2025 Volleyball Roster
Rhoda, Adriana
Jersey Number 6
Adriana Rhoda
- Position:
- Opposite
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Hutchinson HS
- Hometown:
- Hutchinson, Minn.
Bio
Career Honors & Awards
• 2024 First Team All-C-USA
• 2023 First Team All-C-USA
• C-USA Player of the Week - Oct. 2, 2023, Oct. 30, 2023, Nov. 6, 2023
• 2023 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
• 2022 Second Team All-C-USA
• 2022 C-USA All-Freshman Team
• 2022 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
• 2022 C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal
2024 (Middle Tennessee)
Started in 22 matches and played in all 31 matches/119 sets… Led Conference USA in kills with 484 ranking fourth on the program single-season record list during the 25-point era… Her 4.07 kills/set ranks third on the program single-season record list during the 25-point era… Broke the program-record for career service aces, during the 25-point era, with 117… Her 526.5 points finished second in CUSA… Recorded 100 digs, 53 blocks and 13 service aces… Recorded a career-high 26 kills in the last two matches of the season, vs. NM State (11/16) and Kennesaw State (11/23)… Set a new program record for kills/set in a single-match with 22 kills in three sets (7.33 kills/set) on a .474 hitting percentage at Sam Houston (09/27)… Notched her first career double-double in a four-set victory vs. Kennesaw State with 19 kills and 13 digs with a .436 hitting percentage (11/09)… Recorded 20 or more kills seven times and 15 or more kills 19 times.
2023 (Middle Tennessee)
Started in 22 matches and played in 29 matches/100 sets… Earned Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week three times (10/02, 10/30, 11/06)… Her 37 service aces and 0.37 service aces/set finished fifth and sixth, respectively, in the 25-point era on the single-season record list… Finished third in kills/set in CUSA with 3.47… Finished fifth in CUSA in aces/set with 0.37… Recorded 4.10 points/set which ranked third in CUSA… Recorded double-digit kills in 19 matches this season and 20+ kills in three matches… Set a career-high in kills with 25 against Ball State in the first round of the NIVC, which is ninth most in program history for a single match and her 6.25 kills/set in that match is eighth all time… Recorded six service aces in the fifth set at FIU (10/04) which ranks third all time in program history… Reached 100 career service aces at Jacksonville State (11/04)… Led the team in points per set (4.10), kills (347), kills per set (3.47)… Second in points (403.0), aces (37), aces per set (0.4)… Fourth in total blocks (41) and blocks per set (0.41).
2022 (Middle Tennessee)
Started 20 matches and and played in 28 matches/101 sets… Earned Conference USA Freshman of the Week six times, tying the second most weekly C-USA freshman honors earned in a season, just one behind the record… Set the program’s 25-point era record for aces in a single season with 67, which ranks fourth on the all-time list… Tied the program single-match ace record for the current scoring era with nine in a four-set win over Columbia (09/16), nine was the most among conference players this season… Hit .800 in a sweep over Miami Ohio (9/3), which ranks second in program history for a single match and was the highest hitting percentage in a match this season among C-USA players… Tied the program’s single-match solo block record for the 25-pt era with three in a four-set win over Bellarmine (09/02)… One of four players in the nation averaging at least .65 aces per set and 3.00 kills per set… Ranks fourth in the nation for total aces (67) and sixth for aces/set (0.66), both marks rank first among all freshmen in the nation and are first in conference among all players… Led the Blue Raiders in points (403.0), points/set (3.99), kills (307), kills/set (3.04), aces, and aces/set… Had a career-high 19 kills on a .378 attack percentage in the team’s first power-five win since 2014, beating a 10-0 Boston College in four sets (9/16)… Was the biggest reason the Blue Raiders shattered the program’s 25-pt era record for team aces at 203… Led all freshman in Conference USA in kills, kills/set, service aces, aces/set, solo blocks, points, and points/set; was third in hitting percentage, leading to her being named to the C-USA All-Freshman Team… Earned All-Conference honors after ranking first in aces and aces per set, fifth in total points, sixth in points per set, and 12th in kills per set in conference… Registered double-digit kills in 19 matches this season… Set and tied six program records during the 2022 season.
High School/Club
The Minnesota All-State outside hitter was a key piece to the Hutchinson Tigers’ attack throughout her career, becoming the all-time kills leader for the program and passing the 1,000 kill mark in her senior year… Adri earned All-Conference twice and Player of the Game four times… In the classroom, Adriana earned Student of the Trimester, Student of the Week on multiple occasions, and AP Student of the Month… She also racked up a letter for basketball and two letters for track and field.
