Ciara Parker
Libero Defensive Specialist #14
Ht
5'
6"
Class
Senior
Hometown
Santa Clara, 
Utah
Last School
Snow Canyon High School
Roster Years
2012-2015


Before BYU:

High School:

  • Named Utah Gatorade Player of the Year for volleyball in 2012
  • 4A State Tourney MVP in 2009 and 2010
  • 4A State All –Tourney Team in 2008
  • 3A State All-Tourney Team in 2011
  • 4A All-State in 2008
  • Deseret News 4A Player of the Year in 2008, 2009 and 2010
  • Salt Lake Tribune 4A Player of the Year in 2009 and 2010
  • Salt Lake Tribune 3A Player of the Year in 2011
  • UVCA Senior All-Star in 2011
  • Prep Volleyball.com High School All-American in 2009 and 2010
  • Will end her high school career as the all-time assist leaderin the state of Utah with 3,177 assists
  • Second all-time in state for aces for her career with 427
  • Second all-time in digs with 1,134.
BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2012

  • Recorded 14 digs vs. Arkansas State
  • Recorded 12 digs vs. Air Force
  • Recorded 22 digs, a career high, vs. Rice
  • Named to the Rice Invitational all-tournament team
  • Had a career-high 27 digs vs. Wichita State
  • Had 19 digs vs. No. 24 Colorado State
  • Had 18 digs vs. No. 14 Tennessee
  • Named to Shocker Volleyball Classic all-tournament team
  • Had three assists and 17 digs vs. Utah
  • Tallied 10 digs and a service ace vs. Bowling Green
  • Had 17 digs and three assists vs. Portland State
  • Had 10 digs vs. New Hampshire
  • Had 21 digs vs. Princeton
  • Recorded 13 digs and a career-high three service aces vs. George Washington
  • Recorded 13 digs and four assists vs. No. 14 Pepperdine
  • Recorded 17 digs and three service aces vs. Gonzaga
  • Recorded 25 digs and five assists vs. San Francisco
  • Had seven digs and two assists vs. Saint Mary’s
  • Had two digs and two assists vs. LMU
  • Recorded two service aces and two digs vs. Portland
  • Had five digs and four assists vs. San Francisco
  • Had six digs vs. Saint Mary’s
  • Had six digs vs. Santa Clara
  • Had six digs and two assists vs. Gonzaga (10/25)
  • Had seven digs vs. Portland (10/27)
  • Had 17 digs vs. USD (10/31)
  • Had 10 digs vs. LMU (11/3)
  • Had eight digs and three assists vs. Pepperdine (11/15) 
  • Had 14 digs, four assists and one kills vs. USD (11/17) 
  • Had 10 digs vs. UVU (11/20) 
  • Had eight digs and a career-high two kills vs. NMSU (11/30) 
  • Had five digs and tied her career high of five assists vs. Oklahoma (12/1) 
  • Recorded 15 digs (a team high) and three assists vs. Oregon in the NCAA Omaha Region semifinal (12/7)
  • Finished the season with 385 digs (3.47 per set), a team high and good for No. 8 in BYU history for digs in a season
  • Also No. 8 in BYU history for digs per set in a season
  • Played in 111 sets for the Cougars
Sophmore Year 2013

  • Had a season high three assists vs. Marquette (8/31)
  • Had 14 digs vs. Bowling Green State (8/31)
  • Played in every match but one this season
  • Recorded 24 digs vs. UVU (9/3)
  • Had 23 digs vs. Oklahoma (9/7)
  • Recorded a career-high nine assists vs. Saint Mary's (9/26)
  • Tied her career high in service aces with three vs. Pacific (9/28)
  • Had 26 digs vs. Pepperdine (10/3)
  • Got her first kill of the season vs. Pacific (10/24)
  • Set a new career high in digs with 34 vs. Arizona State (12/6)
  • Received All-WCC Honorable Mention accolades
  • Added to the All-WCC Academic team
Junior Year 2014

  • Collected 17 digs and three assists vs. Wash. (9/5)
  • Had 16 digs vs. IUPUI (8/30)
  • Had 15 digs vs. UVU (9/6)
  • Added three service aces and 13 digs vs. UTEP (9/12)
  • Collected 15 digs vs. NMSU (9/13)
  • Had 23 digs vs. ISU (9/16)
  • Added 14 digs and five assists vs. Utah (9/19)
  • Contributed six assists to go with 11 digs vs. Portland (9/27)
  • Had 23 digs vs. Pep (9/30)
  • Became BYU’s rally-scoring era leader in digs vs. LMU with 20 (10/23)
  • Recorded a double-double of 10 assists and 16 digs vs. LMU (11/25)
  • Added a season-high 26 digs vs. Arizona (12/5)
  • Collected a BYU rall-scoring era record 485 digs in a season
Senior Year 2015

  • Had 23 digs vs USC (8/29)
  • Collected 18 digs to become BYU’s all-time dig leader vs. UNC (8/29)
  • Contributed 19 digs, two aces and four assists vs. SLU (9/4)
  • Added 11 digs and three assists vs. PU (9/5)
  • Collected 15 digs and a career-high four aces vs. ISU (9/9)
  • Had 19 digs vs. OSU (9/12)
  • Contributed 11 digs, four assists and two aces vs. Utah (9/17)
  • Added 16 digs, two aces and four assists vs. LMU (9/29)
  • Had 19 digs and five assists vs. Pacific (10/8)
  • Collected 14 digs and six assists vs. SMC (10/10)
  • Notched a season-high eight assists and 10 digs vs. UP (10/17)
  • Added 27 digs vs. LMU (10/24)

  • Had 13 digs, two aces, a kill and an assist vs. SMC (11/5)

