Biography
CAREER: Played 251 sets across 77 matches… Totaled 538 kills, 66 aces 420 digs, 97 blocks and 661.5 points… Averaged 2.14 kills per set, 0.26 aces per set, 1.67 digs per set, 0.39 blocks per set and 2.64 points per set.
2022: Played six sets in four matches, starting one… Tallied four kills, one dig and a block assist… After a season-ending injury in 2021 kept her off the court at the beginning of the 2022 campaign, returned to the court against The Citadel (10/5), playing two sets… Tallied a dig at Samford (10/15) and a kill and block assist at Western Carolina (10/28) … Started on Senior Night against Mercer (11/12) and notched three kills.
2021: Started 16 of 22 appearances and played 76 sets ... Finished second on the team in points (239.0) and kills (199) ... Averaged 3.14 points/s and 2.62 kills/s ... Recorded 17 service aces ... Added 74 digs and 40.0 blocks ... Tallied eight matches double-digit kills ... Eclipsed career-highs with back-to-back 20-kill performances against North Florida (21) and Stony Brook (24) ... Named SoCon Offensive Player, Student-Athlete of the Week for aforementioned performances (8/30) ... Named to FAU Invitational and Hokie Invite All-Tournament Team ... Tallied 17 kills on 35 swings (.314), along with two blocks and two aces versus George Mason (9/18).
2020-21: Started 12 of 14 matches appeared in and played 49 sets … Finished second on team in aces (16) and ninth in SoCon (0.33/set) … Fourth on team in points (115.5), digs (115) and kills (90) … Averaged 2.36 points per set, 2.35 digs per set and 1.84 kills per set … Totaled 16.0 blocks … Recorded two double-doubles on the season … Tallied 14 digs against Chattanooga (2/8) … Posted 12 kills, five digs and a block at Western Carolina (2/24) … Hit .385 with 11 kills, three aces and seven digs versus The Citadel (2/28) … Followed with a double-double with 12 kills and 14 digs in series finale against The Citadel (3/1) … Matched career-high with 15 kills and recorded seven digs and two blocks at Mercer (3/7) … Added nine kills, a career-high five blocks and four digs versus Furman (3/21) … Registered double-double with 10 kills, 16 digs and five aces for a career-high 16.5 points in series finale against Furman (3/22).
2019: Appeared in 30 matches totaling 110 sets ... Ranked third on the team with 250 kills, 39.0 blocks and 37 aces ... Picked up 207 digs, ranking fourth on the team in that category ... Recorded 10 or more kills 14 times ... Opened up with five kills and six digs against Kennesaw State ... Recorded six kills against Clemson and Georgia ... Sent home 10 kills in four sets at Duke, registering a dozen in three sets against Appalachian State ... Had 6 digs to go with 12 kills against UNCW ... Registered a season-high 19 digs to go with six kills at Western Carolina ...10 kills against N.C. Central ... Totaled 15 kills and nine digs against Alabama A&M ... Sent home 13 kills in win over Mercer ... Tallied 11 kills in three-set win at Furman ... Sent home 11 kills at ETSU ... Recorded 13 kills and picked up 16 digs in win over Chattanooga ... Totaled 10 kills against both UNCG and Western Carolina, totaling 11 against Furman and The Citadel ... Ended season with 10 kills and eight digs in SoCon Tournament against Furman.
2018: Saw action in nine matches and 17 sets ... Totaled 29 digs, 11 kills, three blocks and two aces ... Had a season-high five kills to go with seven digs and a service ace against Tulsa ... Totaled three kills, three blocks and seven digs against Florida International ... Had a kill against UCF ... Recorded a pair of kills and seven digs at Chattanooga.
Prior to Wofford: Four year letter-winner at Spanish River Community High School ... Won a district championship her senior season as Spanish River finished with a 13-9 record ... Her junior season, Spanish River finished as the district runner-up with a 15-7 record ... In 2015, her sophomore season, Yaffa was named All-Conference and Second Team All-Area by the Palm Beach Post ... Finished her high school career with 383 kills, 194 blocks, 472 digs and 56 aces.
Personal: Born April 11, 2000 ... Daughter of Samuel and Doreen Yaffa ... Majoring in Biology and Spanish.
Honors & Awards:
- 2022-23 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
- 2021-22 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
- 2021 Southern Conference All-Academic Team
- 2021 FAU Invitational, Hokie Invite All-Tournament Team
- Southern Conference Offensive Player of the Week; Student-Athlete of the Week (Aug. 30, 2021 / Sept. 1, 2021)
- 2020-21 Academic All-Southern Conference Team; Academic Honor Roll; Commissioner's Medal (3.8 GPA or higher)
