Nicole Vranesh, Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame

Nicole Vranesh, Volleyball

Two-Time AVCA All-Region
Two-Time All-Big Eight First Team
1993 Big Eight Championships
1991 NCAA Assists Leader

A two-time first-team All-Mideast Region selection by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (today she would be a two-time honorable mention All-American using the exact same selection process) ... She was largely considered by head coach Brad Saindon as the key to the Buffaloes reaching the national stage in volleyball ... She was a first-team All-Big Eight setter in 1992 and '93 and was Academic All-Big Eight in 1991 and '92 ... She led the Buffs to the 1992 and '93 Big Eight Tournament Championships and the outright 1993 Big Eight Championship, the only league titles in the history of CU volleyball to this day ... She left CU as the Big Eight's all-time leading setter ... She led the NCAA in assists in 1991, still the only CU player to lead the NCAA in a statistical category.

She led the Big Eight in assists in 1991, '92 and '93 ... Her 5,261 career assists rank second all-time at CU while her 1,248 digs are the sixth-most in CU history and most by a setter and her 83 aces ranks 16th in program history and third-most by a setter ... Her 1,712 assists in 1991 as a sophomore still stand as the school record and she also sits at No. 5 and No. 9 on the season assists chart ... She also holds the CU record for assists in a four-set match with 78 against CSU in 1993 ... The Buffs were 47-19, including 20-4 in the Big Eight, in her final two seasons, winning one conference championship and two conference tournaments.

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