Nicole Rightnowar

Photo by: Jeff Nycz / Mid-South Images -

Photo by: Jeff Nycz / Mid-South Images -

Class:
Freshman
High School:
Bedford
Hometown:
Temperance, Mich.

• Summit League Offensive Player of the Week (11/13/17) (9/17/18) (10/23/18)
• 2016, 2017, 2018 All-Summit League Team
• 2015 Summit League Freshman of the Year
• 2015 Summit League All-Freshman Team
• 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19 Summit League Academic Honor Roll
• 2017 Summit League All-Tournament Team

2018: Two-time Offensive Summit League Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 17) (Oct. 23) … Selected on the 2018 All Summit League First-Team … Named the Golden Flashes Classic All-Tournament Team MVP … Played in all 120 sets, and 32 matches … Lead the team with 455 kills … Second on the team with 25 service aces … Second on the team with 425 digs … Recorded 47 total blocks … Recorded 26 assists … Season-high 26 kills and 5 blocks against Omaha (Oct. 19) … Season-high 27 digs against Oral Roberts (Oct. 26) … Recorded 17 double- doubles for the season … Recorded 27 digs, 23 kills, and 2 assists against South Dakota (Sept. 28) … Recorded 14 digs, 14 kills, and 4 blocks, 2 assists, and one ace against UConn (Sept. 8) … Finished career with 1,584 kills, 1,348 digs, 156 blocks, 75 services aces, and 88 assists in 473 sets played and 126 total matches.

2017: Played in all 31 matches and 118 sets … Named Summit League Offensive Player of the Week (Nnov. 13) … Selected on the 2017 All-Summit League Team … Named the 2017 Penguin Invitational MVP … Earned 1,000^th career kill against Western Illinois (Oct. 8) … Led the team with 396 kills … Second on the team with 387 digs … Second on the team with 26 aces … Recorded 20 double-doubles in the season … Season-high 20 kills with 11 digs, two blocks, one ace and assist against South Dakota (Nov. 17) … Season-high 21 digs with 16 kills and one assist against North Dakota State (Nov. 13) … Season-high hitting percentage .452 with 16 kills along with 14 digs, two aces and assists against South Dakota State (Nov. 11).

2016: Named to the All-Summit League Team ... Played in all 31 matches, starting in 30 ... Led the team with 396 kills and 433.5 points ... Second on the team with 329 digs ... Third on the team with 18 service aces ... Fourth on the team with 19 assists ... Third in the Summit League in total kills and fourth in total points ... Put down a career-high 25 kills against Omaha on Sept. 23 ... Earned a career-high 22 digs against South Dakota on Oct. 8 ... Had a career-high 5 blocks against Stony Brook on Sept. 17 ... Recorded 16 double-doubles on the year ... Finished with double-digit kills 21 times, and double-digit digs 19 times.

2015: Summit League Freshman of the Year … Named to the Summit League All-Freshman Team … Named to the Summit League Fall Academic Honor Roll … Played in all 32 matches, starting 23 times … In 117 sets, finished second on the team with 337 kills and 362.5 points … Fourth on the team with 207 digs … Fifth on the team with 35 blocks … Earned six double-doubles on the seasons … Finished in double-digit kills 15 times … Earned double-digit digs 10 times … Had a season-high 24 kills against South Dakota on Nov. 14 … Finished with a season-high 17 digs at Western Illinois on Oct. 2 … Had a season-high four blocks twice … Served up a season-high two aces at Omaha on Oct. 16 … Sixth in the Summit League in total kills and eighth in kills per set.

High School: As a senior, she finished third in the 2014 Michigan Miss Volleyball voting ... Was a starter since her freshman year for the Kicking Mules ... Led her team to four straight Michigan High School Athletic Association State Tournament appearances, including a runner-up finish in 2012 ... As a junior she was an All-Conference, All-Region, and All-State selection ... Was also a four-year starter for the Bedford basketball team where she was an All-Region choice ... Two-time All-State honoree in the track, and holds the school record in the 400m.

Personal: Daughter of Rick Rightnowar and Julie Lavey ... Has two brothers, Ricky and Ryan.