Nico Paula

2025 Season: Named AVCA Honorable Mention All-American...Named Second Team All-MIVA... Awarded MIVA Defensive Player of the Week (Jan. 21, Feb. 11, Feb. 25,  Mar. 11), Earned Academic All-MIVA honors...Recipient of the Br. David Delahanty Award-given to Lewis student-athletes for academic excellence...Nominated for Male Athlete of the Year Charlie Award...Appeared in 30 matches...Season totals of 287 digs and 37 assists...Holds record for most digs in a match (22)... Recorded season-high of 22 digs vs Qunicy (2/21/2025).

2024 Season: Named First Team All-MIVA...Awarded MIVA Defensive Player of the Week (Jan. 16, Feb. 6, Mar. 26)...Earned Academic All-MIVA honors...Recipient of the Br. David Delahanty Award-given to Lewis student-athletes for academic excellence...Appeared in 28 matches...Season total of 225 digs...Had 17 digs at McKendree (2/2/24).

2023 Season: Awarded MIVA Defensive Player of the Week (Mar. 7)...Earned Academic All-MIVA honors...Recipient of the Br. David Delahanty Award-given to Lewis student-athletes for academic excellence...Appeared in 29 matches...Season total of 41 digs

Prep/Personal: Named to the VolleyballMag Fab 50 list, which honors the top 50 senior-age players in the country...Served as team captain for six years and led 352 Elite to five AAU Open National Championships...Received AAU All-Tournament Team honors twice, USAV 17 Open All-Tournament Team honors, and recognized as AAU 16 Open MVP...Four-time AAU Academic All-American...Earned two MVP awards at Berkeley Preparatory High School and the Brett Divers All-School Sportsmanship Award as a four-time team captain...Son of Richard Paula and Adriana Suarez...Majoring in Business Analytics

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