Candelaria Herrera

Photo by: Sharon Ellman

Position:
Middle Blocker
Height:
6-1
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
San Juan, Argentina
Prev School:
Florida A&M

Awards and Honors
Olympian (2020, Argentina) ... Pan-American Games Bronze Medal (2019) ... AVCA All-Midwest Region Team (2019, 2021) ... AVCA All-Midwest Region Honorable Mention (2020) ... All-Big 12 First Team (2019, 2021) ... All-Big 12 Second Team (2020) ... Cyclone Challenge All-Tournament Team (2021) ... NIVC All-Tournament Team (2018) ... Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2020) ... 2017 MEAC Rookie of the Year ... 2017 All-MEAC First Team ... four-time MEAC Rookie of the Week

2021 (Waiver Season)
One of three Cyclones to play in all 102 sets and 28 matches on the season … second on ISU with 255 kills at a team-best .329 hitting percentage … recorded at least 10 kills in 12 matches, notching a season-best 13 on five different occasions (vs. Drake, Aug. 27; vs. Syracuse, Sept. 10; at Kansas, Oct. 1; vs. West Virginia, Oct. 29; at Oklahoma, Nov. 5); had three-straight matches with 12 kills, getting a dozen in both matches at Texas Tech (Oct. 7-8) and vs. Texas (Oct. 21) … finished season with 12 kills at .391 hitting percentage in NCAA Tournament First Round against Stanford (Dec. 3) … had 16 matches finishing above .300 hitting, going a season-best .533 against TCU (Sept. 24) … led Iowa State and the Big 12 with 130 blocks (17 solo, 113 assists) at 1.27 per set … notched season-best nine total blocks (all block assists) against TCU (Sept. 27) … had eight total blocks against LSU (Sept. 3, including two solo blocks), at Texas Tech (Oct. 7) and vs. West Virginia (Oct. 31) … had three solo blocks at Baylor (Nov. 19) … had 14 matches with at least five total blocks on the year … ranked third on the team with 21 service aces, getting three against Omaha (Aug. 28) and TCU (Sept. 25) … had two aces against Oregon State (Sept. 4), St. Thomas (Sept. 17), TCU (Sept. 24) and at Baylor (Nov. 19) … finished season with 58 digs, getting a season-high five at Texas Tech (Oct. 8).

Summer 2021
Represented Argentina at Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, playing in four matches and making three starts for Las Panteras.

2020 (Senior)
Played in and started all 56 sets across 14 matches in the fall … remained in Argentina during the six spring matches, training with the Argentina Women’s National Team … recorded 132 kills at 2.36 per set and at .271 hitting percentage, second-best on the Cyclones … had six matches with at least 10 kills … posted season-best 20 kills at .375 hitting against Kansas on Nov. 13 … recorded 12 kills at .409 hitting at TCU on Nov. 20 … had six matches hitting over .300 on the season … led Iowa State with 62 total blocks (6 solo, 56 assists) … recorded a season-best nine total blocks, including two solos, against Texas Tech on Oct. 3 … had eight block assists at TCU on Nov. 20 … recorded seven block assists against Kansas on Nov. 14 … tied for fourth on the team with 10 aces … recorded three aces against Kansas on Nov. 14 … had six digs against Kansas on Nov. 14 and at Kansas State on Sept. 26.

Winter 2019
Was member of Argentina Women’s National Team which won the Confederation of South American Volleyball (CSV) Women's Tokyo Volleyball Qualification Tournament to secure qualification to 2020 Olympic Games

2019 (Junior)
One of three Cyclones to play in all 29 matches and 107 sets on the season … ranked fourth on Iowa State with 238 kills at 2.22 per set, getting her kills at a team-best .314 hitting … against Big 12 opposition, averaged 2.43 kills per set at .309 hitting … finished in double figures for kills eight times, recording her season-best 18 at .395 hitting at Kansas … posted 16 kills at .394 hitting at Texas Tech … led ISU with 10 kills at .600 hitting vs. Penn State … tied her career-high with a .667 hitting percentage (10 kills, no errors on 15 attempts) vs. TCU … recorded 12 kills at .526 hitting vs. Coastal Carolina … had 12 matches with a hitting percentage over .400 (min. 15 attempts) … ranked second on Iowa State with 101 total blocks (seven solo, 94 assists) at 0.94 per set … in Big 12 play, averaged 1.18 blocks per set … finished with 9.0 total blocks (one solo, eight assists) at TCU … recorded nine matches with at least 5.0 total blocks … posted career-high 12 digs vs. Texas Tech … notched nine digs vs. Texas … finished season with 15 service aces, including five two-ace matches.

Summer 2019
Made Argentina Senior National Team, playing in 18 matches for Las Panteras ... played for Argentina at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Nations League Challenger Cup, the 2019 NORCECA Pan-American Cup, FIVB Tokyo Qualification 2019 and the 2019 Pan-American Games ... helped lead Argentina to a bronze medal at the Pan-American Games, the first time Argentina won a medal in women's volleyball at the Pan-Am Games.

2018 (Sophomore)
Played in 30 matches and 100 sets for the Cyclones … started season at outside hitter, but was moved to middle blocker following injuries to Meegan Hart and Avery Rhodes … started at middle blocker in ISU’s final 23 matches … finished season with 180 kills at 1.80 per set … recorded four matches in double figures for kills, notched career-high 16 kills at .483 hitting percentage against Baylor (Sept. 22) … had 12 kills at .333 hitting in NIVC quarterfinals against North Texas (Dec. 5) … finished with 111 total blocks on the season … had nine total blocks against Syracuse (Sept. 16) … in NIVC, recorded 23 total blocks at 1.35 per set to earn NIVC All-Tournament Team honors … posted eight blocks against TCU (Oct. 13).

2017 (Freshman at Florida A&M)
Joined the Cyclone program during June 2018 summer school session after one season at Florida A&M University … at FAMU, earned MEAC Rookie of the Year and All-MEAC First Team … four-time MEAC Rookie of the Week in 2017 … led the Rattlers with a .354 hitting percentage, earning 2.69 kills in the process … also led the team in blocking with 0.89 per set … posted career-best 22 kills against Alabama State … finished nine matches with a hitting percentage at or over .500 … had three matches with three aces … had four solo blocks against Savvanah State and posted nine block assists against Lipscomb, both of which were the highest total in the MEAC in 2017.

Before Iowa State
Was member of Argentina Junior National Teams at the 2015 U18 World Championships, 2015 U20 Pan-American Cup, 2014 Youth Girls South America Championship and the 2013 Youth World Championships.

Personal
Daughter of Rodolfo Herrera and Lucia Rosso ... has one brother, Joaquin and a sister, Emilia ... Kinesiology major.