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2025 Women's Volleyball Roster

Art Pittman
Christian Daikeler
Christian Daikeler
Phil Pavely

5 Ariel Helm

  • Class Senior
  • Position Middle Blocker
  • Height 6-0
  • Hometown Indianapolis, Ind.
  • High School Lawrence North
  • Club Team Rev Volleyball Academy

Biography

Career

  • Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second Team (2024)
  • Holds the single-season blocks record with 139.0 (2024)
  • Enters 2025 ranking seventh in program history with 316 career blocks
  • Enters 2025 10th in program history with 62 career solo blocks
  • Enters 2025 seventh in DU history with 255 career block assists
As a Junior (2024)
  • Started in all 30 matches while playing in all 115 sets
  • Sits second in program history with 108 block assists in a single season
  • Led the Atlantic 10 in total blocks (139) and blocks per set (1.21)
  • Sat eighth in the conference with .307 hitting percentage
  • Was named A-10 Defensive Player of the Week once (9.23)
  • Registered 14 matches with +5 blocks … Set a season-high 10 rejections in a win at Saint Louis
  • Finished fifth on the team with 195 total kills, averaging 1.70 per set … Posted one double-double
  • Ended with six matches with double figure kills … recorded a career-high 13 against VCU (11.8)
  • Hit .400 or better in 13 matches

As a Sophomore (2023) 

  • Appeared and started 20 matches 
  • Ranked third in the A-10 averaging 1.12 blocks per set
  • Second on team with 85 total blocks and led the team with 13 solo blocks
  • Had five or more blocks in seven matches, all of which were in conference play
  • Season-high 11 blocks vs. George Mason on 11.4 - the most blocks in a four-set match by an A-10 player this season and tied for a school record at Duquesne in a four-set match
  • Recorded 114 kills (fifth on the team) with two matches in double figures (12 kills vs. Rhode Island on 10.20 and 11 kills vs. Davidson on 11.11)
  • Set new program record for hitting percentage in a four-set match (.857) in Rhode Island match on 10.20 (12 kills, 0 errors, 14 attempts)
As a Freshman (2022)
  • Started 25 of 26 matches played.
  • Saw action in 93 sets.
  • Led the team with 96 blocks. Here 1.03 blocks/s ranked seventh in the Atlantic 10.
  • Her 18 solo blocks and 78 block assists were both team highs.
  • Posted 11 blocks vs. Miami, Ohio (9/9) and added 10 more in the next match vs. Southern Indiana (9/10).
  • Had six blocks in a match five times.
High School
  • All-Conference and All-County selection at Lawrence North.
  • Ranked second in the conference in blocks; third in hitting percentage.
  • Academic All-State.
  • Played club for Rev Volleyball Academy.
  • Also a member of the 2020 Lawrence North state championship basketball team.
  • Key Club, National Honors Society, Black Student Union.
  • High Honor Roll every semester.
  • Intends to major in Business.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2022Freshman

    Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    5
  • 5

    2023Sophomore

    Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    5
  • 5

    2024Junior

    Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    5
  • 5

    2025Senior

    Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    5

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