Honors
• 2019-20 XULA Sister Beatrice Jeffries Student Life, Leadership and Service Award
• 2019-20 XULA Female Medal of Honor
• Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars third team in 2017-18
• XULA volleyball's NAIA Champions of Character honoree in 2017, 2018 and 2019
• All-Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Tournament in 2018
• GCAC Attacker of the Week in 2016
• XULA Athletic Director's Honor Roll in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019
• GCAC Commissioner's Honor Roll in 2016-17 and 2017-18
Briefly
• Four-year letterwinner at XULA
• Two-year starter (2017, 2018)
• XULA career rankings after conclusion of 2019 season:
No. 4 with 166 blocks,
No. 6 with 0.55 blocks per set,
tied for eighth with 107 matches played,
No. 10 with 456 kills and 1,253 attacks,
No. 13 with 301 sets played
• Helped Gold Nuggets win GCAC regular-season and tournament championships
in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 and qualify for the NAIA National Championship tournament all four years
• Received XULA bachelor's degree in May 2020 and
will attend the University of Southern California’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program beginning in the fall of 2020
2019 (Senior)
• Produced 61 kills and 23 blocks in 23 matches (54 sets)
• Season highs included five kills four times, including against Dillard
in regular-season finale and against Westmont, the eventual runner-up, at NAIA nationals
• Produced season-high five blocks at SUNO in three-set GCAC victory
• Helped Gold Nuggets win a school-record 31 matches (31-9 overall) and
become the first XULA team to reach the NAIA National Championship Final Site
• Helped XULA repeat as GCAC regular-season and tournament champion
• Helped XULA attain its highest-ever national ranking: among "others receiving
votes" (29th place) in the NAIA postseason coaches poll (Dec. 12, 2019)
2018 (Junior)
• Produced 136 kills, two aces, 26 digs and 66 blocks
in 29 matches (91 sets) . . . Ranked second on the team in blocks and fourth in kills
• Her 66 blocks were No. 7 on XULA's single-season list,
and her 0.73 blocks per set ranked 10th
• Hit .301 in GCAC matches
• Her season high for kills in a match was nine, accomplished in XULA victories
against Cumberlands, Point and Martin Methodist
• Her season high for blocks in a match was five —
against Martin Methodist, Mobile and Campbellsville
• Produced at least one block in each of her first 19 matches and 26-of-29 matches overall
• Hit .500 with eight kills and two blocks to help XULA win GCAC opener at home against city rival Dillard
• Had five kills and two blocks against Indiana Wesleyan — XULA's first-ever win against a ranked opponent
• Hit .400 with six kills and two blocks to help XULA win GCAC Tournament final against Tougaloo
2017 (Sophomore)
• Hit .243 with 145 kills, 29 digs and 54 blocks
in 26 matches (86 sets) . . . Ranked second on the team in blocks, third in hitting percentage
and fourth in kills
• Hit .317 in GCAC matches
• Never reached double-figure kills but produced five-or-more in 18-of-26 matches
• Match highs of nine kills against Talladega and eight apiece against
SUNO, Dillard and Spring Hill
• Had eight kills and two blocks in XULA's first-ever win against NCAA Division II power Spring Hill
after 19 consecutive defeats
• Helped XULA become the first Louisiana team to not lose a set against conference opponents . . . Gold Nuggets won 36-of-36 sets
during the GCAC regular season
2016 (Freshman)
• Ranked fifth on team 114 kills and sixth with 23 blocks
• Produced five-or-more kills in 12-of-29 matches
• In her only match with double-figure kills, she had 13 and hit .455 in a
23-25, 25-17, 25-20, 25-17 victory at Tougaloo in the Gulf Coast Athletic
Conference opener Sept. 6
• Though she hit .177 for the season, she hit a combined
.462 (36 kills, six errors, 65 attacks) in the four matches in which she reached seven or more kills
• Was GCAC Attacker of the Week for Sept. 5-11 after hitting
.438 and averaging 3.8 kills per set in conference road victories against Tougaloo and Edward Waters
High School
• First-team All-Ocean League as a junior (2014) for Culver City's Lady Centaurs and second-team all-league twice
• Made the honor roll every semester and graduated with a 3.7 GPA
• A regional semifinal appearance in 2014 was Culver City's best-ever postseason volleyball finish
• Two-year president of her school's Black Student Union, an after-school mentor in all subjects and a dance instructor for four years
• Graduated with approximately 80 service hours
Personal
• Pronunication of name: AH-deely rih-CONE-juh
• Spent eight weeks at the University of Southern California during the summer of 2019 performing breast cancer research
• Co-founder and president of XULA's Pre-Physical Therapy Club
• Member of XULA's Alpha Lamba Delta honor society
• Peer mentor in XULA's behavioral and social sciences division
Adili Rikondja
Adili Rikondja
