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#7 Rachel Nisi

Outside Hitter
Height: 5-9

Class: Junior
Hometown: Omaha, Neb.
Major: Pre-medicine

ABOUT RACHEL

Born: July 16, 1988 Parents: Jack and Jann Nisi Sister: Dana Brother: Nick Best Thing About Maryville: My friends Favorite Place on Campus: Java City Favorite Restaurant: La Bonita Favorite Pro Athlete: David Beckham Favorite Pro Team: Atlanta Braves Favorite Movie I’ve Seen This Year: “Step Brothers” Favorite TV Show: “Desperate Housewives” Favorite Music Artist: ”Ne-Yo” and Garth Brooks Current Cell Phone Ring: Jonas Brothers Sports You’re Least Successful At: Soccer Dream Job: Doctor First Job: Lifeguard If You Could Travel Anywhere in the World: Italy Something You Have to Do Before Turning 40: Learn to play the guitar If You Could Have Any Talent: Whistle My Parents Were Right When They Told Me: To always eat my vegetables Biggest Pet Peeve: Sharing ice cream Most Influential Person: Papa and mama If You Won The Lottery, You Would: Buy an island and let all my friends live on it forever Most Prized Possession: My bed Most Memorable Match: Nebraska-Omaha Best Thing About Coach Tool’s Practice: The intensity Best Thing About Home Matches: Atmosphere Best Thing About Road Matches: Seeing the other team’s sad faces when they lose

Coach Tool on Rachel

“Rachel is expected to battle for an outside hitting spot on the floor. She will need to be hitting over .250 to earn that spot so hopefully her time spent on and off the court this offseason helped her make those needed gains.”

2008

• First Fall Practice - Aug. 12

Team captain ... started the season with double-doubles in the first two matches, including a career-best 23 digs against Minnesota-Crookston (8/29) ... has recorded a block in the last five matches ... recorded her third double-double of the season (10 kills, 11 digs) against No. 11 Emporia State (9/20)

2007

Eighth in MIAA service aces, averaging 0.33 per game ... started all 34 matches, playing in all 125 games ... finished the season with 417 kills, fifth in sophomore season records ... set sophomore season attacks record with 1,230, sitting fifth in overall season records ... also fifth in season records with 9.84 attacks per game ... recorded 64 attacks in five games against South Dakota (9/27), the ninth-best performance in five-game matches ... ranked second on the team in kills, points (481), aces (41) and was third in reception percentage (.933) ... recorded double-digit kills in 12 of the final 14 matches of the season ... team went 7-3 when recording multiple service aces in a match

2006 (Midland Lutheran (Neb.))

Second-team All-GPAC selection ... played in 29 of 32 matches ... ranked sixth in the league in aces per game (0.47) and 18th in kills per game (0.47) ... led the Warriors with 314 kills and 49 aces ... ranked second on team in digs (381) and fourth in blocks (39)

Gross Catholic High School

Member of state championship team in senior year ... attended Junior Olympic National Championships in 2002 and 2004 ... attended the same high school as Katie Swenson and Sara Falcone

Career Stats

Year	GP	MP-MS	K	K/G	E	TA	Pct.	A	A/G	SA	SA/G	SE	DIG	D/G	RE	BS	BA	TB	B/G	BE	BHE	PTS	PTS/G
2006*	105	29-29	314	2.99	155	1,050	.151	3	0.03	49	0.47	36	381	3.63	78	10	29	39	0.37	2	0	387.5	3.69
2007	125	34-34	417	3.34	180	1,230	.193	26	0.21	41	0.33	35	337	2.70	43	7	32	39	0.31	9	4	481.0	3.85
Total	230	63-63	731	3.18	335	2,280	.173	29	0.13	90	0.39	71	718	3.12	121	17	61	78	0.34	11	4	868.5	3.78

*Midland Lutheran (Neb.)