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2022 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Petersen, Sydney
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Jersey Number 2
Sydney Petersen
- Position:
- Defensive Specialist/Libero
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Dike-New Hartford
- Hometown:
- Dike, Iowa
Bio
2022: AVCA All-Midwest Region ... MVC Championship All-Tournament Team ... MVC Libero of the Year ... All-MVC First Team ... MVC Defensive Player of the Week for league-leading three times (9/19/22, 10/3/22, 11/14/22) ... MVC Board of Director's and Commissioner's Academic Excellence Awards and Honor Roll ... Hawkeye Invitational Defensive MVP ... appeared in 129 sets while starting at libero in all 35 matches with career-high 558 digs at 4.33 digs per set, 180 assists at 1.40 assists per set, 37 service aces, and two double-doubles ... personal-best 30 digs featuring 1,500th career dig against Missouri State (11/12/22) ... match-high 16 digs in both NCAA Championship outings versus Florida State (12/2/22) and at Minnesota (12/3/22) while going errorless on serve receive over 20 total tournament attempts ... career-high 10 assists to go with 12 digs and career-high-tying four aces in first collegiate double-double against SEMO (9/10/22) ... also tallied personal-best 10 assists and added 18 digs for second collegiate double-double against Valpariaso (10/15/22) ... career-high-tying one kill at Bradley (11/5/22) ... recorded 100th career ace at Southern Illinois (10/1/22) ... finished with career totals of 1,585 digs, 119 aces, and 148 consecutive matches played with no appearances missed between tenures at UNI and Texas.
Prior to UNI (2018-21): Attended the University of Texas … was a member of four NCAA Tournament teams with the Longhorns including Texas’ 2020-21 national runner-up season … earned the starting libero position as a freshmen helping lead the Longhorns to four Big 12 championships (2018-21) … played in 392 sets in 113 matches … recorded 1,027 digs for the Longhorns … ranked eighth in the Big 12 in digs in 2018 with 362 … notched a career-high 25 digs at Rice during her freshmen season … posted 105 assists as a sophomore including a career-best 8 on Aug. 30, 2019 against UNI … recorded a career-best 25 service aces in 2021 … notched a career-high 4 service aces in a single match twice (Sept. 2, 2018 vs. High Point and Dec. 11, 2021 vs. Nebraska) … 2019 and 2020 First Team Academic All-Big 12 … 2019 Big 12 Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll … Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 16, 2019) … 2018 VERT Challenge All-Tournament Team.
High School: Named an Under Armour Second Team All-American as a senior at Dike-New Hartford … earned First Team All-Conference in the North Iowa Cedar League and State First Team All-State recognition three times (2015-17) … three-time IGHSAU State All-Tournament Team selections (2015, 2016, 2017 (captain) … selected as the 2017 Class 2A Player of the Year as a senior and the 2016 Class 3A Player of the Year as a junior … helped lead Dike-New Hartford to three state championships (2014, 2016, 2017) and a second-place finish in Class 2A in 2015 … also played basketball, softball, and ran track at Dike-New Hartford.
Prior to UNI (2018-21): Attended the University of Texas … was a member of four NCAA Tournament teams with the Longhorns including Texas’ 2020-21 national runner-up season … earned the starting libero position as a freshmen helping lead the Longhorns to four Big 12 championships (2018-21) … played in 392 sets in 113 matches … recorded 1,027 digs for the Longhorns … ranked eighth in the Big 12 in digs in 2018 with 362 … notched a career-high 25 digs at Rice during her freshmen season … posted 105 assists as a sophomore including a career-best 8 on Aug. 30, 2019 against UNI … recorded a career-best 25 service aces in 2021 … notched a career-high 4 service aces in a single match twice (Sept. 2, 2018 vs. High Point and Dec. 11, 2021 vs. Nebraska) … 2019 and 2020 First Team Academic All-Big 12 … 2019 Big 12 Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll … Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 16, 2019) … 2018 VERT Challenge All-Tournament Team.
High School: Named an Under Armour Second Team All-American as a senior at Dike-New Hartford … earned First Team All-Conference in the North Iowa Cedar League and State First Team All-State recognition three times (2015-17) … three-time IGHSAU State All-Tournament Team selections (2015, 2016, 2017 (captain) … selected as the 2017 Class 2A Player of the Year as a senior and the 2016 Class 3A Player of the Year as a junior … helped lead Dike-New Hartford to three state championships (2014, 2016, 2017) and a second-place finish in Class 2A in 2015 … also played basketball, softball, and ran track at Dike-New Hartford.
Personal: Daughter of Bobbi and Duane Petersen … has three siblings including a twin sister Baylee, who also plays volleyball for UNI, Jadyn, and Payton … mother, Bobbi, and aunts, Michelle Bolte and Jen Hansen, both played four seasons of volleyball at UNI … father, Duane, played four seasons of football at UNI … graduated from the University of Texas in December 2021 with a degree in Applied Learning and Development: Youth and Community Studies.
UNI Football Highlights vs. Eastern Washington (Sept. 13, 2025)
Tuesday, September 16
Bobbi Petersen Press Conference Sep. 15, 2025
Monday, September 15
PST: Cassidy Hartman (2025)
Friday, September 12
UNI Panther Football: The Best Pod of your Day (Episode 3)
Wednesday, September 10
