2023 Volleyball Roster

Kristella Cruz
Kristella Cruz
Kristella Cruz

9 Luanna Emiliano

9 Luanna Emiliano

  • Position:
    Setter
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Summary

Biography

Stat              2023 Season High  Career High
Kills 7 - 2x, Last 10/7 @ Utah Valley 7 - 2x, Last 10/7/23 @ Utah Valley
Assists 54 - 9/2 @ Houston Christian 72 - 8/30/22 vs. Corpus Christi
Aces 4 - 4x, Last 10/21 @ Tarleton State 6 - 11/5/22 @ Utah Valley
Digs 27 - 10/12 vs. Grand Canyon 27 - 10/12/23 vs. Grand Canyon
Blocks 3 - 2x, Last 11/4 at Southern Utah 4 - 10/30/21 @ Stephen F. Austin
 

2023 (Junior): Finished season with 1,164 assists, ranking fifth for a single-season in program history; 10.21 assists per set, ranking fourth in single-season program history; 49 aces, ranking sixth in single-season program history ... Finished career with 3,569 assists, ranking second in program history; 10.32 assists per set, ranking second in program history; 121 aces, ranking fourth in program history; 1,1118 digs, ranking sixth in program history ... Named to the All-WAC First Team ... Was a four-time WAC Setter of the Week honoree (Sept. 6, Sept. 27, Oct. 11, Oct. 25) ... WAC Preseason Setter of the Year and Preseason All-WAC Team ... Recorded 20th double-double with 31 assists, 10 digs, three aces and three kills against Grand Canyon in WAC Semifinals... Notched 19th double-double with 53 assists and 10 digs against Tarleton State in the WAC Quarterfinals ... Tabbed 18th double-double with 37 assists, 10 digs, three kills, two aces against ACU ... Had 17th double-double with 46 assists, 13 digs and four kills against Tarleton State ... Recorded 16th double-double with 46 assists, 21 digs and three blocks at Southern Utah ... Had 15th double-double at Utah Tech with 42 assists, 15 digs, three kills and two aces ... Tabbed 14th double-double against UT Arlington with 40 assists, 11 digs ... Dished out 44 assists, had nine digs and three aces against SFA ... Had 45 assists, nine digs, season high three blocks and season high tying four aces at Tarleton State ... Notched 13th double-double with 36 assists, 12 digs, two aces and two blocks at Abilene Christian, becoming the ninth active player with 3,000+ assists and 1,000+ digs in her career ... Tabbed 12th double-double with 24 assists, 17 digs and had five kills against California Baptist ... Earned 11th double-double with 50 assists and career high 27 digs with two blocks against Grand Canyon ... Had 41 assists and career high-tying seven kills at Utah Valley ... Tabbed 10th double-double at Seattle U with 34 assists, 13 digs and five kills on .444 hitting ... Recorded 3,000th career assists against Utah Tech, tallying 30 assists, career-high seven kills on .636 hitting and nine digs ... Moved to No. 2 in program history for career assists after 36-assist night against Southern Utah, also had match-high 15 digs for ninth double-double with two blocks ... Tallied 22 assists, eight digs, four kills and one ace at Stephen F. Austin ... Recorded eighth double-double with 41 assists and 16 digs, adding season-high tying four aces and four kills, at UT Arlington ... Tabbed seventh double-double with 42 assists, 11 digs and two blocks vs. San Jose State ... Had sixth double-double with 37 assists and 10 digs at San Francisco ... Recorded fourth straight (fifth overall) double-double with team-high tying 15 digs and 29 assists against Incarnate Word ... Had a double-double with 45 assists and career-high 21 digs against Tulane ... Had a double-double with 46 assists and 16 digs with two blocks against Corpus Christi ... WAC Setter of the Week (9/6) ...Notched second double-double with 39 assists and season-high tying 14 digs and had career-high six kills against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi ... Recorded first double-double with 54 assists and 14 digs at Houston Christian ... Had 24 assists, four digs and three kills against #5 Pitt ... Dished out 37 assists, had five digs and two aces against #17 BYU. 

