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2023 Volleyball Roster

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13 Zoe DiNardo

  • Position Outside Hitter
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool William S. Hart HS
  • Hometown Valencia

Biography

Notable Awards
• CCAA All-Academic (2020, 2021, 2022)
• CSC Academic All-District (2022, 2023)
• Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award (2020, 2021)

As a Senior (2023)
- Played in all 84 sets
- Recorded 263 kills and averaged 3.13 per set, both ranked 10th in the CCAA
- Finished third on the team with 227 digs
- Had nine matches with kills-digs double-doubles
- Reached a season-high 20 kills against Fresno Pacific (Sept. 1)
- Made a season-high 17 digs twice, one at Cal State Monterey Bay (Oct. 6) and the other at Cal Poly Humboldt (Nov. 2)

As a Junior (2022)
- Played in 84 of 87 total sets
- Finished 10th in the CCAA in kills per set (2.70)
- Led the team with 227 total kills
- Made 80 digs, averaging 0.95 per set
- Only double-double of the season is a season-high 17 kills and 10 digs against Academy of Art (Sept. 3)
- Had 10 matches with 10 or more kills
- Made 34 total blocks
- Had 3 solo blocks against Cal State East Bay (Sept. 23)

As a Sophomore (2021)
- Started all 26 matches
- Ranked fourth on the team in kills (184) while contributing 90 digs and 20 blocks on the season
- Racked up at least 10 kills in seven matches

With Concordia University (Portland)
- Played one season before the University shut down
- Ranked second on the Cavaliers in kills (221) and kills per set (2.21)
- Delivered 26 blocks and posted double-digit kills in 10 matches
- Voted the team’s Most Inspirational Player

With William S. Hart High School
- Set the school’s single season record with 308 kills as a senior
- Led the Indians to back-to-back Foothill League championships
- Named first-team All-Foothill League and All-Santa Clarita Valley as a senior
- Earned second-team All-FL and All-SCV in 2017
- All-FL Honorable Mention as a sophomore

Personal
- Born November 9 in Valencia
- Daughter of Perry and Sunshine
- Plans to find a place to call home and a career she'll love
- Favorite course is Health Equity (PHHA 328) taught by Lindsay Briggs
- Her hero is her grandmother because "She is the most kind-hearted and accepting person I know who would be willing to help anyone no matter the circumstance"
- Fan of former USC volleyballer and current speaker/podcaster Victoria Garrick because of "how much she has been an advocate for athletes' mental health, and has spoken out to fight for student-athlete rights"
- Chose Chico State because of the close community and its athletics program
- Greatest sports moment was winning first place in the doubles spring grass volleyball tournament two years in a row
- The most impressive thing she's ever accomplished outside of sports was getting her and and only 'B' in her entire academic career during the pandemic
- A talent of hers is being able to touch her tongue to her nose
- Enjoys watching movies and cuddling with her cat on her free time
- On her bucket list is to travel outside North America
- An interesting thing about her is she is double-jointed in both shoulders
- Her best advice came from her mother: "If you don't ask, you don't get."
- Majoring in Public Health

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2020Sophomore

    OH
    5'11"
    13
  • 13

    2021Sophomore

    OH
    5'11"
    13
  • 13

    2022Junior

    OH
    5'11"
    13
  • 13

    2023Senior

    Outside Hitter
    5'11"
    13
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