)... Put up a career-high .583 hitting percentage with seven kills on 12 swings against Jackson State (Aug. 25)... Racked up a career-high nine total blocks against UT Martin (Sept. 1)... Dug up a career-high seven digs at Arkansas State (Oct. 9)... Had a career-high four assists against Texas Southern (Sept. 9)... Had six matches without a hitting error while tallying at least seven kills and 12 swings in each... Had three 20-plus point games for the season ... Sun Belt Commissioner's List honoree.

2016 (Sophomore): Played in all 30 matches and in 107 of 113 sets... Earned Little Rock Invitational All-Tournament Team honors (Sept. 3) for tallying 41 kills (2.93 per set) and a .326 hitting percentage against Oklahoma, UAPB, Mississippi State and UT Martin... Had the second-most kills on the team with 255 and had the most kills per set with 2.38... Had the fifth-most blocks on the team with 63 (nine solo and 54 assisted)... Recorded a career-high 18 kills against Louisiana (Sept. 30)... Hit a season-high .643 with nine kills on 14 attacks with no errors against UT Martin (Sept. 3)... Had a season-high five blocks against North Texas (Sept. 17) and Georgia Southern (Oct. 29)... Had a career-high five digs against Baylor (Sept. 9)... Recorded her first career ace at Coastal Carolina (Sept. 23) ... Sun Belt Commissioner's List honoree.

2015 (Freshman): Played in 97 of 102 sets and started in 23 matches... Racked up the fifth-most kills on the team with 109... Had the third-most blocks on the team with 77... Had a career-high 11 kills in the final match of the regular season against Appalachian State (Nov. 13)... Recorded a career-high seven blocks at Georgia State (Oct. 11)... Hit a career-high .500 with seven kills on 12 attempts against Troy... Named to the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List for achieving a GPA of 3.5 or higher during the 2015-16 academic year.

Before Little Rock: Attended school at Colegiul National Matei Basarab... Played club volleyball with Dinamo Bucharest and CSM Bucharest where she helped both teams win the Junior Europen Championship in 2015 and 2013, respectivly... Captain of the Romanian Junior National Team... Took a bronze medal at the 2013 Balkan Competition... Helped win the silver medal at the 2012 Junior European Championship and bronze medal at the Youth European Championship.

Personal: Hometown is Tulcea, Romania... Daughter of Neculai Radu and Raisa Marin... Has one sister, Madalina... Majoring in international business.

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2015Freshman

    Middle Blocker
    6'2"
    16
  • 16

    2016Sophomore

    Middle Blocker
    6'2"
    16
  • 16

    2017Junior

    Middle Blocker
    6'2"
    16
  • 16

    2018Senior

    Middle Blocker
    6'2"
    16