University of San Francisco Athletics

2019-20 (SOPHOMORE)

Indoor: Played in 25 matches during the season for USF... Recorded 91.5 points, which averaged out to 1.66 points per game... Had 27 digs and 88 kills on the season with two matches recording 10 or more kills — Seattle U and Southern Miss. on Aug. 31.

2018-19 (FRESHMAN)
 
Beach: Originally from Scottsdale, Arizona… she played four matches in the 5s pair with her partner Tanner Pemberton… ended with a 1-3 record…
 
Indoor: Made 17 starts while playing in 28 of the Dons’ 29 matches during her rookie season on The Hilltop … Finished the year fourth on the team in kills with 137 (1.54 per set) and also had 25 blocks, 46 digs and four service aces … Had multiple kills in 23 of her 28 appearances, with 15 matches where she had at least five kills … Posted her first career double-digit kills performance on Aug. 31 vs. Cal Baptist (12), then topped it the very next day by tallying a season-high 16 terminations at Fresno State (Sept. 1). In both matches she hit .320 or better … Season-high six digs twice, first against the CBU Lancers (Aug. 31), then again versus Portland on Nov. 3 … Six matches with multiple blocks, including a season-high four versus Pacific in the season finale on Nov. 20.

PRIOR TO USF: Four year varsity starter at Notre Dame Prep in Scottsdale, Ariz. ... Helped lead her team to a 2015 Arizona Interscholastic Association Division II state championship, a 2014 AIA Division II state semifinals appearance, and two other AIA playoff appearances ... Named all-region first team and region Offensive Player of the Year as a senior (2017) ... Captained the team her junior and senior years ... Awarded "Play Like a Champion" (highest athletic honor at her school) in her upperclassmen years ... Recorded 916 kills, 819 digs and 151 aces in her time with the Saints ... Also a member of the National Honors Society, Club USA and Paws Club.

CLUB: Spent seven years at Spiral Volleyball.

PERSONAL: Hiked rim to rim to rim in the Grand Canyon ... Daughter to Doug and Andrea Sydenham ... Sister to Bella (21).

 

Get To Know Sophie Sydenham Last TV Show You Binged: Game of Thrones Favorite Sports Team (After the Dons!): Arizona Cardinals Favorite Breakfast Food: Pancakes Favorite Dessert: Ice cream Next Place You Want to Travel To: Italy Instagram or SnapChat - Pick One: Instagram