Lewis University Athletics

2004: A Deans[apos] List student both semesters and a recipient of Lewis[apos] Delahanty Award for academic excellence among student athletes ... starting outside hitter ... named AVCA and MIVA Player of the Week May 3 after he had a match-high 28 points in the Flyers[apos] win over top-seeded Ohio State (Apr. 30) in the MIVA Tournament semifinals; had a match-high 25 kills, hit .535 and added an ace serve, five digs and four assist blocks; his 25 kills came on 43 swings with only two errors ... came back the next night with a match-high 30 points in the Flyers[apos] 3-2 (34-32, 30-24, 26-30, 26-30, 19-17) victory over second-seeded Ball State (May 1) to win the MIVA Tournament championship ... had a match- and career-high 28 kills (.407), adding an ace serve, five digs and two assist blocks; in the two matches, Soler averaged 5.89 kills per game while hitting .464 ... for the week, averaged 1.11 digs, .67 blocks and .22 aces per game ... named MIVA Tournament Most Valuable Player ... named to NCAA All-Tournament team ... posted 12 kills, hit .360 and had four digs against BYU (May 6) in the NCAA Championship semifinal ... tied career high with 11 digs against IPFW (Apr. 24) in the MIVA Tournament first round ... had at least 10 kills in 23 matches ... posted 22 kills, four digs and six blocks vs. Ohio State (Feb. 1) ... had 20 kills with six digs vs. Penn State (Jan. 17) ... had 20 kills and hit .385 against Hawaii (Jan. 10) ... had 18 kills and five digs against Loyola (Feb. 24) ... tallied 16 kills with four aces, three digs and three blocks against BYU (Mar. 26) ... had nine kills and 10 digs vs. IPFW (Feb. 14). 2003: Deans[apos] List student both semesters and recipient of Lewis[apos] Delahanty Award for academic excellence ... starting outside hitter ... in MIVA matches only, ranked 17th in the league in hitting percentage (.324) ... amassed at least 10 kills in 12 matches ... averaged at least 3.0 kills per game in 13 matches ... hit .500 with eight kills, five digs and a solo block in the NCAA Championship match vs. BYU (May 3) ... had a double-double with 10 kills and a career-high 11 digs vs. Pepperdine (May 1) in the NCAA semifinal ... had 11 kills and hit .429 vs. IPFW (Apr. 25) in the MIVA semifinal ... had a career-high 17 kills with nine digs and hit .536 vs. Hawaii (Jan. 10) ... recorded 14 kills, seven digs and four blocks vs. UCLA (Mar. 5) ... had 13 kills and hit .600 vs. IPFW (Mar. 15) ... hit .706 (13-1-17) against Mercyhurst (Mar. 23) ... tallied at least five digs in 12 matches. 2002: Became starting outside hitter midway through season ... a fall Deans[apos] List student and a recipient of Lewis[apos] Delahanty Award for academic excellence ... had season-high 16 kills and five aces in win over IPFW (Feb. 16) ... amassed at least nine kills six times ... had nine kills with five digs and hit .605 against IPFW (Mar. 16) ... tied for 10th in the MIVA in aces per game for MIVA matches (0.27) ... fifth on the team in kills, kills per game, aces and digs ... posted 13 kills against Findlay (Apr. 7) ... had seven digs and season-high five blocks against Ohio State (Apr. 6) ... had five or more digs in eight matches ... had four blocks in loss to UCLA (Mar. 6). High School: Four-year letterwinner ... named county and area [quote]Freshman of the Year[quote] in 1998 ... Sun-Sentinel named him all-county and all-area second team as a sophomore ... honored as team MVP, Palm Beach Post first-team all-county and all-area, and Sun-Sentinel first-team all-county and all-area as a junior and senior ... helped team to its first-ever county championship as a junior, while the team posted a 19-3 record and added a regional championship ... as a senior, added another county and regional championship ... also added a conference championship and the South Florida title after a 22-1 record in 2001 ... averaged eight kills and four blocks per game his junior year ... increased those marks to 10.2 kills and 4.8 blocks per game as a senior. Personal: Honor roll student ... named a Florida Bright Futures Scholar ... son of Kenneth and Nancy Soler ... criminal/social justice and psychology double major.