3 Iman Ghalibaf
Iman Ghalibaf
  • Height:
    5-3
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Irving, Texas
  • High School:
    Ranchview
  • Position:
    DS
  • m
    30
  • k/s
    0.05
  • h %
    .119
  • a/s
    0.90
  • b/s
    0.01
  • sa/s
    0.11
  • d/s
    4.15

Bio

Honors & Awards
  • All-American Rivers Conference Honorable Mention (2021, 22)
  • Two-time American Rivers Conference All-Academic Team (2021, 22)
  • Wis.- La Crosse Invitational All-Tournament Team (2022)
  • St Thomas First Responder’s All-Tournament Team (2022)
  • Team Most Improved Player (2021)
  • Two-time letterwinner (2021, 22)
2022 | junior
  • Earned All-A-R-C Honorable Mention honors
  • Named to the American Rivers Conference All-Academic Team
  • Named to the Wis.-La Crosse Invitational All-Tournament Team
  • Named to the St. Thomas First Responder’s All-Tournament Team
  • Appeared in all 25 matches
  • Gathered 433 digs in 93 sets for 4.66 digs per set
  • Tallied five kills and 83 assists with 21 service aces
  • Led the conference with 174 digs during league play and ranked second with 5.12 per set
  • Reached double-digit digs in all but one conference contest and 20 of Simpson's 25 matches
2021 | sophomore
  • Was one of three Storm players to play all 23 matches and 82 sets
  • Was an All-A-R-C honorable mention pick
  • Named to the American Rivers Conference All-Academic Team
  • Earned team's most improved player award
  • Amassed 331 digs to rank sixth in the conference
  • Reached double-digit digs in all but one league match for a total of 178 digs, the second most by a conference defender
  • Ended the season as one of three athletes to average more than five digs per set in A-R-C action
  • Had a season-high 35 digs against Loras in the season finale
  • Ranked second on the team in assists (72) and tied for second in aces (20)
2020 | freshman
  • Appeared in three matches and six sets
  • Earned 15 digs, one ace and one assist
High School
  • A 2020 graduate of Ranchview High School
  • Named the NBC5 Wingstop Scholar Athlete of the Year as a senior
  • Earned the Ranchview Leader of the Pack Award as a junior and senior
  • Co-founder and president of Athletes with Hearts
  • Member of the National Honor Society, Student Council, and PALs Leadership and Service Program
Personal
  • Daughter of Farzin and Susan Ghalibaf
  • Has one brother, Kian
  • Majoring in psychology with minors in health & exercise science, coaching, and sports communication
  • Member of BSU and a Wesley Service Scholar

