• 2021 All-Big 12 First Team (unanimous)
• 2021 AVCA First Team All-America
• 2021 AVCA All-Region
• 2021 NCAA Madison Regional All-Tournament Team
• Two-time 2021 Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Aug. 31, Oct. 19)
• 2021 Preseason All-Big 12 (unanimous)
• 2021 USA Volleyball Women's Collegiate National Team member
• 2020 AVCA All-America First Team
• 2020 AVCA Southwest All-Region First Team
• 2020 All-Big 12 First Team (unanimous)
• 2020 Senior CLASS Award Finalist
• Three-time 2020 Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 20, Nov. 3, Nov. 10)
• 2020-21 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (March 24)
• 2020 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2020 Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year
• 2020 Preseason All-Big 12 (unanimous)
• 2019 AVCA National Player of the Year
• 2019 ESPNW National Player of the Year
• 2019 AVCA Southwest Region Player of the Year
• 2019 Big 12 Player of the Year (unanimous)
• 2019 AVCA All-American (first team)
• 2019 ESPNW All-American (first team)
• 2019 AVCA All-Region (first team)
• 2019 All-Big 12 (first team – unanimous)
• 2019 NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team
• 2019 Honda Sport Award Finalist
• 2019 AAU James E. Sullivan Award Semifinalist
• 2019 AVCA National Player of the Week (Sept. 9)
• 2019 Preseason All-Big 12
• 2018 AVCA All-American (honorable mention)
• 2018 AVCA All-Region (first team)
• 2018 All-Big 12 (first team – unanimous)
• 2018 Preseason All-Big 12
• 2017 AVCA All-American (honorable mention)
• 2017 AVCA Southwest Region Freshman of the Year
• 2017 Big 12 Freshman of the Year
• 2017 All-Big 12 First Team (unanimous)
• 2017 Big 12 All-Freshman Team
• 2017 AVCA National Player of the Week (Nov. 7)
• 16-time Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week
• Five-time Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week
• Four-time Big 12 Freshman of the Week
2021 (Graduate Senior):
Her fifth season with the Bears, utilizing extra year of eligibility due to COVID-19 pandemic … Unanimous Preseason All-Big 12 selection ... Trained with USA Volleyball Women's Collegiate National Team from June 13-18 ... Played 100 sets for the Bears ... Finished the season with 453 kills to lead the team and the conference ... Earned her first Offensive Player of the Week award on August 31 after two top-10 matchups against No. 7 Minnesota and No. 2 Wisconsin, pulling in 34 kills and 29 digs for the weekend for her 20th weekly award ... Recorded 49 kills in series sweep of Kansas with a hitting percentage of .420 to earn her 16th Offensive Player of the Week award and 21st weekly award overall - a conference record (10/19) ... Her season-high 28 kills came against the Jayhawks (10/15) ... Named to the NCAA Madison Regional All-Tournament Team ... Had 24 matches with double-digit kills and eight with double-digit digs ... Led the team in kills for 18 matches ... Recorded seven double-doubles on the season ... Ranked 39th in total kills for the season across the NCAA ... Was 21st in the nation in points per set with 5.00 ... No. 15 in the nation in kills per set at 4.53 ... Helped carry the team to be 12th in hitting percentage (0.281) and 22nd in kills per set, 1st in the conference (13.90) ... Her 2,000th career kill came against Tennessee in the fifth set (9/3) ... Finishes her Baylor career as the all-time kills leader with 2,395 and all-time attempts leader with 5,828 ... She played in 523 sets over her career, second all-time in the record book.
