University of West Florida

Luciana Rapach
Women's Volleyball, 2007-08
Porto Alegre, Brazil
2-time All-America (First-ever in program history)
2-time All-South Region
2-time First Team All-GSC
2007 GSC Tournament Most Outstanding Player
2007 GSC Player of the Year
2000s GSC First Team All-Decade
Her .289 career attack pct. set the school record at the time - currently 5th all-time
394 kills in 2007 are 10th all-time at UWF
457 digs in 2007 are 10th all-time at UWF
Team went 63-15 (.808) overall and 24-0 in GSC regular-season play in her 2 seasons
UWF appeared in the 2007 & 2008 NCAA Regional Tournament both years, just the second and third appearances in program history.
 
There’s something special when you are the first to do something with a team and Luciana Rapach can say just that. As one of the standouts who took a chance on a young UWF program in the early to mid 2000s, Rapach exploded onto the GSC scene in 2007 by winning the East Division Player of the year and was a 3-time Defensive Player of the Week honoree.
 
She finished the season as a Third Team All-America, becoming the first in the program’s first eight years. She had 394 kills and her 457 digs that year were second in the UWF record book.
 
A Second Team All-America plaque followed as a senior in 2008 where she GSC Championship Most Outstanding Player and Team MVP. She led the team to its first regional final and finished the year with 318 kills, 355 digs, 136 assists, 65 blocks and 21 service aces. She truly did a little bit of everything on that team.
 
During the season she set the single-match digs record with 30 against Lynn and had a triple double against Mobile.
 
UWF’s second and third trips to the NCAA Regionals came during her two years on campus and the program hasn’t stopped, extending the streak to 16 currently.