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Growing up No. 7’s daughter: Nia Bishop finds success with her dad’s number

DERBY

The reaction is always the same.

Your dad is who? Michael Bishop? That Michael Bishop?

Yes, Nia Bishop has to tell them, that Michael Bishop.

When you share the last name and genetics of one of the most revered players in Kansas State football history, the outside expectations can become suffocating.

Before Nia Bishop could become one of the best volleyball players in Kansas this season as a 5-foot-9 senior at Derby, she had to find a way to cope with the pressure.

Instead of hiding from it, she changed her jersey to No.