AWARDS & ACCOLADES -USA South All-Sportsmanship Team (2021) SENIOR (2023): Competed in 18 sets over the course of the slate, recording 16 kills and a .273 attack percentage along with 10 digs and three assisted blocks … played two sets versus Thiel (Sept. 1), notching one dig … drove home two kills in three-set victory over Hollins (Sept. 9) … competed in one set against both N.C. Wesleyan (Sept. 23) and Greensboro (Oct. 12) … tallied a single-match season-high seven kills, making 10 total attacks, while posting a .700 attack percentage and contributing four digs and two assisted blocks against Carolina University (Oct. 21) … notched a dig at Pfeiffer (Oct. 28) … ended a three-set victory over Roanoke (Nov. 4) with four kills and two digs … tallied three kills in five attacks, posting a .600 attack percentage while adding one dig in a clash with Mary Baldwin (Nov. 4) … played one set in the five-set victory against William Peace (Nov. 7), making one attack along the way. JUNIOR (2022): Emerged with 13 kills in 58 total attacks in 13 matches (31 sets) in 2022, closing with 15 digs, four assisted blocks and one solo block … made her season debut against Johnson & Wales (Sept. 6), closing with four kills (.286 attack pct.), two digs and an assisted block in the sweep … played three sets at Randolph (Sept. 7), making one solo block and one dig at Randolph (Sept. 7) … closed with two kills and two digs against N.C. Wesleyan (Sept. 9) … played five sets against Roanoke (Sept. 9), posting one kill and one dig … tallied three digs and one kill along with a service assist against Randolph (Sept. 10) … reached double-digit kills with a slam against Ferrum (Sept. 13) assisting on a block … drove home three kills in eight attacks (.375 attack pct.) while having two assisted blocks and a dig against Hollins (Sept. 26) … had a pair of digs at Southern Virginia (Oct. 20) … played her final match of the season against N.C. Wesleyan (Oct. 22).
FIRST YEAR (2021): Played in 19 matches (64 sets) for Salem on the slate … capped off the year with 66 kills (1.03 kills/set) while converting 63 digs (0.98 digs/set) and two service aces … also made seven blocks, all assisted, for the Spirits … made four kills and three digs in her Salem debut, which came at Bridgewater (Sept. 3) … converted five kills in a three-set match with Ferrum (Sept. 7) … reached double-digit digs (14) for the first time in her career against Mary Baldwin (Oct. 9) … posted five kills in a four-set match against N.C. Wesleyan (Oct. 16) … responsible for seven digs and six kills in a three-set clash with Methodist (Oct. 18) … had five digs and four kills against Meredith (Oct. 19) … completed a three-set match against William Peace (Oct. 23) with six digs and five kills … capped off the home finale with four digs and four kills against Methodist (Oct. 27) … reached double-digit digs (10) in a three-set match with William Peace (Oct. 28) … established her single-match season-high in kills (eight), while adding two digs, in a win over Mary Baldwin (Oct. 30).
PREP: Graduated from Forbush High School in 2019 … a four-time letterwinner in volleyball … played under the direction of coaches Natalie Vestal (2015-16), Amber Fulk (2017) and Taylor Carangi (2018) during her career at Forbush … received the Most Improved Player Award following the 2015 campaign … integral part of winning the conference championship in 2018 … played three years of club volleyball … began her club volleyball career in 2016 for YVVC … spent two seasons as a member of Champion Volleyball Club, playing for coaches Jan Kiser and Kevin Troup.
PERSONAL: Nikita Rose Sizemore … daughter of Sandra Reid … active in DECA, Concert Choir and Show Choir … graduated Cum Laude.
