2015 Women's Volleyball
Tori Penrod
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- William T. Dwyer HS
- Hometown:
- Jupiter, Fla.
CAREER TOTALS
112 matches played
429 sets played
1,792 digs
4.17 digs per set
504 assists
112 aces
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AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS
2016 Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Nov.14)
2016 Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Nov.7)
2016 Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 21)
2016 Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 19)
2016 Mercer Invite Most Valuable Libero/ All-Tournament Team
2016 Best Western Osprey Invite All-Tournament Team
2016 Bruiser Showcase All-Tournament Team
2016 Charlotte Invite All-Tournament Team
2015 Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 14)
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IN THE MERCER RECORD BOOK
- Ranks second in career digs (1,792)
- Ranks third in career digs per set average (4.17)
- Owns third best singles season digs total (588, 2016)
- Tied for fourth best single season digs per set average (5.20, 2016)
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SEASON BY SEASON
2016 at MERCER: Established herself as one of the best defensive specialist/liberos in school history during an outstanding senior campaign… Led Mercer with career-bests of 588 digs and an average of 5.20 digs per set, both of which ranked second in the Southern Conference and 27th and 17th nationally… Started all 29 matches and appeared in 113 sets played by the Bears… Was at her best during SoCon play, leading all conference players with 333 total digs and a 5.29 d/s average… Added 101 assists and 19 aces… Reached 10 plus digs in all but one match and 20 plus in 16 contests… Crossed the 30 digs mark three times, including a career-high of 36 in a 3-2 victory at Furman (Nov. 4)… Owned two of the top three highest digs total by a SoCon player in 2016… Notched 31 digs vs. William & Mary (Sept. 3) and 33 at Samford (Oct. 7)… Her 588 digs mark the third-best single-season total in program history and her 5.20 d/s average is tied for the fourth-best… Was named to the All-Tournament Teams for all four invitationals Mercer played in… Named the Mercer Invite Most Valuable Libero… Earned SoCon Defensive Player of the Week honors three times, including the final two weeks of the regular season play (Sept. 19, Nov. 7, Nov. 14)… Led Mercer in total digs and digs per set for a third consecutive season.
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2015 at MERCER: Led Mercer in digs, totaling 491 over 26 matches played… Surpassed the 1,000 milestone, reaching the figure on Oct. 16 in a 3-1 win over Samford… Ranked third in the SoCon in digs per set with an average of 4.77… Excelled from the service line, finishing second in the conference and 41st in the nation in aces per set with an average of 0.39…Recorded at least one ace in 20 of the 26 matches.
2014 at MERCER: Played in every match during her sophomore campaign, accumulating 118 sets … Led the team in aces (44) and digs (521) … Added 110 assists and two kills … Recorded double-digit digs in 27 of 31 matches … Posted a double-double with 10 aces and 14 digs against The Citadel (10/31) … The 10 aces were the most of any SoCon player in a single match in 2014 … Notched a career-high 32 digs at Western Carolina (10/17) ... Tallied at least one assist in 29 matches.
2013 at MERCER: Appeared in 95 sets while making three starts on the year … Posted double-figure assist totals in 10 matches … Finished the season with nine-straight matches of 10+ assists … Collected 10 or more digs on six occasions … Registered first career double-double performance with 19 assists and 10 digs against Kennesaw state (10/19) … Dished a season-high 38 assists against USC Upstate (9/21) … Contributed nine total service aces.
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: 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% of her class and was a member of the National Honor Society and Student-Government … Intends to major in business.
