2019 Women's Beach Volleyball Roster
Biography
AWARDS:
AVCA All-American – 2017
Volleyball Magazine All-American – first team – 2017; second team – 2018
DiG Magazine All-American – 2017
VolleyMob All-American second team – 2018
All-WCC first team – 2016, 17, 18
WCC March Pair of the Month – 2016
WCC April Pair of the Month – 2018
WCC All-Academic first team – 2017, 18
WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll – gold honors – 2016, 17; silver honors – 2018, 19
Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete – 2016, 17, 18, 19
WCC All-Preseason Team – 2018
PEPPERDINE CAREER: Has produced a 64-22 overall record for a .744 winning percentage, including a 20-12 record in the No. 1 position … Ranked as high as No. 4 in DiG Magazine’s Collegiate Beach Pairs ranking in 2017 … Member of the squad that earned a bid to the first-ever NCAA Championships in 2016 (finished 5th) and the squad that finished as NCAA Championship runners-up in 2017 … Key component of the team that won the first three-straight West Coast Conference Championships in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
PEPPERDINE 2019: Redshirted the 2019 season due to injury.
PEPPERDINE 2018: In her junior season, she and partner Brook Bauer posted a 23-7 overall record, including a near-perfect 14-1 output from the No. 2 position and a 9-6 record from the No. 1 position … The pair posted a 50-17 record by sets, including a 28-2 record by sets from the No. 2-spot … Helped her team to a 5th place finish at the NCAA Championships and to a third-consecutive West Coast Conference Tournament crown … Clinched six duals for the Waves including a win over #4 USC in April … Of the pairs 23 wins, the duo won 20 by straight-set decisions, including the last 12-straight matches of the season.
PEPPERDINE 2017: Ranked as high as No. 4 in DiG Magazine’s Collegiate Beach Pairs rankings with partner Delaney Knudsen … … Led the Waves to a NCAA Championship runner-up finish and a second-consecutive West Coast Conference Championship title … Garnered DiG Magazine National Pair of the Week honor with Knudsen on march 14 … Earned a spot in the USAV Collegiate Beach Pairs Championship and went undefeated through pool play to earn a spot in the single elimination round … Preseason All-WCC … Posted a 20-12 overall record in the No. 1 position with Knudsen and went 45-31 in sets played … Went 10-10 among nationally ranked competition … In home matches (stats only kept at home), marked 5.91 kills/set, 1.18 blocks/set and 0.23 aces/set for the Waves … Led the Waves to a NCAA Championship runner-up finish and a second-consecutive West Coast Conference Championship title … In the tournament, downed Hawai’i’s Morgan Martin and Mikayla Tucker 21-18, 21-15 in the semifinal to advance to the NCAA Championship … Clinched the Waves upset win over No. 2 Florida State with a 28-26, 18-21, 15-11 win over Leigh Andrew and Brooke Kuhlman to push the Waves to a No. 2 national ranking early in the season.
PEPPERDINE 2016: Began her Waves’ career with a 21-3 overall dual record with Wilson, amassing a 21-2 record from the number four position … Started the season with a perfect 16-0 record, including 13 matches that were won in straight sets … Integral member of the squad that earned a berth in the inaugural NCAA Championships in Gulf Shores, Ala. … Helped lead the team to win the first-ever West Coast Conference Championships in Santa Monica, Calif. … Defeated Abril Bustamante and Jenna Belton of then-top-ranked USC 21-13, 21-19 to help the Waves take over the #1 AVCA Coaches Poll national ranking with a 3-2 overall win on the first day of competition … Went undefeated at the WCC Championships, defeating Saint Mary’s Lindsey Calbin and Emily Bible twice and Wells Fargo PCH Cup rivals Loyola Marymount’s Lindsay Carr and Veronica Nederend, all in straight sets … Downed sixth-ranked Arizona’s pair Mia Mason and Kalei Mau with a pair of 21-15 sets in the first round of the NCAA Championships.
USA VOLLEYBALL: Played for USAV A1 Beach Volleyball Team (U21) in 2015, A2 Beach (U19) in 2014 and 2013 … Placed fourth in the gold division of USA Beach Volleyball High Performance Championships in 2015 and won the gold in silver division in 2013 … Took first at the CBVA Santa Barbara Gold U18 Sand Tournament alongside partner and Pepperdine beach volleyball teammate Skylar Caputo … Finished second with Caputo at the CBA Manhattan Beach Pier tournament … Finished top 10 in 17 tournaments throughout the 2015 beach season.
CLUB: Member of the RPM Sand Volleyball Club in 2014 and 2015 … Won the AAU National Sand Championship in Hermosa Beach last season … Holds a AAA rating … Played indoor club volleyball for the Arizona Storm and the Arizona Juniors teams … Placed second in the patriot division at the USAV Junior National Championships as a sophomore … Finished 11th at National’s, open division in 2012.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Chaparral High School in 2015 … Three-year starter for the indoor squad … Earned Most Improved Award as a freshman … Awarded MVP honors and named team captain as a junior … Also lettered in track and field at CHS.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Cynthia and Fred … Father played basketball at Grand Valley State in Allendale, Mich. … Has three brothers, Craig, Jake and Luke … Craig was an All-Big Ten linebacker for Michigan and currently plays in the NFL with the Carolina Panthers … Luke plays basketball for Colgate and was named Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year in 2014-15 … Jake plays football for Boise State and earned a spot on the Freshman All-American Honorable Mention team in 2014 … Fellowship of Christian Athletes leader at Chaparral … Enjoys cooking … Aspires to be a professional beach player or a food truck owner/chef/personal chef … Stated this about what she loves most about volleyball: “When playing beach volleyball, it’s such an organic feeling. Though we pay great attention to detail and technique, I can still rely on my athletic instinct in the sand and that is a feeling that is hard to describe. You know you are in the right sport when you get excited to go to the beach for practice; and having the ocean a short jog away is a nice perk.”
FAVORITE: April Ross (pro athlete) … U.S.A. (pro team) … The Road (book) … Danger 5 (TV show) … Hot Rod (movie) … Academy (musical artist) … steak (food) … tennis (sport other than volleyball) … Favorite hobbies and pastimes include cooking, playing the ukulele and anything outdoors.
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