EMMA ALDAYA
2017
- Named to the Volley in the Valley / Rose Hill Classic All-Tournament Team
- Named to the 12th Annual Friar Classic All-Tournament Team
- Set a new program record in digs.
- Became the first player in Rider history with 2,000 career digs.
- Appeared in all 32 matches and saw action in all 120 sets for the Broncs.
- Is the only player in program history to record over 450 digs in all four years with the team.
- Totaled 504 digs, averaged 4.20 digs per set, two kills and 72 assists and 24 service aces.
- Had 10 or more digs in a match 25 times.
- Recorded 20 or more digs in a match nine times.
- Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team. Â
2016
- Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team
- Was Named the MAAC Libero of the Week three times.
- Moved in to second-place in program history with 1,523 digs. She recorded 466 as a junior. She has now posted three of the top-six single-season totals in digs in Rider history.
- Led the team and ranked seventh in the MAAC with 4.20 digs per set.
- Registered 63 assists and 15 service aces.
- Recorded 23 digs a match in back-to-back matches versus Quinnipiac and Fairfield in September.
- Had double-digit dig totals in 29 games.
- Appeared in all 31 games and saw action in 111 sets.
- Recorded a season-high 29 digs at Siena on October 9.
2015
- Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team.
- Played in all 130 sets and led the MAAC with 634 digs.
- Set a new program single-season record in digs.
- Ranked second in the MAAC averaging 4.88 digs per set.
- Picked up her 1,000th career Rider's four-set MAAC win over Canisius on October 18 and compiled 34 digs in that match, earning MAAC and ECAC Libero of the Week honors for all matches October 12-18.
- Registered 30 digs in a MAAC match at Iona on October 11.
- Recorded 10 or more digs in 30 matches.
2014
- Named to the MAAC All-Rookie Team.
- Appeared in all 34 matches and 125 of 127 sets.
- All-Tournament honors at the Rose Hill Classic on September 7 after compiling 61 digs in three matches.
- Earned MAAC and Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Libero of the Week honors for all matches September 1-7.
- MAAC and ECAC Rookie of the Week honors (September 29-October 5) after averaging 6.00 digs per set as Rider opened conference play 5-0 for the first time ever.
- Led the team with 4.18 digs per set which ranked seventh in the MAAC and 148th nationally.
- Her 523 total digs is the third best season total in Rider history and ranked seventh in the MAAC and 84th nationally.
- Second on the team with 30 service aces and fourth on the team in assists per set.
- Had 36 digs in a five-set MAAC win over Iona on October 5 and had a 31 dig effort at Fordham on September 5 in a five-set win.
BEFORE RIDER
Four-year letterwinner at the libero position for volleyball…four-time PIAA AA First Team All-State honoree…also a four-time All-District and First Team honoree…team captain as a senior…team won the District I Championship in 2010, 2011 and 2012…was the defensive MVP as a freshman for the squad that won the 2010 PIAA Class AA State Championship with a 40-0 record…Prep volleyball Defensive Dandies, Prep volleyball Top 25 Frosh and Prep volleyball Soph 79…over 1,000 digs in her scholastic career…four-year member of the academic honor roll.
PERSONAL
Psychology major with a Sport Studies minor… hobbies include drawing, listening to music and cleaning…personal: daughter of Jolen and Alaina Aldaya, younger brother Max.
