SSU Volleyball Adds Eight New Players

Savannah State University head volleyball coach Roselidah Obunaga has announced the additions of eight new players for the Lady Tigers volleyball team for the 2025 season.

Ny’Kira Raby (5’3”) is a freshman defensive specialist and will remain a Tiger, having played at Bradwell Institute in Hinesville, Georgia. She finished her high school career with 1,000 career digs.

Nyalah Smith (6’1”) is a freshman middle hitter/outside hitter from Evans, Georgia where she attended Lakeside High School. At Lakeside, Smith helped her team to two region titles while earning first team all-region honors during her junior and senior seasons. As a senior, she played in 105 sets and finished the year with 230 kills, 70 blocks, 18 digs, nine assists and two aces.

Aniyah Parks (5’10”) is a freshman setter/opposite hitter from Jonesboro, Georgia where she played at Jonesboro High School. Parks earned all-region honors as a junior and senior and ended the 2024 season with 66 digs, 62 kills, 28 aces, 17 assists and 14 blocks.

Mya McCall (5’5”) is a freshman defensive specialist from Atlanta, Georgia where she played at Westlake High School and was the Defensive Player of the Year and made the all-region team. As a senior, she played in 89 sets and had 99 digs, nine assists, four kills and one ace.

Harmony Flagg (5’11”) is a freshman opposite hitter who is from Miramar, Florida and played at South Plantation High School. Flagg had 130 digs in 2024 along with 103 kills, 27 aces and 32 blocks.

Talia Taylor (5’7”) is a freshman opposite hitter/ defensive specialist from Cumming, Georgia where she played at West Forsyth High School. During her senior year, Taylor played in 21 sets and had 17 kills, four digs and four blocks.

Natalie Vaughn (5’7”) is a freshman setter who played at Pickerington High School in Pickerington, Ohio where won the Panther Award (for sportsmanship) as a junior and Coaches Award as a senior. Vaughn finished her senior year with 19 blocks, 18 digs and 14 kills in 24 sets.

Connelly Smith (6’0”) is a junior middle hitter/ outside hitter from Augusta, Georgia. Smith spent the past two years at USC Salkehatchie. As a freshman, smith made the NJCAA Division I All-Region 10 Second Team and during the 2024 season she made the NJCAA Division I All-Region 10 First Team as well as NCCAA Division I Player of the Year and was the USC-S’s team Most Valuable Player.

SSU will open the fall season with the annual Orange and Blue Scrimmage on September 1 and will start the regular with non-conference match at Middle Georgia State University on Sept. 2.