CDO senior Alina Nuñez has reached 1,141 kills in her four-year varsity career, eclipsing the 1,000-kill mark in October.
Her performance in the month that included 204 kills and six victories for the Dorados merits her the Jet Sports Training Female Athlete of the Month for October.
The No. 4-seeded Dorados host No. 5 Arcadia on Tuesday in a 4A quarterfinals match.
Nuñez has joined the local 1,000-kill club with these former standouts — Tucson’s Mia Sokolowski (1,514), Catalina Foothills’ Lauren Rumel (1,237), Tanque Verde’s Ainsley Malis (1,104), Cienega’s Stephanie Mendivil (1,100) and Ironwood Ridge’s Aunesty Jantz (1,067).
FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE MONTH HONORS
January 2022: Salpointe basketball player Kylee Callahan
February 2022: Salpointe soccer player Trinity Morales
March 2022: Sabino softball player Riley Nielson
April 2022: Rincon/University tennis player Tanvi Narendran
May 2022: Sabino track athlete Azariah Foster
June 2022: Salpointe track athlete/basketball player Taliyah Henderson
July 2022: Willcox Little League 8-10 softball pitcher Hattie Macumber
August 2022: Pima soccer player Juliana Valdez
September 2022: Salpointe volleyball player Francesca Pieroni
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