The University of Mississippi Athletics
2019 Volleyball Roster
Nayo Warnell
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- MB
- Height:
- 6-1
- Experience:
- 3L
- Hometown:
- Dickinson, Texas
- High School:
- Dickinson
- Major:
- Communication Sciences/Disorders
2019 (Senior)
Started all 29 matches… named SEC Offensive Player of the Week twice, bringing her career total to three… her last pushing the Rebels to six weekly plaudits on the season, a program record… ranked in the Top 15 in the NCAA for hitting percentage all season after leading the league for the first half of the year… Registered a career-best 16 kills against Alabama (11/03) on a .519 hitting percentage, one of 12 games she hit above .500 this season… Became just the fourth Rebel in rally scoring history to eclipse 300 career blocks as part of a dynamic weekend where she was dubbed Central Arkansas Classic MVP and named SEC POTW, hitting at a .619 efficiency, committing just one attack error in 42 attempts and hit above .500 in all three matches, a career-first… registered 19 total blocks that weekend, second in program history for a three-match time span… was awarded POTW a second time after helping guide the Rebels to their first ranked upset since 2010 at No. 22 Missouri (10/09), finishing the weekend with 17 kills on a .500 clip with five blocks and three aces… hit a career-best .700 against Little Rock with seven kills… tied herself for fifth all-time for single-match blocks with nine against Oral Roberts (9/14)… posted three solo rejections against Texas A&M (10/20) as part of an eight-block day… had six matches this season with seven blocks or more and six with double-digit kills… finishes career with 387 total blocks, which ranks second all-time in program rally scoring history, fourth in career block solos with 71 (just two shy of third) and 316 block assists (second all time in program history)… also ranks third all-time in hitting percentage… finished season with 207 kills on a .353 hitting percentage, 18 aces, 116 total blocks… her .353 season hitting percentage is 5th best for a single-season all-time…
2018 (Junior)
Appeared in 30 matches with 22 starts…. Named to the Rice Adidas Invitational All-Tournament team after finishing the weekend with 27 kills (.469 %), tallying nine blocks… spent the majority of 2018 ranked nationally in hitting percentage… registered 10 blocks across just eight sets in Florida/MSU weekend, including a career-best four solo rejections against No. 11 Florida (10/19)…. Averaged a block a set at Georgia State Invitational, finishing with nine… turned in a season-best 12 kills against Rice (9/14) and added 10 against Alabama (10/28)… turned in 10 matches hitting .400 or better… ranked fourth all-time with a .400 career hitting percentage and ranks fifth all time with 56 career block solos and sixth with 215 block assists, also ranking sixth in career total blocks with 261…
2017 (Sophomore)
Started 34 of 35 matches … Helped lead the Rebels to the NIVC Championship, the most wins (22) in the rally era and their fourth straight winning season for the first time in three decades … Led the team and ranked eighth in the SEC in hitting percentage (.342) … Posted a team-leading 122 blocks, which ranks second for a single season at Ole Miss … Recorded her 200th career block in the NIVC win over Georgia and ranks 10th all-time … Tallied a career-high 11 blocks in the first win against Georgia (10/1) and earned SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors … Recorded a career-best 14 kills in the second win over Mississippi State (11/5) … Tallied 12 kills on a .474 clip and added 6 blocks in the Rebels’ first ever win against Texas A&M (10/22).
2016
Played in all 31 matches, started 29 ... Finished second on the team with 82 total blocks ... Posted seven kills on a .538 mark at Mississippi State ... Fifth straight match she has hit above .300 ... Tallied five kills on a .300 clip against Kentucky ... Chipped in four kills on a .375 clip the win over Tennessee ... Recorded seven kills on a .357 clip at Auburn and added four blocks ... Notched six kills on a .357 clip and threw in seven blocks to help lead the Rebels to a 3-1 win at LSU ... Recorded a career-high eight kills on a .636 clip against LSU ... Also had four blocks ... Had five kills and six blocks in the win over Arkansas ... Posted a career-high eight blocks in the five-set loss to Chattanooga ... Finished the Scenic City Showdown with 12 blocks ... Hit .333 with three kills and also added three blocks in the win over Arkansas State ... Started all three matches in the Rebel Classic ... Finished the weekend with seven kills and six blocks ... Recorded 6 kills and hit .385 and added four blocks in her debut vs. UC Davis ... Tallied 5 kills and 3 blocks in 3-2 win at North Dakota ... Posted three kills and three blocks in 3-1 win vs. Omaha.
Prior to Ole Miss
1st Team All-District in 2013, 2014 and 2015 ... 2nd Team All-County in 2014 and 2015 ... Vype Magazine Top 50 Houston Volleyball Players in 2013, 2014 and 2015 ... National Volleyball 17 Open Championships in 2015 ... Lone Star Club Team of the Year 17 AVA Rox in 2015 ... Santa Fe All-Tournament Volleyball Selection in 2013, 2014 and 2015.
Played for Absolute Volleyball Academy of Texas.
Miscellaneous
Daughter of Donald Warnell and Donna Curry-Ward ... Born May 27, 1998 ... Majoring in communication sciences and disorders.
