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2022 Volleyball Roster

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3 Sophia Bolden

3 Sophia Bolden

  • Position:
    L
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    South Lyon East HS
  • Hometown:
    Cleveland, Ohio

Summary

Biography

2022 at Gardner-Webb: Ended her career in Boiling Springs with a career-high 104 sets and 28 matches played in ... Started in ten matches during the year as well ... Had a career-high in assists (46) and digs (323) ... Ranked second on the team in digs (323) and digs per set (3.11) as well as 10th in the Big South in digs per set ... Recorded her season-high in digs against Jacksonville (9/16) with 23, the second-most of her career ... Also notched her season-high in assists with seven against Jacksonville (9/16) Had five outings with 20 or more digs and 16 matches with double digits in the category ... Had 12 service aces on the year including a pair in the league opener against Charleston Southern (9/22) ... Finishes her career with 830 digs (10th in school history) for a 2.71 set average (8th in school history) over 306 sets played.

Fall 2021 at Gardner-Webb: Played in all 26 matches and appeared in 87 sets in her third season at Gardner-Webb … Finished second on the team with a career-high 203 digs and 2.33 digs per set, including a season-high 17-dig performance in a thrilling five-set home win over Charleston Southern (10/1) … Also set new career-high marks in assists (31) and aces (12) … Added six kills and one block assist to round out the season with 18.5 points, two shy of a career-high in which she set her freshman season … Posted double-digit digs in 10 matches, including in four-straight during non-conference play against the likes of Clemson, North Alabama, Wofford and South Carolina State … Tallied 15 digs in a five-set home defeat to UNC Asheville (10/30) … Had at least one ace in eight matches on the year, and registered two aces four different times … Finished with a season-high three kills in a three-set match at Presbyterian (11/5), only the second time she reached three or more kills in one match for her career.

Spring 2021 at Gardner-Webb: Appeared in 13 matches and 47 sets during the postponed season affected by COVID-19 … Set then career-highs in digs (184), assists (27) and service aces (10), all categories of which she went on to eclipse as a junior … Added one kill … Rounded out the abbreviated schedule with double-digit digs in 11 of 13 matches played ... Averaged a team-high 3.91 digs per set ... Posted a career-high 31 digs in a five-set win at USC Upstate (2/19), the most of any Gardner-Webb player since the 2016 season … Added 20 digs in a four-set home win over Campbell (3/12), a match in which she also set career highs with eight assists and five service aces … Tallied double-digit digs in all of the first seven matches of the season, including 17 against Radford (2/6) and USC Upstate (2/18) as well as 19 against Presbyterian (2/14).

2019 at Gardner-Webb: Made appearances in 23 matches with seven starts throughout the year ... Ranked fourth on the team with 120 digs on the season for an average of 1.76 digs per set ... Throughout the season, Bolden also smashed 12 kills while picking up seven service aces and eight assists ... Set career highs with 20 digs at Wofford (Sept 1.)  and seven kills at Campbell (Oct. 11) hitting a blistering .357 hitting percentage ... Named to the 2019-20 Big South Conference Presidential Honor Roll.

High School: Four-year letterman at South Lyon East High School … Three-time Lakes Valley Conference (LVC) All-Conference selection … Also played for the Legends 18 Blue club team.
 
Personal: Daughter of Pam and Tom Bolden … Has two older brothers, Heath and Nick … Intends to major in Education.
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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2019Freshman

    S
    5'8"
    3
  • 3

    2020Sophomore

    S
    5'8"
    3
  • 3

    2021Junior

    L/DS
    5'8"
    3
  • 3

    2022Senior

    L
    5'8"
    3