Romani Thurman - Volleyball - Arkansas Razorbacks

#30 Romani Thurman

30 | OH | Sophomore | 5-10 | Little Rock, Ark. | North Carolina

2024 | Sophomore
Played every set and made 22 starts for Arkansas at opposite hitter… Second on the team in kills with 315, a new personal single season high… Posted a .245 hitting percentage, the best of any Arkansas hitter… Tallied 19 double-digit kill matches and two with 20+…. Led Arkansas in kills in nine matches over the course of the season… Put up 85 blocks, second-most on the team and a new single season best… Had 132 total digs, good for fourth on the team and over three times more than her dig count in 2023 (40) Made her Arkansas debut at Saint Mary’s on Aug. 30 and posted a double-double with 19 kills and a career high 14 digs… Named SEC Co-Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 16 after tallying 38 total kills, a .341 hitting percentage and four blocks during the Tulsa Volleyball Invitational Sept. 12-13… Set a new career high in kills at Tulsa with 24 on Sept. 12… Matched her personal high of six blocks two times during the season: vs. Ole Miss on Sept. 29 (0-6) and vs. Auburn on Nov. 3 (0-6)… Had 24 multi-block matches and just three without a block

At North Carolina
2023| Freshman
Had 174 kills in 24 matches, good for third on the team… Recorded 62 blocks, third-most for the Tar Heels.

Before Arkansas
Three-year letter winner at Little Rock Christian Academy High School… Three-time all-state and all-conference selection… 2022 AVCA High School All-America Third Team… Served as team captain in her senior season… Led the Warriors to 2021 and 2022 conference regular-season titles… Helped lead the Warriors to first-ever 2021 5A State Championship as the starting right-side hitter… 2021 All-Arkansas Preps Volleyball Team… 2021 5A All-State Tournament team… Played for Elite Volleyball Academy on the 16 and 17 Elite teams… Played for Ozark Juniors Volleyball Club on the 14 and 15 national teams… 2023 JVA All-National Team selection… Daughter of Scotty Thurman, who won a national championship with Arkansas men’s basketball in 1994 as a player and was an assistant coach for the Hogs from 2016-2019