(Omaha, NE) The NCAA announced its 64 team field for
the 2015 NCAA Division 1 Volleyball tournament last night and Indian
Country will once again be well represented with the players below
who will be playing or appearing with their respective teams. The
semi-final and final championship games will be hosted in Omaha,
Nebraska and will be played at the Century Link Center and December
17th and 19th respectively.
Here are the participants:
Tiana will finish her volleyball career at Kansas with
a few accolades to note, she will be the all-time winningest
Jayhawk volleyball player and she will be the first volleyball
player in Kansas history to play in 4 straight NCAA tournaments.
Dockery and the Jayhawks will host the first two rounds in Lawrence,
Kansas on December 3rd & 4th. KUs first round match
against Furman is scheduled for Thursday at 6:30 PM. |
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Tiana Dockery, Navajo, OH
Kansas
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Lauren is a junior this season for the USD Toreros. She
finished 4th on the team in Kills this season and 1st on the
team in Blocks and Block assists as well. Lauren has played
in all 108 games this season for the Toreros and is a big part
of the teams success this season. The Toreros will travel to
the University of Southern California to play their first two
rounds and will face the Big Sky Conference Champions the NAU
Lumberjacks who have a Native American athlete as well. |
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Lauren Shad, Cheyenne River Sioux,
MB/MH University of San Diego
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Bradley is a senior for the Western Athletic Conference
regular and tournament champions, the NMSU Aggies who hail from
Lac Cruces, New Mexico. Nash will close out her collegiate career
as well in the NCAA tournament. Nash is 4th in Kills this season
for the Aggies and 3rd on the team for blocking. The NMSU Aggies
will face #8 seed Stanford in their first round match. |
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Bradley
Nash, Navajo, OH New Mexico State University
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Alicia is a senior for the Huskers who are the #4 overall
seed. Alicia was an integral part of the Husker offense last
season but as captain for the Huskers has taken a reduced role
to allow younger talent to be a bigger part of the Huskers offense.
Alicia, a former walk-on, has played as needed when the Huskers
struggle on offense or starters needing rest this season. Immediately
following the NCAA volleyball tournament Ostrander will join
the Huskers basketball team who have already begun their season.
The Huskers will host Harvard in the first round of play |
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Alicia
Ostrander, Oglala-Lakota, OH Nebraska
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Tamia is a freshman setter for the Howard University Bison
and sister of Tiana Dockery (Kansas). The Bison were the MEAC
conference champions this season and will play Penn State in
the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Dockery let the team
in assists this season with 564 and was 3rd on the team in digs
as well. |
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Tamia
Dockery, Navajo, Setter Howard University
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Ohiyah is a redshirt freshman for the NAU Lumberjacks
and DNP this season on a senior filled roster but will look
to be a big contributor next season. Although she will no
be playing, her team is scheduled to play the University of
San Diego in the first round of play
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Ohiyah
Shirley, Sicangu Lakota/Navajo, OH Northern Arizona
University
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These ladies will represent their teams and tribes as well as
they look to advance to the championships. This is a listing of
athletes that we are aware of competing in the NCAA tournament,
if there are others we will update this list with that information
as it is provided to us.
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