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2024 Volleyball Roster

7 Naya Shime

  • Position Opposite
  • Class GS
  • Height 6-0
  • Hometown Casper, Wyo.
  • Previous School Riverton HS / Wyoming

Biography

HONORS & AWARDS
AVCA  Third Team All-American (2024)
VolleyballMag.com Third Team All-American (2024)
AVCA Southwest All-Region Team (2024)
Picked by the Grand Rapids Rise in 2024 PVF Draft as the No. 13 overall pick (Round 2, Pick 5)
All-ACC First Team (2024)
ACC All-Academic Team (2024)
ACC Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 7, 2024)
1K Career Kills (Sept. 10, 2024, at Baylor) 
AAC Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 20, 2023)
AAC Honor Roll (Nov. 6, 2023)
 
2024 (Graduate at SMU)
• Shime has also been voted to the AVCA Southwest Region team as an opposite hitter. She also earned All-ACC First Team accolades last week
• Ranked first on the Mustangs in kills with 3.44 per set on .283 hitting and added 1.72 digs per set and 1.02 blocks per set
• First Mustang taken off the board in the 2024 Pro Volleyball Federation (PVF) draft by the Grand Rapids Rise
• She collected double-digit kills in 25 of the Mustangs' 33 matches this season, which led the team
• Shime was named ACC Defensive Player of the Week after leading the Mustangs with a team-high seven blocks as an opposite, averaging .88 blocks per set and 1.75 digs per set in SMU's two wins over Boston College and Syracuse in 2024
• Reached 1,000 career kills on Sept. 10, 2024, at Baylor
 
2023 (Senior at SMU)
• Registered 300 kills, 215 digs, 84 blocks, and 15 service aces
• Crowned the AAC Offensive Player of the Week after posting double-digit kills in both of SMU’s sweeps of North Texas
• Tallied double-digit kills 17 times and digs six times
• Recorded double-digit kills in six out of the last seven matches
• Turned in three double doubles in 2023
• Earned a spot on the AAC Weekly Honor Roll on Nov. 6

2022 (Junior at Wyoming)
• Made 17 starts and played in 89 sets in 2022
• Was second on the team with 270 kills and led the way with 3.03 per set
• Had 80 digs and 32 total blocks for the season
• Had 12 matches with double-digit kills and three with 20-plus
• Had 26 kills and six total blocks in the victory at UNM (9/29)
• Had two double-doubles on the year, with a then career-high 12 digs against Creighton (8/27)
• Second on the team with 293.5 points while averaging a team-high 3.30 per set

Fall 2021 (at Wyoming)
• Was second on the team with 287 kills in 2021 while her 2.99 per set led the squad
• Shime hit .217 overall on the season and had 37 total blocks
• Her 2.99 kills per was 10th-best in the Mountain West
• Had 12 matches with double-figure kills, including a career-high 21 against Colorado State Nov. 9
• Made 18 starts in 2021 and played in 96 sets
• Added 57 digs and a trio of aces on the year
• Her 3.24 points per set average ranked second on the Cowgirls

Spring 2021 (at Wyoming)
• Played in 10 matches and made a pair of starts while appearing in 34 sets
• Fifth on the team with 70 kills and hit .243
• Tallied 21 total blocks and had 81 (2.38 per) points
• Had three matches with 10 or more kills, including a season-best 11 at Fresno State (Feb. 12)
• Started her career with nine total blocks at Utah State on Feb. 5
• Had five matches where she scored double-digit points

High School
• Shimé was a three-time (2017-19) all-state and all-conference selection who helped lead Riverton to a regional championship in 2017 and 2019 and a fourth-place finish at the state tournament her senior season
• The co-team captain recorded 1,899 career kills and 1,435 career digs
• In 2019, Shimé led the way with an impressive 677 kills and 506 digs
• In addition to her volleyball accolades, Shimé was also a decorated track athlete, setting the 3A state record in the long jump in 2018 with a leap of 18-8.75

Personal
• Daughter of Will Shime and Annie Bryce

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2023SR

    Outside Hitter
    6'0"
    12
  • 7

    2024GS

    Opposite
    6'0"
    7