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Missouri State

2023 Volleyball Roster

19 Azyah Green

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Springfield, Mo.

Biography

Honors: All-MVC Second Team (2023)...MVC Defensive Player of the Week (2/9/21, 9/13/21)...Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Fall 2022)...MVC Academic Honor Roll (2023-24)

Senior (2023)/Career Summary
• Picked up second-team all-MVC honors in her fifth and final season with the Bears
• Hit a team-high .282 with averages of 2.25 kills and 1.06 blocks per set
• Ranked fifth in the MVC in blocking average, and placed 69th nationally with 128 total stuffs
• Concluded MSU career ranked fourth in school history with 592 total blocks and 11th with a 1.06 per set average; all three players ahead on blocking list ended careers in 1988 or earlier
• Ended career in the No. 6 spot on the MVC’s career list with 512 block assists
• Only player in school history with 100+ blocks in five seasons, and only player to lead the team in blocking in five consecutive years
• Finished career ranked second in school history with 561 sets played and seventh with 146 matches
• At the end of 2023, ranked first among active Division I players in sets, seventh in blocks and 15th in matches

Senior (2022)
• Appeared in all 30 matches for the Bears, making every start for the third consecutive season
• Averaged 0.98 blocks and 1.74 kills per set on .218 hitting
• Finished the season ranked eighth in school history with 464 total blocks and 11th with a 1.05 average
• Became the first player to lead MSU in blocking four consecutive seasons since Mindy Struckhoff (1985-88), and first with 100 or more total blocks in four straight years since Calli Norman (2008-11)
• Had 10-plus kills in nine matches with a high of 18 (on .533 hitting) in the Bears’ win over Villanova (9/9)
• Hit. 565 with 13 kills and no errors in the MVC opener at Belmont (9/23)
• Season highs of eight blocks came in the season opener over versus Tennessee Tech (8/26) and at league champ UNI (9/30)
• Tallied five or more blocks in 10 matches and led the Bears in that category 15 times

Junior (2021)
• Started every match in the middle for the second consecutive season
• Averaged 1.17 blocks per set to rank fourth in the MVC
• Blocking average was the highest at MSU since 2006 and best in the 25-point scoring era
• Hit .226 on the year with averages of 1.73 kills and 2.41 points per set
• Tallied double-figure kills on three occasions with a high of 14 at Drake (11/5)
• Posted 12 kills against Albany (9/17) and 10 versus Tulane (9/11)
• Recorded five or more blocks in 14 matches
• Had season highs of nine blocks versus Albany (9/17) and at Southern Illinois (10/16)
• Led Missouri State in blocking 21 times in 30 matches
• Averaged 2.0 blocks and 2.44 kills on .383 hitting in the Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational to win MVC Defensive Player of the Week honors on Sept. 13

Sophomore (2020-21)
• Led the Bears in blocking for the second consecutive season, averaging 1.12 per set to rank second in the league
• Started every match and hit .199 with 1.39 kills per set in addition to 100 total blocks, which ranked 16th nationally
• MVC Defensive Player of the Week on Feb. 9 after piling up 13 blocks in the two home wins over Valpo
• Had 10 kills on four occasions, hitting .286 or higher each time
• Tallied 11 blocks at Loyola (3/8), the most for an MSU player in the 25-point era and the most in a three-set match since 2003
• Led MSU in blocking 15 times in 22 matches
• Recorded at least five stuffs on 12 occasions

Freshman (2019)
• Played in every match with 26 starts as a true freshman
• Ranked seventh in the MVC with 0.98 blocks per set, and her 120 total blocks were the most by an MSU freshman in the 25-point scoring era
• First MSU player overall with 100 blocks since 2016 and first freshman since 2008
• Had 10 blocks vs. Weber State (9/14), the most for an MSU freshman since 2006
• Led the Bears in blocking 18 times
• Hit .429 with a season-high 10 kills at Indiana State (11/16), and had 87 total kills on the year
• Recorded four or more blocks in 19 matches

Background
• Four-year starter in the middle at Springfield’s Kickapoo High
• Led the Chiefs in blocks each of her final three seasons
• Second-team all-district pick three times in her career, adding first-team all-conference honors as a senior
• Accumulated 145 kills as a junior
• Named the area’s top blocker by Ozarks Sports Zone her sophomore season when she had 102 blocks (1.3 per set) and 181 kills with a .268 attack efficiency

Personal
• Born March 8, 2001, in Springfield, Mo.
• Daughter of Robert and Audrey Green
• Pursuing a history degree

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2019Freshman

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    2020-21Sophomore

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    2021Junior

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    2022Senior

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    2023Senior

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