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Jersey Number 16
Sophie Catalano
- Position:
- Opposite
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Pine Richland
- Hometown:
- Pittsburgh, Pa.
- Major:
- Finance
2025 (Redshirt Junior)
2025 Mid-American Conference Tournament Champion…Competed in 117 sets across 32 matches, earning 20 starts during her redshirt junior campaign…Second on the team in total kills with 291 and kills/set with 2.49…Recorded double-figure kills in 11 matches this season, including a career-high 18 terminations in a win over Western Michigan (Oct. 31)…Set her career-best hitting percentage at Akron (Nov. 15) with a .414 clip…Totaled 58 blocks on the season, including eight matches with three or more…Fired off a career-high six blocks at Eastern Michigan (Oct. 4).
2022-24 (at Clemson)
Appeared in 44 matches, totaling 43 digs and 20 service access…Set a career high six kills against The Citadel (9/3/22)…Tallied multiple service aces in five matches…Named to All-ACC Academic Team (2022-24) and All-ACC Top Six Community Service Award (2024).
High School
Four year letterwinner in volleyball and basketball at Pine Richland HS…Earned all-league, all-section and all-state honors…Named to the 2019 and 2020 AVCA Phenom Watch List, 2020 Prep Volleyball Top 150, 2020 To p10 Open Club Team, 2019 and 2020 JVA Ultra Ankle Watch List and the 2019, 2020 and 2021 Pennsylvania’s Big 56 Team…Played club volleyball for Pittsburgh Elite Volleyball (2017-22).
Personal
Full name is Sophie Rae Catalano…Daughter of Heather and Dave…Has one sister, Elle, and one brother, Eli…Mother, Heather, played softball at Michigan and is the CEO of the FBS Athletics Directors Association…Father, Dave, played basketball at Toledo.
2025 Mid-American Conference Tournament Champion…Competed in 117 sets across 32 matches, earning 20 starts during her redshirt junior campaign…Second on the team in total kills with 291 and kills/set with 2.49…Recorded double-figure kills in 11 matches this season, including a career-high 18 terminations in a win over Western Michigan (Oct. 31)…Set her career-best hitting percentage at Akron (Nov. 15) with a .414 clip…Totaled 58 blocks on the season, including eight matches with three or more…Fired off a career-high six blocks at Eastern Michigan (Oct. 4).
2022-24 (at Clemson)
Appeared in 44 matches, totaling 43 digs and 20 service access…Set a career high six kills against The Citadel (9/3/22)…Tallied multiple service aces in five matches…Named to All-ACC Academic Team (2022-24) and All-ACC Top Six Community Service Award (2024).
High School
Four year letterwinner in volleyball and basketball at Pine Richland HS…Earned all-league, all-section and all-state honors…Named to the 2019 and 2020 AVCA Phenom Watch List, 2020 Prep Volleyball Top 150, 2020 To p10 Open Club Team, 2019 and 2020 JVA Ultra Ankle Watch List and the 2019, 2020 and 2021 Pennsylvania’s Big 56 Team…Played club volleyball for Pittsburgh Elite Volleyball (2017-22).
Personal
Full name is Sophie Rae Catalano…Daughter of Heather and Dave…Has one sister, Elle, and one brother, Eli…Mother, Heather, played softball at Michigan and is the CEO of the FBS Athletics Directors Association…Father, Dave, played basketball at Toledo.
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