Tiana Costanzo

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Class: Senior Hometown: Escondido, CA High School: San Pasqual

Height: 5-10 Position: OH Birthdate: 01/13/1986

2005 - Served as team co-captain... saw action in 82 games... third on the team with 2.48 kills per game... second on the team with 2.93 digs per game... named Tournament MVP of the Hawkeye-Holiday Inn Challenge and Coastal Carolina Classic... selected to the Hilton/UTA Invitational All-Tournament team... pounded-out a career-high 19 kills against Texas-Arlington (Sept. 9)... 11 kills and a season-best .550 hitting percentage against Coastal Carolina (Sept. 16)... career-high 26 digs against Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Sept. 27).

Hawk Item --Played for the 2003 USA Youth National team in Montreal.

2004 -- Had career-high 14 kills in win over Wright State (9/3) and Georgia State (9/10)...ten kills, there assists and twelve digs against Denver (9/4)... career-high four blocks against Georgia State (9/10)... 13 kills against Weber State (9/10)...career-high four ace serves versus Grambling State (9/11)... 13 kills and 11 digs against Lamar University (9/11)... 14 digs against Eastern Washington (9/17)...13 kills, one ace and 17 digs versus Northwestern (10/8)...ten digs against Illinois (10/15)...eight kills and two ace serves against Indiana (10/23)...nine kills versus Ohio State (11/5)...posted two ace serves, nine digs and eight kills against Penn State (11/6)...had a double-double in win against Indiana with 15 kills and 20 digs (11/18)... credited with six kills, one ace serve, one solo block and two block assists against Purdue (11/21)....two aces and seven assists versus Illinois (11/27).

2003 -- Competed in 91 games and 26 matches... started 20 matches... missed four matches due to injury... averaged 2.81 digs and 1.32 kills per game... alternated time between outside hitter and libero... led Iowa in digs in five matches... ranked second on the team with four double-doubles... named to the all-tournament team at the Saluki/Best Inns Invite... 14 digs, 13 kills and one assist vs. Purdue (11/15)... 15 digs, seven kills and one ace vs. Indiana (11/14)... 12 digs, 11 kills and two assists at Illinois (11/8)... 11 digs, 10 kills and one assist vs. Michigan State (10/24)... career-high 24 digs vs. Duke (9/12)... 12 digs, six kills, one assist and one ace at Drake (9/9)... 10 kills and five digs vs. Western Illinois (9/6)... 10 digs, three kills and one assist vs. Kentucky (9/6)... 12 digs and one assist at Iowa State (9/5)... first career double-double with 12 kills and a career-best 25 digs in win vs. Austin Peay (8/30)... 17 digs, five kills, two assists and one service ace in win at Southern Illinois (8/30)... 15 digs vs. Denver (8/29).

High School --As a senior, was named league MVP, CIF Division 2 MVP and team MVP... selected first-team all-CIF and first-team all-north county... was also named to the Scripps and La Jolla all-tournament teams... as a junior, was named team captain and league MVP... named second-team CIF for all divisions... as a sophomore was named team and league MVP... named to the San Diego Fall Classic all-tournament team... received North County Times Player of the Week honors three times... high school coach was Matt Wilkinson... played five years for the San Diego Volleyball Club and one year for Sunwest Volleyball Club... club coach was Ozhan Bahrambeygui... played two years on the High Performance team and one year on the Youth National team... four-time recipient of the Golden State Exam - Academic Excellence award... member of the National Honor Society.

Personal --Parents are Ralph and Gayle Costanzo... father played football at New Mexico State... has an older brother, Cory, older sister, Adria and a younger sister, Chiara... Cory played football at Harvard... Adria played soccer at North Texas... nursing major.

Career Highs
Kills - 19, vs. Texas Arlington (9/9/05)
Assists - 4, twice, last vs. Indiana (10/8/06)
Service Aces - 4, vs. Grambling State (9/11/04)
Digs - 26, vs. Wisconsin-Milwaukee (8/27/05)
Blocks - 5, vs. Arkansas (9/10/05)