2019 (Senior Year): Played in 12 matches and made one start … Saw time in 33 sets on the year … Earned a place on the AD’s Honor Roll both semesters and the MEAC All-Academic Team … Totaled 25 kills and hit .167 with eight blocks, seven digs and one assist … Went for a season-high seven kills on a .400 hitting percentage and two blocks against Maryland Eastern Shore on Nov. 8 … Ended the season with six kills on a .308 attack percentage with two blocks in a win over South Carolina State on Nov. 17 … Added four kills against Delaware State on Nov. 10, and four kills and three digs versus Howard on Nov. 12 … Had a pair of blocks against Coppin State on Oct. 11.
2018 (Junior Year): Played in 19 matches with four starts, as well as a total of 49 sets … Named to the AD’s Honor Roll in the fall and the MEAC All-Academic Team … Ended the campaign with 43 kills, 15 digs, six blocks, five assists and three service aces … Hit a career-high nine kills against North Carolina A&T on Sept. 21 … Set a new career high with three blocks while adding six kills at Coppin State on Oct. 26 … Contributed four kills and three digs against Coppin State on Sept. 28 as well … Started the year with three kills and a season-high four digs at Georgetown on Aug. 31 … Added three kills and a career-high three assists in a win over Delaware State on Nov. 4 … Finished with three kills and two blocks against Howard on Oct. 12.
2017 (Sophomore Year): Competed in 22 matches while making eight starts … Member of the MEAC All-Academic Team and the AD’s Honor Roll in the spring … Averaged 1.08 kills per set … Played a total of 51 sets and tallied 55 kills, 23 digs, seven blocks, three assists and three service aces … Had a season-high eight kills while hitting .312 at Maryland Eastern Shore on Oct. 6 … Added six kills and a career-best five digs with one block versus Bucknell on Sept. 16 … The next match, totaled six kills with two digs in a win over Savannah State on Sept. 22 … Tallied five kills, three digs and one block against Coppin State on Sept. 29 … Posted four kills in a win over North Carolina Central on Sept. 8 and four kills at Delaware State on Oct. 8.
2016 (Freshman Year): Member of the AD’s Honor Roll in the fall … Competed in seven matches and made one start versus UMBC in the season opener on Aug. 26 … Played in 10 sets on the year and finished with three digs, one kill and one block … Had two digs and a block in the contest against UMBC … Also had her first career kill and another dig at VCU on Oct. 25.
High School: Member of the volleyball team all four years at Charles H. Flowers High School … Team MVP her junior and senior seasons … Led the school to a 13-4 record her senior season … Had 23 kills and 14 digs in one match and 10 service aces in another … Led the team in kills and service aces on the season … Also competed on the track and field team all four years and the swimming team her first two years of school … Won the Maryland state championship in the discus in the 4A division during her junior and senior seasons … Qualified for the Penn Relays in the discus as a senior … Also competed at the New Balance Nationals Outdoor meet in the summer of 2016 … Owned a personal best of 141-8 feet set while winning the state title in 2015 … Also threw the shot put at the state meet … Was a Maryland Scholar Athlete as well as an Honor Roll student all four years … Earned the swim team’s Most Spirit Award her freshman year … Took home the same award for volleyball her sophomore year.
Club: Competed for the Kinetic Volleyball Club from 2009-11 and the Evolution Volleyball Club from 2012-16 … Competed with current NSU teammate Destine Hooker the last three years with Evolution … Won close to 10 tournaments over the years.
Personal: Full name is Daiysa Monet Burrell … Born on Jan. 23, 1998 … First name is pronounced DAY-jah … Daughter of Maureen Burrell and Stephen Thorne … Has one older sister, Kayla, a younger brother, Stephen Jr., and a younger sister, Savaan … Cousins Garison and Zachary Duncan and several uncles played collegiate football … Majoring in exercise science … Wants to go into occupational therapy … Member of the Spartan Generals, an organization that provides mentors for incoming freshmen … Also a member of the National Society of Leadership and Success, Sister Circle, and the Student Activities Board … Enjoying drawing and computer graphics.
| CAREER HIGHS |
| Kills |
9, vs. North Carolina A&T (9-21-18) |
| Total Attacks |
25, at Delaware State (10-8-17) |
| Hitting Percentage |
.400 (7-1-15), vs. Maryland Eastern Shore (11-8-19) |
| Assists |
3, vs. Delaware State (11-4-18) |
| Service Aces |
1 (6x), last: at Hampton (10-30-18) |
| Digs |
5, vs. Bucknell (9-16-17) |
| Block Assists |
3, at Coppin State (10-26-18) |
| Total Blocks |
3, at Coppin State (10-26-18) |
| Points |
9.0, vs. North Carolina A&T (9-21-18) |
