Foundation’s record-breaking girls volleyball player, Geiliany Del Valle, commits to Embry-Riddle

Foundation Academy’s record-breaking girls volleyball player, Geiliany Del Valle, has announced she will continue her academic and athletic career on Florida’s east coast at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

“I want to thank my parents, my brother, my teammates and my friends for always supporting me,” she wrote in an Instagram post. “I also want to thank all of my coaches at Top Select and F.A. for shaping me into the player I am today. … I also want to thank Coach Gallop and Rafu for this amazing opportunity! Most of all, I want to thank God who made this all possible! … Go Eagles!”

The junior setter is not only a four-year starter for the Lady Lions but she has also been one of Foundation’s top players and one of the biggest reasons the team finished 17-5 last season. In 2024, Del Valle racked up 783 assists, 234 digs and 40 aces. Across her four seasons, she has 2,328 total assists and 795 total digs.

Beyond her season- and career-long statistics, Del Valle had a pair of record-breaking single-game performances in 2024, breaking the program’s single-game assists record twice. In the first game of the season, Del Valle dished out 55 assists against The Master’s Academy, then, less than a month later, in a 3-1 win over Dr. Phillips High, she bested her own mark by recording 57 assists.