WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue volleyball program announced the signing of Nataly Moravec. Moravec is a redshirt sophomore outside hitter who spent her first year at BYU before playing her freshman season at Iowa in 2023.
Moravec adds another 6'3" presence at the net and hails from Weston, Connecticut. The AVCA High School First Team All-American and USA Volleyball National Training Development Program attendee averaged 2.6 kills per set for 286 kills in her first season playing collegiate volleyball.
She is the third transfer to be signed this week, joining 6'4" middle blocker Lindsey Miller (formerly USC) and 6'3" outside hitter Akasha Anderson (formerly Michigan State).
2023 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN AT IOWA
2022 / AS A FRESHMAN AT BYU
HIGH SCHOOL
Moravec adds another 6'3" presence at the net and hails from Weston, Connecticut. The AVCA High School First Team All-American and USA Volleyball National Training Development Program attendee averaged 2.6 kills per set for 286 kills in her first season playing collegiate volleyball.
She is the third transfer to be signed this week, joining 6'4" middle blocker Lindsey Miller (formerly USC) and 6'3" outside hitter Akasha Anderson (formerly Michigan State).
2023 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN AT IOWA
- Played in all but one set for Iowa (110 of 111)
- Second on the team in kills (286 total kills or 2.6 per set)
- Averaged 3.06 points per set
- Second on the team in service aces with 29
- Posted 12 double-digit kill matches as a freshman
- Registered six matches hitting over .300%
- Averaged 1.63 digs per set
- Tallied two double-doubles: vs. Michigan State (10 kills, career-high 13 digs) and at Illinois (15 kills, 10 digs)
- Recorded a career-high 20 kills on a .459 clip vs. Kent State (9/3), totaling just three attack errors on 37 swings
- Her 15-kill performance at Illinois (15-5-42) marked a Big Ten match career-high
- Registered five straight matches reaching double-digit kills (9/3-9/9)
- Secured 10 kills and 7 digs vs. Wisconsin (10/4)
- Posted a career-high four blocks at Northwestern (11/24) while committing just one attack error offensively (11-1-33)
2022 / AS A FRESHMAN AT BYU
- Redshirted the season
HIGH SCHOOL
- Hopkins School Female Athlete of the Year (2022)
- Under Armour All-American Selection Camp Nominee (2021)
- AVCA Girls High School First Team All-America (2021)
- AVCA Best and Brightest Second Team (2021)
- USA Volleyball Indoor NTDP Winter Training Series U19 (2021)
- AAU Academic All-American (2020, 2021)
- All-FAA League Player (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021)
- Fairchester Athletic Association Champion (2019, 2021)
- AVCA Phenom Watch List (2019, 2020)
- USA Volleyball Indoor HP National Training Girls Select A1 Training Program (2019)
- New Haven Register All-Area Player (2019)
- New England Preparatory School Athletic Council Runner-up (2019)
- All-NEPSAC League Player (2017, 2018, 2019)
- All-Star Player in U14 Classic Division in 45th AAU Girls National Championship