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Jersey Number 5
Aniya Clinton
- Position:
- Outside/Opposite Hitter
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- High School:
- Midland
- Hometown:
- Midland, Texas
Honors
Second Team All-Big 12 (2025)
Preseason All-Big 12 (2025)
All-Big 12 Rookie Team (2023)
Big 12 Rookie of the Week (Oct. 31, 2023)
Big 12 Rookie of the Week (Nov. 21, 2023)
K-State Invitational All-Tournament Team (2025)
2025 (Redshirt Junior)
Named Second Team All-Big 12 and Preseason All-Big 12 … Appeared and started in 26 matches and played in 96 sets in 2025… Finished second on the team in kills (351), averaging 3.66 per set … Totaled 45 blocks (0.47 per set), and 22 service aces for 400 total points (4.17 per set) … Tallied 29 block assists and two solo stops … Added 235 digs (2.45 per set) – good for third on the team – and 12 assists … Produced a career-high 25 kills in back-to-back matches at West Virginia (Oct. 1) and at Cincinnati (Oct. 3) … Hit .300 or higher in five matches, including a season-high .536 clip against No. 20 Colorado (17 kills, 28 attempts, two errors) … Led the team in kills in eight matches … Reached 10 or more kills in 18 matches, including three 20-kill performances … Was second on the team with nine double-doubles … Tallied 10 matches with 10 or more digs … Recorded two or more aces in seven matches, including a season-high three in back-to-back matches at No. 11 TCU (Oct. 17) and at No. 14 Kansas (Oct. 24) … Tallied a season-high 28 points at Cincinnati (25 kills, two aces and two block assists) … Turned in a season-high five blocks at No. 21 Iowa State (Nov. 29) with two solo blocks and three assists … Played and started in 16 Big 12 matches, finishing with 232 kills (3.87 per set) at a .200 hitting percentage to go with 26 blocks (0.35 per set), 161 digs (2.68 per set) and 17 aces … At the NCAA Tournament, registered 26 kills (3.25 per set), 18 digs and two blocks, totaling 29.5 points.
2024 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Appeared in 23 matches (11 starts) and 81 sets during 2025 … Was third on the team with 187 kills (2.31 per set) … Hit at a .164 clip to go with 58 digs (0.72 per set) and 29 total blocks (25 block assists, four solo blocks) … Reached double-digit kills eight times, with a season-high 25 kills at UCF along with a season-high seven digs on November 20 ... Hit a season-best .385 (12 kills, 2 errors, 26 attacks) at Colorado on November 27 ... Season-high six blocks vs. Iowa State on October 5 ... In conference play, finished third on the team with 153 kills (2.47 per set) with a .182 hitting efficiency ... Added 25 blocks (0.40 per set) and 46 digs (0.74 per set).
2023 (Redshirt Freshman)
Named All-Big 12 Rookie Team… Tabbed Big 12 Rookie of the Week twice (October 31, November 21) … Made collegiate debut in the Cats season opener at Portland State on August 25, totaling six kills … Appeared in 27 matches with 17 starts … In 92 sets, tallied 261 kills, 53 digs (0.58 per set), and 58 total blocks (0.63 per set), including eight solo stops for 294 points … Was second on the team with an average of 2.84 kills per set and 3.20 points per set … Tallied a season-best 18 kills against TCU on September 22 to go with five blocks for a season-best 19.5 points … Was named the Big 12 Rookie of the Week on October 31, after totaling 29 kills on 52 swings with just a single error for an incredible .538 hitting efficiency, ranking third among league players in hitting percentage, points per set (5.33) and kills per set (4.83) in back-to-back sweeps over No. 8 BYU … Earned second weekly honor just three weeks later after totaling 27 kills for a .297 hitting efficiency against the Texas Tech, averaging 4.50 kills a set – which was good for sixth in the league – to go along with three blocks and nine digs … Appeared in all 67 sets (15 starts) during Big 12 play, recorded 197 kills (2.94 per set) at a .235 efficiency to go with 45 total blocks (0.67 per set), and 46 digs (0.69 per set) for 222.5 points (3.32 per set).
2022 (Freshman)
Did not accumulate stats.
High School
Attended Midland High School in Midland, Texas … A four-year starter for Midland, she earned the 2020 District 2-6A Outstanding Hitter Award in addition to her selection to the 2020 Texas 6A Girls Coaches Association’s All-State Team … In her senior season, she helped Midland reach the Texas 6A bi-district playoffs with a 19-17 record … Led the Lady Bulldogs with 396 kills in 2021 while ranking second on her team with 274 digs … Produced a double-double with 17 kills and 12 digs in her final match of the regular season against Midland Legacy … Played club volleyball under head coach and 1984 Chinese Olympian Ping Cao, finishing third in the national tournament in 2021.
