Pepperdine University Athletics

AWARDS:
WCC All-Freshman Team - 2022
Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete- 2022, 23, 24
WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll ‘Gold’ Honors - 2024, 25
WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll ‘Silver’ Honors - 2022, 23
All-WCC First Team - 2023, 24, 25
WCC All-Academic First Team - 2023, 24, 25
AVCA Top Flight Award - 2023, 25
 
PEPPERDINE 2025: Played in all 34 matches her senior year, all in the No. 1 Position and alongside McKenna Thomas … The duo collected a record of 24-9 and moved in second overall in career pair wins (58) in program history … Clermont and Thomas also hold the seventh and eighth spots for most dual wins in a single season with 24 and 23 … Clermont moved into fifth all-time in Waves history on the career wins list with 92 … Defeated #12 Arizona State’s No. 1 pair … Went undefeated at the WCC Tournament … Earned an AVCA Top Flight award … Made the All-WCC first team … Received WCC All-Academic first team honors … Clermont and Thomas earned the WCC Pair of the Week  (3/17).
 
PEPPERDINE 2024: Played in all 38 matches her junior year, all in the No. 1 position and primarily alongside McKenna Thomas … The duo moved into eighth overall in career pair wins (34) and career winning percentage (.667) … Clermont Picked up 24 wins on the year and collected her 68th career win to move into 12th all-time in Waves history … Earned victories against then-ranked #2 USC, #9 LMU … Also earned ranked wins against Arizona and Arizona State in the No. 1 position alongside McKenna Thomas. 
 
PEPPERDINE 2023: Played in 32 matches during her sophomore season … Alongside partner Savannah Standage, the pair went 14-3 overall at the No. 2 position, including a win over then-ranked #14 Long Beach State … Also with Standage, collected ranked wins over California, Arizona and Arizona State in the No. 2 position … With partner Mckenna Thomas, the duo went 11-4 at the No. 1 position… Clermont went 25-7 during her second year competing for the Waves … In the No. 1 position and alongside Thomas, the duo notched ranked wins against Long Beach State, Stetson, FGCU, Cal Poly and LMU (twice). 

PEPPERDINE 2022: Played in 33 matches during her freshman campaign … Picked up 19 total wins in her first season at Pepperdine … Alongside partner Jordan Benoit, the pair went 8-2 overall, winning seven in the No. 5 position, and one in the No. 4 position…  With partner Mary Sinclair, the pair defeated then-ranked #4 Florida State playing in the No. 4 position as well as another ranked win over Long Beach State in the No. 3 position. 
 
USA VOLLEYBALL/CLUB: Played for the Beach National Team Next Gen summer group in 2021 and 2022 … Earned 1st place at AVP America 18U Event in Florida and 2nd place at the AVP America Open Event in Florida in 2021 … Finished 5th at the USAV Beach High Performance Championships U17 in 2019 … Played four years for Provincial Beach Volleyball Team and six years indoor for Pakmen Volleyball Club and Halton Region Volleyball Club … On the beach, earned a national silver medal in both 16U and 15U years, and a Provincial silver medal in 16U and bronze medal in 15U … Indoor, earned National silver medal (16U), Provincial Champion and Provincial Grand Prix Champion (16U), Ontario Volleyball Association (OVA) Award of Excellence (15U), national bronze medalist (14U) and Provincial silver medal (13U) … Was recognized as one of the best athletes in Canada in the Quest for Gold Athlete … Awarded an Ontario Card under the Quest for Gold Ontario Athlete Assistance program in 2019-20 … Named a Team Ontario High Performance Sports Initiative (OHPSI) Athlete in 2020.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School in 2021 … Helped lead her team to a Regional Championship title in 2017-18 … Achieved Honors in all four years of high school.
 
PERSONAL: Originally from Burlington, Ontario, Canada … Daughter of Jennifer and Peter Clermont … Has two siblings Sydney and Brie … Pursuing a degree in liberal arts for education … has career aspirations of becoming an elementary school teacher … When asked why she chose Pepperdine, she stated: “I chose Pepperdine because of the amazing location, small class sizes, top-ranked programs and kind community.  Most importantly, I’ll have the opportunity to train with the best beach volleyball coaches!”
 
FAVORITE: Melissa Humana-Paredes (pro athlete) … About Time (movie) … Friends and New Girl (tv show) … Hiking, swimming, biking and spending time with friends and family (hobbies/pastimes).