2022 (Sophomore): Broke program record for assists (1,348) while ranking third in assists per set (10.78) … Led the WAC and ranked sixth in the NCAA in total assists (1,348) … Led the WAC and ranked 21st in the NCAA in assists per set (10.78) … Ranked seventh in the WAC and 191st in the NCAA in digs (411) … Reached double-figures in assists in all 33 matches played, including 31 matches of 30+ assists, 17 matches of 40+ assists, and seven matches of 50+ assists … Reached double-figures in digs 24 times en route to 24 double-doubles … Led UTRGV in assists 33 times, digs eight times and blocks twice … Recorded 24th double-double with 33 assists and 11 digs while breaking single-season assists record in NIVC Quarterfinals at Davidson (12/8) … Posted 23rddouble-double with 49 assists and 16 digs in NIVC opening round vs. Houston Christian (12/2) … Recorded 22nd double-double with 30 assists and 12 digs in WAC Tournament Semifinals vs. #4 Utah Valley (11/18) … Posted 21st double-double with 31 assists and career-high 20 digs in WAC Tournament Quarterfinals vs. #8 Southern Utah (11/17) … Earned WAC Setter of the Year and All-WAC First Team honors (11/15) … Recorded 20th double-double with 44 assists, 13 digs and season-high tying four kills vs. Tarleton (11/12) … Posted 19th double-double with 44 assists, 12 digs and season-high tying four kills on .571 hitting vs. Abilene Christian (11/10) … Served up career-high six aces with 46 assists, 15 digs and season-high tying three blocks as part of 18th double-double at Utah Valley (11/5) … Dished out 51 assists at Seattle U (11/3) … Posted 17th double-double with 38 assists and 15 digs vs. Stephen F. Austin (10/27) … Recorded 16th double-double with 31 assists and 17 digs at California Baptist (10/22) … Posted 15th double-double with 50 assists and 14 digs at Grand Canyon (10/20) … Recorded 14th double-double with 43 assists, 17 digs, season-high four kills and two blocks vs. New Mexico State (10/10) … Posted 13th double-double with 43 assists and 11 digs at Sam Houston (10/6) … Recorded 12th double-double with 26 assists and 10 digs vs. Southern Utah (10/1) … Posted 11th double-double with 51 assists and 17 digs vs. Utah Tech (9/29) … Dished out 50 assists at Tarleton (9/24) … Recorded 10th double-double with 50 assists and 18 digs at Texas Tech (9/17) … Posted ninth double-double with 42 assists and 15 digs vs. SMU (9/16) … Recorded eighth double-double with 43 assists and 19 digs vs. Oral Roberts (9/16) … Notched seventh double-double with 39 assists and 10 digs vs. Montana (9/10) … Posted sixth-straight double-double with 38 assists and 15 digs at Louisiana (9/2) … Recorded fifth-straight double-double with 33 assists and 10 digs vs. UTSA (9/2) … Posted fourth-straight double-double with career-high 72 assists, the fourth-highest single-match total in program history, 17 digs, two aces and two kills vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (8/30) … Recorded career-high tying 73 assists (55) + digs (18) at North Texas for third double-double (8/27) … Posted second double-double with 29 assists and 13 digs vs. Jacksonville (8/26) … Recorded 43 assists and 11 digs vs. UNLV (8/26).
 
2021 (Freshman): Averaged 9.88 assists per set, the sixth-highest single-season total in program history, on 1,057 assists, the seventh-highest total and second among freshmen, along with 345 digs, the third-highest total among freshmen, and 37 aces, tied for the fifth-highest total among freshmen … Led UTRGV in assists in all 28 matches and digs seven times … Posted 28 matches of 20+ assists, including eight 21 of 30+, 13 of 40+ and three of 50+ … Recorded 10+ digs in 21 matches en route to 10 double-doubles … Dished out 20 assists in NIVC at Arizona (12/3) … Earned All-WAC Second Team and Freshman Team honors (11/17) … Earned WAC Freshman of the Week honors (11/15) … Posted 21st double-double with 33 assists and 15 digs vs. Abilene Christian (11/13) … Recorded 20th double-double with 44 assists and a career-high 19 digs vs. Tarleton (11/11) … Earned WAC Freshman of the Week honors (11/8) … Posted 19th double-double with 32 assists, 10 digs and three aces vs. Lamar (11/6) … Recorded career-high four blocks while recording 18th double-double with 37 assists and 14 digs at Stephen F. Austin (10/30) … Posted 16th double-double with 49 assists and 12 digs at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (10/25) … Served up career-high four aces with 40 assists and 14 digs for 15thdouble-double vs. Seattle U (10/22) … Recorded career-high 18 digs with 43 assists for 14th double-double vs. Sam Houston (10/16) … Posted 13th double-double with 50 assists and 10 digs at Tarleton (10/9) … Recorded career-high tying 17 digs with 46 assists for 12th double-double at Abilene Christian (10/7) … Earned WAC Freshman of the Week honors (9/30) … Posted 11th double-double with 46 assists and 10 digs vs. Stephen F. Austin (9/25) … Recorded career-high three blocks with 37 assists and 13 digs as part of 10th double-double vs. UTEP (9/23) … Earned WAC Freshman of the Week honors (9/20) … Posted ninth double-double with 21 assists and 16 digs vs. Gardner-Webb (9/18) … Recorded eighth-double-double with 45 assists and 13 digs at East Carolina (9/17) … Earned WAC Freshman of the Week honors (9/13) … Earned UTRGV Tournament MVP honors by averaging 10.67 assists and 3.47 digs while recording three double-doubles in 15 sets across four matches … Posted career-high 18 digs with 43 assists ad career-high tying five kills vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (9/12) … Dished out career-high 57 assists with 16 digs and three aces vs. Louisiana (9/9) … Earned Cowtown Classic All-Tournament Team honors by averaging 8.31 assists and 2.77 digs across 13 sets, including 56 assists and 15 digs vs. Nicholls (9/3) and 30 assists and 12 digs vs. UMBC (9/2) … Earned New Orleans Invitational All-Tournament Team honors by averaging 9.00 assists and 3.86 digs across seven sets, including five kills on an error-free .625 hitting, 39 assists, 17 digs and two blocks at New Orleans and 24 assists, 10 digs and two aces vs. Alcorn State (8/27). 

Prep Volleyball: Selected to start practicing with the U20 Brazilian National Team in the spring of 2021 … Competed for Minas Tenis Clube, where she was awarded best setter in 2018 as part of the Sogipa tournament … Went on to win the Brazilian Championship while representing the state of Minas Gerais … Started playing for Olympico club along with current teammate Luisa Silva Dos Santos.

Off the Court: Daughter of Lucio Marcos Emiliano and Marly Moreira Gonçalves … Has two brothers, Lucio Marcos Emiliano Jr. and Victor Henrique Emiliano … Majoring in nutritional sciences.
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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2021Freshman

    Setter
    5'7"
    9
  • 9

    2022Sophomore

    Setter
    5'7"
    9
  • 9

    2023Junior

    Setter
    5'7"
    9