Lewis University Athletics

Career Highs Entering 2008: Kills: 31-at Loyola 3/13/07. Assists: 5-vs. Ball State 5/1/04. Attempts: 54-at Loyola 3/13/07. Digs: 11-at Ball State 4/21/07. Aces: 5-vs. Loyola 2/6/07. Blocks: 7-three times; most recent vs. Quincy 2/16/07. Solo: 2-vs. Clarke 2/8/05. Assists: 7-twice; most recent vs. Quincy 2/16/07. 2007: Deans[apos] List student both semesters and a recipient of Lewis[apos] Delahanty Award for academic excellence among student athletes ... named to MIVA Academic All-Conference team ... selected to the All-MIVA first team ... named MIVA Player of the Week (March 13) ... started 30 matches ... 17th in the nation in kills per game (4.17) ... 20th in the nation in points per game (4.70) ... in conference matches only, first overall in points per game (5.18), second in kills per game (4.56) ... led team in kills (434) and points (488.5), second in service aces (23), third in digs (124) ... totaled double-digit kills in 23 matches ... recorded 20 or more kills five times ... hit .444 and recorded a career high 31 kills at Loyola to earn MIVA Player of the Week honors (March 13) ... recorded 26 kills vs. Ohio State (March 30) ... had 22 kills at Springfield College (Jan. 11) and vs. Ball State (April 11) ... totaled 21 kills at UC San Diego (March 7) ... notched 19 kills vs. Mercyhurst (Jan. 19) and at Ball State (Feb. 2) ... recorded 18 kills at Rutgers-Newark (Jan. 12), vs. Loyola (Feb. 6) and vs. Carthage (Feb. 27) ... had 17 kills vs. Quincy (Feb. 16) and vs. Penn State (April 13) ... tallied 16 kills at Ohio State (Feb. 23) ... posted 15 kills vs. IPFW (April 5) ... totaled 7 blocks at Ball State (Feb. 2) and vs. Quincy (Feb. 16) ... notched a career high 11 digs at Ball State (April 21) ... recorded 9 digs vs. IPFW (April 5) ... had 7 digs vs. Carthage (Feb. 27) and vs. Ohio State (March 30) ... posted 6 digs at Carthage (Jan. 24), at Quincy (Jan. 28), vs. Quincy (Feb. 16), vs. NJIT (March 2), at Hawaii (March 23) and at Hawaii (March 24). 2006: Redshirt. Deans[apos] List student both semesters and a recipient of Lewis[apos] Delahanty Award for academic excellence among student athletes ... named to MIVA Academic All-Conference team. 2005: Deans[apos] List student both semesters and a Delahanty Award recipient ... starting outside hitter ... named to All-MIVA second team ... was second on team in kills and fourth in digs ... posted 10 or more kills in 23 matches ... tallied 15 or more kills in a match seven times ... had 22 kills and eight digs against IPFW (Jan. 28) ... had 21 kills, two aces, four blocks and a .486 hitting percentage against Pacific (Feb. 4) in the Lewis Invitational and was named to the all-tournament team ... had 17 kills and six digs against USC (March 1) ... had a team-high 17 kills against Long Beach State (March 2) ... posted 16 kills, five digs and three blocks against Findlay (March 20) ... had 15 kills and hit .591 against Carthage (Feb. 23) ... posted 12 kills and a .600 hitting percentage against Ball State (Jan. 18) ... had 13 kills, four digs and five blocks against Mercyhurst (Feb. 19) ... tallied three aces and a team-high four blocks against Clarke (Feb. 8) ... recorded a match-high five digs against MSOE (Jan. 21). 2004: Deans[apos] List student both semesters and a Delahanty Award recipient ... starting outside hitter ... ranked fifth on the team in kills per game and sixth in hitting percentage ... named to All-MIVA Tournament team after helping Lewis win the title; had six kills against Ohio State (April 30) in the semifinal and posted 12 kills, seven digs and six blocks against Ball State (May 1) in the tournament championship ... had season-high 16 kills vs. Ohio State (Feb. 1) ... tallied 13 kills and five blocks against Loyola Chicago (April 14) ... had nine kills and seven blocks against UC-San Diego (Feb. 6) ... had eight kills and seven digs against USC (Mar. 3) ... posted eight kills and three blocks vs. BYU (May 6) in the NCAA semifinals. High School: Earned three varsity letters ... earned first-team All-CIF, all-county and league MVP honors as a senior ... helped team to the school[apos]s first-ever semifinals appearance in the CIF playoffs in 2003. Club/Other: Played for Balboa Bay Volleyball Club and helped the team to a third-place finish at nationals, while earning All-America recognition ... in 2002, helped Balboa Bay to a fifth-place finish at nationals ... as a sophomore, played for the under-16[apos]s Saddleback Volleyball Club; helped the team to second place at nationals and earned All-America honors. Personal: Son of Carol Dayton and Dave and Terri Dayton ... brother of Chelsea Hill, Jodi and Cori Dayton ... business administration and international business double major.