Brooke Nuneviller
Biography
Personal: Nuneviller attributes her success to the support of her mother, who has made a significant difference in her life. Beyond volleyball, she harbors a passion for cooking and even envisions herself as a chef if not for her volleyball career. In her earlier years, she pursued gymnastics until she was 12. She is also interested in music and speaks Spanish.
2023 Season: Nuneviller accumulated 3,582 leaderboard points to earn third place in the final league standings. She was the only player in the league to author multiple matches with 400 or more points and tallied 300 or more leaderboard points in a match five times. Nuneviller placed second in the league with 2,002 stat points and joined Bethania De La Cruz, Jordan Larson, and Leah Edmond as the only players to register 2,000 stat points in a single campaign. She tied with Willow Johnson for sixth place in the circuit with 240 MVP points and earned four Match MVP commendations. Nuneviller won two of her three matches as a captain during Week Five and collected six double-double outcomes. She earned back-to-back MVP 1 selections to close the season and registered 17 kills with 16 digs in the season finale against Team Hentz. Nuneviller also garnered 12 kills with a .367 hitting percentage and 12 digs against Team Linnehan on November 5. She earned her first career MVP 1 distinction in Week Two against Team Edmond and set an Athletes Unlimited Volleyball single-match record for the most kills without an attack error in the October 15 match against Team Edmond. Nuneviller matched her season high with 417 leaderboard points against Team Hilley on October 29 with an MVP 1 notice after hitting .417 with 17 kills and eight digs. She set a season-high with 19 kills against Team Edmond on October 22 while contributing eight digs. Nuneviller closed the season with eight consecutive double-digit kill performances, averaging 14.0 kills per contest during the streak. Lastly, she was one of six players selected in the Athletes Unlimited Volleyball College Draft.
Other Professional Experience: Nuneviller played for Nilüfer Belediyespor in Turkey for the 2022-23 season. She guided the Omaha Supernovas to the inaugural Pro Volleyball Federation championship in 2024. She ranked seventh in the league by averaging 3.33 kills per set. She registered 17 double-digit kill performances, including a season-high 20 kills against Grand Rapids.
International Experience: Nuneviller made her debut with the United States Senior Women’s National Team at the 2023 Volleyball Nations League. Notably, she contributed to Team USA's Gold medal win at the 2023 NORCECA Pan Am Cup Final Six and secured a Bronze medal at the 2023 NORCECA Pan American Cup. Prior to this, she was a two-time selection to the USA Women’s Collegiate National Team in 2020 and 2021 and represented the USA Volleyball Junior National Team at the FIVB U-20 World Championships in 2019. During her tenure with the Junior National Team, Nuneviller played a crucial role in helping the team secure an eighth-place finish. Before embarking on her college career at Oregon, she also served as a libero for the USA Youth National Team for three consecutive summers from 2016 to 2018.
At Oregon: Nuneviller spent five years at Oregon from 2018 to 2022 and established herself as a standout player. Over the course of 143 career matches and 542 sets, she recorded an impressive tally of 1,530 kills and 128.0 total blocks, in addition to 135 service aces. Notably, she became the first player in Oregon history to receive three All-America commendations from the American Volleyball Coaches Association, securing First-Team distinction in 2022 and Second-Team nods after the 2021 spring and 2021 fall seasons. Furthermore, she is one of only four players in the program's history to earn First-Team All-America recognition. Nuneviller's accolades extend to the All-Pac-12 Conference, where she was a three-time selection. In her final season with the Ducks, she achieved career highs with a .281 hitting percentage and 3.98 kills per set. As a fifth-year senior, she led Oregon with an impressive 22 double-doubles, bringing her career total to 70 over five seasons. In a historic achievement, she became the first player in Pac-12 Conference history to amass 1,500 career kills and 2,000 career digs. Her accomplishments did not go unnoticed, as she was honored as the AVCA Pacific North Region Player of the Year in 2021, marking a significant milestone for Oregon as the first player from the university to achieve this distinction. Throughout her career, she consistently delivered outstanding performances, reaching double-digit kills in 23 out of 29 matches, including the final 12 matches of her last season. In the 2019 season, she made history once again, becoming the first player in the Pac-12 Conference since 2001 to average at least 4.00 digs and 3.00 kills per set, boasting impressive marks of 4.04 digs and 3.46 kills per set. Nuneviller's journey in volleyball has been closely intertwined with her teammates, including current Athletes Unlimited Volleyball athletes Lindsey Vander Weide and Willow Johnson, with whom she shared the court during her time at Oregon.