2017: Appeared in 18 matches, 32 sets...Handed out one assist and recorded one dig on March 10 in a win over Southern Virginia...Added another dig in a win over Limestone on April 8...Academic All-Conference Carolinas.

2016: Back row player and service specalist for the Tornado...Posted 20 digs, three aces and two assists...Recorded a career-best of 10 digs against St. Andrews...Academic All-Conference Carolinas.

2015: Played in 26 matches, appearing in 73 sets...Registered 19 digs and nine service aces...Posted a career-high of four digs in a match twice, first on February 15 at McKendree, and again on March 14 in a 3-0 win over Bluefield College...Recorded two service aces in a match three times, including back-to-back matches on March 14 in 3-0 wins over Marymount and Bluefield.

2014: Appeared in 10 matches for the Tornado... Had three digs on the season.

High School: Two-year letterwinner at Central Daughin HS, where the team was once district champion, once district runner-up, and twice finished third in the state... Named a Mid Penn All-Star in 2013... Also lettered in cross country.

Personal: Son of Terry and Susan Veli... Majoring in Business... Was born in Kennesaw, Ga.... Once caught an eight- and a six-pound trout on the same day.