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11/21/2019 11:55:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
UNLV Volleyball’s signing class includes two from Southern California, one from Illinois and one local Las Vegan.
LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV volleyball program has signed four student-athletes – Gabrielle Arretche-Ramos, Arien Fafard, Gabriella Rawson and Trinity Sheridan – who will enroll at the University beginning in the fall of 2020, head coach Dawn Sullivan announced Thursday.
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This fall's class is comprised of a local Las Vegan (Fafard), a Chicago-area native (Sheridan) and two more that hail from the Golden State (Arretche-Ramos and Rawson).
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Fafard is a 5-7 setter who attends Palo Verde High School. She has lettered four years in volleyball for the Panthers, leading them to a combined overall record of 103-44 and 44-7 mark in Class 4A league play. During her junior and senior campaigns, the squad has won at least 30 matches each year and claimed two Mountain League titles with perfect 13-0 records. As a junior, she was named the 2018 Nevada Preps First Team after she earned Mountain League Player of the Year honors with 720 assists, 172 kills, a .528 hitting efficiency, 39 aces and 235 digs. She was also all-state as a sophomore (first team) and freshman (second team) and all-conference first team both years. She was tabbed the team's varsity MVP three straight years (2016-18) and has served as a varsity team captain for three years (2017-19).
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Sheridan is a 5-11 opposite hitter who attends Prairie Ridge High School in Crystal Lake, Illinois. She has lettered three years for the Wolves, helping the team to a combined 76-37 overall record and a 39-13 mark in Fox Valley Conference play, with a conference title in 2018 and a fourth-place finish in the state tournament. In three years playing for the Wolves, she has amassed 672 kills off a .333 hitting efficiency, while collecting 257 digs and 98 total blocks. As a senior, she has 358 kills and has hit .347 with 162 digs and 39 total blocks, and was a Under Armour Girls Honorable Mention. All-America selection.
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Arretche-Ramos is a 6-2 front row player who attends Alta Loma High School in Alta Loma, California. She has lettered three years in both volleyball and swimming as well as one in soccer for the Braves. She has helped the ALHS volleyball team to a three-year 75-27 overall record. The squad has gone 26-4 in conference play with a Palomares League title and runner-up finish in 2019 and 2018, respectively, and a Mt. Baldy League championship in 2017. She has earned all-league first team honors all three years. Off the court, she helped the Braves to a pair of Mt. Baldy League swimming titles (2017 and 2018) as well as a soccer championship (2016).
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Rawson is a 5-5 libero/defensive specialist who attends Etiwanda High School in Fontana, California. She has lettered four years in volleyball, playing her junior and senior seasons for Etiwanda and her sophomore and freshman years for St. Lucy's in Glendora. In all, she has helped her teams to a total of 49 wins in her four years of prep volleyball. She earned All-Baseline League First Team honors in 2017 and 2018, and was named to the All-San Gabriel Valley Second Team in 2017. Over the past two years, she has amassed 888 digs with 566 coming during the 2019 season alone, and also added 110 assists and 64 aces.
UP NEXT:Â UNLV stays out on the road for one last Mountain West contest, a 1:00 pm MT (12:00 pm PT) affair at Air Force Saturday at the USAF Academy in Colorado.
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This fall's class is comprised of a local Las Vegan (Fafard), a Chicago-area native (Sheridan) and two more that hail from the Golden State (Arretche-Ramos and Rawson).
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Fafard is a 5-7 setter who attends Palo Verde High School. She has lettered four years in volleyball for the Panthers, leading them to a combined overall record of 103-44 and 44-7 mark in Class 4A league play. During her junior and senior campaigns, the squad has won at least 30 matches each year and claimed two Mountain League titles with perfect 13-0 records. As a junior, she was named the 2018 Nevada Preps First Team after she earned Mountain League Player of the Year honors with 720 assists, 172 kills, a .528 hitting efficiency, 39 aces and 235 digs. She was also all-state as a sophomore (first team) and freshman (second team) and all-conference first team both years. She was tabbed the team's varsity MVP three straight years (2016-18) and has served as a varsity team captain for three years (2017-19).
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Sheridan is a 5-11 opposite hitter who attends Prairie Ridge High School in Crystal Lake, Illinois. She has lettered three years for the Wolves, helping the team to a combined 76-37 overall record and a 39-13 mark in Fox Valley Conference play, with a conference title in 2018 and a fourth-place finish in the state tournament. In three years playing for the Wolves, she has amassed 672 kills off a .333 hitting efficiency, while collecting 257 digs and 98 total blocks. As a senior, she has 358 kills and has hit .347 with 162 digs and 39 total blocks, and was a Under Armour Girls Honorable Mention. All-America selection.
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Arretche-Ramos is a 6-2 front row player who attends Alta Loma High School in Alta Loma, California. She has lettered three years in both volleyball and swimming as well as one in soccer for the Braves. She has helped the ALHS volleyball team to a three-year 75-27 overall record. The squad has gone 26-4 in conference play with a Palomares League title and runner-up finish in 2019 and 2018, respectively, and a Mt. Baldy League championship in 2017. She has earned all-league first team honors all three years. Off the court, she helped the Braves to a pair of Mt. Baldy League swimming titles (2017 and 2018) as well as a soccer championship (2016).
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Rawson is a 5-5 libero/defensive specialist who attends Etiwanda High School in Fontana, California. She has lettered four years in volleyball, playing her junior and senior seasons for Etiwanda and her sophomore and freshman years for St. Lucy's in Glendora. In all, she has helped her teams to a total of 49 wins in her four years of prep volleyball. She earned All-Baseline League First Team honors in 2017 and 2018, and was named to the All-San Gabriel Valley Second Team in 2017. Over the past two years, she has amassed 888 digs with 566 coming during the 2019 season alone, and also added 110 assists and 64 aces.
UP NEXT:Â UNLV stays out on the road for one last Mountain West contest, a 1:00 pm MT (12:00 pm PT) affair at Air Force Saturday at the USAF Academy in Colorado.
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