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2023 Women's Volleyball Roster

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13 Sonia McGaffigan

13 Sonia McGaffigan

  • Position:
    Middle Blocker
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    West Valley
  • Hometown:
    Fairbanks, AK

Summary

Biography

At UR 2023: The fifth-year player capped her remarkable UR volleyball career by earning AVCA Honorable Mention All-America honors, becoming just Rochester's fourth ever volleyball All-American...Added First Team All-Region 3 honors from the AVCA and captured her third straight Honorable Mention All-UAA accolade...Appeared in 27 total matches and 88 sets, finishing with 211 kills (2.40 per set) on 495 attempts (.251 percentage)...Added 26 aces, 52 digs and a team high 54 blocks, including 13 solo stuffs...Led Rochester in blocks and hitting percentage and was second in kills per set...Had a career-best four solo blocks against Nazareth on Oct. 11, ranking as the second most in a single-match in UR history...Started out season with a 23-kill performance in a narrow loss at SUNY Cortland, ending as the fifth highest kill total by a UAA player this season...Was nationally ranked in Division III in total points per set, ending at 3.42, which also was top-10 in the UAA...Had .579 hitting percentage against Fredonia on Sep. 2, a top-3 single-match percentage in the UAA in 2023...Ended with 11 matches of 10+ kills, including 14 against #9 Emory on Sep. 23 and 13 against #12 WashU on Oct. 22...Wraps up career with 159 block assists, ranking tenth all-time in program history...Academically, honored on the UAA All-Academic team for the fourth year in a row...Earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District accolades.

At UR 2022: Another strong season as a senior, earning Honorable Mention All-Region 3 accolades from the AVCA...Second straight UAA Honorable Mention award...Rochester's top attacker, finishing with 326 kills (3.29 per set) and a .240 hitting percentage across 99 sets (started all 27 matches)...Also, contributed a team-high 60 blocks to go along with 20 aces and 70 digs...18 matches with double-digit kills, averaging 12 kills per match...Career-high 26 kills in 5-set win over Keuka on Oct. 8...12 kills, 5 digs and season-high 6 blocks against Olivet on Sep. 24...Earned national ranking in Division III in points per set (106th, 3.89), total points (108th), kills per set (121st) and total kills (122nd), all finishing in the top-8 in the UAA...Fourth in the UAA in kills per set while also sitting fourth in solo blocks and tenth in total blocks...Named to the UR Invitational All-Tournament Team...Elected Phi Beta Kappa in the spring...College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection...Member of the UAA All-Academic squad in the fall.

At UR 2021: The junior earned Honorable Mention All-UAA accolades following a strong season in which she played in all 26 matches (80 sets)...Ranked second on the team with 147 kills (1.84 per set) and leading UR with 43 blocks (0.54 per set)...Added 13 aces and 27 digs on the year...Hitting percentage of .228 across 373 total attempts...Was top-20 in the UAA in block assists (16th, 38), total blocks (17th), hitting percentage (19th) and blocks per set (20th)...Five matches with 10 or more kills, including three straight against SUNY Geneseo, CWRU and Carnegie Mellon...Season-high 13 kills, along with six blocks against SUNY Geneseo on Sep. 28...11 kills, 3 digs and 3 blocks in UAA 7th place match against Brandeis on Nov. 6, a UR 3-1 victory...UAA All-Academic.

At UR 2020: Member of the UAA All-Academic team during the fall of her sophomore year.

At UR 2019: The first-year made an impact in 28 matches and played 64 sets...Recorded a total of 99 kills and 45 blocks this season while hitting .217 overall...Added 28 digs and 6 aces with 1..55 kills per set...Ended the year with a team-high 0.70 blocks per set (14th in the UAA), including eight blocks against Case Western Reserve on Oct. 20.

HS: Attended West Valley HS...Earned letters in volleyball and basketball for the Wolfpack...Named Most Improved in volleyball during sophomore season.
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