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1 Sophia Andersen

1 Sophia Andersen

  • Height:
    5-10
  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    New Prague, Minn.
  • High School:
    New Prague HS

Summary

Biography

Concordia Career
2024: All-NSIC First Team ... CSC Academic All-District ... NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence ... played in all 31 matches for the Golden Bears, making 27 starts ... led the team and ranked fifth in the NSIC with 341 kills (3.10 per set) ... hit .219 on 919 total attacks ... served 10 aces ... tallied eight set assists ... logged 87 digs (0.79 per set) ... added 41 total blocks (eight solo blocks and 33 block assists (0.37 per set), fourth most on the team ... reached double figures in kills in 23 matches ... had a 10-kill, 13-dig double-double, the first of her career, against Minnesota Duluth (9/21) ... posted a season-high 18 kills on .395 hitting against Minnesota State (10/24). 

2023: AVCA All-America honorable mention â€Ĥ AVCA All-Region First Team â€Ĥ CSC Academic All-District â€Ĥ All-NSIC First Team â€Ĥ Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award ... NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence â€Ĥ started in all 33 matches â€Ĥ hit .310 on 796 attempts â€Ĥ tallied 350 total kills â€Ĥ added 101 digs (0.98 per set) and 42 total blocks (11 solo and 31 block assists for 0.41 per set) â€Ĥ reached double figures in kills in 19 matches collecting 16 or more seven times â€Ĥ had four of more digs in 13 matches and three or more blocks in seven matches â€Ĥ hit over .350 in 14 different matches â€Ĥ finished the season seventh in the NSIC in kills per set and 12th in hitting percentage â€Ĥ part of a Golden Bear team that led the nation in kills per set (15.40) and hitting percentage (.319) â€Ĥ helped the team to become third in the nation in total team kills (1,786) â€Ĥ tallied 18 kills hitting a career-best attack percentage of .593 against MSU Moorhead (9/29)  â€Ĥ put up a career-high 23 kills at Wayne State (9/9) â€Ĥ smacked 16 kills in the Central Region Semifinal against Central Missouri (12/1).

2022: All-NSIC Second Team â€Ĥ CSC Academic All-District â€Ĥ NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence â€Ĥ appeared in 33 matches, making 31 starts, on the year ... ranked 20th in the NSIC with 304 kills and 21st with 2.90 kills per set â€Ĥ hit .263 on 787 attempts â€Ĥ added 65 digs (0.62 per set), 40 total blocks (eight solo and 32 block assists for 0.38 per set) â€Ĥ reached double figures in kills in 16 matches, collecting 14 or more six times â€Ĥ had three or more digs in 12 matches and 2.0 or more blocks in 11 matches â€Ĥ hit over .300 14 times â€Ĥ matched a season-best 16 kills while hitting .520 against St. Cloud State on Oct. 14 â€Ĥ put up 16 kills and a pair of blocks at MSU Denver on Sept. 3 â€Ĥ contributed 11 kills, four digs and three blocks on Sept. 3 against Wayne State â€Ĥ had a season-high five blocks to go along with eight kills and four digs at Sioux Falls on Oct. 29 â€Ĥ picked up 11 kills on 17 attempts for a .588 hitting percentage as well as three blocks against SMSU on Sept. 17.

2021: All-NSIC Second Team â€Ĥ ranked 13th in the NSIC with 324 kills and 15th with 2.87 kills per set â€Ĥ hit .225 on her 853 attempts â€Ĥ chipped in 101 digs (0.89 per set) and 32 total blocks (three solo and 29 block assists) for an average of 0.28 per set â€Ĥ had a .955 receive percentage on 67 attempts â€Ĥ reached double figures in kills in 14 matches, including five with 15 or more â€Ĥ tallied double-digit digs twice â€Ĥ hit .300 or better in 13 matches on the year â€Ĥ collected a season-best 22 kills to go along with four digs and two blocks on Oct. 15 against Wayne State â€Ĥ hit .536 with 18 kills on 28 swings against Parkside on Sept. 4 â€Ĥ finished with 17 kills and five digs against Augustana on Oct. 16 â€Ĥ narrowly missed her first career double-double with nine kills and 11 digs at Winona State on Oct. 30 â€Ĥ collected a season-high 16 digs to go along with eight kills on Oct. 28 against Minnesota State.

New Prague High School: Lettered six times for the Trojans ... three-time team captain ... AVCA All-Region and AVCA/MaxPreps Player of the Week ... three-time Star Tribune All-Metro Team and two-time All-State honorable mention ... Academic All-State and two-time AAU Academic All-American ... three-time All-Wright County Conference ... helped lead her Northern Lights team to an AAU National Championships, being named the Most Valuable Player ... holds the school record with 1,757 career kills and 188 service aces ... added 231 blocks, 1,256 digs and 1,540 assists ... averaged 3.80 kills per set and 2.70 digs per set.

Personal: Has an older brother ... her mother played volleyball at North Dakota and her aunt played volleyball at Xavier ... had a cousin that played volleyball at Minnesota Duluth and two more that played professional volleyball in Switzerland ... majoring in mathematics and minoring in sport psychology at Concordia.
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