Nina Cajic

Named to the 2024 AVCA All-America Second Team and VolleyballMag.com All-America Fourth Team.
Tabbed to All-SEC First Team after leading the league in aces per set (0.51) and ranking ninth in kills per set (4.16) during conference play.
Ranked 29th nationally and seventh in the SEC in points per set at 4.93 and was 37th and eighth in kills per set (4.31).
Broke the Tennessee single-match record and SEC modern era record for kills (42), 25-point rally-scoring era record for aces in a match (7) and set the modern era record for aces per set (0.39) in a single season.
Ranked third in aces (41), fourth in kills per set (4.31) and seventh in kills (448) for a single season in school history during the 25-point rally-scoring era.
During Tennessee’s win against Western Michigan on 9/19, Cajic had a performance for the ages, tallying 42 kills on 76 attacks and .500 hitting.
- Shattered the Tennessee all-time record for kills in a match, besting the previous record of 41 kills by Stephanie Ehlers against Washington State on Sept. 24, 1988.
- Became the first player in SEC history to eclipse 40 kills in a match during the modern era.
- One of two NCAA players during the 25-point rally scoring era to have 40-plus kills in a four-set match.
- Most kills by a DI player in a match this season, no other player had more than 38.
- Averaged 10.5 kills per set and had 20 kills in the final frame.
Finished the season with 513 points, 448 kills on .279 hitting, 204 digs, 42 blocks, 41 aces and 19 assists.
Led the team in kills (448) and aces (41) while finishing third for digs (204).
Posted double-digit kills in 25 matches, including five performances with at least 20 kills, two with 30-plus kills and one 40-kill effort, along with multiple aces during 10 contests.
Posted double-digit kills in a single set on four occasions and had at least six kills in a set a staggering 20 times.
Only Lady Vol during the 25-point rally-scoring era to record 30 kills in a match, and she did so twice.
Recorded six matches with at least 10 digs, including one performance with 15-plus, and finished with six double-doubles.
Had 10 matches with multiple blocks.
Set the Tennessee modern era record for kills in an NCAA Tournament match when she posted 27 against No. 18 Georgia Tech (12/5) to go along with 11 digs, six blocks, two aces and a pair of assists.
Paced the Lady Vols to a win over Texas A&M (11/10) thanks to 18 kills on .347 hitting, four blocks, four digs and an ace.
Posted a match-high 15 kills to go along with six digs and two assists in the victory over Georgia (11/1).
Eclipsed 1,500 career points and led UT with 16 kills, six digs, three blocks and an ace in the match against #24 Florida (10/25).
Recorded an all-around performance against #25 Auburn (10/20), with 13 kills, six digs, three aces, three assist, and three blocks.
Had 18 kills and a season-best seven aces against Missouri (10/13).
Recorded a match-best 23 kills on .367 hitting to go along with six digs, one aces and a block during the match against Ole Miss (10/4).
Led the Lady Vols against Oklahoma (9/29) with 22 kills on .429 hitting, two aces, and seven digs.
Tallied 17 kills to lead Tennessee to a sweep against Coastal Carolina (9/15) while averaging 5.7 kills per set and hitting .371 to fuel the offense.
Led the Lady Vols to a win at Western Kentucky (9/10), posting 17 kills, 13 digs and five blocks.
Finished with 14 kills on .324 hitting, eight digs, one ace, one assist and one block in the win against #25 UCLA (9/5).

PRIOR TO TENNESSEE

Played four seasons at Towson, where she guided the Tigers to four straight CAA Regular Season titles, three conference tournament championships and three NCAA Tournament appearances.
Named the 2023 CAA Player of the Year.
Four-time All-CAA honoree and earned three first team recognitions.
Became the first player in program history to earn AVCA National Division I Player of the Week accolades after totaling 32 kills on .698 hitting against Stony Brook.
Tallied 983 kills on .342 hitting, 395 digs, 210 blocks and 59 aces in her career.
Owns eight double-doubles and three 20-kill efforts.
Accumulated 458 points, 389 kills, 215 digs, 41 aces and 34 assists—all of which marked career bests—in 106 sets played during her senior campaign in 2023.

PERSONAL

Parents are Igor and Branislava Cajic.
Has two siblings, Luka and Jana.
Her mother, Branislava, played on the national volleyball team in Yugoslavia.
Igor, her father, was a two-time champion in Serbia and Montenegro with the volleyball team Buducnost Podgorica.
Her grandfather played for the soccer club Spartak Subotica which finished third in Europe in 1976, and her brother, Luka, played volleyball at Missouri Baptist University.
She enjoys photography and hopes to become a graphic designer, and has a bachelor’s degree in graphic design from Towson.