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2023 Women's Volleyball Roster

Jace Delgado
Brandon Morgan

Sophia Sobota #12 OH

  • Height:
    5-9
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Rock Canyon
  • Hometown:
    Castle Pines, Colo.

Summary

Biography

Pronunciation: Sophia  Suh-BOT-uh

Awards:
  • 2021-22 & 2022-23 NCAC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2021-22, 2022-23 & 2023-24 Denison Top-50 Scholar Athlete
  • 2023-24 Chi Alpha Sigma Inductee

2023 (Senior):
  • Appeared in 25 matches and 69 sets with 11 starts
  • Recorded 140 kills, 68 digs, and 13 blocks
  • Had a career-high hit percentage of .647 against Wooster on Oct. 7
  • Finished fourth on the team in kills
  • Set a new career-high with 68 digs on the season 

2022 (Junior):
  • Appeared in five matches before suffering a season-ending injury
  • Recorded 33 kills (2.20 K/S)

2021 (Sophomore):
  • Appeared in all 26 matches and made 22 starts in her first full season
  • Was tied for second on the team with 287 kills and was second at 3.22 kills per set
  • Hit .203 percent
  • Added 52 digs and was fifth on the squad with 25 blocks
  • Recorded double-digit kills 17 times
  • Had a career-best 22 kills during Denison's 3-2 win over Wittenberg in the NCAC Regular-Season Championship match (Oct. 27)

2020-21 (First-Year):
  • Fall season canceled due to COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Appeared in 5 matches in the shortened spring season
  • Tallied 41 kills, which was second on the team and had 2.16 kills per set

Personal: 
  • Anthropology & Sociology major with a neuroscience concentration; Pre-Law
  • Daughter of Richard and Maria Sobota
  • Mom, Maria, played varsity tennis at the University of Toledo
  • A Denison nominee for the Rhodes, Marshall and Truman Scholarships; Dean’s List - all semesters, Phi Honor Society Inductee; Recipient of Tri Delta Live, Learn, Lead National Scholarship (2022), Anthropology & Sociology Department Fellow; Tri Delta Sorority (President 2022, Vice President Chapter Programming Development 2023-2024); Denison Student-Athlete Advisory Council (PR Manager 2022); ARC Tutor (2021-22)
  • High school achievements include member of the National Honors Society, Science National Honors Society, was named an AP Scholar with Honors
  • First-team academic all-state and all-conference outside hitter in volleyball
  • Graduated with the highest honors at Rock Canyon High School
  • Varsity Volleyball (Team Captain and Role Model Award 2019-2020); Letter in Community Service (2020)

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2020-21First-Year

    OH
    5'10"
    12
  • 12

    2021Sophomore

    OH
    5'9"
    12
  • 12

    2022Junior

    OH
    5'9"
    12
  • 12

    2023Senior

    OH
    5'9"
    12
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