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2022 Women's Beach Volleyball Roster

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John McGillen
Jeff Golden

21 Simone Priebe

  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Austin, Texas
  • High School Vandegrift HS

Biography

AWARDS:
WCC March Pair of the Month – 2021
WCC All-Freshman Team – 2019
WCC All-Academic first team – 2020, 21
WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll ‘gold’ honors – 2019, 20, 21
Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete – 2019, 20, 21
 
PEPPERDINE CAREER: Has amassed a 40-20 (.667) overall record for the Waves in three seasons, playing either at some point in each of the five positions … Has amassed a 1-4 record in the No. 1 position, an 8-3 record in the No. 2 position, a 10-2 record in the No. 3 position, a 6-1 record in the No. 4 position and a 15-8 record in the No. 5 position throughout her career.
 
PEPPERDINE 2021: Played in 28 matches for the Waves in her junior campaign, posting a 19-9 overall record … Collected a 12-7 record alongside partner Melanie Paul and a 7-2 record alongside Sutton Mactavish … Put up one win in the top spot and went 8-3 in the No. 2 position and 10-2 in the No. 3 position throughout … Had a seven-match winning streak with Paul, including wins over #6 LMU and #10 Grand Canyon … Also had a four-match winning streak with Mactavish in the back stretch of the season, including a win over #10 Stanford.  
 
PEPPERDINE 2020: Started in all seven matches in the No. 4 position as a sophomore for Pepperdine, alongside Melanie Paul … Member of the pair that led the Waves’ with a 6-1 overall record, including two-set wins over #2 UCLA’s Rileigh Powers and Devon Newberry and #6 USC’s Joy Dennis and Harper Hallgren … Four of her wins were won in two-set matches, while two extended to three-set victories … Season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

PEPPERDINE 2019: Finished her true-freshman campaign with a 15-10 overall record, including a 15-8 output in the No. 5 position … Clinched five matches for the Waves alongside partner Katie Gavin … Helped the Waves to a 7th-place finish in the NCAA Championships.

USA/CLUB: Competed with the USA Beach High Performance A1 team in 2017 and A2 team from 2014-16 … Played for Texas Volleyball Tour from 2014-18 and Texas Eclipse Junior Volleyball during her 11s-16s seasons … In 2016 and 2017, won the AAU Junior Beach Volleyball Championships and in 2014 earned USA Junior Volleyball National Second Place in the USA division
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Vandegrift High School in Leander, Texas in 2017 … Lettered four seasons at VHS in the Texas District 25-6A as an outside hitter and opposite under head coach Kelly McCarter … In her senior year, garnered District 25-6A Defensive Player of the Year and in her junior season was named Offensive Player of the Year … Earned All-District 25-6A first team as a sophomore and second team as a freshman … Garnered Academic All-District and AP Scholar honors all four years of high school and ranked in the top 10 percent of her class … Led her team to a District 25-6A Championship title in 2017.
 
PERSONAL: Majoring in Hispanic studies … Daughter of Shelly and Charles Priebe … Has three siblings, Megan, Maria and Seth … States her sports hero “is not a pro athlete or even someone that played a sport. My mom was the first volleyball coach I ever had. When she coached my YMCA recreational team, she got me into volleyball in the first place, so she would be my sports hero.”
 
FAVORITES: Mia Hamm (pro athlete) … San Antonio Spurs (pro team) … Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline (book) … To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything (movie) … Portlandia (TV show) … fried plantains (food) … kayaking (sport other than volleyball) … Favorite hobbies and pastimes include scuba diving, hiking, traveling, kayaking, reading and swimming.

Historical Player Information

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    2019Freshman

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    2020Sophomore

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    2021Junior

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    2022Senior

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