Colgate University Athletics

CAREER STATISTICS

Senior Year (2014):  All-Patriot League Second-Team selection … Only member of program to start all 26 matches … Led Raiders in total kills (227), kills per set (2.39), hitting percentage (3.01), total blocks (84), blocks per set (0.88), total points (279.5) and points per set (2.94) …  Ranked fifth in Patriot League in hitting percentage and sixth in blocks per set … Surpassed the 1,000 kills plateau for her career, becoming just ninth player in program history to accomplish the feat … Recorded double-figure kills on 11 occasions … Notched season-high 17 kills in five-set victory over Niagara (Aug. 29) … Posted season-best seven total blocks on two occasions … Garnered All-Tournament distinction at Nebraska’s Ameritas Players Challenge and Penn’s Crown Plaza Philadelphia West Invitational events … Named to Raider Academic Honor Roll … Posted perfect 4.0 GPA during fall semester. 

Junior Year (2013): Started all 31 matches while playing in 109 sets ... finished third in the Patriot League with .332 hitting percentage, fourth in the conference with 3.26 kills per set and sixth with 0.89 total blocks per set ... led team with 355 kills and 97 total blocks ... also tallied 26 digs ... had double-digit kills in 21 matches ... set season-high with 23 kills to go along with five total blocks in a five-set win against Navy on Nov. 8 ... posted 17 kills against Seton Hall (Sept. 6) and VCU (Sept. 20) ... registered 16 kills against both LIU Brookyln (Sept. 14) and Bucknell (Oct. 18) ... totaled 13 kills with season-high eight blocks against Binghamton (Aug. 31) ... recorded 15 kills and five blocks at Navy on Oct. 15 ... posted 15 kills against NC State in a five-set win on Sept. 21 ... compiled 14 kills and four blocks against both Albany (Oct. 16) and American (Nov. 16) ... had 14 kills and three blocks in a four-set victory at Loyola (Nov. 15) ... put up 11 kills and seven blocks in a four-set win versus Loyola on Oct. 12. 

Sophomore Year (2012): Appeared in 106 sets over 29 matches, including 28 starts ... led team with 95 total blocks and finished third with 256 kills, an average of 2.42 per game ... also tallied 43 digs and 15 service aces ... had 13 matches with double-digit kills ... set her season-high with 18 kills in Patriot League Championship Game against American on Nov. 18 ... had 16 kills and six blocks at Army on Sept. 29 ... recorded 15 kills and five blocks at Albany on Oct. 17 ... set season-high with nine blocks against Hoftstra (Sept. 15) before tying that mark in the Patriot League Tournament against Lehigh (Nov. 17) ... registered 12 kills and five blocks at Bucknell on Oct. 25. had matches with 13 kills against both Rhode Island (Sept. 15) and Army (Nov. 2). 

Freshman Year (2011): Saw action in all 30 matches and 106 sets in her first season with the Raiders ... finished third on the team in kills with 183 ... was third as well in blocks with 38 total blocks and led the team with 11 solo blocks ... averaged 1.73 kills per set ... had 10 or more kills in four matches ... had a season-high 12 kills at Navy on Sept. 23 and at Army on Nov. 11 ... had 10 kills in his first collegiate game against Buffalo on Aug. 26 at the Colgate Classic and had a season-high five total blocks ... she tallied 11 kills against Bucknell on Oct. 8 ... had three solo blocks in the the matchup with American on Oct. 21.

Seely's 2011 Statistics

Before Colgate: Played volleyball at Menlo-Atherton High School in the Peninsula Athletic League … two-time finalist in the Central Coast Section Division I Championship for the Bears … two-time All-Peninsula Athletic League Second Team … first teamer in 2010 … was an All-PAL honorable mention honoree as a freshman … named her team's Most Inspirational Player as freshman and senior … was a team captain in her final season.

Personal: Diane Melora Seely is the daughter of Nate and Priscilla Seely … born in Menlo Park, Calif. … has a brother and a sister.

Why she chose Colgate: “I didn't expect much from Hamilton when I arrived from California on a cool April day, but after a short time with some Colgate athletes I felt welcome and excited. I am continually impressed with every student's overwhelming enthusiasm for Colgate. Four years in Hamilton seems like the perfect college experience in a unique and beautiful location.”