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Ciara Debell
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2021 Marshall Volleyball senior day
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Ciara DeBell 1,000 Kills Honor
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Ciara DeBell 1,000 Kills Honor
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2021 Marshall Volleyball
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Ciara Debell
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2021 Marshall Volleyball
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2021 Marshall Volleyball
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Ciara Debell
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Ciara Debell
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2021 Marshall Volleyball
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2021 Marshall Volleyball
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Ciara Debell
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2021 Marshall Volleyball
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Ciara Debell
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2021 volleyball
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2021 Volleyball team photo
Ciara Debell and Destiny Leon Preseason
Volleyball team academic award
2021 Volleyball fall schedule
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2021 Spring Volleyball
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2021 Spring Volleyball
Ciara Debell
2021 Spring Volleyball
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Ciara Debell
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2021 Spring Volleyball
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2021 Spring Volleyball
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2021 Spring volleyball
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Ciara Debell
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Ciara Debell
2021 Spring Volleyball
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Ciara Debell
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2021 Spring Volleyball
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2020-21 volleyball
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2019 Marshall Volleyball
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Ciara Debell and Isa Dostal
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Ciara Debell
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Ciara Debell
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2019 Marshall Volleyball
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2019 Marshall Volleyball
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2019 Marshall Volleyball
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Ciara Debell and Isa Dostal
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2019 Marshall Volleyball
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Ciara Debell Co-Player of the Week
2019 Marshall volleyball Bulldog Invite
Ciara Debell
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2019 Marshall Volleyball
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Ciara Debell
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Ciara Debell
Jersey Number 17

Ciara DeBell

  • Height:
    6-2
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • High School:
    Vanguard
  • Hometown:
    Ocala, Fla.
Ciara DeBell
2021 (Graduate)
2021 First Team All-Conference USA
2021 Preseason All-Conference USA
Came back for final year after being granted extra year of eligibility after COVID season of 2020-21 … Appeared and started all 25 matches … Played in all 103 sets … One of only three players to start every match and play in every set along with Sydney Lostumo and Sarah Schank … One of the greatest players in program history … Finished Herd career second all-time in kills per set (3.86) and total attacks (4,134) behind only four-time All-American and MU Athletics Hall of Famer Kelly-Anne Billingy … Also finished third all-time in career kills with 1,404 (1,490 in collegiate career) … Joined the 1,000 Kills/1,000 Digs Club Oct. 23 at Charlotte with her 1,000th career dig, finished with 1,027 in collegiate career … Came up a little short of the 1,000/1,000 Club in time with Green & White finishing with 958 digs … Led team with 344 kills, 3.34 per set, and 393.0 total points, 3.82 per set … Finished second with 295 digs and 23 aces … Streak of six-straight matches with an ace, Oct. 9-Nov. 5 … Fifth on the squad in total blocks with 47 … Tallied at least one block in 14-straight contests to end the season … Also had 20 assists, fourth on the Herd … Finished with .964 reception percentage as the focus of opponents on serves with only 27 errors in 753 total attempts, had a 1.000 reception percentage nine times and .950 or better 19 times … 10+ kills in 19 matches and 20+ two times … 10+ digs in 14 matches including the first seven of the year … Had 20+ digs twice … Six matches with two or more aces … Recorded career-high 13 double-doubles, finished with 40 in her career … Opened the year with a double-double in the first six matches, became the first player at Marshall since Laura Der in 2012 to have a streak of at least six-straight … Opened season with 14 kills and 14 digs and three blocks against Alabama (Aug. 27) … Continued double-double streak against Austin Peay (15 kills, 14 digs), Miami (OH) (18 kills, 15 digs), DePaul (11 kills, 16 digs), at Wright State (10 kills, 16 digs), and then Ball State (19 kills, 15 digs) … Added season-high five blocks against Ball State (Sept. 4) … Seventh-straight match with double-digit digs with 15 at Southeast Missouri State (Sept. 10), was also 32-for-32 on receptions … Had two more double-doubles on Sept. 11 first with 19 kills and 13 digs versus Arkansas State, then 20 kills and 12 digs to go along with three blocks in win over Memphis … Came up with clutch points in five-set win at Morehead State (Sept. 16), finished with 19 kills and was 19-for-19 on receptions, also tallying 1,300th career kill … Tallied 19 more kills and was 34-of-35 on receptions versus Toledo (Sept. 18) … Recorded 900th career dig at No. 22 WKU (Sept 25) … Combined for 35 kills (18 in game one and 17 in game two) against Middle Tennessee (Oct. 1-2) … Had career-high five aces in game one against Middle Tennessee (Oct. 1) … Recorded career-high five assists in first match at Florida Atlantic (Oct. 8) … Tallied 14 kills in game two sweep at Florida Atlantic (Oct. 9) beginning streak of seven-straight matches with double-digit kills to end the year … Totaled 32 kills including 1,400th of career versus Old Dominion (Oct. 15-16) with a high of 18 in game two, also totaled 37 digs with season-best 22 in the second match … Was 103-of-105 on receptions in two matches against Old Dominion going 55-of-57 in game one and 48-for-48 in game two … Recorded 17 kills, surpassing Alisha Bable for third all-time in MU history in career kills, and 21 digs in game one at Charlotte (Oct. 22), added two blocks to reach 200 for career … 12th double-double of the season with 12 kills and 12 digs versus FIU (Nov. 5), added four blocks … In final career appearance tallied 21 kills and 13 digs for 40th career double-double, and added four more blocks against FIU (Nov. 6).

