2016 (Senior Year): Competed in all 27 matches while making 19 starts … Earned a spot on the UMES Courtyard Classic All-Tournament Team … Member of the AD’s Honor Roll in the fall … Played in 88 sets on the season, averaging 1.28 kills and 1.28 digs per set … Totaled 113 kills, 113 digs, 27 blocks, 13 service aces and three assists while hitting .134 … Posted a career-high 10 kills on a career-best 43 attacks with 13 digs in a win at Coppin State on Sept. 23 … Also had 10 kills in a victory over North Carolina A&T on Oct. 12 … Tallied a career-high 21 digs at Elon on Sept. 9 … Reached double figures in digs in back-to-back matches at home against Maryland Eastern Shore on Sept. 30 (12 digs, seven kills) and in a victory over Delaware State on Oct. 4 (13 digs) … Set a career high with four blocks at Howard on Oct. 28 and then tied that mark with four blocks and five digs in the next match against the Bison again on Nov. 2 … Contributed nine kills in each of the following two matches at Maryland Eastern Shore on Nov. 4 and at home in a win over Hampton on Nov. 6 … Hit .438 with eight kills against American on Sept. 2 … The following day, had nine digs, six kills and a career-best three service aces versus Navy … Posted nine digs and five kills in the next match at Maryland Eastern Shore on Sept. 4.
2015 (Junior Year): Played in 24 matches and made 11 starts … Competed in 74 sets on the season … Named to the AD’s Honor Roll and the MEAC All-Academic Team … Tallied 94 digs, 36 kills, 12 blocks, eight assists and three service aces … Averaged 1.27 digs per set … Had three matches with 10 or more digs, including a season-high 11 twice … First had 11 digs against Gardner-Webb on Aug. 29 … Later in the year, had 11 digs in a match at North Carolina A&T on Sept. 12 … Posted 10 digs with a season-best five kills in a matchup at William & Mary on Aug. 29 … Had five kills and seven digs to start the year against La Salle on Aug. 28 … Also had five kills and two digs and a season-best three blocks against Hampton on Oct. 16 … Posted three blocks again in a win at Delaware State on Nov. 11 with five digs and two kills … Finished the year with a career-best three assists and six digs at UMES on Nov. 13.
2014 (Sophomore Year): Member of the MEAC All-Academic Team and the AD’s Honor Roll … Played in 35 and 16 matches, getting the starting nod in three … Tallied 32 kills on the season while hitting .071 … Also had 22 digs, three blocks, two service aces and one assist … Had a season-best eight kills with three digs against Niagara on Sept. 12 … Posted six kills in a win against Delaware State on Nov. 9 and five kills on 12 swings at Morgan State on Oct. 3 … Tallied a season-high four digs in a match against The Citadel on Sept. 19 … Added four kills, three digs and a block at Delaware State on Oct. 12.
2013 (Freshman Year): Member of the AD’s Honor Roll … Walk-on competed in nine matches and 11 sets overall on the year … Finished the year with four kills and two digs … Added a pair of kills in a 3-1 win at UMES on Nov. 7 … Had her first career kills in a 3-2 victory over Morgan State on Oct. 3 … Also had her first career dig Oct. 13 in a 3-0 win over Delaware State … Competed in her first collegiate match Aug. 31 at Appalachian State.
High School: Competed on the JV team at Good Counsel her freshman year and the varsity team her last three years under coach Karen Kart … Named second-team All-Gazette for Montgomery County and honorable mention All-Met by the
Washington Post her senior year in 2012 … Was also a first-team All-Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) honoree her senior year … Led Good Counsel to its sixth straight conference title in 2011 as a junior while improving the school’s WCAC win streak to 115 … Named second-team All-WCAC her junior season … Also competed on the swim team her freshman year.
Club: Played for the Metro American Volleyball Club her sophomore and junior years … Led her club team to the U-16 national tournament her sophomore year and to a first-place finish her junior season at the Capitol Hill Classic Tournament … Also a member of the U-18 Montgomery Village Sports Association (MVSA) Storm her senior season.
Personal: Full name is Sydney Elizabeth Dailey … Born on Oct. 7, 1995 … Daughter of Janet and Darnell Dailey … Has two older sisters, Adriana and Morgan, an older brother, Jason, and a younger brother, Donlan … Father Darnell played football at Maryland, was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals of the NFL in 1982 and spent time in the Cardinals and Redskins organizations … Sister Morgan is a pro MMA fighter … Majoring in psychology with a minor in business … Unsure of her future plans … Member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and the Chi Alpha Sigma National College Athlete Honor Society … Enjoys swimming, singing, dancing, working out, watching Netflix and Grey’s Anatomy and playing with her siblings.
| CAREER HIGHS |
| Kills |
10 (2x), last: North Carolina A&T (10-12-16) |
| Total Attacks |
43, at Coppin State (9-23-16) |
| Hitting Percentage |
.500 (5-1-8), Morgan State (10-23-16) |
| Assists |
3, at UMES (11-13-15) |
| Service Aces |
3, vs. Navy (9-3-16) |
| Digs |
21, at Elon (9-9-16) |
| Block Assists |
3 (4x), last: vs. Florida A&M (11-18-16) |
| Total Blocks |
4 (2x), last: Howard (11-2-16) |
| Points |
12.5, North Carolina A&T (10-12-16) |
