2016 Volleyball Roster
Roster
West, Sophie
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Jersey Number 4
Sophie West
- Position:
- MIddle Blocker/Right Side
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Gonzaga Prep
- Hometown:
- Spokane, Wash.
Bio
AS A SENIOR (2019)
Appeared in 69 sets through 27 matches making two starts ... had a career-best .778 attack percentage with seven kills and no errors against Iona (9/7) ... had eight kills four times over the season, including in the three-set win over UC Irvine (8/31) ... career-best nine blocks at Rhode Island (9/20) ... tallied 87 total kills, averaging 1.26 per set ...
finished third on the team in attack percentage with a .264 over the season ... capped her career with 419 kills, a .268 attack percentage and 190.0 blocks.
AS A JUNIOR (2018)
Appeared in 55 sets over the course of 23 matches, with five starts ... Recorded 65 kills ... Defensively tallied 22 blocks, four of which were solo ... At Clemson (11/12), had a season-high 14 kills, while adding six total blocks ... named to the ACC Honor Roll.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2017)
Saw action in 87 sets over the course of 28 matches … started 21 times … garnered 113 kills for a 1.30 kills per set average … hit .252 in 2017 … recorded 64 total blocks (9 solo blocks and 55 assisted blocks) for the second most on the squad for the season … tallied season-high of eight kills three times in 2017 … hit .353 against Princeton (9/1), slating seven kills … posted six blocks in win over Bryant (9/1) … with eight kills, she hit .500 against Georgia Tech (10/6) … in the team’s second meeting with Georgia Tech (10/22), she posted a .571 hitting percentage … hit .625 against Duke (11/17) for her highest on the season
AS A FRESHMAN (2016)
Played in all 30 matches in 2016, starting in 29 matches … saw action in 117 sets, the most on the team in 2016 … also was the team leader in hitting percentage in 2016 with .244 … tallied 154 kills, with a kills/set ratio of 1.32 … notched 72.0 total blocks assisting on 66 blocks … with her hitting percentage of .667 against LIU Brooklyn on 8/26/17, landed the second-highest attack percentage in a match in BC history (8 kills on 12 total attempts) … sets played was also second-most by a freshman in BC history … fifth-most block assists by a freshman in BC history.
BEFORE BC
Played middle blocker for head coach Jill Benson at Gonzaga Prep … captained the squad and earned team MVP honors as a senior in 2015 … after earning honorable mention all-conference as a junior, garnered first-team all-league honors in her final season … earned a place on Washington’s all-state team … was the MVP of the 2015 Northwest Jamboree … also played tennis at Gonzaga Prep as a junior, following a one-year stint with the track and field team as a freshman … played club volleyball with Catalyst under head coach Kari Chavez … began her club career as a middle blocker, but switched to right side her final two seasons.
PERSONAL
Sophia is the daughter of Jennifer and Kevin West … she has one younger sister, Maddie … enrolled in the Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences … a member of the National Honor Society, a four-year member of the President’s Honor Roll and also claimed the Summa Cum Laude Award four times … also participated in the YMCA Teen Advisory Board, Ronald McDonald House Team Board and Youth Leadership Spokane … was also a peer tutor and student ambassador … enjoys skiing, hiking, water skiing and volunteering in her free time.
SINGLE-MATCH HIGHS
Kills: 14 at Clemson, 11/23/18
Assists: 3 vs. Virginia Tech, 11/18/16
Digs: 3, last at UConn, 9/6/19
Block Solos: 2 at Syracuse, 9/20/17
Block Assists: 8 at Rhode Island, 9/20/19
Total Blocks: 9 at Rhode Island, 9/20/19
Appeared in 69 sets through 27 matches making two starts ... had a career-best .778 attack percentage with seven kills and no errors against Iona (9/7) ... had eight kills four times over the season, including in the three-set win over UC Irvine (8/31) ... career-best nine blocks at Rhode Island (9/20) ... tallied 87 total kills, averaging 1.26 per set ...
finished third on the team in attack percentage with a .264 over the season ... capped her career with 419 kills, a .268 attack percentage and 190.0 blocks.
AS A JUNIOR (2018)
Appeared in 55 sets over the course of 23 matches, with five starts ... Recorded 65 kills ... Defensively tallied 22 blocks, four of which were solo ... At Clemson (11/12), had a season-high 14 kills, while adding six total blocks ... named to the ACC Honor Roll.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2017)
Saw action in 87 sets over the course of 28 matches … started 21 times … garnered 113 kills for a 1.30 kills per set average … hit .252 in 2017 … recorded 64 total blocks (9 solo blocks and 55 assisted blocks) for the second most on the squad for the season … tallied season-high of eight kills three times in 2017 … hit .353 against Princeton (9/1), slating seven kills … posted six blocks in win over Bryant (9/1) … with eight kills, she hit .500 against Georgia Tech (10/6) … in the team’s second meeting with Georgia Tech (10/22), she posted a .571 hitting percentage … hit .625 against Duke (11/17) for her highest on the season
AS A FRESHMAN (2016)
Played in all 30 matches in 2016, starting in 29 matches … saw action in 117 sets, the most on the team in 2016 … also was the team leader in hitting percentage in 2016 with .244 … tallied 154 kills, with a kills/set ratio of 1.32 … notched 72.0 total blocks assisting on 66 blocks … with her hitting percentage of .667 against LIU Brooklyn on 8/26/17, landed the second-highest attack percentage in a match in BC history (8 kills on 12 total attempts) … sets played was also second-most by a freshman in BC history … fifth-most block assists by a freshman in BC history.
BEFORE BC
Played middle blocker for head coach Jill Benson at Gonzaga Prep … captained the squad and earned team MVP honors as a senior in 2015 … after earning honorable mention all-conference as a junior, garnered first-team all-league honors in her final season … earned a place on Washington’s all-state team … was the MVP of the 2015 Northwest Jamboree … also played tennis at Gonzaga Prep as a junior, following a one-year stint with the track and field team as a freshman … played club volleyball with Catalyst under head coach Kari Chavez … began her club career as a middle blocker, but switched to right side her final two seasons.
PERSONAL
Sophia is the daughter of Jennifer and Kevin West … she has one younger sister, Maddie … enrolled in the Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences … a member of the National Honor Society, a four-year member of the President’s Honor Roll and also claimed the Summa Cum Laude Award four times … also participated in the YMCA Teen Advisory Board, Ronald McDonald House Team Board and Youth Leadership Spokane … was also a peer tutor and student ambassador … enjoys skiing, hiking, water skiing and volunteering in her free time.
SINGLE-MATCH HIGHS
Kills: 14 at Clemson, 11/23/18
Assists: 3 vs. Virginia Tech, 11/18/16
Digs: 3, last at UConn, 9/6/19
Block Solos: 2 at Syracuse, 9/20/17
Block Assists: 8 at Rhode Island, 9/20/19
Total Blocks: 9 at Rhode Island, 9/20/19
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