Upcoming Event: Women's Volleyball versus Boise State on September 19, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.
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6:00 p.m.
Women's Volleyball
vs Boise State
South Dakota State University Athletics
2016 Volleyball Roster
Thies, Nazya
Jersey Number 6
Nazya Thies
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Northeast CC
- Hometown:
- Winside, Neb.
- Major:
- Sport & Recreation Management
Bio
2016
Started all 28 matches and 98 sets ... finished third in kills (197) and kills per set (2.01) … averaged 2.15 digs per set … recorded 10 double-digit kills, including five Summit League matches … collected five double-doubles and hit higher than .200 percent in five matches … led the team in service aces with 24 ... tallied 11 kills and 15 digs for fifth double-double at North Dakota State (11/10) … recorded her fourth double-double with 11 kills and 13 digs at Omaha (11/4) ... registered a career-high four service aces and tied personal bests with three block assists and three total blocks vs. Oral Roberts (10/28) ... posted a season-high 48 attack attempts at Western Illinois (10/16) ... recorded a solo block against Omaha (9/30) and South Dakota (10/2) ... registered second career double-double with a season-high 14 kills and a career-best 22 digs vs. North Dakota (9/14) ... tied a season high with two set assists vs. UTEP (9/3) ... recorded first collegiate double-double with 13 kills and 15 digs at Drake (8/30).
2015: Started all 32 matches and played in 109 of 110 sets … third on the team in kills (210) and kills per set (1.93) … had 10-or-more kills in six matches … hit a career-high .346 (12-3-26) vs. South Dakota (10/13) … hit higher than .200 in five matches … registered a career-best 15 kills vs. Northeastern (9/4) … tallied a career-high eight digs in win at Western Illinois (10/16) … collected two service aces at Omaha (11/6) and vs. Western Illinois (11/14) … recorded two solo blocks at Western Illinois, three block assists vs. Gonzaga (9/19) and three total blocks vs. Texas State (11/11), Gonzaga and at Fort Wayne (10/10).
2014: Started 7 of 30 matches and played 37 sets ... set a career high with a solo block vs. IUPUI (10/31) ... recorded a personal-best five digs vs. North Dakota State (9/30) ... posted career highs in kills (7), attacks (24), block assists (3) and total blocks (3) vs. UMass Lowell (9/19).
Junior College: Played the 2013 season at Northeast Community College ... named first team Iowa Community College Athletic Conference, first team all-region, second team all-conference and to the Region XI 11B All-Tournament team ... recorded 525 kills and averaged 4.41 kills per set, ranking second in the conference in kills and kills per set ... registered 30 service aces, 457 digs and 15 solo blocks ... helped Hawks to a 15-21 record in the program’s first season of volleyball since the sport was reinstated after a 10-year absence ... named to the second team National Junior College Athletic Association Region XI Academic All-Region team.
Before SDSU: Four-year starter at Winside High School ... helped the Wildcats earn trips to the state tournament three years in a row ... recorded 290 kills, 308 digs, 40 service aces, and 166 blocks as a senior ... earned all-state first team junior year and all-state honorable mention senior year ...named to the Lewis & Clark All-Conference Volleyball Team as a junior and senior, and earned all-conference honorable mention honors as a freshman and sophomore ... honorable mention selection on the 2012 Nebraska Associated Press All-State Volleyball Team and Omaha World-Herald Team ... four-year member of the women’s basketball and track teams ... named a second-team member of the Norfolk Daily News Elite Eight and earned all-conference honors her junior and senior season in basketball and was a conference champion in track in the high jump and 4x100 relay.
Started all 28 matches and 98 sets ... finished third in kills (197) and kills per set (2.01) … averaged 2.15 digs per set … recorded 10 double-digit kills, including five Summit League matches … collected five double-doubles and hit higher than .200 percent in five matches … led the team in service aces with 24 ... tallied 11 kills and 15 digs for fifth double-double at North Dakota State (11/10) … recorded her fourth double-double with 11 kills and 13 digs at Omaha (11/4) ... registered a career-high four service aces and tied personal bests with three block assists and three total blocks vs. Oral Roberts (10/28) ... posted a season-high 48 attack attempts at Western Illinois (10/16) ... recorded a solo block against Omaha (9/30) and South Dakota (10/2) ... registered second career double-double with a season-high 14 kills and a career-best 22 digs vs. North Dakota (9/14) ... tied a season high with two set assists vs. UTEP (9/3) ... recorded first collegiate double-double with 13 kills and 15 digs at Drake (8/30).
2015: Started all 32 matches and played in 109 of 110 sets … third on the team in kills (210) and kills per set (1.93) … had 10-or-more kills in six matches … hit a career-high .346 (12-3-26) vs. South Dakota (10/13) … hit higher than .200 in five matches … registered a career-best 15 kills vs. Northeastern (9/4) … tallied a career-high eight digs in win at Western Illinois (10/16) … collected two service aces at Omaha (11/6) and vs. Western Illinois (11/14) … recorded two solo blocks at Western Illinois, three block assists vs. Gonzaga (9/19) and three total blocks vs. Texas State (11/11), Gonzaga and at Fort Wayne (10/10).
2014: Started 7 of 30 matches and played 37 sets ... set a career high with a solo block vs. IUPUI (10/31) ... recorded a personal-best five digs vs. North Dakota State (9/30) ... posted career highs in kills (7), attacks (24), block assists (3) and total blocks (3) vs. UMass Lowell (9/19).
Junior College: Played the 2013 season at Northeast Community College ... named first team Iowa Community College Athletic Conference, first team all-region, second team all-conference and to the Region XI 11B All-Tournament team ... recorded 525 kills and averaged 4.41 kills per set, ranking second in the conference in kills and kills per set ... registered 30 service aces, 457 digs and 15 solo blocks ... helped Hawks to a 15-21 record in the program’s first season of volleyball since the sport was reinstated after a 10-year absence ... named to the second team National Junior College Athletic Association Region XI Academic All-Region team.
Before SDSU: Four-year starter at Winside High School ... helped the Wildcats earn trips to the state tournament three years in a row ... recorded 290 kills, 308 digs, 40 service aces, and 166 blocks as a senior ... earned all-state first team junior year and all-state honorable mention senior year ...named to the Lewis & Clark All-Conference Volleyball Team as a junior and senior, and earned all-conference honorable mention honors as a freshman and sophomore ... honorable mention selection on the 2012 Nebraska Associated Press All-State Volleyball Team and Omaha World-Herald Team ... four-year member of the women’s basketball and track teams ... named a second-team member of the Norfolk Daily News Elite Eight and earned all-conference honors her junior and senior season in basketball and was a conference champion in track in the high jump and 4x100 relay.
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