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2022 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Golden, Sydney
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Jersey Number 18
Sydney Golden
- Position:
- Setter
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Nixa HS
- Hometown:
- Nixa, Mo.
Bio
2024: MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and MVC Honor Roll ... Appeared in all 118 sets and all 34 matches ... Led UNI with a career-high 781 assists (6.62 per set), with 26 service aces (0.22 per set), five kills (0.04 per set), 191 digs (1.62 per set) and two blocks (0.02 per set) ... Recorded a career-high 36 assists in the NCAA Tournament against Louisville (12/7/24) and a season-high 11 digs at Valparaiso (10/4/24) ... Posted two double-double performances against Valparaiso (10/4/24) and Murray State (11/1/24) ... Recorded eight matches with multiple service aces.
2023: MVC Honor Roll ... Appeared in 31 sets across 15 matches ... Recorded a career-high 79 assists (2.54 per set), 19 digs (0.61 per set) and one kill ... Posted double-digit assists twice, including a career-best 14 assists at Western Michigan (8/26/23) ... Career-high four digs vs. Northern Illinois (9/16/23).
2022: Appeared in two sets across two matches played ... NCAA debut with three points played versus Kentucky (9/2/22) ... home debut featuring ace on first-ever serve and match-point assist against Belmont (10/29/22).
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner and three-year captain as a setter at Nixa High School … helped lead the Eagles to three state tournament appearances including the Class 4 championship as a sophomore in 2019, the 2020 MSHSAA Class 5 state final, and the 2021 Class 5 state quarterfinals … three consecutive district and Central Ozark Conference championships (2019-21) … all-time career assists leader in Missouri high school history with 3,920 assists … led the state in 2020 and 2021 in single-season assists … notched 996 career digs and 109 career service aces with a .953 serve percentage … 2021 AVCA First Team All-American, All-Region, and Best & Brightest … four-time all-conference honoree, including three first team selections (2019-21) …three-time All-State and All-District selection … two-time Academic All-State honoree … named to MaxPreps Best High School Volleyball Players In All 50 States List as a junior and senior … 2019 PrepVolleyball National Sophomore of the Year Finalist … graduated magna cum laude … member of Nixa’s chapter of the National Honor Society and student council, while also serving as a Source of Strength peer leader … recipient of Nixa’s A+ Award.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Jamie and Jeanna Golden … Has an older brother (Jacob) ... Majoring in Communication Disorders.
2023: MVC Honor Roll ... Appeared in 31 sets across 15 matches ... Recorded a career-high 79 assists (2.54 per set), 19 digs (0.61 per set) and one kill ... Posted double-digit assists twice, including a career-best 14 assists at Western Michigan (8/26/23) ... Career-high four digs vs. Northern Illinois (9/16/23).
2022: Appeared in two sets across two matches played ... NCAA debut with three points played versus Kentucky (9/2/22) ... home debut featuring ace on first-ever serve and match-point assist against Belmont (10/29/22).
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner and three-year captain as a setter at Nixa High School … helped lead the Eagles to three state tournament appearances including the Class 4 championship as a sophomore in 2019, the 2020 MSHSAA Class 5 state final, and the 2021 Class 5 state quarterfinals … three consecutive district and Central Ozark Conference championships (2019-21) … all-time career assists leader in Missouri high school history with 3,920 assists … led the state in 2020 and 2021 in single-season assists … notched 996 career digs and 109 career service aces with a .953 serve percentage … 2021 AVCA First Team All-American, All-Region, and Best & Brightest … four-time all-conference honoree, including three first team selections (2019-21) …three-time All-State and All-District selection … two-time Academic All-State honoree … named to MaxPreps Best High School Volleyball Players In All 50 States List as a junior and senior … 2019 PrepVolleyball National Sophomore of the Year Finalist … graduated magna cum laude … member of Nixa’s chapter of the National Honor Society and student council, while also serving as a Source of Strength peer leader … recipient of Nixa’s A+ Award.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Jamie and Jeanna Golden … Has an older brother (Jacob) ... Majoring in Communication Disorders.
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