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2 Talia Leauanae

  • Position Defensive Specialist/Libero
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • High School Kamehameha [Maui] HS
  • Hometown Wailuku, Hawaii
  • Experience 4VL

Biography

2022 (Sr.): Tabbed Honorable Mention All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference after helping Seawolves to 27-3 overall record, GNAC title (17-1) and No. 10 final AVCA national ranking … appeared in all 105 sets, ranking 4th in the GNAC in both digs per set (3.78) and aces per set (0.45) … placed No. 3 on UAA career digs list with 1,435, easily most in the rally-scoring era (since 2001); finished with other career ranks of 10th in digs per set (3.42), 8th in aces (125), 18th in aces per set (0.30), 14th in sets played (419), 17th in matches played (116) and 8th in victories (86) … posted double-digit digs in 23 of 30 matches and had multiple aces on 13 occasions in final season … boosted road win over No. 10 Western Washington with UAA season-high 25 digs and 3 assists … other top matches included 25 digs in 3-2 loss to Florida Southern; 22 digs in sweep of Black Hills State; 20 digs, 4 assists, 4 aces, no service errors and 18-of-18 serve receiving in 3-1 win over Arkansas-Fort Smith; 16 digs and 3 aces in 3-1 road win over Northwest Nazarene; and 20 digs and career-high-tying 6 aces in 3-1 home win over NNU … made GNAC All-Academic Team for fourth straight time and earned CSC Academic All-District Team awards with 3.53 overall GPA.

2021 (Jr.): Patrolled libero position in all 110 sets for Seawolf club that went 19-12, tied for GNAC runner-up and made NCAA Tournament … led UAA and ranked 10th in GNAC with 3.71 digs per set … ranked second in league with 0.45 aces per set, trailing only teammate Ellen Floyd … recorded double-digit digs 21 times, including six matches with 20 or more … recorded 25 digs in road sweep of MSU Billings and home loss to Western Washington, tying for most in a 3-set GNAC match in 2021 … had 21 digs and career-high 9 assists in 5-set home win over fellow NCAA qualifier Central Washington … other top efforts included 20 digs and 12-of-12 receiving in home sweep of MSUB; 19 digs and 18-of-18 receiving in 5-set home win over Biola; and 14 digs and 4 aces in 4-set road win over NCAA qualifier Chaminade … repeated as GNAC All-Academic Team selection with 3.68 overall GPA.

2020-21: Played all 15 matches and 57 sets at libero in pandemic-shortened season, averaging 3.91 digs and 0.47 assists per set … earned GNAC Defensive Player of the Week award for Apr. 5-11 for play at Central Washington, including career-high 31 digs in 4-set win over the Wildcats … matched high with 31 digs in 5-set loss to 25th-ranked Hawaii Hilo and registered 21 digs in 4-set road win over Alaska Fairbanks … earned spot on GNAC All-Academic Team for second year in a row.

2019 (So.): Helped Seawolves to 23-7 overall record, GNAC runner-up finish at 17-3 and NCAA Tournament Second Round berth, sharing time at libero and defensive specialist … delivered double-figure digs in 19 of 22 appearances, including 10 matches with 15 or more … led Seawolves with 3.68 digs per set and .936 reception percentage … had 13 digs and was perfect on 28 serve receptions in 5-set NCAA Tournament win over UC San Diego … other top matches included career-high 28 digs in 5-set loss to Simon Fraser; 24 digs in 5-set win over Alaska Fairbanks; 21 digs in 4-set win at Northwest Nazarene; and 17 digs, 3 assists and 18-of-18 serve-receive in 4-set home win over No. 2 Western Washington … earned GNAC All-Academic honors with 3.38 overall GPA.

2018 (Fr.): Played in 17 matches and 59 of 108 sets, helping UAA finish 21-7 overall and place 3rd in Great Northwest Athletic Conference at 14-6 ... made season-high 11 digs in home sweep of MSU Billings ... other top matches included 8 digs in win over Notre Dame de Namur and 8 digs in 4-set road win over Saint Martin's.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Named 2017 Maui Interscholastic League Div. I Player of the Year ... led Kamehameha to first MIL title since 2013 as senior team captain, notching 18 kills and 17 digs in 5-set championship match victory over King Kekaulike ... named first team All-MIL as junior and senior ... averaged more than 4.0 digs per set as sophomore and junior.
 
CLUB TEAM: Hawaiian Style Volleyball

MAJOR: Art

PERSONAL: Born May 12, 2000 ... daughter of Wilton and Raenel Leauanae ... has two sisters … name is pronounced tuh-LEE-uh lay-OW-one-eye.
 
CAREER HIGHS
Kills – 1, three times
Attacks – 3 at Chaminade, 8/29/21
Att.% – n/a
Aces – 6 vs Northwest Nazarene, 11/3/22
Assists – 9 vs Central Washington, 10/7/21
Block Assists – 0
Block Solos – 0
Total Blocks – 0
Digs – 31, twice (last: at Hawaii Hilo, 4/24/21)

CAREER STATISTICS
Season     SP-MP  K  K/S  E  TA   Pct   A  A/S  SA SA/S  SE
2018 (Fr)  59-17  1 0.02  1   3  .000   6 0.10   0 0.00   1
2019 (So)  87-22  0 0.00  0   1  .000  59 0.68  18 0.21  29
2020-21    57-15  0 0.00  1   6 -.091  27 0.47  11 0.19  23
2021 (Jr) 110-31  1 0.01  0   9  .111  61 0.55  49 0.45  59
2022 (Sr) 105-30  1 0.01  2  20 -.050  60 0.57  47 0.45  32
Totals    419-116 3 0.01  4  40 -.025 211 0.50 125 0.30 144
 
Season     RE  DIG  D/S  BS BA  TB  B/S  BE  BHE
2018 (Fr)  23   87 1.47   0  0   0 0.00   0    0
2019 (So)  26  320 3.68   0  0   0 0.00   0    1
2020-21    15  223 3.91   0  0   0 0.00   0    1
2022 (Sr)  31  397 3.78   0  0   0 0.00   0    1
Totals    127 1435 3.42   0  0   0 0.00   0    3

 

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2018Freshman

    Outside Hitter/Libero
    5'8"
    2
  • 2

    2019Sophomore

    Defensive Specialist/Libero
    5'8"
    2
  • 2

    2020-21Junior

    Defensive Specialist/Libero
    5'8"
    2
  • 2

    2021Junior

    Defensive Specialist/Libero
    5'8"
    2
  • 2

    2022Senior

    Defensive Specialist/Libero
    5'8"
    2