2020 Volleyball Roster

7 Neilee Newton

  • Position Defensive Specialist/Outside Hitter
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Westminster Christian
  • Hometown Lafayette, LA.

Biography

2020: Attended Alverno for her final year with the program…did not participate as the team did not compete due to the COVID-19 pandemic...graduated in December of 2020.

2019: Started in all 24 of her appearances on the season as a junior…played in 77 of the team’s 86 sets on the year…ended the season second on the team with 158 kills…was fourth on the squad with 17 assists and 23 aces…was fourth on the team defensively with 142 digs on the year and was also tied for second on the team with 13 blocks…began the year with an 11-kill performance against Olivet (8/30)…added eight more kills later in the day against Kalamazoo (8/30)…picked up five kills with 12 digs and a block in the team’s home opener against Crown (Minn.) (8/31)…opened the month of September with six kills along with a pair of aces and 13 digs against Lake Forest (9/6)…added four kills with four digs later in the evening against Wheaton (Ill.) (9/6)…picked up five kills against Simpson (9/20)…picked up four more kills with two assists and two aces along with six digs against Grinnell (9/20)…had six kills and four digs versus Bethel (Minn.) (9/21)…tallied six kills in the team’s conference opener against Lakeland (9/24)…recorded eight kills in league play against Concordia Chicago (9/28)…opened the month of October with a double-double as she amassed 13 kills and 12 digs in the team’s four-set match against St. Norbert (10/1)…picked up six kills and nine digs against Concordia Wisconsin (10/4)…notched eight more kills and a pair of aces against Wisconsin Lutheran (10/5)…tallied five kills at Aurora (10/11)…recorded eight kills on the road against Benedictine (10/12)…registered nine digs along with six kills at home versus Dominican (10/18)…tallied eight more kills with six digs and a pair of assists in the non-conference finale against Maranatha (10/19)…recorded a season-best 14 kills as she also added a dozen digs in the team’s five-set match with MSOE (10/22)…added five kills and a pair of blocks at Illinois Tech (10/25)…ended the year with nine kills and 11 digs in the team’s four-set match at home against Rockford (10/30).
 
2018: Appeared in all 30 of the team’s matches during her sophomore season and made starts in 27 contest…appeared in 99 of the team’s 101 sets on the year…was fifth on the team with 94 kills and was fourth on the squad with 25 service aces…on the defensive side of the ball finished fourth on the team with 185 digs on the year…was also fourth on the team with 17 blocks…opened the season with two digs in the season opener against Geneva (8/31)…followed that up with six kills along with two assists, one ace, one dig, and one block against Randolph-Macon (8/31)…had four kills and eight digs against Widener (9/1)…had three kills and five digs against St. Mary’s (Md.) (9/1)…picked up two kills and a season-high five service aces and a season-best 14 digs in the team’s win over Caltech (9/7)…had four kills along with 12 digs in the team’s four-set match with UW-River Falls (9/8)…picked up two kills along with seven digs and a pair of blocks in the conference opener against Edgewood (9/12)…added four more kills and added six digs against Carleton (9/14)…registered three kills and had six digs in league play at Concordia Wisconsin (9/28)…notched five kills and had five digs and two blocks versus Marian (10/2)…followed that up with six kills and five digs with a pair of blocks against Aurora (10/5)…picked up seven kills with 12 digs and a season-high three blocks at MSOE (10/16)…put together another five-kill performance with three assists and two aces with nine digs in the team’s win over Mount Mary (10/20)…matched her season-high with seven more kills with six more digs coming on the final day of the regular season against Dubuque (10/26)…ended the year with six kills and nine digs with three blocks against Loras (10/26).
 
2017: Saw time in 23 of the team’s 26 matches during her rookie campaign…appeared in 77 of the team’s 95 sets on the year…ended the year fourth on the team with 19 aces…was fourth on the team in digs with 121 on the year…made her collegiate debut and played one set and picked up one dig in the team’s win over Mount Mary (9/1)…had a pair of digs the next match versus Beloit (9/5)…had 10 digs to go along with a season-high eight kills in the team’s win over Maranatha (9/8)…added eight more digs in the next match that day against Central (Iowa) (9/8)…added seven digs in a four-set match against Beloit (9/9)…secured a season-best 11 digs in the team’s match against Illinois Tech (9/9)…had a kill and nine digs along with two aces against Knox (9/15)…picked up an aces to go with five digs in league play against Edgewood (9/20)…picked up two kills and had 10 digs with one block against Beloit (9/23)…had a season-high three aces in back-to-back matches against Maranatha (10/10) and Marian (10/13)…had seven digs at Lakeland (10/14)…picked up two kills along with two digs against Concordia Chicago (10/20)…ended the season with a nine-dig performance against Dominican (10/21).
 
High School: Graduated from Westminster Christian Academy in Opelousas, Louisiana in 2017…played five seasons of volleyball for the Crusaders…was a part of the District Championship Teams in both 2016 and 2017…also helped the team to Highland Baptist Volleyball Tournament Championships in 2016 and 2017…was a First Team selection from 2013-17 and earned Honorable Mention accolades in 2012…was also a team captain for the squad from 2015-17.

Personal: Daughter of Rachel Butler…has three siblings; Tanisha Joseph, Stacia Newton and Caleb Thompson…majoring in Biomedical Sciences at Alverno and has plans on becoming a Neonatologist.

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Historical Player Information

  • 7

    2017Freshman

    Outside Hitter
    5'6"
    7
  • 7

    2018Sophomore

    Defensive Specialist/Outside Hitter
    5'6"
    7
  • 7

    2019Junior

    Defensive Specialist/Outside Hitter
    5'6"
    7
  • 7

    2020Senior

    Defensive Specialist/Outside Hitter
    5'6"
    7