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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
2025 Murray State Hall of Fame Inductee Casey Brockman
Tuesday, January 20
2025 Murray State Hall of Fame Inductee Danny Alfeldt
Tuesday, January 20
2025 Murray State Hall of Fame Inductee Alexa Becker
Tuesday, January 20
2025 Murray State Hall of Fame Inductee Ivan Roe
Tuesday, January 20