Ciara DeBell career

2020-21 (Redshirt Senior)
2020-21 AVCA All-South Region
2020-21 First Team All-Conference USA
2020-21 Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week: March 16
2020-21 Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week: March 23
2020-21 Preseason All-Conference USA
Appeared and started in all 15 matches in shortened 2021 spring season … Played in all 57 sets … Became 10th member of the Marshall 1,000 Kills Club reaching milestone March 15 in the first set against Florida Atlantic … Had already surpassed 1,000 kills in her collegiate career on Feb. 14 against Xavier, after tallying 86 during time at Florida Gulf Coast … Is 10th all-time at Marshall with 1,060 kills, and has 1,146 in collegiate career … Is second all-time in team history in career kills per set (4.06), eighth in total attempts (3,059), and 10th in career hitting percentage (.235) … Led team with 201 kills and 3.53 per set … Finished second with 171 digs and 3.00 per set … tallied 27 total blocks, good for third on the team … Added 10 assists and six aces … Recorded 10 or more kills in 13-of-15 matches and has hit double-digits in 61 career matches (59 at Marshall, 2 at FGCU) … Had 10 or more digs in 10 matches, 30 career matches in double-figures (29 at MU, 1 at FGCU) … Led team with eight double-doubles (kills and digs), has 27 career double-doubles … Five matches with .300 or better hitting percentage … Opened season with 16 kills and 16 digs at Xavier (Jan. 31), added three assists, three blocks, was also a perfect 39-for-39 on reception attempts … Hit .341 with 16 kills and 15 digs in four-set win over Charlotte (Feb. 7) … Season-high 18 digs and five total blocks in second match against Charlotte (Feb. 8) … Tallied 19 kills and 11 digs for third double-double of the year in five-set comeback win over Xavier at home (Feb. 14) … Hit .417 with 11 kills and only one error in 24 attacks in sweep at FIU (Feb. 22) … Tallied double-double with 11 kills and 12 digs against No. 20 WKU (Feb. 28) … Recorded 14 kills, 16 digs and four total blocks at Middle Tennessee (March 7) … Named Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week (March 16) after totaling 27 kills and 19 digs in two sweeps over Florida Atlantic … Hit .394 with 14 kills and only one error along with 10 digs in second win over Florida Atlantic … Earned C-USA Player of the Week for the second-straight week (March 23) combining for 36 kills and 18 digs in two wins at Old Dominion (march 21-22) … Tallied season-high 23 kills in first win at Old Dominion, added 14 digs and was a perfect 35-for-35 on reception attempts … Hit season-high .458 (13 kills, 2 errors, 24 attacks) with 13 kills in second win at Old Dominion … Recorded 12 kills against UTEP in the Conference USA Tournament … In Herd career has played in 71 matches and 261 sets.

2019 (Redshirt Junior)
2019-20 Marshall Female Athlete of the Year
2019 AVCA All-South Region Team
2019 First Team All-Conference USA

