Lincoln Memorial University Athletics

-2021 IVA Championship All-Tournament Team
-2021 IVA Championship Tournament MVP

2021 (Sophomore): Started seven of the nine matches he played in ... Saw action in 25 sets over those nine matches ... Was second on the team with 1.76 digs per set and his 3.16 points per set were tied for second on the team ... Ranked third on the team with 2.68 kills per set ... His nine service aces ranked fourth on the team and his 0.36 service aces per set led the squad ... Posted 79 points and 54 kills offensively while hitting at a .308 clip ... Defensively he dug out 44 balls and blocked six shots ... Registered seven matches with more than five kills, and three with double digit kills ... Hit at a percentage of .200 or higher in five matches, including four with a hit percentage above .400 ... Dug out more than five balls in five matches ... Only recorded two receiving errors to post a .983 receiving percentage defensively ... Named the IVA Tournament MVP ... Recorded 11 kills and set a career-high with nine digs against Loyola Chicago (Jan. 22) ... Tallied eight kills and served two aces versus Lewis (Jan. 23) ... Accounted for five kills and five digs versus McKendree (Jan. 24) ... Collected 11 kills and dug out three balls in a 3-0 win over Limestone (March 26) ... Notched five kills and six digs in a sweep of Queens (March 27) ... Tied a career-high with nine digs to go along with seven kills and two service aces versus Tusculum (April 16) ... Posted a career-high 16 kills along with six digs in a 3-0 sweep against Queens (April 17).

2020 (Sophomore): Season cut short due to COVID-19 global pandemic ... Had a breakout true sophomore year, played in all but three sets (63) ... Started 16 of 17 matches competed in ... Accounted for the third-most points on the team (150.0), averaging 2.38 points per set ... One of three 100-kill players, recording the second-most of any Railsplitter (117) ... Averaged 1.86 kills per set, attacking at a .143 clip ... Served up 23 aces, averaging (0.37) to rank 34th in the nation in that category and fifth among all independent team players ... Also earned 25 assists while owning the third-most digs on the team (76) ... Rose up for 20 blocks ... Reached double-figure kills on five different occasions ... Registered multiple aces five times and had at least five digs in nine matches ... Collected at least two blocks six times ... Set a season-high 13 kills, to go along with seven digs, at No. 15 Ohio State (Jan. 16) ... Put 10 kills next to his name at Lindenwood (Jan. 10), versus Saint Francis (Pa.) (Jan. 25), against King (Feb. 14) and versus Limestone (Feb. 29) ... Made a career-high three blocks and earned eight digs in the five-set neutral-site match with Daemen College (Feb. 9) ... Also had eight digs in the 3-1 win over Limestone (Feb. 29) after serving a trio of aces in the five-set home win over King (Feb. 14) and the five-set victory at Belmont Abbey (Feb. 21) ... Notched a career-best five aces in the home sweep of Emmanuel (March 10).

2019 (Freshman): Made six starts as a true freshman, seeing action in 19 matches and competing in 58 total sets ... Racked up 71 kills (1.22 per set) while swinging at a .279 clip ... Named Off the Block Independent Teams Player of the Week on March 18 after tallying seven kills, a season-best four aces and eight digs in a 3-0 home rout of Quincy (March 16) ... Served 12 aces on the season, assisted on 16 kills, made 71 digs (1.22 per set) and had 10 blocks ... Reached double-figure kills in a pair of matches, laying down a career-high 18 in a five-set affair at King (Feb. 5) and totaling 14 in a five-set win at Belmont Abbey (March 23) ... Earned at least seven digs five times, including a career-high 10 at 14th-ranked Ohio State (Feb. 2) ... Had nine digs and a season-high three blocks at Belmont Abbey (March 23) ... Posted seven digs against both Mount Olive (Jan. 13) and King (Feb. 5).

Prior to LMU: Attended Celebration High School in Celebration, Florida, just outside of Orlando after relocating stateside in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria ... Named 2018 Florida Player of the Year as a senior after racking up 332 kills, 182 digs, 85 service aces and 51 blocks ... Led Celebration HS to a district and regional championship and a spot in the state finals ... His 71 kills in three state tournament matches led the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) finals ... Selected as Florida MaxPreps/AVCA Player of the Week for the week of April 30-May 6, 2018 ... Tabbed 2018 Orlando Sentinel All-Area Player of the Year following his final varsity season ... Held the highest hitting percentage on the team his junior year in 2017 ... Captained both his high school and club team ... A member of the Puerto Rican Beach Volleyball U19 National Team and a bronze medalist in beach at the 2015 Centro Americanos Escolares.

Personal: Son of Soraya Lugo ... Born on Jan. 27, 2000, in San Juan, Puerto Rico ... The youngest of three, has two older sisters ... Enjoys the beach, working out and spending time with family and friends ... Majoring in business finance.