Personal: Full name is Isabella Elena Seman...Daughter of Susan Bonidie Seman and Michael Seman...Born Oct. 14, 1998...Has two sisters...Sister, Cate, played volleyball at Rhode Island...Sister, Angela, played volleyball at Pittsburgh...Majoring in broadcast journalism with a minor in political science.
Career Honors
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2020-21 Senior CLASS Award Candidate
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2020-21 Coach's Award (Team Award)
Career Highs (through March 28, 2021)
Kills:Â 1, 5x - last at Delaware | Nov. 10, 2019
Assists:Â 7 vs. McNeese State | Aug. 30, 2019
Digs:Â 28 vs. Davidson | Sept. 7, 2019
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Aces:Â 6, 2x - last at N.C. Central | Oct. 17, 2018
2020-21:Â Appeared in two matches and played eight sets. Her season stats included 2.0 points (0.25/set), one assist (0.13/set), two service aces (0.25/set) and seven digs (0.88/set)...Served two aces with six digs in the season opener vs. VCU on Feb. 23...Had one assist with one dig at William & Mary on Feb. 26.
2019: Played in 97 sets with three starts in 25 matches. She tallied 27.0 points, two kills, 63 assists, 25 service aces (second on the team), and led Elon with 323 digs (3.33/set)...Started off the season with double-digit digs in four consecutive matches, including 25 at Robert Morris...Set a new career high with 28 digs against Davidson...Had 12 digs and served four aces in a win over Hofstra...Recorded double-digit digs in five straight CAA matches, highlighted by a 21-dig outing versus Delaware...Tallied 16 digs at Northeastern...Tied her season high with four aces in the sweep at William & Mary...Had a pair of 17-dig performances in the final home matches of the season against UNCW and Charleston...Contributed three assists, a service ace, and eight digs in a CAA Championship opening-round win over Northeastern.
2018:Â Played in 54 sets across 15 matches, starting eight...Season totals included two kills, 19 assists, 22 aces (third on the team), and 166 digs...Had 13 digs in the season opener against Presbyterian...Added 12 digs in the second match of opening day on the road against Charlotte...Finished with double-digit digs in all three of the Phoenix Classic matches, posting 10 against Evansville before totaling 12 each against N.C. Central and Gardner-Webb...Upped her career high in digs to 17 in the win over Georgia Southern at the Wake Forest Invitational...Served six aces in consecutive road wins at William & Mary and at N.C. Central.Â
2017: Appeared in 25 of Elon’s 32 matches, playing in 61 sets throughout the season with one start…Finished the year with 98 digs to go with 15 assists and seven aces…Her 15 assists finished as the fourth-most on the team and her 98 digs the sixth-most…Posted season highs with 16 digs and three assists at Liberty…Also had double-digit assists with 10 in a win at Charlotte…Finished with two assists and two aces in her first collegiate match against Southern Utah…Also added two assists against Maryland and Charleston Southern…Matched her season high with two aces against UNCG.
High School: A four-year varsity letterwinner at Seneca Valley Senior High, Seman served as a team captain as a junior and senior and led Seneca Valley to the 2016 WPIAL (Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League) District 7 championship as a senior...A two-time First Team All-Section honoree in both 2015 and 2016, she was also named to the All-State team and a First Team All-WPIAL honoree as a senior after being a Second Team All-WPIAL honoree in 2015...Played club volleyball for Pittsburgh Elite and helped the team to the NEQ 2017 USA championship in Spring 2017...Was also named to the 2015 Ohio Power League All-Tournament Team and the 2013 Capital Hill Classic MVP with Pittsburgh Elite...Was a member of Seneca Valley's academic honor roll all four years of high school.
Quoting Coach Tendler:Â "Bella comes from a volleyball family and knows what it takes to be successful at the collegiate level. She is a very consistent passer and has good instincts on the court and her leadership skills stood out to us right away. She is very vocal and makes the players around her better."
