Emily Dykes

Position:
Opposite
Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
Ayden-Grifton
Hometown:
Winterville, N.C.
Prev School:
Northern Illinois

*Updated December 17, 2024

CAREER HONORS
2023 Academic All-MAC Team ... 2023 CSC Academic All-District ... 2024 CAA Champion ... 2024 CSC Academic All-District

GRADUATE (2024)
Played in 33 matches, with 20 starts … Played in 116 sets, averaging 1.70 kills, 0.53 digs, 0.03 assists, and 2.16 points … Totaled 62 digs, 4 assists, 250.5 points, and had a 0.249 hitting percentage … Ranked 7th in conference with .305 hitting percentage ... Tied-Third on team with 197 kills … Third on team with 96 blocks and 0.83 blocks per set … Recorded a kill and block in 31 matches … Recorded season-high 16 kills on Oct. 1 against North Florida … Recorded career-high eight blocks on Oct. 4 and Oct. 5 against Stony Brook … Reached 200^th career block on Sept. 6 against Yale … Recorded an assist in four matches… Recorded a dig in 24 matches … Recorded season-high six digs on Oct. 4 against Stony Brook

CAREER AT NIU

SENIOR (2023)
Top 10 in the MAC for hitting percentage at .302…. Tallied 557 attacks with 214 kills…. Named to the DePaul Invitational Tournament Team ... Had a season high 16 kills vs St. Thomas (9/9)…..Ranked second on the team in hitting percentage….Recorded 214 kills which was third on the team…..Had 45 digs….Was credited with 62 blocks, including 6 solo blocks….Was named to the CSC Academic All-District Team….Was named to the Academic All-MAC team.

JUNIOR (2022)
KC Roos Classic All-Tournament Team... Played in 95 of NIU's 99 sets and started 25 matches ... Posted double-digit kills in 13 matches, including a five-game streak of double-figure kills from Sept. 27-Oct. 14 ... Hit .266, averaged 2.54 kills per-set and 3.05 points per-set on the season, all of which were the third-best on the team ... Saw a career-high 19 kills against Western Michigan on Sept. 27 ... Posted five aces against NJIT on Oct. 26, a career-high ... Hit .550 versus Wichita State on Sept. 10, another career-best.

RADFORD COLLEGE

SOPHOMORE (2021)
Appeared in 26 matches and 67 sets... Posted 111 kills with an average of 1.66 per set and was third on the team in total blocks with 28.

FRESHMAN (2020-21)
Appeared in 10 matches and played in 29 sets... Averaged 1.52 kills per set and accumulated 18 digs and 17 total blocks.

HIGH SCHOOL & CLUB
Attended Ayden-Grifton High School and played volleyball under the direction of Linda Bryant... According to Maxpreps, she owned the highest hitting percentage in North Carolina and was a part of a team that marched to the first state championships in school history and notched the program's first conference championship in 40 years.

PERSONAL
Studying for Master of Communication.