2021 Volleyball Roster

Sun Belt Conference
Siddharth Gaulee/ULM Photo Services
Siddharth Gaulee/ULM Photo Services
John Lewandowski/ULM Athletics
Jeanette Robinson, ULM Photo Services
Miles Jordan

17 Cali Assaley

  • Position Outside Hitter
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool AC Flora HS
  • Hometown Columbia, South Carolina

Biography

HONORS
Second-Team All-Louisiana (2021)

2021 (SENIOR)
Named Second-Team All-Louisiana by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association … First Warhawk to earn All-Louisiana recognition since Catherine Griffith was named Second Team in 2018 and is just the 15th All-Louisiana honor in program history … Played in a team-high 102 sets over 30 matches with 26 starts … Set the new ULM 25-point rally scoring era record for kills in 2021 with 347 kills (3.40 kills per set) … Totaled 363.5 points (3.56 points per set), 161 digs, 16 blocks, 15 assists and seven service aces … Had 15 matches with double-digit kills, five matches with double-digit digs and four double-doubles … Dominated in a five-set win against Louisiana Tech with a career-high 28 kills to go with 14 digs and two assists (9/14/21) … Picked up her second double-double in three matches with 17 kills and a career-high 19 digs with two assists and one block vs. Grambling (9/17/21) … Earned her third double-double of the season with 18 kills and 10 digs vs. Troy (10/22/21) … Picked up her fourth-and-final double-double of the season with 15 kills and 15 digs along with two blocks at Arkansas State (10/30/21) … Just missed a double-double in the first round of the Sun Belt Conference Championship vs. Georgia Southern with nine kills and nine digs (11/18/21) … Picked up 19 kills and four digs vs. Texas State (11/12/21) … Narrowly missed a double-double with nine kills, 11 digs and one assist at Ragin’ Cajuns (11/6/21) … Earned 10 kills with five digs and one block vs. South Alabama (10/24/21) … Came up with 10 kills, three digs and one service ace at Coastal Carolina (10/15/21) … Had 10-or-more kills in seven of eight matches from Sept. 7 through Sept. 24 … Picked up 15 kills with five digs vs. Georgia Southern (9/24/21) … Totaled 27 kills with nine digs and one assist vs. Georgia State (9/23/21) … Accumulated 12 kills at Stephen F. Austin (9/18/21) … Had 10 kills with two digs and one block vs. Tulane (9/10/21) … Finished with 11 kills, one dig, and one assist at McNeese (9/7/21) … Came up with 10 kills with two digs at Northwestern State (8/31/21) … Racked up 19 kills with two digs and one block at Lamar (8/28/21) … Opened the season with 11 kills, two digs and one block vs. Oral Roberts (8/27/21).

2020 (JUNIOR)
Appeared in 19 matches with 15 starts, playing in 54 sets with 132 points, 116 kills, 13 blocks, seven service aces and one assist … Had five matches with double digit points and kills … Posted a double-double with a career-high 15 kills and 12 digs while accounting for 18 points with two blocks and two service aces vs. Little Rock (11/7/20) … Tallied 12 kills with seven digs, two service aces and a block vs. Texas State at the Sun Belt Conference Championship (11/18/20) … Had 11 digs to go with five kills and one dig vs. Little Rock-2 (11/6/20) … Picked up 12 kills with eight digs, two service aces and one assist for 14 points at Central Arkansas (10/18/20) … Collected 11 digs with six kills and two block solos vs. Central Arkansas (10/16/20) … Earned 10 kills with four digs at Arkansas State-1 (10/9/20) … Notched 11 digs with four kills and one block at Arkansas State (10/8/20) … Opened the season with 11 kills and four digs vs. Lamar (9/11/20).

2019 (SOPHOMORE)
Played in 30 matches with one start, appearing in 82 sets … Tallied 113 kills and 27 blocks …Contributed 1.38 kills per set and 0.33 blocks per set … In her season debut, picked up six kills, one block and one dig vs. UAPB (8/30) … Followed up later in the day with seven kills at New Orleans (8/30) … Came through with seven kills, three blocks and an assist vs. South Dakota State (9/6) … Picked up a season-high 10 kills with a .444 hitting percentage, a season-high, vs. Prairie View A&M (9/6) … Earned five kills with a season-high six digs vs. McNeese State (9/22) … Added six kills and three digs vs. Alcorn State (9/22) … Contributed five kills, two blocks and one dig at Texas State (9/29) … Had five kills with a block and two digs vs. Louisiana Tech (10/1) … Posted six kills, two blocks and one dig vs. Little Rock (10/26) … Added six kills and matched a season-high with three blocks vs. Texas State (11/1) … Matched a season-high with 10 kills and three blocks vs. Ragin’ Cajuns (11/8) … Tallied six kills, two blocks and two digs at Ragin’ Cajuns (11/10).

