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  Nina Camaioni
Nina Camaioni

Player Profile
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Williamstown, N.J.

High School:
Williamstown

Height:
5-10

Position:
Outside Hitter

Birthdate:
03/02/1989

2008 (Sophomore): Led the Greyhounds in kills and kills per set while starting all 33 matches and playing in all 123 sets... Recorded 307 total kills for an average of 2.5 per set... Also was second on the team with 465 digs, a 3.78 mark per set... Posted double-doubles in kills and digs 12 times during the season and had 10 or more digs 22 times... Reached the 10-dig plateau in 20 of the team's last 22 matches... Put away 17 kills, had four aces and four total blocks, while picking up a season-best 32 digs at NJIT (9/13)... Had a season-high 20 kills at Manhattan (9/21)... The match against the Jaspers started a string of five-straight in which she recorded double-doubles... Had 13 kills and 27 digs against Canisius (9/28)... Put away 18 kills and picked up 23 digs versus Iona (10/25)... Had 13 kills and 24 digs the following day against Manhattan (10/26)... Earned MAAC Defensive Player of the Week and ECAC Co-Player of the Week honors following those two matches... Including a mid-week three-set sweep at Navy, she averaged 3.42 kills and 5.08 digs per set in winning the awards... Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team.

2007 (Freshman): Named MAAC Rookie of the Year and earned All-MAAC Second Team honors after starting leading the Greyhounds with 441 kills and a 3.45 kills per game mark in her first collegiate campaign... Started all 34 matches and played in all 128 games... Great defensive player, as well, was second on the team with 520 digs, 4.06 per game... Eighth in the MAAC in kills per game and topped all MAAC freshmen in total kills... Seventh in the conference in digs per game... Posted 23 double-doubles in kills and digs... Earned MAAC Rookie of the Week honors on four occasions... Set the Loyola single-match record with 36 digs against Marist (9/23)... Also had 18 kills and hit at a .282 clip against the Red Foxes... Tallied 19 kills on two occasions... Reached the mark against Saint Peter's (10/14) and at Iona (9/30)... Went for 18 kills against Marist in the same match she set the single-match digs record... Had 17 kills in five matches, including three in a row from September 1-4...Reached the 30-dig mark three times... Had an even 30 twice, against Fairfield (10/7) and Canisius (10/27)... Also a good blocker, finished the season with 66 total... Posted six total blocks against Canisius (10/27) and at Iona (9/30)... Led the Greyhounds in aces with 47... Posted four in three matches, at Fairfield in the MAAC Semifinals (11/18), against Marist (9/23) and versus Hartford (9/7)... Earned All-Tournament honors at the Crusader Classic after posting 13 kills against Hartford and 14 versus Holy Cross (9/8).

High School: Earned four varsity letters at Williamstown (N.J.) High School... Williamstown also won the 2006 New Jersey Group III State Championship, as well as four conference titles... was named one of PrepVolleyball.com's Top 25 National Player of the Year finalists... also an Academic All-American... was named to All-America squad as a junior and senior... has earned first-team all-state, first-team all-South Jersey, first-team all-conference, N.J. Gatorade Player of the Year, Newark Star Ledger State Player of the Year, Courier Post South Jersey Player of the Year, Glouscester County Times Athlete of the Year... a member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Has an older sister, Jessica, a student at Robert Morris... the daughter of Joseph and Diane Camaioni... born Abington, Pa.