ULM Warhawks

CAREER NOTES 
Finished career as the program's career digs leader (1916), single season digs record holder (644) ... Holds the school and Sun Belt record for most digs in a single match with 46 vs. Troy (11/2/13) ... Is the fifth player in ULM history with 1,000 career digs.

2014 (SENIOR - FALL ONLY)
Surpassed Cathy Trsar against Cal State Bakersfield (8/30) to become ULM's all-time digs leader ... Shattered the ULM single-season digs record for the second-straight year after posting 655 digs as a senior ... Averaged 5.55 digs per set, second best mark in the Sun Belt and eighth in the entire NCAA ... Earned Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week (11/10-17) after accumulating an impressive 66 digs with only three receiving errors over eight sets ... Appeared in all 118 of the team's total sets ... Reached double-digit digs in all but three matches, which includes two matches with 40 digs ...  Garnered at least 20-digs in 17 of the team’s 31 total matches ... Finished third on the team with 24 service aces ... Added 78 assists and four kills ... Against Arkansas State (11/14), outdueled the nation's dig leader, 26-22.

2013 (JUNIOR - FALL ONLY)
Named to the All-Louisiana Second Team ... Posted a school-record 549 digs ... Played in all 117 sets ... Tallied a single-match ULM and Sun Belt-record 46 digs on Nov. 2 vs. Troy ... Had double-digit digs in all but five matches ... Had 20-or-more digs in six matches ... Recorded a career-best 12 kills on 28 attacks without an error at Arkansas State on Oct. 18 ... Had a streak of 11-straight matches with 10-or-more digs ... Had a career-best four service aces at McNeese State on Sept. 13 ...  Named Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week a ULM-record three times (Sept. 30, Nov. 4 and Nov. 11) ... Recorded 1,000th career dig Oct. 2 at UL-Lafayette.

2013 (SOPHOMORE - SAND ONLY)
Partnered primarily with Maria Garcia and posted a 9-8 record ... Posted a win over Tulane, Georgia State and USC, among others ... Also paired with Blanca Ocana (1-1). 

2012 (SOPHOMORE)
Named Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week on Aug. 27 after recording 70 digs across two matches ... Appeared in 81 of a possible 84 sets across all 23 matches in sophomore season ... Led the team with 361 digs and finished fourth in the Sun Belt with a 4.46 digs per set average ... Recorded 40 digs vs. Mississippi State (Aug. 25) to establish a school record in a four-set match ... Araya ended the season in an attacker role in the season's final eight matches and averaged just over one kill per set ... Finished with double-digit dig totals in all but three matches.

2011 (FRESHMAN)
Named Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 3 and Co-Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 10 ... The honors are the first ever weekly Sun Belt honors for ULM ... Played in all 26 matches while appearing in 96 sets ... Led the team with the 351 digs (3.66 per set) ... Recorded a career-high 28 digs at home against UL-Lafayette on Oct. 9.

PREP
A member of both the 2010 and 2011 U-20 National Team representing Costa Rica at the Women's Pan American Cup.

PERSONAL
Full name Marcela Araya Urbina ... Born September 24, 1992 in San Jose, Costa Rica ... Daughter of Rolando Araya Viquez and Marcela Urbina Villalobos ... Has three brothers, Esteban, Ignacio and Andres ... Majoring in Kinesiology.

ARAYA'S CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 12 at Arkansas State (10/18/13)
Attempts: 28 at Arkansas State (10/18/13)
Hitting Percentage: .429 at Arkansas State (10/18/13)
Digs: 46 vs. Troy (11/2/13)*!
Aces: 4 at McNeese State (09/13/13)
Assists: 7, twice
Total Blocks: 3 vs. Florida Atlantic (10/19/12)