2015 (Senior Year): Played and started all 25 matches and competed in all 90 sets on the year … Team MVP … Named to the AD’s Honor Roll and the MEAC All-Academic Team … Earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team at the Tribe Invitational to start the year … Led the team and ranked sixth in the MEAC in kills per set (3.23) and eighth in points (3.61) … Set the school record in kills per set … Ranked third on the team with 2.02 digs per set … Finished the year with 291 total kills, the seventh-most in school history … Also had 846 attacks, the third-most in school history … Ranked second on the team with 21 service aces and had totals of 182 digs, 20 blocks and 15 assists … Finished her career ninth all-time at NSU in kills (547), 11th in matches played (96) and attacks (1554) and 15th in assists (184) … Had 15 matches with double-digit kills and six with double-digit digs … Had five double-doubles on the year, including three straight to start the season … Began the year with 18 kills, 10 digs and two service aces against La Salle on Aug. 28 … The following day, had 13 kills and a career-high 15 digs against Gardner-Webb, and 17 kills and 13 digs against William & Mary in the Tribe Invitational … Nearly had a double-double the next match against Sacramento State on Sept. 4, finishing with nine kills, 12 digs, two assists and two service aces … Had a career-high 20 kills with nine digs against Hampton on Oct. 16 … Hit a career-best .484 with 18 kills and seven digs in a win over Delaware State on Oct. 18 … Posted double-doubles of 16 kills and 12 digs against North Carolina Central (Sept. 18) and 13 kills and 13 digs with two services aces versus Morgan State (Sept. 27) … Hit .394 with 16 kills, six digs and two assists at Coppin State on Oct. 23 … Tie her career high with four blocks and added 11 kills on a .409 attack percentage with eight digs in a win at Delaware State on Nov. 11 … Also set a career high with three services aces in addition to eight kills, eight digs and two blocks in a win over Alabama State on Sept. 12.
2014 (Junior Year): Played in 23 matches and made 11 starts … Appeared in 58 sets on the season … Named the MEAC Player of the Week on Nov. 10 after finishing with a pair of triple-doubles in NSU’s last two matches of the year … Member of the MEAC All-Academic Team and the AD’s Honor Roll … Received the team’s Most Improved Player award at the end-of-year banquet … Averaged 2.72 assists and 1.76 kills per set with a .123 attack percentage … Totaled 158 assists, 102 kills, 54 digs, 13 blocks and nine service aces … Took over at setter at the end of the year … Tallied 26 assists, 10 kills and 10 digs against UMES on Nov. 7 … Also posted 21 assists, 13 digs, 11 kills and two service aces in a victory over Delaware State on Nov. 9 … Had NSU’s first triple-double since Nicole Kessner on Oct. 27, 2010 at South Carolina State … Also had a double-double with a career-high 31 assists to go along with 10 kills and five digs against Coppin State on Oct. 26 … Tied her career high with four blocks and added 22 assists, seven kills and two service aces versus Morgan State on Oct. 24 … Was one of six matches with double-digit assists … Posted double-digit kills in five matches, including back-to-back totals of 12 at Morgan State on Oct. 3 and 13 against Howard on Oct. 10 … Hit .375 with eight kills on 16 swings at Delaware State on Oct. 12 … Hit .417 with six kills on 12 swings at Hampton on Sept. 26.
2013 (Sophomore Year): Played in 28 matches with 13 starts … Member of the MEAC All-Academic Team and the AD’s Honor Roll … Totaled 123 kills, averaging 1.76 per set in 70 sets played … Hit .150 and also added 32 digs, 19 blocks, 10 assists and five service aces … Reached double digits in kills in six matches, including a season-high 15 in a 3-1 win at UMES on Nov. 7 … Hit .333 and also had a career-best four blocks … Had 12 kills and three blocks in the next match at Delaware State on Nov. 10 … Had a solid outing Nov. 1 against Howard, finishing with 14 kills on a .417 attack percentage with a season-high seven digs and three blocks … Totaled 12 kills with just one error while hitting .393 in a 3-0 win over Bethune-Cookman on Sept. 13 … Also had 12 kills in matches against Penn (Sept. 20) and at VCU (Oct. 8) … Had three assists in back-to-back matches against Canisius and Fordham on Sept. 7.
2012 (Freshman Year): Member of the AD’s Honor Roll … Appeared in 20 matches and got the starting nod once, at Coppin State on Sept. 28 … Saw action in 36 sets on the year … Finished the season with 31 kills, 21 digs, two blocks and one assists … Had her best match of the season with a season-high 12 kills and a season-best 14 digs against Hampton on Sep. 22 … Added six kills and two blocks the next match at Coppin State … Also added four kills against CSU Bakersfield on Sept. 15.
High School: Competed on the varsity volleyball team all four years at Princess Anne HS under Coach Craig Dooren … Earned second-team All-Beach District honors junior and senior seasons and honorable mention sophomore year … Led Princess Anne to the regular season co-championship in 2010, a first for the school … Won the Eastern Region tournament and advanced to the state tournament in 2009 … Princess Anne was ranked No. 1 in the state three straight weeks that year … Led her team to the state quarterfinals in 2010 … Named the team’s Most Improved Player sophomore year … Member of the Latin Honor Society and the National Honor Society … An honor roll student … Won the “Ms. Diversity” Award.
Club: A four-time competitor at the USA Volleyball junior national championships … Was a setter for the U-18 Atlantic Wave Volleyball club team senior year … Competed for the U-13 and U-14 Virginia Beach Volleyball Academy (VBVBA) team and went to the national meet in 2006 … Played on the Beach Elite Roxy club team from ages 15-17 and went to the national meet in 2008, ’09 and ’10 … Was the ODU Big Champion with her U-14 and U-17 teams.
Personal: Full name is Angela Megan Darcus … Goes by “Angie” … Last name is pronounced DAR-kiss … Born on March 20, 1994 … Daughter of Athina and Henry Darcus … Majoring in kinesiotherapy with a minor in psychology … Wants to go to physical therapy school and become a physical therapist … Member of the NSU Honors College and Chi Alpha Sigma … Earned the 2015 Outstanding Woman Student Athlete – Team Sport award from VAHPERD (Virginia Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance) … Enjoys sketching, painting, drawing, yoga, playing the cello and listening to music.
| CAREER HIGHS |
| Kills |
20, vs. Hampton (10-16-15) |
| Total Attacks |
54, vs. La Salle (8-28-15) |
| Hitting Percentage |
.484 (18-3-31), vs. Delaware State (10-18-15) |
| Assists |
31, Coppin State (10-26-14) |
| Service Aces |
3, vs. Alabama State (9-12-15) |
| Digs |
15, vs. Gardner-Webb (8-29-15) |
| Block Assists |
4 (2x), last: Morgan State (10-24-14) |
| Total Blocks |
4 (3x), last: at Delaware State (11-11-15) |
| Points |
21.5, vs. Hampton (10-16-15) |