2020 (Senior):
One of three Bears to play in all 104 sets in 2020-21 season…Led the country with 488 kills and ranked eighth nationally with 4.69 kills per set…Surpassed Katie Staiger (2013-2017) for most career kills in Baylor history in rally-scoring era, finishing the season at 1,942…AVCA All-America First Team…AVCA Southwest All-Region First Team…Unanimous All-Big 12 First Team selection…Tallied 26 double-digit kill outings, including eight with 20+…Notched seven double-doubles, increasing career total to 27…Hit above .300 in 12 matches…Collected four Big 12 weekly awards to break conference’s all-time record for career honors (19)…Earned first Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week honor of the season on Oct. 20 after putting down 50 kills on a .349 clip in two matches at Texas Tech…Averaged 6.25 kills per set on the weekend, hitting .392 with a whopping 7.67 kills per set in Oct. 16-17 series sweep of the Red Raiders…Added double-doubles in both TTU matches with 12 digs each night…Collected second weekly Big 12 award on Nov. 3 after knocking down 31 kills on a .380 clip, averaging 4.43 kills per set in two wins over West Virginia…Was errorless on Oct. 30 vs. WVU, recording 17 kills on 26 swings for an astounding .654 efficiency…Third Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week award came on Nov. 10 following a ridiculous 61-kill weekend at Texas, hitting .299 with 6.10 kills per set…Pressley’s 32 kills on Nov. 6 were the most by a Bear since her own career-high 39 at Iowa State on Sept. 22, 2018, also a program record…Picked up first-career Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors on March 24, leading the team with 32 digs (3.20 per set) and adding five blocks in two matches at Houston and Rice…Senior CLASS Award Finalist…Named to Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
2019 (Junior):
Named the AVCA and ESPNW National Player of the Year after putting together one of the most impressive performances in program history, helping lead the Bears to a share of their first Big 12 title and a spot in the NCAA National Semifinals…Helped BU achieve its first No. 1 AVCA national ranking for six weeks and the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament…Unanimous Big 12 Player of the Year and All-Big 12 First Team member after leading the league in kills (5.41) and points per set (5.82) for the third consecutive season…AVCA Southwest Region Player of the Year and All-Region First Team…Became an AVCA, ESPNW and VolleyballMag.com First Team All-American after leading all Power-Five conferences in kills per set…Earned a spot on the NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team after putting up her first career postseason double-double with 25 kills and 16 digs against No. 4 seed Wisconsin in the NCAA National Semifinals in Pittsburgh, Pa…Four-time Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week…Her 15 career weekly honors tied the second-most in league history…Her 11 career offensive honors tied UT’s Destinee Hooker for most in Big 12 history…Led the Bears in kills in 26 matches, starting in 30 matches…Passed Nicole LeBlanc (2003-06) for the eighth-most career kills in Baylor history…Had 30 double-digit kill matches and eight double-digit dig matches for eight double-doubles…Compiled nine 20-kill matches and two 30-kill matches…Had a season-high 31 kills in a 3-1 upset at No. 4 Wisconsin on Sept. 6…Matched a season-high 31 kills and a career-high 24 digs in the Bears’ win over No. 1 Texas on Nov. 20…Named the Waco Regional All-Tournament MVP after posting 39 kills on a .364 hitting percentage…Posted 24 kills on a .512 hitting percentage in the Bears’ win over No. 8 Washington in the NCAA Regional Final…Posted a career-best 546 kills on a .276 efficiency during junior campaign…Became the fourth AVCA National Player of the Week selection in program history and first Bear to earn the honor twice in her career on Sept. 10 after she pounded in 62 kills and 6.15 kills per set, including 31 kills at No. 4 Wisconsin and 20 kills at No. 11 Marquette…Preseason All-Big 12 member along with teammate Shelly Stafford…Husker Invitational and HotelRED Invitational Tournament MVP…Baylor Invitational MVP and Highest Scorer…Named a Honda Sport Award finalist and AAU James E. Sullivan Award semifinalist after the season...Baylor Classic MVP and Highest Scorer.
