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Avital Jaloba - Women's Volleyball - University of New Mexico Lobos Athletics
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Avital Jaloba

Position

MB

Height

6-2

Class

Gr.

Hometown

Ariel, Israel

High School

Hof Hasharon/ Arizona State

SENIOR | 2022-23: Started in all 29 matches and 117 sets… averaged a team-high 1.26 blocks per set and finished with an average of 2.25 points per set… set the program record in the 25-point rally scoring era for total blocks with 147 and in block assists with 126… her 147 total blocks ranks her second all-time and her 126 assisted blocks ranks her third all-time… four matches with 10 or more kills, including a career-high 15 kills… set career highs in blocks (nine at Wyoming), solo blocks (five at Wyoming), service aces (three at Nevada) and digs (six vs. Nevada)… finished with 168 kills, nine assists, 11 service aces, 147 total blocks and 263 points… led the MW in overall blocks and blocks per set and in conference-only blocks (100) and blocks per set (1.41)…. named to the MW All-Academic Team.

SENIOR | 2021-22: Started in all 30 matches, playing in 104 sets … recorded 176 kills, hitting .330, with nine assists, three service aces, 39 digs and 97 total blocks (4 solo) … career-high 13 kills against Seattle … four matches with 10-plus kills … career-high 8.0 total blocks (all assisted) against UNLV … season-high two service aces at Northern Arizona … 10 matches hitting above .400, with a career-best .833 against San Diego State (10-0-12) … led the Lobos in hitting percentage, was second in blocks per set but led the team in total blocks … fourth in kills and kills per set (1.69), and points (229.5) and points per set (2.21)… named a Mountain West Scholar-Athlete… named to the Academic All-MW team.

JUNIOR | 2020-21: Started in six matches and played in 21 sets … finished with 54.0 points, 40 kills, 15 digs, 19.0 total blocks (one solo) and four aces … recorded a career-high 11 kills at Nevada on Feb. 5 … twice tallied four digs (at San Diego State on Feb. 20 and at Nevada on Feb. 6) for career highs … tied her career high with five blocks at Nevada on Feb. 6 … tied her career high in service aces with two at San Diego State on Feb. 20 … four on the team in total blocks and fifth on the team in kills.

SOPHOMORE (at ARIZONA STATE) | 2019: Recorded 54 blocks and 48 kills (seven solo) after playing in 72 sets in 25 matches … had five blocks in four matches … registered a career-high seven kills and hit .545 against Cal along with four block assists … hit .714 (5-for-7) against Arizona.

FRESHMAN (at ARIZONA STATE) | 2018: Appeared in 13 matches and  28 sets, registering 12 kills, five service aces and 16 blocks … posted seven blocks, four kills and an ace against Binghamton … hit .444 (4-for-9) versus Murray State.

CLUB TEAM/ INTERNATIONAL
Played for Hapoel Kfar-Saba … competed for the Israeli Women’s National Team since 2013 … tallied 5.30 kills per set and 1.6 blocks per set in 31 matches at the 2017 CEV Volleyball European Championships … played in the 2016-17 ISR National Championships and 2016-17 CEV Volleyball Cup … appeared in eight international competitions for the national team.

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Hof Hasharon.

PERSONAL
Born Sept. 22 in Israel … parents are Tatiana and Oleg … has two siblings, Linor and Jenny … majoring in biology … trained with the Israeli Air Force.