AWARDS & HONORS:
- 2022 Seton Hall Invitational All-Tournament Team
2022: Appeared in 67 sets across 21 matches with 10 starts... Was third on the team with 2.34 points per set with 133 kills and 1.99 kills per set... Recorded five matches with double-digit kills, including a season-high 17 against Fordham on Nov. 11... Tallied 61 digs with a season-high 11 also against Fordham on Nov. 11 for her third career double-double... Totaled 28.0 total blocks (2 BS, 26 BA) and set a new career-high with five against Fordham (Nov. 12)... Contributed nine service aces and three assists.
2021: Appeared in 19 sets across eight matches... Averaged 1.58 kills, 1.37 digs and .26 blocks per set... Registered a season-high 10 digs and seven kills against Wofford on Sept. 18...Tallied seven kills at a .375 clip vs. Rhode Island (Oct. 8).
2020-21: Appeared in 23 sets across seven matches, making five starts, before suffering a season-ending injury… Averaged 2.38 kills, 2.48 digs and 3.07 points per set… Recorded two double-doubles: vs. GW on Feb. 7 (13k/15d) and at Rhode Island on Feb. 13 (10k/16d)… Posted a career-high 21 kills at a .277 clip at Rhode Island (Feb. 14)… Hit at a season-high .471 with nine kills to go along with nine digs vs. GW (Feb. 6).
2019: Appeared in three matches… Tallied two kills in first career action at UMBC (Sept. 6)… Saw action at Maryland (Sept. 6) and Dayton (Oct. 27).
Prep: Played at Manassas Park High School under coach Kate Darlington…Selected as team MVP and Second Team All-Conference her sophomore year…Named Second Team All-State and led team to Virginia State Quarterfinals her junior year…Named Regional Player of the Year, First Team All-Conference, and First Team All-State her senior year…Broke school record for kills in one match with 36…Played for club team Virginia Juniors under coach Meghan Johnson…Qualified for Nationals her junior year with Virginia Juniors.
Personal: Yanira Lopez-Barahon…Born Sept. 11, 2001 to Jose Barahona and Maria Lopez…Has four siblings, Jessica, Charlie, Alexander, and Samantha…Member of BETA Club and National Honor Society…Hobbies include spending time with family, being outdoors, and listening to music…Major is undecided.
Career Highs
Kills: 21 at Rhode Island (2/14/21)
Assists: 3 vs. George Washington (2/6/21)
Service Aces: 2, twice, last at Fordham (11/11/22)
Digs: 16 at Rhode Island (2/13/21)
Blocks: 5 at Fordham (11/12/22)
