Northwestern University Athletics
2025 Women's Volleyball Roster
Jersey Number 11
Ayah Elnady
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Ramses College for Girls
- Hometown:
- Cairo, Egypt
- Prev School:
- Kansas
Awards:
2025: Led the team with 371 kills... racked up 44 service aces… averaged 3.04 kills/set… recorded a double-double in her Wildcat debut, helping the ‘Cats to victory over New Mexico State with 10 kills and 12 digs (8/29)... reached double figures again against UC San Diego, contributing 13 kills in the victory (8/31)... led the team against No. 20 Baylor with 15 kills, a season-high (9/4)... registered her second double-double of the season with 12 kills and 11 digs against Valparaiso, also chipping in five blocks to match her career high (9/9)... tied her season high with 15 more kills in the victory over Buffalo (9/12)... led the team with 12 kills in the loss to St. Thomas (9/18)... set a season high with 13 digs in the sweep of Campbell and fell one kill shy of a double-double (9/20)... named to the Northwestern Invitational All-Tournament Team for her performances against St. Thomas and Campbell (9/20)... set a season high with 16 kills in the victory over Oregon (9/28)... fell one kill short of a double-double with nine kills and 10 digs against Michigan State (10/4)... picked up her third double-double of the season with 14 kills and 10 digs against No. 10 Minnesota (10/5)... set a season high with a team-best 17 kills in the sweep of Rutgers on the road (10/10)... led the team with 15 kills against No. 19 Penn State (10/11)... racked up 13 more kills and nine digs in the five-set victory over Michigan (10/16)... nearly matched that with 12 kills and nine digs against Illinois (10/19)... recorded a double-double against Iowa with a season high 18 kills and a season-high 13 digs (10/31)... logged another double-double at USC with 10 kills and a season-high 14 digs, also contributing three aces and three blocks (11/6)... set a season high with 20 kills against Iowa, also racking up 14 digs for her seventh double-double of the season (11/13)... added 16 more kills on .300 hitting against Washington (11/16).
2024 (at Kansas): Saw action in all 108 sets... led the team with 354 kills (3.28/set)... also paced the Jayhawks in aces with 37... recorded double-digit kills in 23 of 30 matches... tallied 13 double-doubles... finished the season with 11 straight double-digit kill performances (10/30-12/7)... earned First Team All-Conference honors for the second straight season.
2023 (at Kansas): Played in 102 sets across 27 matches... led the team in service aces with 26... logged seven double-doubles and 19 total double-digit kill performances... averaged 3.44 kills per set.
2022 (at Kansas): Appeared in 107 of 111 sets... tallied 292 kills and 42 aces to lead the roster in both categories.
2021 (at Kansas): Appeared in 22 matches with 21 starts... led the team with 26 aces and finished second on the roster with 181 kills (2.34/set)... recorded eight matches with double-digit kills and three double-doubles... named to the All-Big 12 Rookie Team.
High School: Featured on Egypt's No. 1 ranked Junior National Team throughout 2018... competed in the 2020 Olympic qualifiers with the Egypt Senior National Team.
- All-Big Ten Second Team (2025)
- 4x AVCA Midwest All-Region (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 (HM))
- Northwestern Invitational All-Tournament Team (2025)
- Buffalo Classic All-Tournament Team (2025)
- 2x All Big-12 First Team (2023, 2024)
- All Big-12 Second Team (2022)
- All Big-12 Rookie Team (2021)
- Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award (2022)
- Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team (2021)
2025: Led the team with 371 kills... racked up 44 service aces… averaged 3.04 kills/set… recorded a double-double in her Wildcat debut, helping the ‘Cats to victory over New Mexico State with 10 kills and 12 digs (8/29)... reached double figures again against UC San Diego, contributing 13 kills in the victory (8/31)... led the team against No. 20 Baylor with 15 kills, a season-high (9/4)... registered her second double-double of the season with 12 kills and 11 digs against Valparaiso, also chipping in five blocks to match her career high (9/9)... tied her season high with 15 more kills in the victory over Buffalo (9/12)... led the team with 12 kills in the loss to St. Thomas (9/18)... set a season high with 13 digs in the sweep of Campbell and fell one kill shy of a double-double (9/20)... named to the Northwestern Invitational All-Tournament Team for her performances against St. Thomas and Campbell (9/20)... set a season high with 16 kills in the victory over Oregon (9/28)... fell one kill short of a double-double with nine kills and 10 digs against Michigan State (10/4)... picked up her third double-double of the season with 14 kills and 10 digs against No. 10 Minnesota (10/5)... set a season high with a team-best 17 kills in the sweep of Rutgers on the road (10/10)... led the team with 15 kills against No. 19 Penn State (10/11)... racked up 13 more kills and nine digs in the five-set victory over Michigan (10/16)... nearly matched that with 12 kills and nine digs against Illinois (10/19)... recorded a double-double against Iowa with a season high 18 kills and a season-high 13 digs (10/31)... logged another double-double at USC with 10 kills and a season-high 14 digs, also contributing three aces and three blocks (11/6)... set a season high with 20 kills against Iowa, also racking up 14 digs for her seventh double-double of the season (11/13)... added 16 more kills on .300 hitting against Washington (11/16).
2024 (at Kansas): Saw action in all 108 sets... led the team with 354 kills (3.28/set)... also paced the Jayhawks in aces with 37... recorded double-digit kills in 23 of 30 matches... tallied 13 double-doubles... finished the season with 11 straight double-digit kill performances (10/30-12/7)... earned First Team All-Conference honors for the second straight season.
2023 (at Kansas): Played in 102 sets across 27 matches... led the team in service aces with 26... logged seven double-doubles and 19 total double-digit kill performances... averaged 3.44 kills per set.
2022 (at Kansas): Appeared in 107 of 111 sets... tallied 292 kills and 42 aces to lead the roster in both categories.
2021 (at Kansas): Appeared in 22 matches with 21 starts... led the team with 26 aces and finished second on the roster with 181 kills (2.34/set)... recorded eight matches with double-digit kills and three double-doubles... named to the All-Big 12 Rookie Team.
High School: Featured on Egypt's No. 1 ranked Junior National Team throughout 2018... competed in the 2020 Olympic qualifiers with the Egypt Senior National Team.
Volleyball - 'Cats Defeat Iowa on Rylen Reid's 27-Kill Night (10/31/25)
Saturday, November 01
Volleyball - 'Cats Outlast Michigan in Five-Set Thriller (10/16/25)
Friday, October 17
Volleyball - Wildcats Sweep Campbell to Close Non-Conference Play (9/20/2025)
Sunday, September 21
Volleyball - 'Cats Defeat Valparaiso in Home Opener Reverse Sweep (9/9/2025)
Wednesday, September 10
