Laila Wallace

Position:
Middle Blocker
Height:
6-1
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Munster, Ind.
High School:
Munster
Prev School:
Radford University

2024: Played in 37 sets over 14 matches... Collected 55 kills and a 1.49 kills per set average... Blocked 23 attacks and had a 0.62 blocks per set average... Had six kills and two digs vs. Butler on Nov. 23... Tallied eight kills and four blocks at Georgetown on Nov. 20... Had three blocks and two kills at Butler on Oct. 18... Collected five kills and three blocks vs. Georgetown on Oct. 16... Had nine kills, only two attack errors and a .318 attack percentage vs. DePaul on Oct. 13... Erupted for season-highs of 12 kill sand six blocks vs. Xavier on Oct. 11... Collected four kills, only one attack error and four blocks at Connecticut on Oct. 6... Had four kills vs. NJIT on Sept. 7... Made her season debut with a kill vs. Ball State on Aug. 30.

2023: Played in 37 sets over 17 matches... Collected 39 kills and a 1.05 kills per set average... Had 20 blocks... Collected four kills against Creighton on Nov. 10... Had four kills and only one attack error vs. DePaul on Oct. 14... Tallied five kills vs. Marquette on Oct. 13... Tallied five kills, only one attack error, a .444 attack percentage and three blocks vs. Stonehill on Sept. 9... Had four kills and four blocks at Dartmouth on Sept. 8... Had four kills and no attack errors vs. George Mason on Sept. 1... Tallied four kills, only one attack error and two blocks in two sets vs. San Francisco on Aug. 25.

2022: Played in 83 sets over 25 matches... Ranked 10th in the BIG EAST with a .298 attack percentage... Finished fourth on the team with 147 kills and a 1.75 kills per set average... Was second on the team with 58 blocks and 0.69 blocks per set... Had six kills and three blocks against Villanova on Nov. 18... Erupted for a career-high 16 kills, only two attack errors and a .519 attack percentage with three blocks against Georgetown on Nov. 18... Notched five kills and only one attack error at Creighton on Nov. 13... Had five blocks and only one attack error vs. Butler on Nov. 5... Collected six kills and four blocks vs. St. John’s on Nov. 5... Tallied five kills, only one attack error and two blocks vs. Xavier on Oct. 29... Had five kills vs. Creighton on Oct. 28... Had eight kills, only two attack errors and a .400 attack percentage at DePaul on Oct. 22... Collected five blocks and four kills at St. John’s on Oct. 12... Had a team-high six blocks to go with three kills vs. Marquette on Oct. 8... Tallied 11 kills, only three attack errors and three blocks vs. DePaul on Oct. 7... Tallied nine kills, only three attack errors and three blocks at Villanova on Oct. 1... Collected seven kills and only one attack error at Georgetown on Sept. 30... Had four kills vs. Providence on Sept. 24... Erupted for a career-high 13 kills, only two attack errors, a .550 attack percentage and four blocks vs. Princeton on Sept. 11... Had six kills and only one attack error at Sacred Heart on Sept. 10... Had four kills, two digs and two blocks vs. Iona on Sept. 3... Erupted for nine kills, only one attack error and six blocks vs. Akron on Sept. 3... Recorded three kills and three blocks in her first action as a Pirate against Hofstra on Aug. 30.

2021 (at Radford): Played in 70 sets over 19 matches... Led the team with 50 total blocks and had a 0.71 blocks per set average... Had 80 total kills and a 1.14 kills per set average... Tallied a .209 attack percentage... Had a season-high eight blocks vs. Charleston Southern on Oct. 29... Collected eight kills vs. N.C. A&T on Oct. 2... Had five blocks and four kills vs. Buffalo on Sept. 18... Had six blocks at Coastal Carolina on Sept. 11... Tallied eight kills and three blocks vs. Eastern Kentucky on Aug. 28.

2020 (at Radford): Played in 31 sets over 10 matches... Totaled 21 blocks and a 0.68 blocks per set average... Had 22 kills and averaged 1.06 kills per set... Notched a .210 attack percentage... Had five kills vs. Winthrop on March 19... Erupted for a career-high nine kills to go with four blocks at UNC Asheville on March 12... Tallied five kills at UNC Asheville on March 11.

High School / Personal: Attended Munster High School, under the direction of coach Brett Boden... Helped lift the Mustangs to a four-year overall record of 95-34... Aided her team to several postseason appearances and has career totals of 656 kills, .424 hitting percentage, 201 blocks, 300 sets played, and 11 aces... Accolades include First Team All-Conference, First Team All-District, First Team All-State, Scholar Athlete, MVP, Captain's Award, Indiana Coaches Association All-Star nominee, and 12-time Player of the Game..Also played volleyball for Michio Chicago Volleyball Academy which placed third in the nation and named as one of the teams to watch on Prepvolleyball... Daughter of Sylvia and Ben Wallace…Has one sister, Lauren.