Norfolk State University Athletics

2010: Named the MEAC Rookie of the Week Sept. 6 after averaging 2.20 kills, 3.20 digs and 0.73 service aces per set in four matches … Earned a spot on the Spartan Classic All-Tournament Team Aug. 28 … Played in all 33 matches and started 32 … Competed in 121 out of a total of 123 sets on the year … Finished second on the team with 270 kills and 321 digs … Totals ranked tied for seventh all-time in kills and fifth in digs at NSU for a single season … Averaged 2.23 kills and 2.65 digs per set and hit .054 for the season … Had a team-high 37 service aces, averaging 0.31 per set … Finished seventh in the conference in service aces and eighth in digs … Also added 56 assists and 40 blocks, an average of 0.46 and 0.33 per set … Totaled 23 kills on a .314 attack percentage in her very first collegiate match, a 3-1 win against Providence Aug. 27 in the Spartan Classic, just three kills from tying the school record … Had 26 points against Providence, the third-most by a MEAC player on the year … Reached double digits in kills in 11 matches, including five of the first six of the season … Had 13 matches of double-digit digs, including six double-doubles … Had a season-high 23 digs with 17 kills against UNC Greensboro Aug. 28 in the Spartan Classic … Posted 21 digs, 13 kills, three assists and three blocks in a 3-1 victory over Gardner-Webb Sept. 17 … Threw down 11 kills with 20 digs and four assists against Delaware State Sept. 25 in the Spartan Invitational … Had 18 kills, 11 digs and three blocks against Florida A&M Oct. 4 … Reached a season-high six blocks with 18 digs against NC Central Oct. 24 … Had a season-high eight service aces to go along with 16 digs and 12 kills in a 3-2 win at Hampton Aug. 31 … Was one of two players in the MEAC to post eight service aces in a match during the year.

High School: Played four years of varsity volleyball at Center Grove High School for coach Deb McClurg … Also competed in track freshman, junior and senior years … Named the Johnson County Athlete of the Year senior season … Earned all-county first-team honors … An AAU All-American senior year as well … Led team to the final four at the state championship as a senior … Was also a state qualifier in track that year.

Personal: Full name is Arielle Grace Knafel … Born on July 30, 1991 … Daughter of Raymond and Karla Knafel … Has two younger siblings, Trayce and Tayven … Majoring in chemistry-premed … Wants to eventually become an ER physician.

KNAFEL'S CAREER STATS

YEAR	SP	K	E	TA	PCT	A	SA	SE	RE	DIG	BS	BA	BHE
2010	121	270	225	833	.054	56	37	49	42	321	3	37	8
Totals	121	270	225	833	.054	56	37	49	42	321	3	37	8