Biography
SPU: Four-year letterwinner. ... All-GNAC1st team in 2024. ... All-GNAC Honorable Mention in 2021 and 2023. ... GNAC All-Academic in 2022, 2023 and 2024. ... CSC / CoSIDA Academic All-District in 2023 and 2024. ... Co-captain in 2022, 2023 and 2024. ... GNAC Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 21, 2024 after back-to-back assist / block career highs and back-to-back assist / dig double-doubles in home victories against Central Washington and Northwest Nazarene.
Senior (2024): Played in all 26 matches with 24 starts, totaling all 103 sets. ... By far the finest year of her career, with single-season highs in nearly every major statistical category: kills (31), attacks (104), assists (833), digs (279), and blocks (34). ... Became the primary setter after the Falcons switched from a 6-2 to a 5-1 system early in the season, and then the assists started coming in bunches. ... Topped 40 for the first time with 41 in a 3-2 reverse-sweep victory at Western Washington on Oct. 10. ... Then had 45 at home against Western Oregon on Oct. 17, including the 2,000th of her career. That was followed by 49 in the next two matches (home against Saint Martin's on Oct. 19 and again on Oct. 24 at home against Central Washington). ... On Oct. 2 in an epic five-setter at Alaska Fairbanks, racked up 61. ... In the Western Oregon and Saint Martin's home matches, had consecutive career highs for assists (45 / 49) and blocks (4 / 6), and consecutive assist / dig double-doubles (45 / 49 and 10 / 14). ... For the season, put together 14 assist / dig double-doubles for a career total of 38.
Junior (2023): Played in and started all 27 matches and all 101 sets. … Set up a single-season career-best 568 assists, splitting time with freshman Sophia Chambers in SPU’s 6-2 system. … That included the 1,500th of her career in a 3-0 sweep at Montana State Billings on Nov. 11. …Logged nine assist / dig double-doubles, giving her 24 for her career. … Tied career high with six aces in a 3-0 victory at Saint Martin’s on Sept. 16. ... Had 11 kills for the season, more than she had in her first two years combined. ... Her .269 hitting percentage was also a single-season best, as was her point total of 43.0.
Sophomore (2022): Played in all 26 matches with 25 starts, totaling all 100 sets. ... Led the Falcons in assists with 476 and was second on the team in digs with 222. ... Recorded 12 assist-dig double-doubles, giving her 15 for her career. That included one stretch of four in a row and two of three in a row. ... Had 30 assists at home against Alaska Anchorage on Sept. 17, and nine other matches of 20-plus assists. ... Set up the 1,000th assist of her career in the season finale at home against Western Washington on Nov. 12. ... Came up with a season-high 17 digs at Northwest Nazarene on Sept. 22. ... Moved past 200 and 300 career digs.
Freshman (2021): Played in 23 of the 25 matches with 19 starts, totaling 83 sets. ... Led the Falcons in assists with 544, an average of 6.55 per set that ranked No. 8 in the GNAC. ... Delivered a team-high 36 service aces, an average of 0.43 per set that was No. 3 in the GNAC. ... Came up with 133 digs. ... Had a pair of 27-assist matches on the first weekend of her college career, first against Colorado Christian on Sept. 3, and then against Midwestern State on Sept. 4, the latter of which helped SPU record its first win of the season. ... Racked up a career-high 38 assists on Sept. 16 at home against Northwest Nazarene, then matched that total (along with a career-high 19 digs) in the season finale at NNU on Nov. 20. ... Had double-digit assists in all 23 matches. ... Logged three assist-dig double-doubles, the first of which was on Sept. 9 against Biola in her home debut, when she had 20 assists and 12 digs.
Personal: Emily Louise Tulino. … Business major / history minor.
Reason she chose SPU: “I love the campus and the players. I like Seattle and Queen Anne a lot. And I have the opportunity to play another four years of volleyball.”
La Costa Canyon High School: Helped the Mavericks reach the California Interscholastic Federation state semifinals as a junior in 2019 when she racked up 483 assists (4.7 per set), 155 digs and served 22 aces. … Named varsity captain as a junior.
Fun facts: Was high school teammates with older sister Sophia, an outside hitter who was a year ahead of Emily. … Has played volleyball for seven years prior to arriving at SPU. … Also has played basketball, soccer, softball, field hockey, tennis, and beach volleyball. … If not for volleyball, would focus on softball, saying, “I really miss it, but I just couldn’t play club volleyball and club softball at the same time.” … Favorite sport to watch is baseball. … Dumbest movie she has ever seen is “Work It.” … Book she just couldn’t put down was “Me Before You” by Jojo Moyes. … Favorite junk food is rips or caramel ice cream. … Favorite healthy food is bananas with peanut butter. … Favorite TV programs are “New Girl,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” or “How I Met Your Mother.” … Favorite teams are the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Philadelphia Eagles. … Favorite athletes are Venus and Serena Williams. … Her dream car is a Ford Bronco. … Loves to shop for denim. … If she could invite anyone to dinner, it would be singer / songwriter Alicia Keys because “she is such a beautiful human, inside and out,” and actor Morgan Freeman. She would serve stuffed bell peppers and Brussels sprouts. … If she could be any action hero, would be Wonder Woman. … Her friends call her Em. … In 10 years, plans to be traveling.
CAREER STATISTICS
Yr SP K E TA Pct Ast Ace D BS BA TB Pts
21 83 4 5 23 -.043 544 36 133 0 3 3 41.5
22 100 4 4 27 .000 479 20 222 0 1 1 24.5
23 101 11 4 26 .269 568 30 224 0 4 4 43.0
24 103 31 17 104 .135 833 25 279 1 33 34 73.5
TOT 387 50 30 180 .xxx 2,424 111 858 1 41 42 182.5
