Five years at San José State…granted an extra year due to COVID-19…five-time Academic All-Mountain West honoree…16th Spartan in school history to record 1,000 career kills…recorded her 1,000th kill on October 26, 2021.
San José State Career Rankings
- Fifth in kills at 1,439
- Fifth in kill attempts at 3,707
- Fifth in points at 1,674
2022 Season
- Honorable Mention All-Mountain West honoree
- Mountain West All-Tournament team
- Starting outside hitter
- Averaged 2.79 kills and 1.75 digs per set
- Season high 19 kills against Saint Mary’s and 18 versus Milwaukee
- Seven double-doubles on the season
- 20 matches with 10+ kills
- Season best 16 digs at New Mexico
- Nine matches with 10+ digs
- Season-high six blocks against Milwaukee, one solo and five assists
- Five blocks at Weber State, two solo and three assists
- Two solo blocks at Utah State
- Trojan Challenge All-Tournament team
- Preseason All-MW selection
2021: All-Mountain West honoree…starting outside hitter...played in all 29 matches and 106 sets...averaged 3.44 kills, 0.37 service aces and 2.41 digs per set...season-best 20 kills on 51 attempts in a five-set win over Fresno State...19 kills and 40 attempts and hit .450 in the win at Saint Mary’s...hit a season-best .630 in the win over San Diego State...had 18 kills on 27 attempts and only hitting error came in the third set...20 matches total with double-digit kills...added 19 kills in the win at Wyoming, 18 kills in wins at New Mexico and at Nevada and 17 kills in the win at Boise State and versus Wyoming...five aces in a win over Boise State...four aces at Portland State, three in the win over UC San Diego and two aces in eight matches...11 matches with 10+ digs - 17 against Fresno State, 16 at Boise State and at Wyoming, 15 versus Santa Clara and 14 against UC San Diego...nine double-doubles on the season...four block assists at Fresno State and three block assists against Wyoming...two blocks in five matches...MW Offensive Player of the Week on Nov. 1, after hitting .306 in wins at Nevada and over Fresno State.
2020: All-Mountain-West honoree…led the Spartans in kills with 237, 3.70 per set…playing in all 16 matches and 64 sets…second on the team in digs with 178, 2.78 ps…led the team with 25 service aces including four in a win over New Mexico…recorded 20 or more kills in three matches – 23 vs. New Mexico, 22 vs. Colorado State and 20 at Wyoming…10 double-doubles on the season…hit .300 or better in four matches including .400 (13-3-25) in a win over San Diego State…10 or more digs in 11 matches including 21 at Fresno State…two blocks in five matches…named the MW Offensive Player of the Week twice…ranked among the top-five among MW players in kills, aces and points.
2019: All-Mountain West honoree…led the Spartans in kills with 320 kills…played in 29 matches and 106 sets...averaged 3.02 kills, 1.27 digs and 0.52 blocks per set...career high 24 kills in win over Nevada...added 22 kills in a win over North Texas and 21 kills at Columbia...17 kills at Utah State, at Boise State and at UNLV...added 16 kills against Wichita State where she hit .452 for the match...also had 16 kills to lead all hitters in a win over Utah State...14 matches with 10+ kills...hit .500 against Utah State (16-4-24) and .474 against UC Davis (10-1-19)...only double-doubles of her career at Nevada with 12 kills and 17 digs and home versus Nevada with 24 kills and 14 digs...11 digs at LIU and eight digs at Columbia...seven digs at Utah State and versus New Mexico and six digs at Santa Clara...four block assists against Marist, at San Diego State, at Air Force and at New Mexico and three block assists at Boise State and against New Mexico...two solo blocks and five total blocks at Boise State....two solo blocks against Fresno State and #11 Colorado State…MW Offensive Player of the Week for November 4 after hitting .450 for the week.
MOUNTAIN WEST ALL-STAR TEAM: Member of the 2019 Mountain West All-Star team…played with teammate Sarah Smevog.
2018: Played in 27 matches and 97 sets…made her Spartan debut against South Florida…averaged 1.97 kills and 0.58 blocks per set...14 kills versus Fresno State and at Nevada, 13 kills at San Diego State, 12 kills in a wins over Jacksonville and at Utah State, 11 kills versus Stony Brook and 10 kills in a win over Pacific...hit .579 at Utah State, .556 against Jacksonville, .545 vs. Alabama State and .529 versus Pacific...only ace versus Stony Brook...five digs at Nevada and two digs in six matches...eight block assists in a win over New Mexico...six block assists against North Florida, five block assists against Stony Brook and South Dakota State, three versus Pacific and at Nevada and two at Northern Colorado...five total blocks against Stony Brook and four against Pacific...named to the USF Invitational All-Tournament team.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Newark Memorial High School in 2018…CalHighSports.com Division II State Girls Athlete of the Year…three-time first team All-Mission Valley Athletic League selection…2017 MVAL Most Valuable Player…her senior year, averaged 5.5 kills and 1.1 blocks per set…played for Red Rock Volleyball Club...team was Pacific Northwest third-place qualifier for the 2016 Junior Nationals Open Division…also played basketball and softball for four years…in basketball, selected MVP of the MVAL the past two seasons…her senior year, led the team to a 23-6 record and semifinal appearance in the CIF North Coast Section D2 playoffs…scored 44 points against Moreau Catholic…averaged 19.4 points, 16.0 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game in league play her junior year…first team all-league in softball…hit .435 with three homers and 20 RBI her senior year.
PERSONAL: Graduated in December of 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology with a minor in education…would like to become a special education teacher…likes to listen to music…five-time Academic All-Mountain West honoree…interned in the summer of 2022 for Special Olympics…Haylee Nicole Nelson was born in Hayward.
Nelson’s Career Highs
Kills 24 vs. Nevada, 11-5-19
Attempts 56 vs. Nevada, 11-5-19
Assists 4 at Fresno State, 9-24-22
Aces 5 Two opponents
Digs 21 at Fresno State, 2-19-21
Block Solo 2 Eight opponents
Block Assists 8 New Mexico, 11-1-18
Total Blocks 8 New Mexico, 11-1-18