Senior Year: Played in 15 matches … Earned the Coaches’ Award for her dedication and hard work throughout the season … Registered a season-high seven kills in the victory over Wagner on Sept. 15 … Posted at least on kill in eight matches … Fired in three kills and hit a career-high .600 at No. 2 Penn State … Also had three kills against No. 25 St. John’s … Added two digs, two solo blocks, and three total blocks against the Red Storm … Finished her career with 433 kills, a .136 hitting percentage, 99 digs, and 78 total blocks in 74 matches played.
Junior Year (2006): Played in eight matches and 11 games after recovering from injury … Registered four kills and two block assists for the season … Had two kills at Lafayette and again at American.
Sophomore Year (2005): Saw the court in all 27 matches...Finished the year second on the team in kills with a 2.20 kills per game average...Also ranked second on the squad in total attacks with 683...Recorded a season-high 18 kills in a win over Providence on Sept. 10...Boasted a season-best .459 hitting percentage against the Friars with her 18 kills and just one error on 37 total attacks...Posted 17 kills to help Raiders defeat Holy Cross on Sept. 30...Downed 15 kills at Canisius on Sept. 4...Racked up double digit kills in three of her last four matches of the year...Recorded at least two kills in all but one match and posted five or more in 21 matches...Had a career-high six total blocks at Lehigh on Nov. 5...Posted four total blocks at Bucknell on Oct. 15...Picked up a season-high five digs against La Salle on Sept. 17 and versus Holy Cross on Sept. 30...Also posted a season-best two assists against the Explorers.
Freshman Year (2004): Played in every game and all 24 matches of the season ... Shared the team's most improved award with classmate Nicole Notrica ... Ranked second on the team with 208 kills and 625 attacks ... Finished with a team-best 10 solo blocks along with 19 block assists for 29 total blocks ... Registered a career-high four blocked shots, including tying her personal best with three block assists, against Lehigh on Oct. 30 ... Dug a career-best seven balls versus Holy Cross on Oct. 16 ... Tied her career high with two solo blocks at Lafayette on Oct. 2 ... Recorded 14 kills on 46 attempts versus Bucknell on Sept. 25 ... Hit .400 on 16 kills and 30 attempts versus St. John's on Sept. 18 ... Posted a career-high two solo blocks versus Siena on Sept. 18 ... Recorded a career-high 20 kills and 47 attacks against Princeton on Sept. 17 ... Hit a personal-best .448 on 15 kills and 29 attempts versus Quinnipiac on Sept. 11 ... Recorded a season-best three block assists in Colgate's first win of the season, against UMKC on Sept. 4.
Before Colgate: A four-year letterwinner at Arlington Catholic ... Led the Cougars to a Catholic Conference Championship and the Division 2 North Finals as well as a 22-0 record her senior year ... Garnered first-team all-state honors in 2003 and was named a Wendy's High School Heisman state finalist as a senior ... Tabbed a Catholic Conference All-Star three straight years ... Served as team captain her senior year ... Received Boston Globe and Boston Herald all-scholastic honors in 2003 ... Played for the Smash Volleyball Club Performance Team in 2002 and 2003 ... Was a three-time all-league honoree and team MVP in 2002 and 2003 ... Was a three-time all-league honoree and team MVP of her high school swimming team ... A member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Sheila Theresa Giovannini was born on May 6, 1986 in Newton, Massachusetts ... The daughter of John and Kathy Giovannini ... Has a twin sister, Charlene ... Major is undecided.
