Allena Shimon

Position:
Setter/Defensive Specialist
Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Des Moines, Iowa
High School:
Dowling Catholic

CAREER NOTES
Academic:
Conference
NSIC All-Academic (2023)

Athletic:
Misc.
SCSU Practice Player of the Year (2022)

2023 | SENIOR SEASON:
Played in 98 sets across 30 matches, making 18 starts...recorded 155 digs, 52 assists, 18 aces and 18.5 points...averaged 1.58 digs, 0.53 assists, 0.18 aces and 0.19 points/set...posted a career-high 14 digs at Winona State on Oct. 28...tallied a career-high three aces vs. Concordia-St. Paul on Oct. 20...

2022 | JUNIOR SEASON:
Stepped into an important leadership role as the backup setter to Emma Berran, becoming a key serving specialist late in the season as the rotation opened due to an injury…injected tempo into the offense throughout her junior campaign, appearing in 12 matches and 24 sets while recording 109 assists, 17 digs, six aces, two blocks and two kills…averaged 4.54 assists, 0.71 digs and 0.25 aces/set…converted her sets at a 38.4% clip…aced 9.68% of her serves, leading all Huskies with at least 50 attempts…served at a .968 rate…SCSU went 9-3 in matches she appeared in…named St. Cloud State’s Practice Player of the Year…

2021 | SOPHOMORE SEASON:
Spent her debut season serving a key role as the backup setter behind Maddy Torve…appeared in eight matches and eight sets, recording 27 assists, eight digs, one kill and an ace…averaged 3.38 assists, 1.00 digs and 0.13 kills a set…converted her sets at a stellar 42.2% clip…did not miss a single serve in 21 chances…SCSU went 7-1 in the matches she played…

2020 | FRESHMAN SEASON:
Trained with the Huskies as the NCAA did not hold a fall season due to the pandemic...

Prep: 2020 graduate of Dowling Catholic in Des Moines, Iowa...four-year letterwinner in volleyball...three-time All-Central Iowa Metropolitan League honoree, earning First Team honors as a senior after back-to-back Second Team selections in 2018-19…recorded over 2000 career assists, reaching the milestone early in her senior year...led her club team to nationals alongside future SCSU teammate Allison Naughton...guided Dowling to multiple state tournament appearances...also lettered in track & field...

Personal: Daughter of Jim and Kristi Shimon...