2021 Women's Volleyball Roster

Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Becca Garner
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics

17 Vivica Price-Spraggins

  • Position Middle Blocker
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Graduate Student
  • High School Whitney Young Magnet
  • Hometown Chicago, Ill.
  • Major Counseling

Biography

Honors
•  AVCA NAIA All-Southeast Region honorable mention in 2018
•  Second-team All-Gulf Coast Athletic Conference in 2019 and first team in 2018
•  MVP of GCAC Tournament
•  3-time GCAC Attacker of the Week (once in 2017, twice in 2018)
•  GCAC Defender of the Week in 2018
•  All-tournament five times (twice in 2018, three times in 2019)
•  All-Louisiana honorable mention in 2018
•  Sister Grace Mary Flickinger Honor Roll in 2018 and 2019

Briefly
•  Fourth year at XULA
•  Three-year starter
•  XULA career rankings entering 2020: No. 1 with a .360 hitting percentage, No. 2 with 262 blocks and 0.81 blocks per set, No. 6 with 719 kills and 1,626 attacks, No. 7 with 2.22 kills per set and 324 sets played, No. 8 with 78 aces, No. 9 with 5.02 attacks per set, No. 10 with 0.24 aces per set, No. 12 with 97 matches played
•  Helped XULA win GCAC regular-season and tournament championships and qualify for the NAIA National Championship tournament in each of her first three seasons
•  Hit .423 — 278 kills, 40 errors, 563 attacks — in GCAC regular-season matches her first three seasons
•  Wears No. 17 when XULA's jerseys are gold or black . . . But she wears No. 8 when the jerseys are green

2019 (Junior)
•  Only Louisiana player in 2019 to reach 250 kills, 30 aces and 100 blocks
•  Only Louisiana player in 2019 — and the first in XULA history — to reach 40 aces and 100 blocks in the same season
•  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 attain its highest-ever national ranking: among "others receiving votes" (29th place) in the NAIA postseason coaches poll (Dec. 12, 2019)
•  Set XULA season record with 115 blocks
•  MVP of GCAC Tournament after hitting .500 with 28 kills, five blocks and two aces in three matches
•  Ranked 19th in NAIA with a .328 hitting percentage
•  Hit better than .300 for third straight year
•  Became the first since Mobile's Paula Stilkey (2007, 2008) to lead the GCAC in hitting percentage in back-to-back seasons
•  Set XULA season record of 40 matches played . . . Eva Le Guillou and Taylor McGee also reached this mark
•  Match highs: 14 kills, .857 hitting, five aces, 10 digs, six blocks
•  Hit .500 with nine kills at home against William Carey in XULA's first-ever victory in NAIA National Championship tournament

2018 (Sophomore)
•  Hit .400 to set XULA season record and rank fifth in the NAIA
•  Her hitting percentage is the highest by a GCAC qualifier in the last 16 seasons (2004-19)
•  First-ever XULA player to reach 200 kills, 30 aces and 75 blocks in the same season
•  Led team with 86 blocks and second with 265 kills
•  Second on team with 38 aces after never serving as a freshman in 2017
•  Produced six kills, three blocks in program's first-ever victory against a ranked opponent, a four-set decision against NAIA No. 22 Indiana Wesleyan
•  Match highs: 16 kills, .857 hitting, five aces, five digs, eight blocks
•  Hit .737 — 14 kills with zero errors in 19 attacks — in three-set victory against Fisk at Campbellsville, Ky., on Oct. 13, 2018 . . . For players with a minimum of 10 attempts in a match, the percentage is tied for seventh on the all-time XULA list
•  Produced 16 kills, a career high, eight blocks and hit .538 in a four-set home victory against Point in the Big Easy Blastoff on Aug. 31, 2018

2017 (Freshman)
•  Led team with .357 hitting percentage and 61 blocks to help XULA roll to GCAC regular-season and tournament championships and an NAIA tournament berth
•  Helped XULA become the first Louisiana or GCAC college to win every set against conference opponents
•  Match highs: 12 kills, .875 hitting, five digs, seven blocks
•  XULA finished 23-3 — Louisiana's highest winning percentage (.885) since 1991 and No. 3 in state history
•  Named GCAC Attacker of the Week for Sept. 11-17 after hitting .467 with zero attack errors in home victories against Edward Waters and Talladega (14 kills, 30 attacks)
•  At home against Talladega on Sept. 16 she became the first XULA player since Moira Kirk in 2013 to hit .400 or better in five straight matches with at least 10 attacks in each match
•  Hit .360 with 80 kills and 34 blocks during XULA's 13-match win streak — second-longest win streak in program history

Club
•  Five years of club experience, most recently with Chicago Elite but also with Club Kace
•  Starter for Chicago Elite team that placed third at 2016 nationals in club division

High School
•  Helped Whitney Young's Dolphins in 2016 go 24-12, win a regional playoff and advance to sectionals
•  Hit .402 as a senior with 105 kills, 47 blocks, 22 aces and 53 digs
•  Community service with Whitney Young's volleyball team involved the making of brown-bag lunches for the homeless
•  Helped Whitney Young win city, conference and regional championships both her years in the program
•  Started as a sophomore for Evergreen Park Community in Evergreen Park, Ill.
•  Made honor roll multiple times

Personal
•  Her cousin, Allen Clark, was a men's basketball and track and field standout at NAIA member Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa

Favorites
Food:  Tacos
Candy:  Kinda Bueno
Pizza toppings:  Ground beef and mushrooms
Ice cream flavor:  Pistachio almond
Cake:  Red velvet cheesecake
Flower:  Sunflower
Color:  Orange
Vacation destination:  Bali

XULA
Vivica Price-Spraggins in 2019

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2017Freshman

    Middle Blocker / Right Side
    5'11"
    17
  • 17

    2018Sophomore

    Middle Blocker
    5'11"
    17
  • 17

    2019Junior

    Middle Blocker
    5'11"
    17
  • 17

    2020Senior

    Middle Blocker
    5'11"
    17
  • 17

    2021Graduate Student

    Middle Blocker
    5'11"
    17