2018 (Sophomore):
Earned second-straight AVCA Honorable Mention All-America nod after standout sophomore season, compiling and leading the team with 517 kills and averaged 4.70 per set…Led the Big 12 during conference play with 4.62 kills per set…Earned second-straight AVCA All-Region and unanimous All-Big 12 First Team recognition…Also named an Honorable Mention All-American by VolleyballMag.com…Broke a school record with 39 kills in the Bears’ road win at Iowa State on Sept. 22, becoming the first Bear since Stevie Nicholas in 2001 to post at least 35 kills in a single match and first in rally scoring era…Two-time Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week, earning recognition on Sept. 10 and Sept. 24…Totaled 26 matches with double-digit kills and 10 with double digit digs for 10 double-doubles…Had 20 or more kills in 12 matches and 30 or more kills in three matches…Missed two matches due to injury, returning to the lineup on Oct. 13 at West Virginia…Had 17 kills in both NCAA tournament matches…Preseason All-Big 12 selection with teammates Hannah Lockin and Shelly Fanning…Earned multiple tournament awards during non-conference slate, including Baylor Invitational MVP, Baylor Invitational High Point Scorer, Baylor Classic High Point Scorer and UTSA Invitatonal MVP…Earned Honorable Mention National Player of the Week recognition by VolleyMob.com on Sept. 25…Tied a program-best four postseason matches with double-digit kills…Had a career-best 28 matches with double-digit kills before recording nine against Kansas on Oct. 27…Started in all 27 matches she played in…Hit .208 during sophomore campaign on 1,366 swings…Recorded 13 service aces…Had 70 total blocks, good for second best on the team.
2017 (Freshman):
Named an AVCA Honorable Mention All-American after one of the best freshman season performances in program history…Named the Big 12 Freshman of the Year after she became the first freshman in Big 12 history to lead the conference in points (4.85 per set) or kills (4.37 per set)…Was a unanimous pick for the All-Big 12 First Team and named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team…Also earned Southwest Region Freshman of the Year after guiding the Bears to back-to-back NCAA Tournament berths and a top-12 national seed for the first time in program history…Also named an All-American and All-Freshman Team member by VolleyMob.com, VolleyMag.com and PrepVolleyball.com…Earned All-Region First Team Honors alongside three other Bears…Posted a team-high 391 kills and averaged 3.62 kills per set…Moved to the outside hitter position in the final 10 matches of the season after previously starting at the opposite position for 21 matches…Led the team in kills in 14 matches, including a career-high 24 vs. Kansas State on Nov. 15…Had a team-leading 19 double-digit kill performances…Was the Big 12's leading offensive weapon at the outside position, posting 14 or more kills in the team's final eight conference matches…Had a match-leading 19 kills and hit .410 in the Bears' 3-0 upset over No. 11 Kansas in Lawrence…Had her first 20-kill match at Kansas State on Oct. 14, finishing the season with four 20-kill matches…Had 17 kills in BU's first-round win over Miami (Ohio) in the NCAA Tournament…Concluded season with 14 kills against Colorado on Dec. 2…Posted two double-doubles for the Bears, finishing with 24 kills and 10 digs against Kansas State on Nov. 15 and had 23 kills and a career-high 13 digs against No. 2 Texas on Nov. 25…Opened the season with a season-high three aces against No. 15 Florida State on Aug. 25…Posted a career-high six blocks at Oklahoma on Oct. 28…Earned Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week a league-leading five times during the season…Also named Big 12 Freshman of the Week four times to become the program's most-decorated Big 12 weekly honoree…Named AVCA National Player of the Week on Nov. 7 after the Bears posted their fifth consecutive 3-0 sweep in Big 12 play.
High School:
Letterwinner at Cypress Falls High School, earning Under Armour First Team All-America honors her senior season…Ranked No. 31 in Prep Volleyball’s Senior Aces and named VolleyMag.com Fab 50 pick coming out of high school…During junior and senior season, earned a plethora of honors, including all-state first team and all-star status…Earned Player of the Week nods from Root Sports, Vype, Max Preps, HPRC and Hudl during her career…Named District MVP during junior and senior campaigns as she help the Golden Eagles clinch district championships both years…Moved up to varsity during her sophomore season, earning first team all-district honors and offensive player recognition…Also named academic all-district selection...Played club for Willowbrook.
Personal:
Given name is Yossiana Pressley...Also goes by Yossi...Daughter of Willie Pressley Jr. and Erika Jenkins…Has one brother, Willie Pressley, III…Graduated with degree in health, kinesiology & leisure studies...Working towards master's degree in sport pedagogy.
