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Marielena Somoza #3 DS

  • Position:
    Defensive Specialist
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Class:
    Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown:
    Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
  • High School:
    Academia Maria Reina
  • Instagram:
    marielena_somoza
  • Twitter:
    _somozam

Summary

Biography

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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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2018Freshman

    Defensive Specialist
    5'10"
    3
  • 3

    2019Sophomore

    Defensive Specialist
    5'10"
    3
  • 3

    2020-21Redshirt Sophomore

    Defensive Specialist
    5'10"
    3
  • 3

    2021Redshirt Junior

    Defensive Specialist
    5'10"
    3
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