2019 Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week: Sept. 9
2019 Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week: Nov. 11
2019 Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week: Nov. 18
2019 Bulldog Invitational MVP: Sept. 7
Appeared in all 28 matches, starting 22 … Played in all 101 sets … Star offensive threat and all-around performer for the Herd, could put team on her back … Led team for second-straight season with 422 kills, average of 4.18 per set … Second on the team with 254 digs and third with 76 total blocks and added 16 aces … Tallied 10 or more kills in 24 matches and 20 or more five times … 13 matches with a hitting percentage of .300 or better … 13 matches with 10 or more digs … Recorded at least one block in 25 matches including the first 16 contests of the season… Currently sits second all-time in program history with 4.21 kills per set in her two-year Marshall career and 10th in team history with a career .236 hitting percentage … 4.18 kills per set in 2019 is eighth-best in Herd history … Has 859 kills in Marshall career and 945 in collegiate career (86 at FGCU) … 12 double-doubles with kills and digs … Was named Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week three times including the final two weeks of the regular season … Capped year named All-C-USA First Team … Opened year with 16 kills, a .364 hitting percentage, seven digs and two blocks in the season-opening sweep of UT Martin (Aug. 30) … Tallied 16 kills, seven digs and two blocks against Indiana (Aug. 30) … Finished the three matches at the Indiana Invite (Aug. 30-31) with 45 kills, averaged 4.09 per set, 21 digs and eight total blocks … Had first double-double of the season at Georgetown (Sept. 6) with 18 kills and 14 digs, added three blocks … Was named MVP of the Bulldog Invitational (Sept. 6-7) with 47 kills, 4.27 per set, 28 digs, nine total blocks and three aces in three matches as Herd went 3-0 … Was named C-USA Offensive Player of the Week for the first time following Bulldog Invite … Recorded first 20-plus kill performance with 22 vs. Troy (Sept. 14), adding 10 digs and two blocks … Ended three matches at Billiken Invitational (Sept 13-14) with 45 kills, 4.50 per set, 26 digs and 11 total blocks … Tallied 20 kills, 13 digs and four total blocks at Morehead State (Sept. 19) … Had 19 kills, a .410 hitting percentage, 12 digs and four blocks in sweep of Southeastern Louisiana (Sept. 20) … Completed three matches at Morehead State Invite (Sept. 19-20) with 48 kills, 4.36 per set, 31 digs and nine total blocks … Started C-USA action with 15 kills, a .343 hitting percentage, seven digs and two blocks in home sweep of Southern Miss (Sept. 27) … Tallied 15 kills, a hitting percentage of .438, eight digs and a career-high six total blocks in sweep at UTSA (Oct. 27) … Recorded 17 kills, a .325 hitting percentage, 15 digs and two aces in home win over Charlotte (Nov. 3) … Had season-high 27 kills with a .311 hitting percentage, 13 digs and five total blocks in five-set comeback win at FIU (Nov. 8) … Tallied 21 kills with a .347 hitting percentage to go along with eight digs and three blocks at Florida Atlantic (Nov. 10) … Was named C-USA Offensive Player of the Week for the second time after going on tear back in her home state of Florida totaling 48 kills, a .325 hitting percentage, 21 digs and eight total blocks in the wins over FIU and FAU … Finished regular season with 21 kills, a .391 hitting percentage, 10 digs and three blocks in home win over UAB (Nov. 14) and was named C-USA Offensive Player of the Week for the third time … Had four total blocks in first round of C-USA Tournament vs. Florida Atlantic (Nov. 22).

2018 (Redshirt sophomore)
2018 Second Team All-Conference USA
Appeared in and started 28 or 29 matches … Played in 103 sets … Starred for the Herd in first season with the team … Led team with 437 kills, averaged 4.24 … Totaled 1,274 attacks … Led the Herd with 19 service aces … Second on the team with 238 digs and 47 total blocks … Had 10 or more kills in 22 matches including 20 or more in five matches … Recorded career-high 32 kills in five-set win over Morehead State (Aug. 28) and was the first Herd player with 30 or more kills since Elizabeth Herman in 2010 … Had 25 kills and 15 digs at Bowling Green (Sept. 13) … Recorded 26 kills and set season-high 23 digs in win over IUPUI (Sept. 15) … Finished with 17 kills, three service aces and 16 digs in five-sets against Charlotte (Sept. 21) … Had back-to-back 20 kill performances with 27 against UTEP (Oct. 7) and 28 at Rice (Oct. 12) … Had 18 kills and 12 digs at WVU (Nov. 7) … Finished season with 13 kills and 15 digs at Charlotte (Nov. 9) … Recorded season-high of five total blocks against Georgia State (Aug. 31) and WKU (Oct. 5).

Prior to Marshall: Florida Gulf Coast University
Sophomore (2017)
Played in 17 sets and recorded 12 kills, five digs and four total blocks ... Finished time at FGCU with 86 kills, 69 digs, 13 total blocks and seven service aces.

As A Freshman (2016)Match-By-Match
Started in nine matches before being forced to the sidelines by a season-ending knee injury ... posted 2.47 kills per set (3rd on the team) and 2.13 digs per set (4th on the team) prior to her injury ... averaged a hitting percentage of .293 ... posted 11 kills on 29 attacks with seven digs in her first match as an Eagle (vs Villanova 8/26) ... contributed with 10 kills vs Western Kentucky (8/27) ... tallied nine kills and 10 digs vs. UNO (9/3). 

High School
Four year varsity letterwinner at Vanguard High School … maintained a 3.80 GPA throughout high school … led her school to a 2012 and 2013 state championship … named 2014 All-County First Team ... accumulated 1,147 career kills … earned the team’s 2012 Most Improved, 2013 Offensive Player of the Year, and 2014 Defensive Player of the Year accolades … named 2012 AAU national champion and 2013 USAV national champion.

Personal
Born Nov. 10, 1997 … daughter of Michael and Michelle Mongeluzzo … Majoring in environmental science with a concentration on conservation and wildlife.

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