2021 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Arnold, De'Janae

Jersey Number 3
De'Janae Arnold
- Position:
- Middle Hitter
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Wichita Northwest High School
- Hometown:
- Wichita, Kan.
Bio
2021 (Senior): First Team All-Summit ... Finished season with a .379 hitting percentage, best on the team, third best in the Summit League, and 37th nationally ... Led the team with 0.88 blocks per set ... Averaged 2.60 kills per set, second-highest on the team ... Finished the year with team-leading 16 solo blocks and 84 block assists, second-most on the team ... Posted double-digit kills in fifteen matches ... Blocked five-plus attacks on ten occasions ... Season-high 17 kills on .625 hitting came on Nov. 13 in win versus Western Illinois ... Logged season-high .700 hitting percentage on Sep. 13 against Albany ... Hit above .300 in twenty matches, and above .400 in eleven ... Committed one-or-fewer errors on nine occasions
2020 (Junior): Summit League Academic Honor Roll ... Appeared in all 70 sets played ... Finished season with a .285 hitting percentage, best on the team and eighth-best in the Summit League ... Averaged 0.89 blocks per set, best on the team and seventh-best in the Summit League ... Averaged 1.93 kills per set, fourth-highest on the team ... Committed just 34 errors on 354 total attacks ... Finished the year with 13 solo blocks and 49 block assists, both team leads ... Posted double-digit kills in six matches ... Blocked five-plus attacks on five occasions ... In Kansas City debut, threw down 10 kills and five blocks (three solo) ... Season-high 12 kills on .550 hitting came on Mar. 13 in win at Oral Roberts ... Logged season-high eight blocks in win over Western Illinois on Feb. 15, adding 11 kills on .375 hitting ... Hit above .300 in nine matches ... Committed one-or-fewer errors on nine occasions
Navarro College (Fla.) (2018-19): Helped lead the Bulldogs to a 69-7 two-year record, including a perfect 31-0 record in 2019 and two conference titles… Team won the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) national championship last year… AVCA First-Team All-America selection as a sophomore… Named to the national all-tournament team… In championship match, compiled 14 kills and 11 block-assists for her first season double-double… Selected to All-Region XIV First Team… As a sophomore, ranked No. 2 in the junior college ranks with a .473 hit percentage… Also was sixth nationally in blocks-per-set (1.50), 12th in total blocks (152) and 14th in block assists (109)… Finished with 14 matches or 10 or more kills and six matches with eight or more blocks… In 2018, was No. 1 overall nationally in blocks per set (1.49), total blocks (209) and block assists (162).
High School: At Northwest High School, a two-time all-conference first team member… Also named second-team all-conference as a sophomore… Was a varsity letter-winner all four years in volleyball, basketball and track... Broke the school record in the high jump with a leap of 5-6... Honor roll member all four years… AVID student all four years… Delivered the senior speech at graduation… Competed in club ball for Kansas Elite 18 1's as a sophomore, the American Fight Club program in her final two years as a prep.
Personal: Born Nov. 9, 1999 in Wichita, Kan. … Parents are Deandre Wilson and Lisa Arnold, stepfather Robert Papin … Plans to major in Health Sciences… First sibling in the family to go to college… Has three siblings, Malik, Deandre and Kylai.
2020 (Junior): Summit League Academic Honor Roll ... Appeared in all 70 sets played ... Finished season with a .285 hitting percentage, best on the team and eighth-best in the Summit League ... Averaged 0.89 blocks per set, best on the team and seventh-best in the Summit League ... Averaged 1.93 kills per set, fourth-highest on the team ... Committed just 34 errors on 354 total attacks ... Finished the year with 13 solo blocks and 49 block assists, both team leads ... Posted double-digit kills in six matches ... Blocked five-plus attacks on five occasions ... In Kansas City debut, threw down 10 kills and five blocks (three solo) ... Season-high 12 kills on .550 hitting came on Mar. 13 in win at Oral Roberts ... Logged season-high eight blocks in win over Western Illinois on Feb. 15, adding 11 kills on .375 hitting ... Hit above .300 in nine matches ... Committed one-or-fewer errors on nine occasions
Navarro College (Fla.) (2018-19): Helped lead the Bulldogs to a 69-7 two-year record, including a perfect 31-0 record in 2019 and two conference titles… Team won the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) national championship last year… AVCA First-Team All-America selection as a sophomore… Named to the national all-tournament team… In championship match, compiled 14 kills and 11 block-assists for her first season double-double… Selected to All-Region XIV First Team… As a sophomore, ranked No. 2 in the junior college ranks with a .473 hit percentage… Also was sixth nationally in blocks-per-set (1.50), 12th in total blocks (152) and 14th in block assists (109)… Finished with 14 matches or 10 or more kills and six matches with eight or more blocks… In 2018, was No. 1 overall nationally in blocks per set (1.49), total blocks (209) and block assists (162).
High School: At Northwest High School, a two-time all-conference first team member… Also named second-team all-conference as a sophomore… Was a varsity letter-winner all four years in volleyball, basketball and track... Broke the school record in the high jump with a leap of 5-6... Honor roll member all four years… AVID student all four years… Delivered the senior speech at graduation… Competed in club ball for Kansas Elite 18 1's as a sophomore, the American Fight Club program in her final two years as a prep.
Personal: Born Nov. 9, 1999 in Wichita, Kan. … Parents are Deandre Wilson and Lisa Arnold, stepfather Robert Papin … Plans to major in Health Sciences… First sibling in the family to go to college… Has three siblings, Malik, Deandre and Kylai.
Volleyball Highlights vs. Southern Illinois
Friday, September 05
Volleyball Highlights vs. Eastern Michigan
Saturday, August 30
Volleyball Highlights vs. Radford
Friday, August 29
Volleyball Highlights vs. Marshall
Friday, August 29