Nazareth College Athletics

Communication and Rhetoric major. . . daughter of Donald and Susan Persico, Ravena, N.Y. . . team captain. . . back for her fourth season, Persico was among the top players in the region in 2007 as she appeared in 138 games and posted a team-best 555 kills (4.02 per game) and 298 digs. . . earned honorable mention All-America and first-team all-New York Region honors from the American Volleyball Coaches Association. . . earned first-team Empire 8 Conference all-star honors as an outside hitter. . . reached double figures in kills in 34 of Nazareth's 40 matches, including a career-high 30 kills vs. Lebanon Valley 8/31/07. . . had 21 kills and 16 digs in the Golden Flyers' NCAA Tournament win over Cortland 11/9/07. . . named to all-tournament teams at Cortland and Nazareth . . . also a first-team Empire 8 all-star in softball as a shortstop/centerfielder . . . recipient of New York State Scholar-Athlete award . . . represented Nazareth at NCAA Student-Athlete Leadership Conference in Florida last May. . . 2006:  appeared in 137 games and led the Golden Flyers in kills and digs with 477 and 426 respectively. . . ranked second on the team with 72 service aces. . . received first-team all-conference and honorable mention all-region honors. . . named MVP of the Cardinal Classic at Plattsburgh after leading Nazareth to the team title. . . named E8 Player of the Week for 10/09/06. . . reached double figures in kills 27 times in '06, including a season-high 29 kills vs. St. John Fisher 10/17/06. . . had 28 digs vs. Potsdam 10/6/06. . . 2005: Persico appeared in all 32 matches and 102 games overall. . . finished third on the team with 227 kills and also contributed 232 digs. . . twice honored as E8 Rookie of the Week — 10/23/05 and 9/4/05 . . . Scholastic: a graduate of Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk High School, Persico was a standout in volleyball, basketball and softball. . . named school’s Female Athlete of the Year after earning first-team Colonial Council all-star honors three times in volleyball. . . served as team captain for two seasons and helped team win two league titles. . . also was chosen as a Section Two all-star in 2005. . . played center for the basketball team and shortstop in softball and was chosen team MVP in each.

Season	sp-mp	k	k/s	e	ta	pct	a	a/s	sa	sa/s	se
2005................	102-32	227	2.23	99	730	.175	2	0.02	38	0.37	45
2006................	137-37	477	3.48	209	1243	.216	15	0.11	72	0.53	64
2007................	138-39	555	4.02	203	1458	.241	14	0.10	38	0.28	50
TOTAL...............	377-108	1259	3.34	511	3431	.218	31	0.08	148	0.39	159

 

Season	dig	d/s	re	bs	ba	tb	b/s	be	bhe	points	pts/s
2005................	232	2.27	29	5	7	12	0.12	6	12	273.5	2.68
2006................	426	3.11	26	3	15	18	0.13	7	15	559.5	4.08
2007................	298	2.16	27	1	20	21	0.15	2	6	604.0	4.38
TOTAL...............	956	2.54	82	9	42	51	0.14	15	33	1437.0	3.81