2024 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Shimao, Nikki
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Jersey Number 10
Nikki Shimao
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- 'Iolani School
- Hometown:
- Honolulu, Hawaii
Bio
Graduate (2024): Team captain… Did not appear in non-conference contests due to injury… Played in 20 matches, starting in 19 as libero… Received at ..955 rate… Posted triple-digit digs on the season with 109… Recorded 10+ digs on four occasions, with her most in a match coming against Boston College (11/20) with 13… Recorded three assists against Virginia Tech (11/29) and totaled 16 on the season...Member of 2024 All-ACC Academic Team
Prior to Syracuse (Temple 2020-2023): Earned AAC All-Academic Team honors in 2020, 2021 and 2022 … Named to the Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholarship Award Second Team in 2021 … Played in 30 sets in 2023 recording 53 digs for an average of 1.77 per set … Tallied the third most receptions (575) and digs (264) on the team in the 2022 season … Finished her four-year stint at Temple with 464 digs, 179 assists and 17 aces.
Club: Played for Ku’ikahi Volleyball Club for four years.
High School: Attended ‘Iolani School … Was on the volleyball and track teams for all four years of high school … Two-time volleyball state champion … Served as captain her senior year.
Personal: Born August 28 in Honolulu, Hawaii … Daughter of Mark and Lori Shimao … Has one brother, Tate (20).
Prior to Syracuse (Temple 2020-2023): Earned AAC All-Academic Team honors in 2020, 2021 and 2022 … Named to the Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholarship Award Second Team in 2021 … Played in 30 sets in 2023 recording 53 digs for an average of 1.77 per set … Tallied the third most receptions (575) and digs (264) on the team in the 2022 season … Finished her four-year stint at Temple with 464 digs, 179 assists and 17 aces.
Club: Played for Ku’ikahi Volleyball Club for four years.
High School: Attended ‘Iolani School … Was on the volleyball and track teams for all four years of high school … Two-time volleyball state champion … Served as captain her senior year.
Personal: Born August 28 in Honolulu, Hawaii … Daughter of Mark and Lori Shimao … Has one brother, Tate (20).
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