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2018 Women's Volleyball Roster

Darral Freund
Scott Walker
Darral Freund
Erin Hiltner
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
Ed Jacobs Jr.
Ed Jacobs Jr.
Ed Jacobs Jr.
Darral Freund
Darral Freund

10 Taylor Duryea

  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • High School Sky View
  • Hometown Logan, Utah
  • Previous School Dixie State University

Biography

  • 2018 AVCA All-America, honorable mention
  • 2018 AVCA All-South Central Region, first team
  • 2018 D2CCA All-South Central Region, second team
  • 2018 RMAC all-tournament team
  • 2018 All-RMAC first team
  • 2018 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
  • 2018 RMAC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2018 RMAC Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 3)
  • 2018 Colorado Premier Challenge all-tournament
  • 2018 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
  • 2017 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
  • 2017 All-RMAC second team
2018: AVCA All-America honorable mention...All-South Central Region (D2CCA, AVCA)...All-RMAC first team (2018), All-RMAC second team (2017)...RMAC All-Tournament Team (2018)...Finished two-year MSU Denver career with 669 kills (3.1 kills per set) and 380 digs (1.7 digs). Ranks 18th in school history in career kills per set...Recorded her 1,000th career kill (between Dixie State and MSU Denver) against CSU-Pueblo on Oct. 13, part of an eight-match streak of double-digit kills...Finished fourth in the RMAC with 3.46 kills per set and tied for ninth with 0.28 service aces per set. In league play only, ranked fifth in kills (3.48 per set)...Led team in kills per set, kills (381), shared team lead in service aces per set and service aces (31), third on team in digs (292) and digs per set (2.65), third in blocks (53), and fifth in blocks per set (0.48). Serve reception percentage of .939 ranked second on team (minimum 20 receptions)...Posted double-digit kills in 25 of 31 matches...Had 14 double-doubles...Had big double-double of 18 kills, 10 digs in RMAC semifinals at Colorado School of Mines on Nov. 9, while adding a career-best five blocks in the come-from-behind, five-set victory...Recorded a career-high 19 digs at South Dakota Mines on Oct. 27...Hit MSU Denver career-best .545 (13 kills, one error, 22 attacks) on Oct. 5 at Westminster...Had 16 kills, matched a career-best with four service aces and had 13 digs against Regis on Sept. 15...Had 17 kills and 18 digs against Colorado Christian on Sept. 14...Named RMAC Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 3 after a great performance at the Colorado Premier (62 kills in four matches)...Had season-high 19 kills and matched MSU Denver career-best with four service aces against Texas A&M-Commerce on Aug. 31.

2017: All-RMAC second team selection...Finished second on the team with 288 kills (2.7 per set)...Had 17 kills against Colorado School of Mines on Nov. 17...Had double figures in kills in five straight matches from Nov. 3 through Nov. 17 (73 kills, 3.8 kps)...Had 18 kills against Colorado Mesa on Nov. 9...Had a career high in kills with 22, and added season-high four blocks against Colorado School of Mines on Oct. 20...Had 17 kills and eight digs against Regis on Oct. 17...Season high in digs against Dixie State on Sept. 1 with 16.

Before MSU Denver: Played for Dixie State in 2015 and 2016...Started 25 matches in 2016, averaging 2.6 kills per set, also had a .163 hitting percentage and 45 blocks...Was named Pacific West Conference Freshman of the Week twice in 2015...Entered 2016 at No. 10 on Dixie State's career list for hitting percentage.

High School: Played at Sky View High School in Smithfield, Utah...Was twice named to the Utah 4A all-state team...Earned all-region honors and also won Valley MVP...Averaged 3.7 kills and 2.6 digs per set as a senior in 2013...Coached by Malayna Knowles.

Personal: Daughter of Tim and Angie Duryea...Tim Duryea is an assistant basketball coach at Boise State and was formerly the head coach and a long-time assistant at Utah State...Angie (Knox) Duryea was an All-America second-team performer at Colorado State in 1987 and is the Rams' career record holder in kills (1,856) and single-season kills (707). She played professionally in the U.S. and overseas...Ironically, a roommate for one pro season was Penny Lucas-White, whose daughter Kayla White is also on the Roadrunners' team -- the connection wasn't discovered until midway through their second season together...Majoring in strategic communication.

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