#14  Anile Clemente   Position: Outside Hitter Hometown: Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil Height: 5-11 Previous School: Neosho County CC Year: Senior Date of Birth: May 6, 1986

JUNIOR: Showed why she’s one of the top players ever in the program by being named to the AVCA NAIA All-America first team and the NAIA All-America second team…became only the fifth Warrior to earn first-team All-America honors…earned the AVCA’s Region I Player of the Year award and the Frontier Conference’s Player of the Year Award…led the team in kills with 436, which is eighth on the school’s all-time single season list,  and service aces with 65, which ranks second overall in a season…finished third in hitting percentage at .277 and second in digs with 366…her two-year total of 799 kills ranks 10th on LCSC’s all-time list…posted her outstanding season despite a knee injury, which forced her to have surgery following last season…had 18 double-doubles last season, finishing a match with both 10 or more kills and 10 or more digs…had season highs of 19 kills, 25 digs and six service aces…twice was named the conference’s Player of the Week…was also named to the Academic All-Conference team.

SOPHOMORE: Made first year with the Warriors a memorable one…first LCSC volleyball player since 2001 to earn NAIA All-American honors with a third team selection….named to the NAIA Region I team…Frontier Conference Co-Player of the year and first team All-Conference pick….the powerful hitter played in 33 matches and 110 games…led the team in kills with 363 and was second on the team in kill percentage at .293…was tied fourth on the team in blocks (49) and second in pass percentage (.973)…averaged 3.3 kills per game…had three service aces and three solo blocks…recorded season high 20 kills twice, both in postseason play…had 17 matches of 10 or more kills and hit better than .700 in four matches…had three matches of 11 or more digs, including a season-high 14 against MSU-Northern…has tremendous range and a is very efficient with a fast-arm swing.

JUNIOR COLLEGE: Had an outstanding freshman year at Neosho County Community College in Kansas where she earned National Junior College Athletic Association’s First Team All America honors…she also earned all-Jayhawk Conference and all-district honors and was the conference’s Freshman of the Year…she recorded 542 kills in 123 games for an average of 4.41 kills per game…Also averaged 3.67 digs per contest and totaled 451 for the year…helped her team to a 33-9 record and the division championship…team lost in the championship game of the district tournament…just one of two volleyball players to All America status at Neosho Country.

PERSONAL: Born May 6, 1986 in San Paulo, Brazil …she is the daughter of Carlos and Ester Clemente...has one sister, Aline. road to Lewiston was full of twists…originally signed with Pittsburgh State University, an NCAA Division II school in Pittsburgh, PA., in 2006, but had to defer her admission to achieve PSU’s Test of English as a Foreign Language requirement, and she wound up at Neosho County…following her big 2006 season at NCCC, she again signed with Pittsburgh State University, only to discover that according to NCAA rules, she would have only one year of eligibility left…. under NAIA rules, she had three years of eligibility left…. Pittsburgh State coach Ibraheem Suberu made some phone calls to coaching friends to find Clemente a good NAIA school and one of the calls went to a friend of Greeny, who recommended LCSC to Suberu…is majoring in Kinesiology with an emphasis on Health.