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2024 ACC Defensive Player of the Week (10/28/24)
2025 ACC Defensive Player of the Week (9/1/25)
2025: Was one of four Yellow Jackets to see action in every set of the 2025 season … Finished the season recording double-digit digs in 22 of Tech’s 30 total matches this season … Began the season with a top-program performance in the form of a career high 30 digs in Tech’s sweep of Wofford … Her 30-dig performance to start the season earned Velez her first ACC honor as she was named the ACC Defensive Player of the Week … Finished the season with one kill, 100 assists, 18 service aces, and 405 digs
2024: Appeared in 119 sets across 31 matches during her first season as a Yellow Jacket … Finished her junior season with three kills, 111 assists, 13 service aces, and 449 digs … Recorded a career-high 27 digs against Duke (11/1) … Capped the 2024 season recording double-digit digs in 26 of 31 games with as well as 15 games with 15+ digs … In both of Tech’s NCAA Tournament matches Velez recorded 19 digs … Was named the ACC Defensive Player of the Week in October after recording a combined one service ace, 11 assists and 34 digs against NC State and Wake Forest
Prior to Georgia Tech (TVCC 2022-23): Velez comes to The Flats after taking Trinity Valley CC to unprecedented success in her two years. She posted 1,523 digs (5.60 digs/set) over 79 matches, the most digs in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) over that span. Velez and her teammates set program records this past fall for the most wins in a season (32), repeating as conference and regional champions for the first time while becoming the first team in TVCC history to reach the National Semifinals.
A two-time NJCAA national defensive player of the week, the Colombian averaged over five digs/set across eight games in the 2023 postseason including a dominant 22 dig (7.33/set) performance in the regional semifinals. Velez made double digit digs in all but one of her 79 career matches at the junior college level while also contributing 212 career assists (.78/set) and 80 service aces (.29/set).
