2016 (Senior Year): Played in all 27 matches and made 24 starts … Member of the AD’s Honor Roll in the fall … Competed in 94 out of a total of 95 sets on the season … Ended her career 14
th all-time at NSU in block assists (94) and matches played (87) … Finished second on the team with 1.73 kills per set and third with 0.48 blocks … Hit .145 on the season with 163 kills, 45 blocks, 17 digs, eight service aces and five assists … Had six matches with 10 or more kills, including a career-best 14 on a .393 attack percentage with three blocks in a win over North Carolina A&T on Oct. 12 … Had 13 kills on a .375 attack percentage with two blocks in the next match at Hampton, a victory on Oct. 14 … Totaled 13 kills with two blocks against Morgan State on Oct. 23 … Hit .478 with 12 kills and three blocks in a win over South Carolina State on Sept. 2 … Knocked down 11 kills and added three blocks against Maryland Eastern Shore on Sept. 30 … Also reached double figures with 10 kills and two digs at Maryland Eastern Shore on Nov. 4 … Ended the year with a season-best five blocks and four digs against Florida A&M on Nov. 18 in the MEAC tournament … Began the season with four blocks and three kills against UMBC on Aug. 26 … Totaled nine kills and two blocks versus Coppin State on Oct. 21 … Knocked down seven kills in three straight matches against Gardner-Webb on Sept. 10, in a win at Coppin State on Sept. 23 and at Morgan State on Sept. 25 … Had a combined five blocks in the two matches against CSU and MSU.
2015 (Junior Year): Played in and started 21 matches while competing in 77 sets … Finished third on the team with 1.78 kills per set and second with 0.48 blocks … Named to the AD’s Honor Roll and the MEAC All-Academic Team … Totaled 137 kills, 37 blocks, 30 digs, 17 service aces and five assists on the year while ranking third on the team in hitting percentage (.191) … Finished with double-digit kills in two matches, including a season-best 12 with two blocks against Hampton on Oct. 16 … Hit .409 with 10 kills and four blocks against North Carolina Central on Sept. 18 … Led off the year by tying her career high with six blocks to go with nine kills against La Salle on Aug. 28 … A day later against William & Mary, finished with a career-best six service aces … Set a new personal best with seven digs while adding nine kills in the season finale at UMES on Nov. 13 … Posted nine kills and hit .409 with two blocks in the first matchup with UMES on Nov. 6 … Posted nine kills and four blocks at North Carolina A&T on Sept. 12 and nine kills and two blocks at Howard on Oct. 11 … Finished with eight kills, four digs, three blocks and two service aces against Morgan State on Sept. 27 … Posted eight kills, two blocks and two digs against Delaware State on Oct. 18.
2014 (Sophomore Year): Member of the MEAC All-Academic Team and the AD’s Honor Roll … Played in 20 matches on the year with 15 starts … Saw time in 51 sets … Averaged 1.63 kills per set and hit .134 … Totaled 83 kills with 27 blocks, eight digs and one assist … Ranked second on the team in both blocks per set (0.53) and total blocks … Posted a career-high 13 kills and hit .391 in a matchup at Morgan State on Oct. 3 … Posted seven kills on just 11 swings at East Carolina on Sept. 5 … In her next match at Pittsburgh on Sept. 13, added seven kills and five blocks, including four solo … Also had five blocks with four kills against Howard on Oct. 10 … Finished with nine kills and two blocks at Delaware State on Oct. 12 … Hit .313 and totaled eight kills at South Carolina on Sept. 19.
2013 (Freshman Year): Member of the AD’s Honor Roll … Played in 30 sets on the year in 19 matches, including four starts … Finished the season with 14 kills, 12 blocks, five digs, one assist and one service ace … In a 3-2 win over UMES on Oct. 18, posted a season-best five kills and hit .308 … Made starts in the next two matches at Hampton and Morgan State … Made her first career start in the season-opening win Aug. 30 against Sam Houston State, recording a season-best six blocks with three digs and two kills … Got the starting nod the next day against Loyola (Md.) … Added a pair of kills on Sept. 29 in a 3-0 shutout of Coppin State.
High School: Played four years of varsity volleyball, her freshman year at Washington Christian Academy and her last three years at Sherwood under coach Brian McCarty … Was a member of three straight Maryland 4A state championship teams at Sherwood … Helped Sherwood to a 57-match win streak in the process, finishing 19-0 each of those three seasons … Started her junior and senior years … Was chosen to play in the Senior All-Star Game … Sherwood finished her senior year in 2012 No. 3 in the state of Maryland according to MaxPreps.com … Ranked first in the state and 40
th nationally her junior year in 2011 … Sherwood was also ranked No. 1 in the metro area her junior and senior seasons by the
Washington Post … Team captain senior year … A Coaches Award recipient her freshman year … Also competed on the indoor track team her junior year … Received the Athletes Mind in Motion Award for having a GPA of 3.2 or better her three years at Sherwood.
Club: Played for Metro American Volleyball Club from 2008-12 and then Brandywine Volleyball Club from 2012-13.
Personal: Full name is Dominique Adara Parker … Born on Sept. 14, 1995 … Daughter of Linda Fontaine and Robert Parker … Has two older brothers, Daniel and Robbie … Brother Daniel played football at Duke from 2007-11 … Majoring in English and foreign language … Undecided on career plans … Member of the Chi Alpha Sigma National College Athlete Honor Society … Enjoys hanging out with family and friends, watching movies, listening to music, word games and puzzles, and general art.
| CAREER HIGHS |
| Kills |
14, North Carolina A&T (10-12-16) |
| Total Attacks |
40, Morgan State (10-23-16) |
| Hitting Percentage |
.636 (7-0-11), at East Carolina (9-5-14) |
| Assists |
2, vs. Appalachian State (8-27-16) |
| Service Aces |
6, at William & Mary (8-29-15) |
| Digs |
7, at UMES (11-13-15) |
| Solo Blocks |
4, at Pittsburgh (9-13-14) |
| Block Assists |
6, vs. Sam Houston State (8-30-13) |
| Total Blocks |
6 (2x), last: vs. La Salle (8-28-15) |
| Points |
16.0, North Carolina A&T (10-12-16) |