Personal
Daughter of James Nelson and Andrea Rhoda… Dad, James, played basketball at Bethany Lutheran College… Born Oct. 2, 2003.
• 2024 First Team All-C-USA
• 2023 First Team All-C-USA
• C-USA Player of the Week - Oct. 2, 2023, Oct. 30, 2023, Nov. 6, 2023
• 2023 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
• 2022 Second Team All-C-USA
• 2022 C-USA All-Freshman Team
• 2022 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
• 2022 C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal
2024 (Middle Tennessee)
Started in 22 matches and played in all 31 matches/119 sets… Led Conference USA in kills with 484 ranking fourth on the program single-season record list during the 25-point era… Her 4.07 kills/set ranks third on the program single-season record list during the 25-point era… Broke the program-record for career service aces, during the 25-point era, with 117… Her 526.5 points finished second in CUSA… Recorded 100 digs, 53 blocks and 13 service aces… Recorded a career-high 26 kills in the last two matches of the season, vs. NM State (11/16) and Kennesaw State (11/23)… Set a new program record for kills/set in a single-match with 22 kills in three sets (7.33 kills/set) on a .474 hitting percentage at Sam Houston (09/27)… Notched her first career double-double in a four-set victory vs. Kennesaw State with 19 kills and 13 digs with a .436 hitting percentage (11/09)… Recorded 20 or more kills seven times and 15 or more kills 19 times.
2023 (Middle Tennessee)
Started in 22 matches and played in 29 matches/100 sets… Earned Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week three times (10/02, 10/30, 11/06)… Her 37 service aces and 0.37 service aces/set finished fifth and sixth, respectively, in the 25-point era on the single-season record list… Finished third in kills/set in CUSA with 3.47… Finished fifth in CUSA in aces/set with 0.37… Recorded 4.10 points/set which ranked third in CUSA… Recorded double-digit kills in 19 matches this season and 20+ kills in three matches… Set a career-high in kills with 25 against Ball State in the first round of the NIVC, which is ninth most in program history for a single match and her 6.25 kills/set in that match is eighth all time… Recorded six service aces in the fifth set at FIU (10/04) which ranks third all time in program history… Reached 100 career service aces at Jacksonville State (11/04)… Led the team in points per set (4.10), kills (347), kills per set (3.47)… Second in points (403.0), aces (37), aces per set (0.4)… Fourth in total blocks (41) and blocks per set (0.41).
2022 (Middle Tennessee)
Started 20 matches and and played in 28 matches/101 sets… Earned Conference USA Freshman of the Week six times, tying the second most weekly C-USA freshman honors earned in a season, just one behind the record… Set the program’s 25-point era record for aces in a single season with 67, which ranks fourth on the all-time list… Tied the program single-match ace record for the current scoring era with nine in a four-set win over Columbia (09/16), nine was the most among conference players this season… Hit .800 in a sweep over Miami Ohio (9/3), which ranks second in program history for a single match and was the highest hitting percentage in a match this season among C-USA players… Tied the program’s single-match solo block record for the 25-pt era with three in a four-set win over Bellarmine (09/02)… One of four players in the nation averaging at least .65 aces per set and 3.00 kills per set… Ranks fourth in the nation for total aces (67) and sixth for aces/set (0.66), both marks rank first among all freshmen in the nation and are first in conference among all players… Led the Blue Raiders in points (403.0), points/set (3.99), kills (307), kills/set (3.04), aces, and aces/set… Had a career-high 19 kills on a .378 attack percentage in the team’s first power-five win since 2014, beating a 10-0 Boston College in four sets (9/16)… Was the biggest reason the Blue Raiders shattered the program’s 25-pt era record for team aces at 203… Led all freshman in Conference USA in kills, kills/set, service aces, aces/set, solo blocks, points, and points/set; was third in hitting percentage, leading to her being named to the C-USA All-Freshman Team… Earned All-Conference honors after ranking first in aces and aces per set, fifth in total points, sixth in points per set, and 12th in kills per set in conference… Registered double-digit kills in 19 matches this season… Set and tied six program records during the 2022 season.
High School/Club
The Minnesota All-State outside hitter was a key piece to the Hutchinson Tigers’ attack throughout her career, becoming the all-time kills leader for the program and passing the 1,000 kill mark in her senior year… Adri earned All-Conference twice and Player of the Game four times… In the classroom, Adriana earned Student of the Trimester, Student of the Week on multiple occasions, and AP Student of the Month… She also racked up a letter for basketball and two letters for track and field.
Personal
Daughter of James Nelson and Andrea Rhoda… Dad, James, played basketball at Bethany Lutheran College… Born Oct. 2, 2003.
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