Austin Peay State University Athletics

Awards and Honors
2025 Billiken Invitational All-Tournament Team selection

Career Recap: Austin Peay
2025 (Sophomore)

• Appeared in 108 sets across 28 matches, earning 27 starts.
• Led Austin Peay in points (363.5), points per set (3.37), kills (334), and kills per set (3.09).
• Third on the team with 48 blocks and five solo blocks.
• Fourth on the team with a .233 attack percentage.
• Had 18 games with at least 10 kills, six with at least 15 and two performances with at least 20 kills.
• Had eight kills and a season-high eight digs against Murray State (Aug. 29).
• Recorded her first double-digit kill performance with 13 against Xaiver (Aug. 29), in addition to three digs and a pair of blocks.
• Recorded 13 kills in three-straight matches, Sept. 6-12, with a season-high seven blocks against Murray State (Sept. 6).
• Ended the season with at least 10 kills in 13 of APSU’s last 14 matches, including a 12-match stretch from Oct. 3-Nov. 8.
• Tallied 23 kills against Bellarmine (Oct. 3) in her most efficient night from the field, with her 23 kills coming on 47 swings and just a trio of attack errors.
• Had a season-high 27 kills at West Georgia (Nov. 15).

Career Recap: Louisiana-Monroe 2024 (Freshman)

• Appeared in 64 sets across 21 matches during her freshman campaign at ULM.
• Had 152 kills with a career-high of 19 against Louisiana, Nov. 8, 2024.
• Had four blocks against Houston Christian, Sept. 20, 2024.
• Led the Warhawks with a .212 hitting percentage.

Prep Career

• Played for coach Amy Fisher at Saint Lutheran High School where she had 315 kills and 51 blocks in her senior season. 
• Earned first team all-conference, second team all-conference, and AVCA All-Region honors in her prep career. 
• A member of the 2021 4A State Championship team.
• Played for the Vegas Aces Volleyball club team under coach Melody Nua.

Personal

• Italya J’Nae Cloyd is the daughter of Richana Lyles and Elijah Holman.
• Has two siblings: Lianna Francies and Eliana Holman.
• Father Elijah played basketball at Detroit Mercy and Indiana and spent time playing in the NBA and overseas.
• Born June 8.