Tori Penrod

Photo by: Bill Hirsh

Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
High School:
William T. Dwyer HS
Hometown:
Jupiter, Fla.

AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS
2017 CoSIDA Academic All-District IV Women's At-Large Team
2017 All-ASUN Team
2017 ASUN All-Academic Team
2017 ASUN Pair of the Week (March 6-12)
2017 Preseason All-ASUN Team
2016 Atlantic Sun All-Tournament Team
2016 All-Atlantic Sun Team
2016 Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team
2016 Atlantic Sun Preseason Player of the Year
2015 All-Atlantic Sun Team
2015 Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team
2014 Atlantic Sun Freshman of the Year
2014 All-Atlantic Sun Team
2014 Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team

SEASON-BY-SEASON
2017: Finished her four-year career as the most decorated beach volleyball student-athlete in program history and among the ASUN Conference's top all-time players ... Joined partner Emily Krogman as the only student-athletes in conference history to earn All-ASUN Team honors three times in an individual career ... Went 18-9 overall and 6-4 in ASUN play, playing all but one match in the No. 1 seed while helping Mercer shatter program wins records overall (15) and in conference action (7) ... Started the season 8-2 overall ... Earned ASUN Pair of the Week honors for March 6-12 ... Claimed wins over nationally ranked (No. 15) South Carolina and Tulane (receiving AVCA votes) ... Went 2-1 at the ASUN Tournament with wins over FGCU and Jacksonville ... Claimed CoSIDA Academic All-District IV Women's At-Large honors ... Was also named to her third straight ASUN All-Academic Team, becoming one of seven student-athletes in ASUN Conference history to do so.

2016: Played in all 23 matches, splitting time between the No. 1 and 2 positions … Finished the season with a record of 16-7, going 5-5 at No. 1 and 11-2 at No. 2 … Selected to the All-Atlantic Sun Team … Went a perfect 4-0 without dropping a set at the A-Sun Tournament with partner Emily Krogman to earn A-Sun All-Tournament honors … Unanimous selection to the A-Sun Academic All-Conference team, earning her a spot on the team for the second straight year … Went 9-3 against conference opposition when paired with Krogman … Named the A-Sun Preseason Player of the Year.

2015: Played at the No. 1 position in 20 matches last season ... Claimed the Gold Bracket Championship at the 2015 Carolina Classic with Emma Peel ... Selected to her second straight All-Atlantic Sun Team as a sophomore ... Named to the Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team in her first eligible year.

2014: Capped a dynamic freshman year by earning All-Atlantic Sun Team honors and was named A-Sun Freshman of the Year ... Helped the Bears to a then-program record of nine wins.

High School: Earned four varsity letters while playing for coach Carol Hannah at William T. Dwyer High School … Earned 2012 Sun-Sentinel All-County first team and 2011 Palm Beach Post All-Conference first team honors … Owns USA Volleyball titled in the Under-18 and Under-16 Divisions, as well as a Women’s AAA rating in the state of Florida … Also competed on the club team Virginia Kelly for head coach Mike Zarate.

Personal: Graduated from Mercer in spring of 2017 with a degree in sports business ... Maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA through her entire four-year career ... Victoria Penrod was born on March 5, 1995 in Tampa, Florida … Daughter of Brian and April Penrod … Has a brother, Dalton (13) … Graduated in the top 10 percent of her class and was a member of the National Honor Society and Student-Government.