2018 (FRESHMAN)
Played in 24 matches with 17 starts, appearing in 65 sets … Collected 96 kills, good for 1.48 per set … Also added 30 blocks … Started the final 16 matches of the season … In her first collegiate start, picked up five kills at Southeast Missouri State (8/31) … Picked up three kills, three blocks, three digs and an assist in a three-set win over Grambling State (9/14) … Tallied five kills with one block, one dig and one assist vs. UT Arlington (9/23) … Added five kills, two digs and one block at Appalachian State (9/28) … Posted her first double-digit kill performance with a career-high 12 kills, three blocks and two digs in a win vs. Georgia State (10/18) … Wrapped up the weekend home stand with six kills, three blocks and three digs in a victory over Georgia Southern (10/19) … Chipped in six kills at Jackson State (10/30) … Added 11 kills with two blocks and two digs at Ragin’ Cajuns (11/2) … Closed the season strong with nine kills, a career-high four blocks and season-best four digs vs. Little Rock (11/10).

AC FLORA HS
Garnered AC Flora MVP in 2016 and 2017, as well as Offensive Player of the Year in those same seasons ... Earned her All-Region V-AAAA Player in 2015, 2016, and 2017 season as well ... Helped lead AC Flora to a 10-3 overall record and 6-1 mark in conference play, as well as a Region 4A Championship in both her junior and senior seasons ... Finished her HS career with 130 service aces, 631 kills, 115 blocks, and 496 digs ... All-Region 5A selection sophomore, junior, and senior year ... ACF Attacker of the year (2016), ACF MVP and Offensive Player of the Year (2017/2018) ... All-Star South Carolina Team Honors (2018) ... Played for the Upward Stars club team, helped her team to the 2018 National Championship in the USA division.
. 
PERSONAL
Born May 31, 2000, in Cincinnati, Ohio … Daughter of Andy and Sarah Assaley … Has three younger siblings: Bella, Payton and William ... Volunteers at the local elementary school ... Mom, Sarah played volleyball at West Virginia ... Dad, Andy is the director of basketball operations at the University of South Carolina ... Majoring in nursing and psychology.

CAREER MATCH HIGHS
Kills: 28, vs. Louisiana Tech, 9/14/21
Attacks: 61, at Lamar, 8/28/21
Hitting Percentage (minimum 10 attempts): .444 (10-2-18), vs. Prairie View A&M, 9/6/19
Assists: 2, 4x, last vs. Little Rock, 10/8/21
Aces: 2, 4x, last vs. UT Arlington, 11/14/21
Digs: 19, vs. Grambling, 9/17/21
Blocks: 4, vs. Little Rock, 11/10/18
Points: 28.0, vs. Louisiana Tech, 9/14/21
 
CAREER TOTALS
Double-Digit Kills: 24
20-Plus Kills: 2
Double-Digit Points: 25
Double-Digit Digs: 9
Double-Doubles: 5

CAREER STATS

Season SP MP-MS K K/S E TA Pct A A/S SA SA/S SE
2018 65 24-17 96 1.5 49 271 .173 5 0.1 0 0.0 1
2019 81 30-1 113 1.4 69 322 .137 1 0.0 0 0.0 0
2020 54 19-15 116 2.1 98 400 .045 1 0.0 7 0.1 19
2021 102 30-26 347 3.4 170 1054 .168 15 0.1 7 0.1 26
TOTAL 302 103-59 672 2.2 386 2047 .140 22 0.1 14 0.0 46
Season DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE PTS
2018 22 0.3 2 1 29 30 0.5 1 0 111.5
2019 36 0.4 0 2 25 27 0.3 4 0 127.5
2020 100 1.9 18 5 8 13 0.2 0 1 132.0
2021 161 1.6 24 3 13 16 0.2 3 2 363.5
TOTAL 319 1.1 44 11 75 86 0.3 8 3 734.5

Statistics

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

No statistics available for this season.

Career Statistics

There are no statistics available for this player.

Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2018Freshman

    Outside Hitter
    6'0"
    17
  • 17

    2019Sophomore

    Outside Hitter
    6'0"
    17
  • 17

    2020Junior

    Outside Hitter
    6'0"
    17
  • 17

    2021Senior

    Outside Hitter
    6'0"
    17