Heyli Velasquez

2023

• Appeared in 91 sets across 26 matches
• Posted a career-high 17 digs at UMBC (Sept. 10)
• Finished fifth on the team in total digs (123)
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

2022

• All-ACC Academic Team
• Appeared in 28 matches, including nine starts as libero, and played in 94 sets
• Finished sixth on the team in total digs (139) and digs per set (1.48)
• Registered 12 digs in UVA’s three-set match against Wake Forest (Nov. 20)
• Tallied a career-high 15 digs against Miami (Oct. 16)
• Made her first career start as UVA libero in the Cavaliers’ five-set win over Florida State (Oct. 14)
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

2021

• Appeared in 14 matches, including one start, and played 34 sets
• Made her first career start in the Cavaliers’ season finale at Boston College (Nov. 26)
• Registered a service ace in three matches: Central Connecticut State (Aug. 28), Akron (Sept 3) and Georgetown (Sept. 17)
• ACC Honor Roll recipient

Background

• Transitioned from setter to libero her sophomore year of high school
• 2020 All-State selection
• 2017-21 All-Conference selection
• 2020 Preseason top-20 volleyball player in Delaware selection, according to DelawareOnline.com
• Guided Ursuline Academy to a third-place finish in the state in 2017 and 2019
• Totaled more than 970 career assists and more than 900 career digs
• Played club for East Coast Power Volleyball

Personal

• Daughter of Calvin Edwards and Alvenia Scarborough
• Her father Calvin played football at West Virginia (1991-95)
• Her mother Alvenia graduated from Virginia (1992-95) with a degree in Communications and Rhetoric
• Majoring in Media Studies