VERONICA KOVAL
2017
- Named the MAAC Player of the Week twice during the year (Sept. 12 & Oct. 17)
- Named to the Preseason All-MAAC Team.
- Earned Second Team All-MAAC honors.
- Set a new program record for assists.
- Became the first player in program history to record 3,000 career assists.
- Third player in program history to register 1,000 assists in a season.
- Had 15 double-doubles.
- Appeared in all 32 matches and saw action in all 120 sets.
- set new career-high in kills (68), assists (1,135), assists per set (9.46), digs (302), digs per set (2.52), double-doubles (15), total blocks (48) and points (127.5).
- Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team.Â
2016
- Named the 2016 MAAC Setter of the Year.
- Earned Second Team All-MAAC honors.
- Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team.
- Led the team with 963 assists, which was the fourth highest single-season mark in program history.
- Currently ranks fifth all-time in Rider history with 1,978 assists.
- Had the second-best attack percentage on the team at .291.
- Registered 64 kills.
- Led the team with 48 service aces, highlighted by recording four or more in three matches.
- Ranked third on the team with 247 digs, averaging 2.31 digs per set.
- Had 10 or more digs in a match 12 times.
- Registered 30 or more assists in 21 matches this season, highlighted by a season-high 62 against Quinnipiac on September 17.
2015
- Appeared in all 33 matches and saw action in 130 sets as a sophomore.
- Led Rider and was 10th in the MAAC averaging 5.34 assists per set and compiled 694 assists for the season.
- Third on the team with 29 service aces and was also third with 294 digs.
- Season-high 36 assists in Rider's MAAC win over Canisius on October 18.
- Had 28 assists and 19 digs in a MAAC win at Manhattan on October 10.
- Hit the 1,000 career assist mark at Niagara on November 15.
2014
- Played in 29 matches and saw action in 87 sets as a Rider rookie.
- Second on the team with 321 assists and was third on the squad averaging 3.69 assists per set.
- Averaged 1.47 digs per set, fifth best on the team.
- Had 10 or more assists in 17 of her last 18 appearances.
BEFORE RIDER
Three-year letter winner for volleyball…All-League All-Star team…District XI All-Star…team was the Pennsylvania runner-up in 2012 (junior year) after winning the state title in 2011 as a sophomore…also lettered twice for track and field, throwing the Javelin…Cum Laude Latin award recipient…Latin Club Secretary…high academic honors throughout her scholastic career.
PERSONAL
Behavioral Neuroscience major with a minor in Health Administration... daughter of George and Janet Koval.
