Lizzy Stefanov

Photo by: Doug DeFelice

Photo by: Parker Waters

Position:
Outside Hitter
Height:
6-1
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Stow-Munroe Falls
Hometown:
Stow, Ohio

2022: Appeared in 62 sets while seeing action in 23 matches in her final season with the Green Wave…Started in six matches throughout the season, claiming 38 kills to average 0.61 per set…Tallied a total of 87 digs, averaging 1.40 per set…Added eight assists and one service ace in 2022…Earned a career-high of three blocks and one solo block against Lamar (8/27) and Temple (10/30)…Notched a single-game high hitting percentage of 1.000 against Cincinnati (11/6) and LSU (9/17)…Set a new career high in assist against UFC (11/23) with three.

2021: Made appearances in 32 sets in her third season Uptown, seeing action in 14 matches…Totaled 28 kills to average .198 per set, also adding 44 digs, four blocks and tow service aces…Earned a season-high nine kills at Sam Houston State (39/17) …Notched seven kills while hitting .583 in the season opening win over Northwestern State (8/27) …She claimed a new career high in digs against Temple (10/31) with 11.

2020: Made appearances in 19 sets in her second season in New Orleans, seeing action in eight matches…Totaled 28 kills to average 1.47 per set, also adding 18 digs, four blocks and one service ace…Earned a season-high eight kills at SMU (3/4)…Notched seven kills while hitting .333 at Houston (2/20), tying her career-high with two total blocks in the match.

2019: Played in 34 sets in her debut season, seeing action in 10 matches as a freshman… Finished the year with 48 kills, averaging 1.41 kills per set on a .124 hitting percentage… Had 12 blocks, averaging 0.35 per set… Averaged 0.71 digs per set with 24 digs… Made Tulane debut playing in two sets against Louisiana-Lafayette with a dig… Had five kills and hit .231 with five digs and two blocks playing in the final four sets against Wichita State on the road… Had eight kills, five digs and five blocks in home debut against Tulsa… Had six kills and a dig against Temple in the home season finale… Had seven kills and hit .185 with three digs in win over SMU… Earned a season-high nine kills on a .240 hitting clip, adding three digs and a block against Houston.

Prior to Tulane: Stefanov comes to Tulane from Silver Lake, Ohio, where she had a successful athletics career as a four-year letterwinner in volleyball and basketball at Stow-Munroe Falls High School while playing club volleyball for NOVA Juniors. Awarded All-League and All-District Honors each year since her freshman year, as well as All-State Honors during her sophomore and junior years, Stefanov led the Bulldogs as Team MVP in 2015, 2016 and 2017 while serving as captain in her junior and senior years.

Personal: Majoring in finance...Daughter of Al and Beverly Stefanov.

LIZZY'S NOLA STORY
How do you define what it means to be NOLA Built?
To be accepting and down for anything

What drew you to New Orleans?
The good food and even better people

Favorite spot to hang out in New Orleans?
Dat Dog

What was your first impression of New Orleans?
Beautiful and hot