- 2024 All-RMAC Honorable Mention
- 2024 RMAC Academic Honor Roll
- 2024 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
- 2023 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
- 2023 Academic All-RMAC honor roll
- 2023 All-RMAC honorable mention
- 2023 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award
- 2023 Athletic Director’s honor roll, spring semester
- 2022 South Central Regional All-Tournament Team
- 2022 All-RMAC honorable mention
- 2022 Academic All-RMAC honor roll
- 2022 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award
- 2022 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
- 2021 All-RMAC honorable mention
- 2021 Academic All-RMAC honorable roll
- 2021 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
- 2020 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
- 2020 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
Career: Became the 18th player in program history to reach 1,000 career assists during the 2022 season. She enters the 2024 season with 2,005 assists, which is 13th in program history and seventh in the rally-scoring era. ... Ranks 24th in program history, and sixth in the rally scoring era, with 0.31 service aces per set. Tied for 23rd in program history with 106 career service aces. ... Also the rally-scoring era (since 2001), ranked eighth in service aces (106).
2024: Named an All-RMAC Honorable Mention…played in 28 matches for the Roadrunners during the season, including 94 sets played in overall…second on the team with 477 assists, 14th in the RMAC…season-high 28 assists on 12/8/24 against Angelo State…fifth on MSU Denver with 18 service aces, season-best four against Central Washington on 9/5/24…recorded double digit assists in 26 of her 28 matches played during the year…fifth on the team with 115 digs, season-high eight digs against UCCS on 11/12/24…named to RMAC Academic Honor Roll.
2023: Ranked fifth in the RMAC with 41 service aces and 10th with 621 assists, finishing 12th in the league in assists per set (5.4) and 14th with 0.35 aces per set. ... Fifth on the team with 183 digs and and fifth among regular rotation players with 1.58 digs per set. ... Recorded her 2,000th career assist in the season-ending 3-2 loss at No. 5 West Texas A&M in the South Central Regional final on Dec. 2. ... Dished 26 assists and added 10 digs in the 3-1 win over RV Angelo State (Texas) in the Dec. 1 South Central Regional semifinal. ... Set 20 assists and had a season-high 13 digs in a 3-1 win at No. 12 Regis on Nov. 4. ... Averaged 0.83 aces per set in four matches from Sept. 23 through Oct. 13, with 10 in 12 sets. ... Ripped three aces in a 3-1 win at Colorado Christian on Sept. 28. ... Had at least one service ace in each of the first nine matches of the season. ... Handed out a season-high 34 assists in a 3-1 win over RV Central Missouri in the Bronze Bracket championship of the Colorado Premier Challenge on Sept. 9. ... Matched a career-best with four service aces and had 21 assists and nine digs in the 3-1 win vs. #9 Cal State Los Angeles on Sept. 1 at the Yotes Classic Showcase.
2022: All-RMAC honorable mention for the second straight season. ... One half of 6-2 setter duo helped direct team to .291 hitting, third-best in Division II. ... Finished eighth in the RMAC with 688 assists. ... Led the team in assists and had a team-best 6.3 assists per set. ... Third on the team with 32 service aces and 0.29 aces per set. ... Third on the team with 242 digs and 2.2 digs per set. ... Played in all 110 sets. ... Set career-high 40 assists and matched career-best with four service aces in the epic, come-from-behind 3-2 win over No. 18 Colorado Mesa in the semifinals of the NCAA South Central Regional on Nov. 18. ... Tied for the tournament lead with five service aces during the RMAC Tournament from Nov. 10-12. ... Dished out a career-high 32 assists (8.0 per set) in a 3-1 win over No. 22 Colorado School of Mines in the RMAC Tournament semifinals on Nov. 11. ... Matched season highs with 29 assists and 15 digs in the 3-2 win at CSU Pueblo on Nov. 5. ... Set a season-high 29 assists in a 3-2 win at No. 21 Colorado School of Mines on Oct. 8. ... Has helped direct MSU Denver to .401 hitting over three matches from Sept. 24 through Oct. 21. ... Averaged 8.0 assists per set in back-to-back sweeps of UCCS and CSU Pueblo on Sept. 16 and 17, and had a season-high 15 digs against CSU- Pueblo. ... Helped direct MSU Denver to a season-best hitting percentage of .360 in a 3-1 win at Fort Lewis on Sept. 10. ... Handed out 6.5 assists per set while leading MSU Denver to a 3-1 record and a third-place finish at the Colorado Premier on Sept. 2-3. ... Had a season-best 29 assists in a 3-1 win over No. 10 Northwest Missouri State on Sept. 2. ... Averaged a team-best 5.6 assists per set and eight service aces (0.57 per set) as No. 4 MSU Denver opened the season with four straight wins at the Cougar Classic from Aug. 25 through 27.
2021: All-RMAC honorable mention. ...Ranked eighth in the RMAC with 690 assists and 11th with 6.1 assists per set. ... Fourth on the team with 32 service aces and 0.28 aces per set. ... Distributed 27 assists and had a career-high 17 digs in a 3-1 win over No. 11 Angelo State (Texas) in the South Central Regional semifinal on Dec. 4. ... Dished 28 assists while adding 15 digs and two service aces in a 3-1 win over CSU-Pueblo on Nov. 11. ... Had at least one service ace in 13 consecutive matches from Sept. 3 through Oct. 2. ... Had a career-best 15 digs while setting 29 assists in the 3-1 win at No. 24 Colorado Mesa on Sept. 16. ... Averaged 6.0 assists per set and served seven aces (0.5 per set) while helping the Roadrunners hit .322 while going 4-0 with wins over three ranked teams -- including No. 1 Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.) -- to win the Colorado Premier on Sept. 10-11. ... Ready when called upon for her first extended action, averaging 5.17 assists and 0.39 service aces per set in four matches at the Western Washington Invitational on Sept. 3-4. ... Turned in a second straight career best of 31 assists in a five-set loss to No. 14 host Western Washington on Sept. 4. ... Had a terrific effort in the five-set loss to Chaminade (Hawaii) on Sept. 4, recording career bests of 31 set assists, four service aces and 13 digs.
2020-21: Averaged 1.5 assists per set while appearing in four sets. ... Dished a career-best three assists in a win at Westminster on March 20. ... Made her MSU Denver debut Jan. 24 in the season-opening 3-0 win over Fort Lewis, handing out two assists in one set.
Before MSU Denver: Member of the Albania Senior National Team from 2017-20. Played for the U-20/U-19 National Team. ... Won the U19 championship four consecutive years with Vllaznia. ... Starting setter for six years. ... Earned Best Volleyball Athlete award from mayor of Shkodër, 2018.
Personal: Born Amela Qershia. ... Birthday is July 22. ... Daughter of Prela and Drita Qershia. ... Has two brothers, Kristian and Armando. ... Majoring in criminal justice.
