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Jersey Number 6
Laila Ricks
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- RS
- Major:
- Kinesiology
- Hometown:
- Redondo Beach, CA
- High School:
- Redondo Union
CAREER HONORS
As a sophomore (2021):
As a freshman (2020-21):
Updated November 27, 2023
- Academic All-Big Ten (2021, 2022)
- 2022 Stony Brook Invitational All-Tournament Team
- 2021 Charm City Challenge All-Tournament Team
- 2021 Maryland Challenge MVP
- Appeared in 44 sets across 16 matches
- Totaled 81 kills with career-best 1.84 kills per set
- Led the Terps with 12 kills in a sweep over Lamar (8/26)
- Notched her 400th career kill against Lamar (8/26)
- Scored career-best 13 kills as one of five Terps to record double-digit kills against Coastal Carolina (9/8)
- Notched eight kills and two blocks on Senior Night victory over Rutgers (11/24)
- Third on the team in service aces (30) and blocks (114)
- Totaled 154 kills, 249 points, and 124 digs on the season
- Appeared in 29 matches
- Set career-high with 11 kills in victory over San Diego State (9/9) and tied it against East Carolina (9/16)
- Set career-high in aces with four against Georgetown (9/4/22) and East Carolina (9/16/22)
- Tied career-high in blocks with ten in sweep of Stony Brook (9/2)
- Earned 300th career kill in win over Mercer (9/16)
As a sophomore (2021):
- Totaled 168 kills, 130 blocks, and 57 digs across 109 sets
- Season-high 10 kills vs. Quinnipiac (9/10/21)
- Season-high 10 blocks vs. Temple (9/3/21)
- Recorded 8 kills and 3 block assists in Terps win over Wisconsin (9/24/21)
- Charm City Challenge All-Tournament Team
As a freshman (2020-21):
- Helped Maryland become the best blocking team in the Big Ten, averaging 3.15 blocks/set as a team, the most by a Big Ten team since 2009
- Ranked third on the team in individual blocks per set (1.05)
- Totaled 64 blocks, the third most on the team
- Played in 18 matches, starting in 10 of them (61 sets played)
- Started in the last 10 matches of the season after starting the season as a defensive substitution in the first eight matches she played
- Had six matches with 5+ blocks
- Had seven matches with 5+ kills
- Tallied five kills and three blocks in her first career start vs. Indiana (3/5)
- Notched a season-high nine blocks vs. Indiana (3/6)
- Recorded a season-high nine kills in back-to-back matches against Rutgers (3/24-3/27)
- Closed the season with a 14 kill, 11 block weekend in two matches against Northwestern (4/2-4/3)
- Spent four years with nationally-ranked high schools Flint Hill (Oakton, Va.) and Redondo Union (Redondo Beach, Calif.)
- Also played with nationally-ranked clubs Mizuno Long Beach and Metro VBC
- 2020 Prep Volleyball Senior Ace (#70)
- Helped Redondo Union to the 2019 CIF Southern Section Championship
- 2017 USA Volleyball A1 National Training Team
- 2016 USA Volleyball Continental Team
- First Team All-Virginia
- First Team All-League
- First Team All-Conference
- Member of Maryland's third ranked recruiting class in program history
Updated November 27, 2023
Ricks' CAREER HIGHS
- Kills: 13 vs. Coastal Carolina (9/8/23)
- Attacks: 32 vs. Coastal Carolina (9/8/23)
- Hitting Percentage: .750 vs. Georgetown (9/2/22)
- Digs: 16 vs Arizona (9/10/22)
- Assists: 2 (2x), last at Nebraska (11/12/21)
- Aces: 4 (2x), last vs East Carolina (9/16/22)
- Solo Blocks: 2 (2x), last vs. Indiana (9/25/22)
- Block Assists: 10 at Temple (9/3/21)
- Total Blocks: 10 (2x), last at Stony Brook (9/2/22)
Maryland Volleyball Highlights | Seton Hall
Monday, September 22
Maryland Volleyball | Attendance Record Broken
Tuesday, December 03
Maryland Volleyball | Senior Tribute
Monday, December 02
Maryland Volleyball | Culture of Excellence
Wednesday, November 27
