2021 Volleyball Roster
Jersey Number 3
Marielena Somoza
- Position:
- Defensive Specialist
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
- High School:
- Academia Maria Reina
2020 (r-So.)
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Saw action in 63 sets
- Ranked sixth on the team with a career-high six assists
- Collected two assists in a 3-1 win over Delaware (Mar. 19)
- Recorded 24 digs
- Tallied eight service aces
- Notched two services aces in wins over Kansas (Oct 9) and Old Dominion (Mar. 30)
- Posted a career-high eight digs in a 3-1 win over Delaware (Mar. 19)
2019 (So.)
- Took a redshirt
2018 (Fr.)
- Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- Played in 37 sets
- Appeared in five Big 12 matches
- Collected 37 digs and five service aces
- Made her collegiate debut vs. Wichita State at the BYU Nike Invitational (Aug. 31)
- Notched a pair of service aces in a five-set win at Florida Gulf Coast (Sept. 8)
- Posted a career-high seven digs in a sweep over Penn at the Mountaineer Classic (Sept. 15)
- Had five digs and one service ace against Iowa State (Sept. 19)
- Notched four digs at Texas Tech (Sept. 22)
- Recorded a trio of digs at Kansas State (Nov. 3)
High School
- Played for Saul Almanzar at Academia Maria Reina, becoming a two-time letterwinner
- Also played for Abdell Otero at the Guaynabo Volleyball Academy
- Team captain her senior year, leading Academia Maria Reina to the 2018 Puerto Rico High School Alliance (PRHSAA) championship match
- Three-time team most valuable player (2015, 2017-18)
- Collected all-tournament MVP honors at the 2017 Colegio Rosa Bell Invitational
- Four-time PRHSAA All-Star (2015-18)
- Two time all-alliance team member
- Also was a four-year letterwinner and team captain for the softball team
- Academia Maria Reina’s 2018 Student-Athlete of the Year
Personal
- Daughter of Mario and Blanqui Somoza
- Birthday is Sept. 19
- Has one sister
- Majoring in fashion design
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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