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2024 UAA Volleyball Roster

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18 Leilani Elder

  • Position Middle Blocker
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • High School Bishop Miege HS
  • Hometown Kansas City, Mo.
  • Experience 4VL
  • Instagram leiisbooksmart

Biography

2024 (Sr.): Led Seawolves and ranked 8th in GNAC with 1.06 blocks per set, helping UAA to records of 16-12 overall and 10-8 (5th) in league play … averaged 1.56 kills per set on .220 hitting … hit .300-plus on 11 occasions and registered multiple blocks in 25 of 28 matches … hit .750 (10-1-12) in road sweep of Saint Martin’s to record 6th-best attack percentage (min. 10 attacks) by a Seawolf in the rally scoring era (since 2001) … tied career high with 11 kills in 3-1 road win over Augustana and 3-1 home loss to eventual GNAC champ Central Washington … other top efforts included 6 kills on .600 hitting and 3 blocks in senior-day sweep of NCAA qualifier Simon Fraser; 9 kills (.368) and 5 total blocks in home sweep of Saint Martin’s; and 7 kills (.600) and 4 blocks in home sweep of MSU Billings … finished top 20 on UAA career lists for block assists (10th, 269), total blocks (13th, 304) and victories (19th, 63).

2023 (Jr.): Ranked second on team and 16th in GNAC with 0.82 blocks per set, along with 1.55 kills per set on .196 hitting … made all-tournament teams at Reddie/Tiger Invitational and Seawolf Invitational, helping UAA to 7-1 combined record in those contests … had at least 5 kills on .200-plus hitting on 10 occasions, including career-high-tying 11 kills on .500 hitting and 4 blocks to power 3-1 home win over Alaska Fairbanks … other top efforts included 11 kills on .350 hitting in 3-1 win over Florida Tech; 10 kills on .304 hitting and 5 blocks in 3-2 loss to Lander; 8 kills on .538 hitting a 4 blocks in sweep of Cal Poly Humboldt; and 8 kills on .412 hitting and 6 blocks in home loss to nationally ranked Central Washington.

2022 (So.): Helped Seawolves to 27-3 record, GNAC title and No. 10 spot in final national poll, ranking second on team in attack percentage (.281) and blocks per set (0.99), and fourth in kills per set (1.30) … ranked 11th in GNAC in blocks per set and would have finished top 10 in attack pct. with 11 more attempts … had 13 matches with 5-plus kills and hit .400-plus on nine occasions … registered multiple blocks in 23 of 26 appearances, including season-high 8 total blocks in 5-set road win over Seattle Pacific … had 5 blocks and season-high 8 kills in 3-1 road win over Northwest Nazarene … other top matches included 7 kills on .385 hitting in 3-1 home win over Simon Fraser; 7 kills and 5 total blocks (3 solo) in home sweep of Alaska Fairbanks; 5 kills on .455 hitting in 3-2 comeback win over Point Loma; and 5 kills on .400 hitting and 5 block assists in 5-set NCAA Tournament upset loss to Chaminade.

2021 (Fr.): Played in nine matches and 21 sets for Seawolf team that went 19-12 and made NCAA Tournament … missed second half of season with injury … averaged 0.67 kills on .184 hitting and 0.62 blocks per set … top efforts included 6 kills on .455 hitting and 2 blocks in sweep of Indianapolis, plus 3 kills, 4 digs and 3 blocks in road win over fellow NCAA qualifier Chaminade.

HIGH SCHOOL: Helped Bishop Miege High School win Kansas 4A state titles as a sophomore in 2018 and a senior in 2020 ... as a senior, helped Stags sweep through the state tournament without dropping a set ... was a four-year letterwinner, contributing to three sub-state titles as well (2017, '18, '20) ... first team Eastern Kansas Volleyball Team selection by Eastern Kansas Sports, and named to the prestigious MO-KAN All-Star team.

MAJOR: English

Career Highs
Kills – 11, four times (last: vs Central Washington, 10/12/24)
Attacks – 23, twice (last: at Alaska Fairbanks, 10/17/24)
Att.% – .750 (10-1-12) at Saint Martin’s, 10/26/24
Aces – 2, twice (last: at Ouachita Baptist, 9/15/23)
Assists – 2 vs Seattle Pacific, 10/31/24
Block Asst – 8, twice (last: vs Northwest Nazarene, 10/10/24)
Block Solos – 3, twice (last: vs Western Washington, 11/21/24)
Total Blocks – 8, twice (last: vs Northwest Nazarene, 10/10/24)
Digs – 4 at Chaminade, 8/29/21

Career Statistics
Season     SP-MP   K  K/S   E   TA  Pct   A   A/S  SA SA/S  SE
2021 (Fr)  21- 9  14 0.67   7   38 .184   1  0.05   0 0.00   0
2022 (So)  88-26 114 1.30  43  253 .281   0  0.00   2 0.02   1
2023 (Jr) 121-33 187 1.55  91  491 .196   3  0.02   4 0.03   7
2024 (Sr)  99-28 154 1.56  66  400 .220   9  0.09   1 0.01   1
Totals    329-96 469 1.43 207 1182 .222  13  0.04   7 0.02   9

Season    RE  DIG  D/S  BS  BA  TB  B/S  BE  BHE    PTS   PT/S
2021 (Fr)  2    8 0.38   2  11  13 0.62   0    0   21.5   1.02
2022 (So)  2   23 0.26  13  74  87 0.99   1    1  166.0   1.89
2023 (Jr)  3   35 0.29   7  92  99 0.82   2    3  244.0   2.02
2024 (Sr)  0   21 0.21  13  92 105 1.06   6    0  214.0   2.16
Totals     7   87 0.26  35 269 304 0.92   9    4  645.5   1.96


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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2021Freshman

    Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    18
  • 18

    2022Sophomore

    Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    18
  • 18

    2023Junior

    Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    18
  • 18

    2024Senior

    Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    18