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2001 Women's Volleyball Roster

2 Tanja Nikolic

  • Position:
    RS/LS
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    University of Oregon
  • Hometown:
    Kastel Luksic, Croatia

Summary

Biography

2001 (Senior): Played in 34 matches and 88 games...recorded 184 kills for a 2.09 kills/set average...added 148 digs, 71 assists, and 45 blocks.

2000 (Junior): First position player off the bench… appeared in all 33 matches and 62 games, netting 1.50 kills and 1.40 digs per game…started seven matches while Kim Willoughby, Lily Kahumoku and Maja Gustin were injured…best offensive performance came at TCU (10/27), when she poured in 12 kills and two blocks, while hitting .409…had a season-high 13 digs at Tulsa on Nov. 11.

1999 (Sophomore): Backup middle hitter who appeared in 27 matches and 39 games…started four matches in place of an injured Veronica Lima…in one of those matches, at San Jose State (10/29), had seven kills, 17 digs, 13 blocks and two service aces, all of which were season-high.

College: Played one season at Oregon… appeared in 58 games, averaging 1.95 kills and 0.83 blocks…played at middle blocker where she posted a season-high 15 kills and hit .542 at California…hit for double-figure kills in seven matches, including five straight from Oct. 22 (USC) through Nov. 6 (Washington State)…had a season-high 10 blocks vs. Oral Roberts… put together an 11-kill and seven-block performance against UCLA… averaged 2.12 kills and hit .316 in Pac-10 play.

Prep: A 1996 graduate of Medical School in Split, Croatia…member of Kastela Club team since 1991…team finished between second and fourth place in both Croatian and European Championships for the last seven years…in 1995 named Most Valuable Player at the European championships.

Personal: Born in Split, Croatia…aspires to be a doctor and someday own a home in Hawai‘i…enjoys swimming, listening to music, playing beach volleyball, scuba diving and fishing…favorites include Croatian seafood, actor Denzel Washington and the movie “Once Were Warriors”…in hometown, played beach volleyball with NBA player Toni Kukoc…has one brother, Nino…parents are Neda and Zoran Nikolic of Kastel Luksic, Croatia.
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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2000Junior

    RS/LS
    6'0"
    2
  • 2

    2001Senior

    RS/LS
    6'0"
    2