2024 Women's Beach Volleyball Roster
Biography
AWARDS:
Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete – 2024
WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll ‘Gold’ Honors – 2024
All-WCC second team - 2024
PEPPERDINE 2024: Played in 34 matches her first year as a Wave … Alongside her primary partner Gabriella Perez, the duo went 19-13 at the No. 3 position, including 15 two-set victories.
COASTAL CAROLINA (2020-23): Played at Coastal Carolina for three years … Earned All-ASUN first team (2021), ASUN All-Freshman team (2021), ASUN All-Tournament team (2021) and All-Sun Belt first team (2023) … Went 21-7 on court one and 3-0 on court two her freshman year … She redshirted her sophomore year … Went 25-9 on courts two and three her junior year.
CZECH NATIONAL TEAM: Competed in the Middle European Championship in 2016 and 2018 … Played in the U18 European Championships in 2017 … Participated in the Youth Nations Cup and the U19 World Championships in 2018 … Competed in the U22 European Championships in 2021.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Gymnazium Slovanske namesti 7 in 2019.
PERSONAL: Graduated from Coastal Carolina with a degree in Applied Mathematics … Pursuing a M.S. in Business Analytics … Daughter of Lenka and Vladan Svobodova … Has two siblings: Aneta and Emily … Chose to attend Pepperdine because “of its outstanding athletics and academics”.
FAVORITE: Favorites include Melissa Humana-Paredes (pro athlete - same sport), Novak Djokovic (pro athlete - other sport), Hunger Games (book), Shut up (movie), Suits (TV show), Ed Sheeran (musical artist), Pasta (food), and Tennis (sport other than beach volleyball).
