Ciara Capezio

Photo by: Athletics Communications

Position:
Outside Hitter
Height:
6-3
Class:
Junior
High School:
Burlington
Hometown:
Williams Bay, Wis.

Awards and Honors
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2015, 2016) ... All-Big 12 Freshman Team (2013 - unanimous) ... Big 12 Rookie of the Week (Nov. 11, 2013) ... Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017)

2016 (Senior)
Played for Iowa State in 27 matches and 88 sets, making 24 sets for the Cyclones … posted 162 kills at 1.84 kills per set … finished ISU career with 947 kills, ranking 13th in ISU history … had over 10 kills in six matches … recorded season-best 15 kills at UNI … had 12 kills against Wichita State and No. 6 Kansas … had 10 kills against Missouri State, West Virginia and at Oklahoma … finished season with two double doubles, coming at UNI (15k-20d) and Kansas (12k-14d) … recorded 206 digs at 2.34 per set … had seven matches in double figures for digs … had 14 digs against Creighton, at Kansas State, Kansas and at Texas … had 11 digs against Kansas State … finished season with 18 service aces and 102 in her career … 15th player in ISU history to have over 100 career aces, third under Christy Johnson-Lynch … had three aces at Texas … had 24 total blocks (five solo, 19 assists) finished with four total block at UNI (all assists) and at Oklahoma (one solo, three assists).

2015 (Junior)
Played in 28 matches and 95 sets for Iowa State in 2015 … ranked third on the Cyclones with 235 kills at 2.47 per set and second in digs with 241 at 2.54 per frame … after missing two matches of first weekend with sprained ankle, returned with season-high 17 kills at .324 hitting percentage and career-high 20 digs against Appalachian State … was first of 11 matches with at least 10 kills … had 15 kills at .333 hitting percentage in win over Texas A&M … had 13 kills on five other occasions … tied with Monique Harris for team lead with nine double-double on the season … finished regular season with three-straight double-doubles at Texas Tech (13k-12d), vs. Baylor (11k-11d) and at Colorado State (12k-11d) … had 13 kills and 15 digs against Nebraska … ranked second on Cyclones with 29 aces at 0.31 per set … had four aces in a match twice: at West Virginia and at Colorado State … had three aces against UNI and at TCU … finished season with 37 total blocks at 0.39 per set … tied for team lead in solo blocks with nine, posting two against Nebraska … had season-best four total blocks (all assists) against Baylor.

2014 (Sophomore)
Played in all 29 matches, partaking in 93 sets for the Cyclones … led Iowa State with 277 kills at 2.98 per set … tied for team lead with 14 matches with at least 10 kills … came off bench to record season-high 20 kills at .366 hitting percentage at Texas Tech … recorded season-high .444 hitting percentage en route to team-high 16 kills at Kansas … posted back-to-back 16 kill matches against Kansas and at Baylor … during Iowa State Challenge, hit over .340 in each match, culminating with 17 kills at a .412 hitting percentage against Northern Illinois … had seven matches with at least 10 digs … posted season-high 12 digs against UNI and TCU … recorded seven double-doubles in 2014 … started season with 11 kills and 11 digs against Stanford … had one solo block and five block assists at Oklahoma … finished season with 20 service aces, tied for second on the Cyclones … posted season-high four service aces against TCU … had three aces at Texas Tech and against Baylor.

2013 (Freshman)
2013 Big 12-All Freshman Team unanimous selection … played in 101 sets and all 28 matches … ranked second on the Cyclones with 273 kills at 2.70 kills per set … recorded double figures in kills 15 times … posted career-high 22 kills at UNI … recorded 19 kills at a career-high .593 hitting percentage against South Dakota … recorded double-figure digs 12 times …. Posted a career-high 13 digs against Baylor and at TCU … posted 13 digs at North Dakota … recorded eight double-doubles … marked NCAA Championship debut with 10 kills and 11 digs against Colorado … six of her eight double-doubles came in Big 12 play … ranked fourth in the Big 12 and 76th in the NCAA with her 35 aces at 0.35 aces per set … posted five aces against West Virginia … had three aces in a match four times, including in NCAA Championship against Colorado … went four straight matches against TCU, Texas Tech, at Baylor and against South Dakota recording multiple aces.

High School
Three-time first team all-conference at Burlington High School … 2009 Conference Player of the Year … won back-to-back Wisconsin State Championships in 2011 and 2012 … earned first team all-state honors in 2012 after being named once to the second team and garnering honorable mention status twice … won four-straight conference, regional and sectional titles at Burlington … was a member of the 2012 state championship all-tournament team … also lettered in soccer (twice) and basketball … played club volleyball for the Fusion, finishing third in the Great Lakes Power League … spend eight days competing with the Fusion in Europe … also took second place at the 2011 JVA World Challenge with the Milwaukee Sting team and was named to the JVA Showcase All-Tournament Team in 2010.

Personal
Kinesiology major ... the daughter of Sara Wulf … has one sister, Becca.