Torika Baleilekutu

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Height:
5-11
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Palo Alto, Calif.
Prev School:
Missouri State-West Plains

Junior (2014)

Appeared in 40 sets and 12 matches for Memphis in her first year in the blue and gray ... Averaged 0.85 kills per set and 0.7 blocks per set, hitting .261 on the season ... Had a season-best seven kills three times, all in conference play .... Had seven kills in a 3-0 win over Tulane and followed that with another seven kill night in a 3-0 win over Cincinnati .... Had seven kills in a 3-2 win at USF ... Hit .500 against Tulane, with seven kills against no errors on 14 attacks ... Earned American Athletic Conference All-Academic team honors following her junior season.

Freshman/Sophomore (2012-13 at Missouri State-West Plains)

Helped lead the Grizzly squad to back-to-back National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XVI championships in 2012 and 2013 ... Missouri State-West Plains advanced to the NJCAA national tournament both seasons, finishing ninth in 2012 and 13th in 2013 ... In 2013, the Grizzlies were ranked No. 18 in the final NJCAA national poll and finished campaign with a 20-12 record ... Team finished 2012 with 28-10 record and a No. 12 national ranking ... Two-time NJCAA All-Region XVI first team in 2012 and 2013 ... Received an NJCAA Award for Exemplary Academic Achievement for the 2013-14 season, posting a 3.63 grade-point average ... For her two-year career, played in 68 matches and posted 555 kills, 452 digs and 228 total blocks ... As a sophomore in 2013, saw action in 31 matches and had 260 kills, 137 digs and 80 total blocks ... Recorded 295 kills, 315 digs and 148 total blocks as a freshman in 2012.

Prior to Junior College

Graduated from Carlmont High School in Belmont, Calif., in 2012 ... Three-year letterwinner for the Scots ... Earned 2011 All-Peninsula Athletic League (PAL) first team honors ... As a senior in 2011, helped lead Carlmont to a 12-2 PAL record and a semifinal appearance in the Central Coast Sectional Division I playoffs ... Named 2009 and 2010 All-PAL second team as a junior and sophomore ... Also lettered two seasons in soccer ... An honor roll student at Carlmont High School.

Personal

Daughter of Semisi Misinagase and Titilia Ramulo ... Birthday is December 28 ... An interdisciplinary studies major.