15 Natasha Ray
Natasha Ray
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Colorado Springs, Colo.
  • High School:
    Cheyenne Mountain
  • Previous College:
    Yavapai College
  • Position:
    RS
  • Major:
    Sports and Recreation Management & Mass Communications

Bio

Posted the 12th-most digs in a season (339 in 2011) in school history and the 13th-most kills (287 in 2011).

As a Sophomore in 2011: Played in all 26 matches for the Ravens...Fall/Spring Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Acadmic Honor Roll selection...Ranked 10th in the Northeast-10 in kills per set (2.93), 12th in points per set (3.49) and tied for 14th in digs per set (3.46)...Led the team in kills per set and points per set...Ranked second on the team in digs per set and third in aces (25) and blocks per set (0.47)...Made her Ravens debut and notched a career-high four blocks (three solo) to go with 14 kills, four digs and an ace in the season opener at Michigan Tech on 9/2; later in the day, notched her seventh career double-double, her first as a Raven, with a career-high 20 kills to go with 10 digs against Notre Dame (Ohio)...Named to the Northeast-10 Conference Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 9/4...Picked up her eighth career double-double with 17 kills and 13 digs against Merrimack on 9/9...Registered her ninth career double-double with 13 kills and 17 digs at Massachusetts Lowell on 9/10; later in the day, registered her 10th career double-double with 13 kills and 11 digs against Post...Named to the Northeast-10 Conference Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 9/11...Posted her fifth double-double of the season, and the 11th of her career, with 10 kills and a career-best 26 digs against District of Columbia on 9/17...Tallied 10 kills and 14 digs for her 12th career double-double at Massachusetts Lowell on 9/20...Rang up her 13th career double-double with 17 kills and 15 digs against New Haven on 9/24...Named to the Northeast-10 Conference Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 9/25...Picked up 10 kills and 12 digs for the 14th double-double of her career against Mercy on 10/1...Rattled off 11 kills and 12 digs to contribute her 15th career double-double against Bentley on 10/4...Notched her 16th career double-double, her 10th of the season, with 13 kills and 21 digs against Merrimack on 10/11...Posted her 17th career double-double with 10 kills and 14 digs at Southern Connecticut State on 10/13...Named to the Northeast-10 Conference Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 10/16...Chipped in her 18th career double-double with a 16-kill, 16-dig double-double against Saint Rose on 10/22...Finished with her 19th career double-double on 10 kills and 16 digs against Le Moyne on 10/23...Named to the Northeast-10 Conference Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 10/23...Picked up her 20th career double-double with 13 kills and 14 digs against Saint Anselm on 10/25...Posted her 21st career double-double, her 15th of the campaign, with 10 kills and 13 digs against American International on 11/3.
2011 Statistics 

As a Freshman at Yavapai College in 2010: Played in 36 matches for the Roughriders...All-Arizona Community College Athletic Conference Honorable Mention seleciton...Ranked second on the team in aces (32) and third in digs per set (2.78) and kills per set (2.36)...Hit .224 with 205 kills and 62 errors over 639 attempts...Tallied 242 digs, 25 assists and 22 blocks...Made her collegiate debut with eight kills, four digs, two blocks and three aces against Garden City CC on 8/27...Notched her first career double-double with 16 digs and 14 kills against Western Wyoming CC later on 8/27...Chalked up 10 digs and seven kills against Vernon on 8/28...Later on 8/28, chipped in 12 digs and four aces against Dodge City CC...Tallied her second double-double of the season with 12 kills and 12 digs to go with 2.5 blocks and a season-high four assists against Eastern Arizona on 9/1...Served up four aces against Pima CC on 9/3...Picked up her third double-double with 12 digs and 10 kills against South Mountain CC on 9/17...Piled up 14 digs against Eastern Wyoming on 9/24...Chalked up 13 digs against Chandler-Gilbert CC on 9/29...Rang up a season-high 16 kills against Arizona Western on 10/2...Notched her fourth double-double effort with a season-high 25 digs to go with 11 kills and a season-high six aces against Phoenix on 10/4...Tallied another double-double, her fifth, with 17 digs and 11 kills against Scottsdale CC on 10/12...Served up three aces against Palm Beach State on 10/15...Notched her sixth double-double with 14 digs and 12 kills against South Mountain CC on 10/20...Rang up 12 kills against Phoenix on 10/27...Piled up 13 digs and seven kills against Chandler-Gilbert CC on 10/29.
2010 Statistics 

Before College: Three-year letterwinner at Cheyenne Mountain High School (Colo.) after one year at Coronado High School...All-State Honorable Mention as both a junior and a senior...All-League First Team selection as a senior...Team captured state titles in both her junior and senior seasons after a runner-up finish as a sophomore, and brought home regional, district and league championships in each of her three years at Cheyenne Mountain...Academic All-State First Team selection in her junior and senior years.

Personal: Daughter of Bettina and Paul Ray...A sports and recreation management and mass communications double major.