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 19 Grinnell L, 3-1
Oct 27 at Coe L, 3-0
Oct 28 at Wartburg L, 3-1
Nov 1 at Luther W, 3-0
Nov 7 Central (Iowa) W, 3-1
Nov 9 at Dubuque L, 3-0
  Overall Conf
Matches 30 8
Sets 107 29
Kills 5 1
Kills per set 0.05 0.03
Errors 0 0
Total Attacks 42 7
Hitting Percentage .119 .143
Assists 96 23
Assists per set 0.90 0.79
Service Aces 12 0
Service Errors 11 0
Service Aces per set 0.11 0.00
Receptions 625 134
Reception Errors 24 5
Digs 444 111
Digs per set 4.15 3.83
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 1 0
Block Total 1 0
Blocks per set 0.01 0.00
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 17.5 1.0
Points per set 0.2 0.0
Matches started - -
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 1 vs. Concordia (Tex.) W, 3-0 - 3 1 0 2 .500 3 1 1 26 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 1 at Mary Hardin-Baylor L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 4 0 0 15 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 2 vs. Schreiner W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 1 .000 4 1 1 31 0 23 0 1 0 1 0 1.5
Sep 2 vs. Concordia-M'head L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 3 0 2 25 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 8 vs. Saint Benedict L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 10 .000 3 3 0 52 4 27 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 8 at Wis.-River Falls L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 2 0 0 20 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 9 vs. Martin Luther W, 3-0 - 3 1 0 4 .250 4 0 1 18 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 9 vs. St. Olaf L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 1 0 1 22 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 15 vs. Macalester L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 3 .000 6 0 1 18 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 15 at Wis.-La Crosse L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 6 2 0 23 1 21 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 16 vs. Minn.-Morris L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 23 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 16 vs. Augsburg L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 5 0 0 29 2 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 22 vs. North Central (Ill.) L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 0 1 2 21 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 22 at Aurora L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 2 .000 3 3 0 21 2 13 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 23 vs. Ripon W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 2 .000 4 1 0 15 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 23 at Wis.-Stevens Point L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 17 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 27 Neb. Wesleyan L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 2 .000 3 0 0 14 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 29 at Cornell College L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 6 Loras W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 5 0 0 17 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 7 Dubuque L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 4 0 0 24 1 17 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 11 Central (Iowa) W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 6 0 0 17 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 13 vs. No. 2 Wis.-Oshkosh L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 3 0 0 14 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 14 at No. 12 Washington (Mo.) L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 6 0 0 29 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 14 vs. DePauw W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 1 .000 4 0 0 17 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 18 at Buena Vista W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 12 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 19 Grinnell L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 4 0 0 21 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 27 at Coe L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 13 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 28 at Wartburg L, 3-1 - 4 1 0 3 .333 1 0 0 23 2 20 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Nov 1 at Luther W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 4 0 0 14 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nov 7 Central (Iowa) W, 3-1 - 4 1 0 3 .333 6 0 0 14 1 19 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Nov 9 at Dubuque L, 3-0 - 3 1 0 3 .333 2 0 0 20 2 18 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2020-21 3 6 0 0.00 0 1 .000 1 0.17 1 0.17 24 1 15 2.50 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0.2
2021-22 23 82 8 0.10 2 50 .120 72 0.88 20 0.24 313 35 342 4.17 0 0 0 0.00 28.0 0.3
2022-23 25 93 5 0.05 5 54 .000 85 0.91 21 0.23 542 37 433 4.66 0 0 0 0.00 26.0 0.3
2023-24 30 107 5 0.05 0 42 .119 96 0.90 12 0.11 625 24 444 4.15 0 1 1 0.01 17.5 0.2
Total 81 288 18 0.06 7 147 .075 254 0.88 54 0.19 1504 97 1234 4.28 0 1 1 0.00 72.5 0.3
    m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Event Total 30 107 5 0.05 0 42 .119 96 0.90 12 0.11 625 24 444 4.15 0 1 1 0.01 17.5 0.2
Conference 8 29 1 0.03 0 7 .143 23 0.79 0 0.00 134 5 111 3.83 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 6 24 1 0.04 0 5 .200 28 1.17 0 0.00 107 4 98 4.08 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0.0
Away 11 36 2 0.06 0 11 .182 28 0.78 5 0.14 207 10 147 4.08 0 0 0 0.00 7.0 0.2
Neutral 13 47 2 0.04 0 26 .077 40 0.85 7 0.15 311 10 199 4.23 0 1 1 0.02 9.5 0.2
Result Wins 10 38 3 0.08 0 15 .200 40 1.05 3 0.08 181 4 135 3.55 0 1 1 0.03 6.5 0.2
Losses 20 69 2 0.03 0 27 .074 56 0.81 9 0.13 444 20 309 4.48 0 0 0 0.00 11.0 0.2
Month September 17 59 2 0.03 0 30 .067 51 0.86 12 0.20 390 14 268 4.54 0 1 1 0.02 14.5 0.2
October 10 38 1 0.03 0 5 .200 33 0.87 0 0.00 187 7 134 3.53 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0.0
November 3 10 2 0.20 0 7 .286 12 1.20 0 0.00 48 3 42 4.20 0 0 0 0.00 2.0 0.2

News Mentions

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Three players garner academic all-district honors

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Simpson swept by Coe in return to action

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October 27, 2023

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Grinnell tops Simpson on Senior Day

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October 19, 2023

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Volleyball caps week with five-set, comeback win over DePauw

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October 14, 2023

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Simpson takes down Central in five-set thriller

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October 11, 2023

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Volleyball falls in four sets to league-leading Dubuque

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October 7, 2023

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Storm collect first A-R-C win against Loras

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October 6, 2023

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Storm drop conference opener to Nebraska Wesleyan

Simpson dropped its home and conference opener to Nebraska Wesleyan on Wednesday night inside Cowles Fieldhouse.

September 27, 2023

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Williams leads Storm in Wisconsin, named all-tournament team

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September 23, 2023

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Simpson rounds out weekend against Cougars, Auggies

Simpson volleyball rounded out its weekend in La Crosse with a pair of losses to Minn.-Morris (3-0) and Augsburg (3-1).

September 16, 2023

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Volleyball falls twice on Friday night

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September 15, 2023

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Simpson drops two on first day in Wisconsin

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Simpson wins opening game of 2023 season

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Simpson tabbed sixth in A-R-C preseason coaches poll

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