Nicole Warner Athlete Profile - WVLB

Nicole Warner

Middle Blocker #15

Class

Senior

Hometown

Rigby,

Idaho

Last School

Rigby High School

Roster Years

2008-2012

Personal

Parents are Roger and Kris Warner
Has an older sister and two younger brothers
Enjoys playing the piano, basketball and reading
Favorite foods are Italian and her mom's French toast
Began playing volleyball in the eighth grade
Also recruited by Colorado State, Utah State, Utah, Wyoming, Eastern Washington, Cal Poly, California, Idaho State and Southern Utah
Exercise science major

Before BYU

Played for the Idaho Falls Juniors under coaches Teresa Anderson and Dave Cousins
Hit .543 while averaging 1.3 blocks per game in 2007
Qualified for Nationals in 2007 during High Performance at the IVA
Two-year letterwinner at Rigby High School in Rigby, Idaho, under head coach Jeff Selditz
Named first-team all-state as a senior in 2007 after posting 332 kills and 197 blocks
Received 4A All-Area First Team and High Country All-Conference honors following her senior campaign
Helped her team finish second in the district and fourth in the state
Earned MVP recognition at the Wood River Invitational
Also a two-year letterwinner and all-conference honoree in basketball
Participated in the America's Junior Miss pageant, earning third runner-up
High honor roll all four years of high school

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2009

Named to the Academic All-Mountain West Conference team
Played in all 29 matches and 110 sets as a redshirt freshman
Tallied 197 kills, five sets, seven service aces, 46 digs, six solo blocks, 128 assisted blocks and a total of 134 blocks on the season
Led the team with a .303 overall hitting percentage
Led the team in blocking with 134 total blocks
Posted 1.22 blocks per set
Ranked No. 42 in the country for blocks per set
Ranked No. 165 in hitting percentage in the nation
Ranked third in the Mountain West Conference for hitting percentage
Ranked eighth in the MWC for blocks per set in MWC play with 1.10
Posted double-digit kills in four matches and double-digit blocks in one match against UVU
Hit a career-high .857 against UNLV
Posted a career-high one assist in five matches
Chalked up a career-high six digs at Wyoming

Sophmore Year 2010

Led the team in blocks with 162 and in solo blocks with 8
Recorded 75 digs and 205 kills
Third-most service aces on the team with 26
Had a .225 hitting percentage
Named a MWC Scholar Athlete
Recorded a season-high .750 hitting percentage against Wichita State
Posted a career-high and season-high three service aces on two occasions
Earned a season-high five digs twice throughout the season
Tied a career-high with one assist, six times
Recorded 13 kills against Idaho State, 31 attempts against Cal Poly, 12 block assists against Wyoming and 11 total blocks against LMU, all for career and season highs
Posted two solo blocks against USU, for a season high and a tied career high

Junior Year 2011

Started all 30 matches this season
Had four kills and four blocks in the first game of the season against No. 8 Illinois
Recorded seven kills and six blocks, helping BYU to its first win of the season against UC Santa Barbara
Had five kills and two blocks against Saint Mary's
Totaled eight kills and six blocks against Weber State
Had seven kills and six blocks against Idaho
Posted a career-high 15 kills on a season-high .737 hitting with five digs and six blocks against Georgia Southern
Recorded five kills and six blocks against Kansas State, helping the Cougars to a Varney's Invitational title
Named to the Varney's Invitational all-tournament team
Had seven kills against BYU-Hawaii
Posted nine block assists, a season high, against Utah, leading the Cougars to a win of the Utah Invitational title and the Deseret First Duel trophy
Had 13 kills, five blocks and three digs against Utah State
Recorded seven kills and eight blocks against Cal State Fullerton
Had seven kills four blocks and three digs against Cal State Northridge
Posted a season-high 10 blocks, one solo and nine assists, and five kills to open conference play against Saint Mary's
Recorded 12 kills and five blocks in the first match against Loyola Marymount
Had eight kills and four blocks against No. 18 San Diego
Recorded seven kills, three blocks and three digs against Santa Clara
Posted six blocks against No. 20 Pepperdine
Tallied seven kills and four blocks in the first match against Portland
Put up 11 kills and four blocks in the first meeting with Gonzaga
Had five digs and four blocks in the second loss to No. 17 Pepperdine
Recorded five kills and four blocks against No. 16 San Diego
Helped the Cougars bounce back from a loss with 10 kills and six blocks against San Francisco
Had four kills and three blocks in the second matchup with Santa Clara
Tied a career high of nine blocks and also dished out eight kills and six digs to help take down Loyola Marymount a second time
Posted nine kills, seven blocks and six digs against San Francisco
Had six kills against Saint Mary's in the final matchup between the two teams
Tallied nine kills, six blocks and three digs against Gonzaga
Recorded six kills and seven blocks against Portland in the final match of the season
Named to Academic All-WCC team
Totaled 205 kills, 1.92 per set
Led the team with 162 blocks, 1.51 per set
Also led the WCC in blocks
Ranked No. 6 in the nation for blocks per set to end the season and as high as No. 1 during the season
Helped BYU to a No. 6 national ranking and No. 1 ranking in the WCC for blocks
Received WCC Honor Roll Silver Honors

