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Nikki Holmes

16 Nikki Holmes

  • Height:
    5-4
  • Year:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Madison, Ohio
  • High School:
    Madison Comprehensive
  • Position:
    L

2013 // SOPHOMORE SEASON
Appeared in all 29 matches and was one of three Vikings to play in all 111 sets…led the Vikings with 495 total digs on the season and ranked fourth among Horizon League players averaging 4.44 digs per set…was named the Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week on September 16 after earning a spot on the Cincinnati Invite All-Tournament Team…averaged a team-best 5.50 digs per set during the two-day tournament, including a 20-dig effort against Cincinnati (9/13)…tallied at least 20 digs in nine matches throughout the season, including a career-high 30 against Eastern Michigan (8/31)…recorded 20+ digs in three straight matches during the middle of the season (Oakland 10/5, UIC 10/11, Valparaiso 10/12)…ranked second on the team with 24 service aces on the year, notching three against Canisius (8/31), Wright State (10/4), and Youngstown State (10/25).

2012 // REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON
Appeared in 22 matches as a defensive specialist…posted a career-high 18 digs at Valparaiso (10/5)…recorded double-digit digs in three other matches – 13 vs. UIC (9/29), 12 vs. Youngstown State (11/8) and 11 vs. Oakland (9/8)…tallied a career-best four service aces against Youngstown State (11/8) and notched three aces against Oakland (9/8).

2011 // FRESHMAN SEASON
Redshirted to maintain a season of eligibility.

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterwinner at Madison Comprehensive High School…named first team all-conference and all-district and was the Defensive Player of the Year as a senior, leading team to state final four…earned first team all-conference and third team all-district accolades as a junior, leading squad to district title…first team all-conference pick as a sophomore, helping team to state final four berth…lettered as a freshman on team that was regional runner-up…totaled 689 digs and 339 kills in her career…served as team captain her final three seasons.

PERSONAL
Born June 16, 1993 in Mansfield, Ohio…daughter of Lani Holmes…has two brothers, Garett and Evan…member of high school honor roll and a scholar-athlete all four years of high school…criminology major.