TITANS `06: Was most effective in the back row
for the Titans posting double digits in digs 10 times in her 24
matches played • Played in a career-high 67 games for the
Titans, primarily off the bench • Had a season-high 23 digs
against UC Davis on Sept. 29 at home • Had six consecutive
matches with at least 11 digs from Sept. 16 to Sept. 29 •
Added a season high 9 kills and 5 assists to her 23-dig performance
on Sept. 29 vs. the Aggies, tallying her season-high in total
points with 10.5 • Served up 3 aces on two occasions, once
against Alabama State on Aug. 26, the other against San Diego State
on Sept. 16.
FRESNO STATE: Played two seasons with the
Bulldogs under Coaches Lindy Vivas and Reuben Nieves • Played
in 63 games in 2004 as a freshman hitting .120 on the year •
Picked up a double-double with 11 kills and 11 digs on Oct. 16,
2004, at UTEP (it was her first-career 10-kill match) • Posted
10-or-more digs on 10 occasions including her career-best 37 on
Nov. 3, 2004, at San Jose State. Her performance was a Fresno State
record for digs in a four-game match • Was the team's top
digger over the last 16 matches of the season, averaging 4.35 per
game and 12.50 per match • Had her career-best single-match
hitting percentage on Oct. 21, 2004, when she hit .402 (12 kills)
against Louisiana Tech • Posted a then career-high 2 aces on
Nov.11, 2004 against UC Davis and a career-high 3 block assists on
Oct. 9, 2004, against Nevada • Saw limited action in 2005 with
the Bulldogs, participating in just 24 games • Put up a
career-high 15 kills against Long Island on Sept. 3, 2005 •
Had back-to-back double-doubles (kills/digs) to open the season
• Scored 10-or-more kills in four of the eight matches she
played in.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a four-year letterwinner in
both volleyball and basketball for the Kamehameha Schools • As
a senior, she was named the Warriors' Female Athlete of the Year
• Was the 2003 Regional Championships Most Valuable Player
• Was named to the Honolulu Advertiser All-Star Team three
times • A two-time Star Bulletin All-Star • Was one of
three finalists for the Honolulu Quarterback Club Athlete of the
Year Award in 2003.
PERSONAL: Born on February 17, 1986, in
Honolulu, Hawaii • Her full name is Mounia
Kealohakeanuenueo'ku'upu'uwai (yes, her middle name is 26 letters
long!) Nihipali • Parents are Rene and Paul Nihipali •
Has three siblings, brother Stanley (19), and sisters Crisi (18)
and Anu (11) • Likes to shop and cruise at the beach •
Favorites include: Ooklah the Moc (music group), The Notebook
(movie), scrapbooking (hobby).