  • Collected 22 digs and five assists vs. UP (11/12)

  • Contributed 17 digs and six assists vs. GON (11/14)

  • Notched a season-high 31 assists vs. PEP (11/24)

  • Had 18 digs vs. Nebraska (12/11)

  • Added to the All-WCC Honorable Mention list

  • Received Academic All-WCC Honorable Mention accolades

  • Became BYU's all-time dig leader

Graduate Year

Redshirt Year

Medical Redshirt Year



  • W Volleyball | Jul, 20

    Ten Cougars named to WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll

  • W Volleyball | Dec, 31

    2015 women's volleyball season review

  • W Volleyball | Dec, 10

    Women's volleyball fields Sweet Sixteen media questions

  • W Volleyball | Dec, 08

    Three Cougars receive Academic All-WCC accolades

  • W Volleyball | Dec, 04

    Boswell's efforts help BYU past Ohio in first round of NCAA tournament

  • W Volleyball | Dec, 01

    Women's volleyball rakes in WCC postseason awards

  • W Volleyball | Nov, 24

    Parker records season-high digs as No. 11 BYU tops Pepperdine

  • W Volleyball | Nov, 23

    No. 11 BYU to host Pepperdine on Senior Night

  • W Volleyball | Nov, 21

    Gray's 19 kills lead No. 12 BYU past Dons for share of WCC title

  • W Volleyball | Nov, 19

    Gray breaks kills record as No. 12 BYU beats Santa Clara

  • W Volleyball | Nov, 14

    Gray paces No. 12 BYU past Gonzaga in come-from-behind five-set thriller

  • W Volleyball | Nov, 12

    No. 12 BYU earns four-set win at Portland behind career nights

  • W Volleyball | Nov, 07

    Strong defense leads Cougars over Pacific

  • W Volleyball | Nov, 05

    BYU completes series sweep of Saint Mary's

  • W Volleyball | Oct, 24

    No. 12 BYU falls short in five-set heartbreaker at Loyola Marymount

  • W Volleyball | Oct, 22

    Double-doubles from seniors help No. 12 Cougars sweep Waves

  • W Volleyball | Oct, 15

    Career night from Burnett leads BYU to sweep of Gonzaga

  • W Volleyball | Oct, 10

    Gray's double-double leads No. 15 Cougars to sweep of Gaels

  • W Volleyball | Sep, 29

    Burnett, Cougars hold strong to beat LMU

  • W Volleyball | Sep, 26

    No. 10 Cougars drop four-set match at Santa Clara

  • W Volleyball | Sep, 12

    Gray helps No. 9 BYU past Oregon State in four

  • W Volleyball | Sep, 11

    No. 9 BYU sweeps Oregon State behind Willardson's double-double

  • W Volleyball | Sep, 09

    Gray leads No. 9 Cougars past Idaho State in five-set thriller

  • W Volleyball | Sep, 05

    Balanced attack helps No. 12 BYU cruise past Arkansas-Pine Bluff

  • W Volleyball | Sep, 05

    No. 12 BYU sweeps No. 24 Purdue behind Gray's 14 kills

  • W Volleyball | Sep, 04

    Gray and No. 12 Cougars cruise past Saint Louis

  • W Volleyball | Aug, 29

    No. 11 Cougars fall at No. 22 USC to conclude invitational

  • W Volleyball | Aug, 29

    Gray helps No. 11 Cougars upend No. 7 North Carolina

  • W Volleyball | Aug, 28

    Burnett leads No. 11 BYU over Chicago State in season opener

  • W Volleyball | Aug, 20

    Women's volleyball ready for challenging 2015 season

  • W Volleyball | Aug, 10

    Cougars begin preparations for the 2015 season with annual Blue/White match

  • W Volleyball | Jul, 29

    Ten student-athletes named to WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll

  • W Volleyball | Jan, 05

    2014 women’s volleyball season review

  • W Volleyball | Dec, 20

    Cougars fall to Penn State in NCAA national finals

  • W Volleyball | Dec, 19

    Prematch press conference vs. Penn State

  • W Volleyball | Dec, 05

    Hamson helps Cougars past Arizona for third-straight Sweet 16

  • W Volleyball | Dec, 04

    Hamson leads No. 12 BYU past Seton Hall in first round of NCAA tournament

  • W Volleyball | Nov, 25

    Hamson & No. 12 BYU storm past LMU to end regular season

  • W Volleyball | Nov, 22

    Gray and No. 12 Cougars beat Gonzaga in come-from-behind thriller

  • W Volleyball | Nov, 20

    Gray and No. 12 BYU clinch outright WCC title in sweep of Portland

  • W Volleyball | Nov, 14

    Boswell's record-setting night helps No. 13 BYU claim WCC title

  • W Volleyball | Nov, 10

    No. 13 BYU faces off against rival San Diego for senior night

  • W Volleyball | Nov, 08

    Gray and No. 14 Cougars sweep Tigers in nail-biting match

  • W Volleyball | Nov, 01

    No. 11 Cougars bounce back in sweep of USF

  • W Volleyball | Oct, 30

    No. 11 BYU stunned by Santa Clara on the road

  • W Volleyball | Oct, 25

    No. 12 BYU holds off Pepperdine in win at home

  • W Volleyball | Oct, 23

    Cougars sweep Lions, Parker first in BYU's rally-scoring era digs

  • W Volleyball | Oct, 11

    Season-high kills for Gray lift No. 10 BYU over Saint Mary's

  • W Volleyball | Oct, 02

    Young blocks her way into record books as BYU tops USF in four

  • W Volleyball | Sep, 30

    Gray leads No. 10 Cougars past Pepperdine in three