Bio
Fifth Year Senior (2016): Captain … Sacred Heart Invitational All-Tournament … saw action in 87 sets throughout her fifth year on the team … led the Big Green with 18 solo blocks and 73 block assists for a total of 91 … was second on the team in both kills (162) and hitting percentage (.214) … also registered 18 digs … had double-digit kills in three matches.
Senior (2015): Captain … First Team All-Ivy … saw action in 84 sets and started all but one match throughout her senior season … was third on the team with a career-high 186 kills and produced 2.21 kills per set … was second among the Big Green with a .313 hitting percentage and hit over .500 five times during the year … had 10 or more kills in 10 matches.
Junior (2014): Appeared in 79 of the team’s 93 sets and started all but three matches … was third on the team in both kills (138) and total blocks (50) … had an average of 1.75 kills per set and had an attack percentage of .282 … also recorded two assists and 15 digs … had a season-high eight blocks in the 3-1 victory over Saint Francis (Pa.).
Sophomore (2013): Lujan had a breakout year during her second season with the Big Green, seeing action in 91 of the team's 101 sets … set new career-highs in kills (149), aces (5), digs (33) and blocks (51) … had an attack percentage of .267 while averaging 1.64 kills per set … had nine or more kills in a match four times, including a season-high 10 twice … had four or more blocks in a match four times... registered a career-best six block assists against Rhode Island on Sept. 20.
Freshman (2012): In her first year on campus in Hanover, Lujan appeared in four sets for the Big Green … registered two kills and two blocks.
Before Dartmouth: Two-year varsity letter winner in volleyball at Albuquerque Academy … captain as a senior … won the 2011 Silver International Youth Division … two-time third place finisher at state championship … won the 2010-11 Metro Championship … member of the Women's Junior National Training Team as a senior … North All-Star … First Team All-Metro and All-District … All-Academic, All-Metro and All-District … National Hispanic Merit Scholar … AP Scholar with Distinction.
Personal: Kaira Ariel Lujan is the daughter of Peter and Mary Lujan … has one sister … grandmother, Irene (Fagelson) Bohm, played basketball for CCNY in 1951 … enjoys reading, skiing and cooking.
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Lujan's Career Statistics
Year | Sets | K | K/S | A | A/S | SA | SE | D | D/S | BA | BS |
2012 | 4 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 |
2013 | 91 | 149 | 1.64 | 1 | 0.01 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 0.36 | 38 | 13 |
2014 | 79 | 138 | 1.75 | 2 | 0.03 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 0.19 | 43 | 7 |
2015 | 84 | 186 | 2.21 | 1 | 0.01 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 0.36 | 68 | 11 |
2016 | 87 | 162 | 1.86 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.21 | 73 | 18 |
Totals | 283 | 637 | 2.25 | 4 | 0.01 | 7 | 18 | 96 | 0.34 | 222 | 51 |