Club
Texas Advantage
Second Team All-Big 12 (2025)
Preseason All-Big 12 (2025)
All-Big 12 Rookie Team (2023)
Big 12 Rookie of the Week (Oct. 31, 2023)
Big 12 Rookie of the Week (Nov. 21, 2023)
K-State Invitational All-Tournament Team (2025)
2025 (Redshirt Junior)
Named Second Team All-Big 12 and Preseason All-Big 12 … Appeared and started in 26 matches and played in 96 sets in 2025… Finished second on the team in kills (351), averaging 3.66 per set … Totaled 45 blocks (0.47 per set), and 22 service aces for 400 total points (4.17 per set) … Tallied 29 block assists and two solo stops … Added 235 digs (2.45 per set) – good for third on the team – and 12 assists … Produced a career-high 25 kills in back-to-back matches at West Virginia (Oct. 1) and at Cincinnati (Oct. 3) … Hit .300 or higher in five matches, including a season-high .536 clip against No. 20 Colorado (17 kills, 28 attempts, two errors) … Led the team in kills in eight matches … Reached 10 or more kills in 18 matches, including three 20-kill performances … Was second on the team with nine double-doubles … Tallied 10 matches with 10 or more digs … Recorded two or more aces in seven matches, including a season-high three in back-to-back matches at No. 11 TCU (Oct. 17) and at No. 14 Kansas (Oct. 24) … Tallied a season-high 28 points at Cincinnati (25 kills, two aces and two block assists) … Turned in a season-high five blocks at No. 21 Iowa State (Nov. 29) with two solo blocks and three assists … Played and started in 16 Big 12 matches, finishing with 232 kills (3.87 per set) at a .200 hitting percentage to go with 26 blocks (0.35 per set), 161 digs (2.68 per set) and 17 aces … At the NCAA Tournament, registered 26 kills (3.25 per set), 18 digs and two blocks, totaling 29.5 points.
2024 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Appeared in 23 matches (11 starts) and 81 sets during 2025 … Was third on the team with 187 kills (2.31 per set) … Hit at a .164 clip to go with 58 digs (0.72 per set) and 29 total blocks (25 block assists, four solo blocks) … Reached double-digit kills eight times, with a season-high 25 kills at UCF along with a season-high seven digs on November 20 ... Hit a season-best .385 (12 kills, 2 errors, 26 attacks) at Colorado on November 27 ... Season-high six blocks vs. Iowa State on October 5 ... In conference play, finished third on the team with 153 kills (2.47 per set) with a .182 hitting efficiency ... Added 25 blocks (0.40 per set) and 46 digs (0.74 per set).
2023 (Redshirt Freshman)
Named All-Big 12 Rookie Team… Tabbed Big 12 Rookie of the Week twice (October 31, November 21) … Made collegiate debut in the Cats season opener at Portland State on August 25, totaling six kills … Appeared in 27 matches with 17 starts … In 92 sets, tallied 261 kills, 53 digs (0.58 per set), and 58 total blocks (0.63 per set), including eight solo stops for 294 points … Was second on the team with an average of 2.84 kills per set and 3.20 points per set … Tallied a season-best 18 kills against TCU on September 22 to go with five blocks for a season-best 19.5 points … Was named the Big 12 Rookie of the Week on October 31, after totaling 29 kills on 52 swings with just a single error for an incredible .538 hitting efficiency, ranking third among league players in hitting percentage, points per set (5.33) and kills per set (4.83) in back-to-back sweeps over No. 8 BYU … Earned second weekly honor just three weeks later after totaling 27 kills for a .297 hitting efficiency against the Texas Tech, averaging 4.50 kills a set – which was good for sixth in the league – to go along with three blocks and nine digs … Appeared in all 67 sets (15 starts) during Big 12 play, recorded 197 kills (2.94 per set) at a .235 efficiency to go with 45 total blocks (0.67 per set), and 46 digs (0.69 per set) for 222.5 points (3.32 per set).
2022 (Freshman)
Did not accumulate stats.
High School
Attended Midland High School in Midland, Texas … A four-year starter for Midland, she earned the 2020 District 2-6A Outstanding Hitter Award in addition to her selection to the 2020 Texas 6A Girls Coaches Association’s All-State Team … In her senior season, she helped Midland reach the Texas 6A bi-district playoffs with a 19-17 record … Led the Lady Bulldogs with 396 kills in 2021 while ranking second on her team with 274 digs … Produced a double-double with 17 kills and 12 digs in her final match of the regular season against Midland Legacy … Played club volleyball under head coach and 1984 Chinese Olympian Ping Cao, finishing third in the national tournament in 2021.
Club
Texas Advantage
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