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2019 Women's Volleyball

Jeff Romance
Jeff Romance

10 Anilise Fitzi

  • Position MB
  • Hometown Walton, New Zealand
  • High School Matamata College
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Major Business

Biography

AS A SENIOR (2019)
Honorable Mention AVCA All-American … First Team AVCA All-South Region … D2ADA First Team All-South Region … NCAA South Region Championship All-Tournament Team … First Team All-Sunshine State Conference … SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll ... appeared in all 35 matches while making 34 starts … helped lead the Lions to the 2019 NCAA South Region Championship … part of the first Saint Leo volleyball team to advance to the NCAA Elite Eight … ranked sixth in the NCAA in total blocks (154) … ranked 35th in the NCAA in hitting percentage (.356) and 36th in blocks per set (1.18) … appeared in 131 sets … led the team in solo blocks (19), block assists (135), total blocks (154) and blocks per set (1.18) … second on the team in kills (325), kills per set (2.48), service aces (40) and service aces per set (0.31) … had 18 matches with double-digit kills including a high of 15 which happened three times … had 12 matches with two or more service aces including two matches with three … had 27 matches with three or more blocks including a season-best 10 coming in the NCAA South Region Championship match versus Barry (12/7) … concludes career with fourth best attack percentage in program history at .329.

AS A JUNIOR (2018)
Sunshine State Conference All-Newcomer Team ... Appeared in 26 of the Lions 32 matches while making 17 starts … appeared in 81 of the Lions 118 sets … finished second on the team with 75 blocks … led the team in blocks in 10 matches including four of the final five matches … had five double-digit kill performances including a season-best 17 at Nova Southeastern (11/3) … had 12 matches with three or more blocks including a season-high eight versus nationally-ranked Palm Beach Atlantic (9/29) … posted 10 service aces including a season-best four against West Florida (10/19) and three at Florida Southern (10/2).

CAREER
Competed for two years at Polk State College in Winter Haven, Fla. … helped Eagles finish fifth at the NJCAA National Championship Tournament as a sophomore and third as a freshman … named to the NJCAA Volleyball Championship All-Tournament team as a sophomore … selected to the FCSAA All-State team and First Team All-Mid Florida Conference as a sophomore … was a Second Team All-Suncoast Conference selection as a freshman … prepped at Matamata College in Matamata, New Zealand ,,, coached by Andrew Kilham. 

PERSONAL
Born on July 4, 1996, in Hamilton, New Zealand … daughter of David and Clio Fitzi … has two brothers, Martin and Thomas ... chose Saint Leo because it felt like a really good fit for her and everyone is very friendly and the teams really take their sport seriously ... list her best asset to the team as her ability to keep everyone's spirits up.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2018Junior

    MB
    5'11"
    10
  • 10

    2019Senior

    MB
    5'11"
    10