Rutgers-Camden Athletics

Dyamond Free finished her stellar four-year Rutgers-Camden career ranking fifth on the program’s all-time list in attacks (2,292), 10th in kills per set (2.15) and 11th in total kills (715). She played in 333 sets over her 94 career matches while compiling 291 digs, 72 blocks, 21 aces and 18 assists.
 
Academics: Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the 2020 Fall, 2022 Spring, 2023 Spring and 2023 Fall semesters…Dean’s List student.
 
Volleyball 2023: Appeared in 99 sets while playing in all 27 Raptor matches…Led the team with 757 total attacks and finished second with 229 kills and a 2.31 kills per set average…Fifth on the Raptors with 23 blocks (four solo, 19 assisted)…Sixth on the club with 110 digs…Added 12 aces and seven assists…Had a pair of double-doubles with kills and digs, coming in back-to-back matches against Penn State-Schuylkill (Oct. 23, 11 kills and 11 digs, while adding her high of four aces) and Gwynedd Mercy (Oct. 25 with 10 kills and 13 digs)…Had 12 double-digit matches in kills, with a high of 14 at Wikes (Oct. 28)…Collected a high of five blocks (one solo, four assisted) against Washington College (Sept. 23), while also adding 13 kills…Had one assist in seven matches…Hit for a season high of .529 (10 kills, one error in 17 total attacks) at Rutgers-Newark (Oct. 10).
 
Volleyball 2022: Played in all 29 matches and 105 sets…Finished second on the team in kills (244) and third in kills/set (2.32)…Notched 92 digs and 20 blocks (two solo, 18 assisted)…Added eight service aces and seven assists…Her 244 kills are the program’s 13th-highest single-season total and her 793 attack attempts rank sixth in single-season program records…Had a hitting percentage of .600 (13 kills, one error in 20 attempts) against Penn State-Harrisburg (Sept. 17), the 10th-highest single-match hitting percentage in program history for anybody with the minimum of 12 kills…Registered double-digit kills on 10 occasions, with a high of 15 against Marywood (Oct. 15)…Had 14 kills in back-to-back matches against Brooklyn (Oct. 9) and Montclair State (Oct. 11)…Collected a high of 10 digs against John Jay (Oct. 27) and a high of five blocks (all assisted) against Montclair State (Nov. 1)…Had a high of two assists against Vassar (Sept. 3).
 
Volleyball 2021: Played in all 31 matches and in 106 of the Raptors’ 109 sets…Finished fourth on the team with 204 kills and 1.92 kills/set…Added 78 digs, 19 blocks (three solo, 16 assisted), three assists and one service ace…Notched double digits in kills in five matches, including 11 in her season-opening match against DeSales (Sept. 3)…Had a high of 12 kills against Drew (Sept. 23)…Notched her high of 15 digs against Penn State-Abington (Sept. 7), while barely missing a double-double, finishing with nine kills…Had a high of three blocks (two solo, one assisted) against Hunter (Nov. 12), while hitting .700 (seven kills and no errors in 10 attacks).
 
Volleyball 2020: Tied for the team lead by playing in all seven matches and 23 sets during the pandemic-shortened season…Finished fifth on the team with 38 kills and a 1.65 kills per set average…Second on the team with 10 kills (one solo, nine assisted)…11 digs…One assist…Made her collegiate debut in the season opener at William Paterson (March 2), collecting six kills and one dig…Had her season highs of 12 kills and seven assisted blocks against Montclair State (March 11)…Collected five kills, one assist and two digs against New Jersey City (March 18) in the New Jersey Athletic Conference playoffs.
 
High School: Captured seven varsity letters at Sterling High School, earning three for volleyball, two for basketball and two as the manager of the men’s volleyball program…All-Conference (BCSL) in volleyball as a junior and a senior for Coach William Scully…All-Star during her senior year…Two-year volleyball team captain…Graduated in 2020.
 
Club Team: Eastern Volleyball Academy
 
Personal: Born February 18, 2002…Name pronounced “Diamond”…Nickname is “Dyme”… Member of the U23 BIP SE All-Star Team that played at the 2023 European Global Challenge in Pula, Croatia, in July…Enjoys working out, going to the beach and traveling…Health Sciences and Psychology majors at Rutgers-Camden with a minor in Biology…Dyamond is the daughter of Christina Maisonave of Stratford.