Murray State University Athletics
2023 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 8
Emma Kailiponi
- Position:
 - Libero
 
- Height:
 - 4-11
 
- Class:
 - Graduate Student
 
- Hometown:
 - Anaheim, Calif.
 
- High School:
 - Mayfair HS
 
2023
2022
2020-21
2019
Before MSU
Personal
- Appeared in four matches for the Racers.
 - Averaged 2.13 digs for a total of 17 on the season.
 
2022
- Played in one match for the Racers.Â
 - Tallied one assist and two digs.Â
 
2020-21
- Played in 13 matches
 - Finished year with 64 digs, averaging 1.28 digs per set
 - Had season-high seven digs twice in the win over Eastern Illinois and at SIUE
 - Tallied two service aces at Austin Peay
 
2019
- Played in six matches
 - Finished the year with 23 digs
 - Had 11 digs at IUPUI
 - Recorded eight digs against Valparaiso
 
Before MSU
- Played four years of varsity volleyball at Mayfair High School
 - First-team All-Suburban League in 2016-18
 - Named best defensive player junior and senior year
 - Club team won bronze medal in the Gold Division at teh JVA - Long Beach West Coast Cup
 
Personal
- Born Emma Grace Liloa Kailiponi on February 21, 2001 in Anaheim, California
 - Daughter of Mark and Erin Kailiponi
 - Has two younger sisters, Esther and Eleanor
 - Majoring in biology
 - Honor roll all four years of high school
 - Ranked 11 out of 451 students in her class
 - National Honor Society and president of NHS in senior year
 - AP Scholar with Distinction, awarded to students who scored 3 or higher on four or more AP tests
 - Cousin Justin Nishimoto is a professional golfer
 
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