Senior Year 2012

Recorded four kills vs. Arkansas State
Recorded four kills vs. Air Force
Recorded six blocks vs. Rice
Had four kills and a season-high nine blocks vs. Wichita State
Had a season-high 12 kills on a career-high .857 hitting vs. No. 24 Colorado State, good for No. 3 in BYU history for hitting percentage in a single match
Also had seven blocks vs. CSU
Had four kills and eight blocks vs. No. 14 Tennessee, including two solo blocks to tie her career high
Had four kills and three blocks vs. Utah
Had three kills and nine blocks, tying her season high, vs. Bowling Green
Had six kills and five blocks vs. Portland State
Tied for No. 11 in NCAA Division I volleyball for blocks per set with 1.50
Had six kills and two blocks vs. New Hampshire
Had four kills, two blocks and two digs vs. Princeton
Recorded a season-high 14 kills on .722 hitting and four blocks vs. George Washington
Recorded eight kills on .571 hitting and four blocks vs. No. 14 Pepperdine
Recorded four kills and four blocks vs. Gonzaga

Had six kills on .417 hitting, tied her season high of nine block assists and had a season-high five digs vs. San Francisco
Had eight blocks and five kills vs. Saint Mary’s
Had a career-high 17 blocks vs. LMU, good for No. 3 in BYU history for both block assists and total blocks in a match
Had seven kills and three blocks vs. Portland
Recorded 12 kills on .429 hitting and two blocks vs. San Francisco
Had four kills, two digs and five blocks vs. Saint Mary’s
Had 12 blocks, four kills and two assists vs. Santa Clara

Had six kills and eight blocks vs. Gonzaga (10/25)
Had eight kills on .583 hitting and eight blocks vs. Portland (10/27)
Had 11 kills on .476 hitting and 10 blocks vs. USD for her first double-double of the season (10/31)
Had six kills on .308 hitting and five blocks vs. LMU (11/3)

Had six kills and two blocks vs. Pepperdine (11/15)
Recorded 10 kills and 13 blocks for her second double-double vs. USD (11/17)
Had five kills and eight blocks vs. NMSU (11/30)
Had eight kills on .615 hitting and nine blocks vs. Oklahoma (12/1)
Recorded seven kills and seven blocks vs. Oregon in the NCAA Omaha Region semifinal (12/7)
Finished No. 2 in the nation for blocks per set with 1.80, good for No. 6 in BYU history for blocks average in a season
Finished her career No. 3 in BYU history for career block assists (627) and No. 4 for total career blocks (657)
Finished her career No. 4 in BYU history for blocks per set with 1.46
Totaled 202 blocks this season, good for No. 10 in BYU history for blocks in a season, and led the team with a .423 hitting percentage, good for No. 4 in BYU history for hitting percentage in a season
Finished the season with 189 block assists, good for No. 4 in BYU history for block assists in a season
Had 802 career kills hitting .300 during her career
Named All-WCC First Team and Co-WCC Defensive Player of the Year
Named to the Academic All-WCC Team
Named All-Pacific Region Third Team
Named AVCA All-America Honorable Mention
Named Volleyball Magazine All-America Third Team