Baylor

• 2019 All-Big 12 (second team)
• 2019 Academic All-Big 12 (first team)
• 2016 All-Big Ten Honorable Mention
• 2016 Big Ten All-Freshman Team
• 2016 Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Nov. 14)
• Three-time Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection

2019 (Senior):
Finished her career with 1,250 career kills, averaging 2.86 per set…Compiled 633 digs, 166 blocks, 1,383.5 points, 54 assists and 36 aces…Named to the All-Big 12 Second Team for the first time in her career…Posted career-best .215 hitting efficiency during senior season, putting up 241 kills in 31 matches…Started in two matches, primarily coming off the bench to play the front row…Racked up eight double-digit kill matches, including a season-high 13 against Kansas, at West Virginia and against No. 14 Purdue in the NCAA Regional Semifinals…Had a season-high six digs against UCLA on Aug. 30…Hit .300 or better in 10 matches...Also posted 10 kills against No. 9 Washington in the NCAA Regional Final…Closed out collegiate career as part of the winningest senior class in program history…Compiled two consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances and two 20-win seasons after transferring from Maryland…Big 12 Champion and NCAA National Semifinalist team member…Helped BU achieve its first No. 1 AVCA national ranking for six weeks and the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament…Put down double-digit kills in 14 matches as a Bear and had one double-double in 2018…Earned Academic All-Big 12 First Team recognition for the first time…Also named to the fall Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

2018 (Junior):
Posted 208 kills and averaged 1.93 per set during first season with the Bears…Played primarily at opposite but also saw time at outside hitter…Played in 28 matches and 108 sets, including 22 starts…Hit at a .168 clip…Also contributed 57 digs and 48 total blocks during junior campaign…Had six double-digit kill performances…Had 10-kill performance on .381 efficiency against North Texas…Added 12 kills on .290 clip against UCLA…Had season-high 17 kills and 12 digs for first Baylor double-double at Kansas…Added double-digit performances at Oklahoma and against Iowa State…Had season-high six blocks at Oklahoma…Posted 1,000^th career kill for match-winning point against Hawaii in the NCAA First Round…Added nine kills in the second round against Oregon…Named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll in the fall and spring.

2016-17 (Maryland): 
Prior to Baylor, played two seasons at Maryland under head coach Steve Aird…Started in all 64 matches as a Terp…Earned All-Big Ten Honorable Mention and Big 12 All-Freshman Team honors in 2016…As a sophomore, started all 32 matches (113 sets) at outside hitter…Led the Terps with 3.14 kills per set…Had eight double-doubles…Tallied double-digit kills in 18 matches…Posted 14 kills and nine digs vs. Penn State...Notched 14 kills and 11 digs at Minnesota…Tallied 13 kills and 11 digs vs. Purdue…Posted 21 kills and 11 digs at Northwestern…Posted 14 kills on a .500 clip and four blocks vs. Oklahoma...Notched 21 kills on a .314 clip and 13 digs vs. Toledo…As a freshman, started all 32 matches (114 sets)...Led the Terps and ranked fifth in the Big Ten with 3.91 kills per set ... posted double-digit kills in 26 matches ... notched 11 kills, three service aces and three blocks vs. Rutgers…Tallied 20 kills and 11 digs vs. No. 10 Penn State...Posted 17 kills and five digs vs. No. 2 Minnesota…Tallied 23 kills and 10 digs at Purdue...Posted first career double-double with 18 kills and 14 digs vs. Arkansas…Notched 16 kills and seven digs in her college debut vs. Eastern Michigan…Named to U.S. Collegiate National Team-Indianapolis program in 2016...participated in U.S. Women's National Team Open Tryouts in 2016...2014 U.S. Girls' Youth National Team alternate. 

High School: 
Under Armour First Team All-American…Ranked No. 15 in her class nationally by PrepVolleyball.com...No. 1 ranked player in Michigan...2015 PrepVolleyball.com High School All-American...2015 Michigan Gatorade Player of the Year...2015 Miss Volleyball Michigan ... 2014 PrepVolleyball.com High School All-American…Recorded 773 kills, 318 digs and 105 service aces while posting a kill percentage of .657 as a senior in 2015…Led Romeo to the 2014 state championship… Named to USA Today’s '60 for ‘16' list...Detroit Free Press Player of the Year…Named to USA Today's All-USA second team in 2014...Named a first team all-county and all-region...JVA All-American in 2013. 

Personal: 
Given name is Giovanna Milana, goes by Gia...Daughter of Rosario and Gina Milana...Mother played softball and basketball at University of Detroit…Has three younger sisters, Maria, Elisa and Salina...Majoring in entrepreneurship and corporate innovation.