2024 Volleyball Roster
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Sep 12 (Fri)
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Tulino, Sophia
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Jersey Number 15
Sophia Tulino
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-0
- Hometown:
- Carlsbad, Calif.
- High School:
- La Costa Canyon
- Previous College:
- Santa Clara
- Major:
- Masters of Public Health
Bio
Academic Honors
CSC Academic All District Team (2023)
WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll Silver Honors (2022-23)
WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll Bronze Honors (2021-22)
3x WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention (2021, 2022, 2023)
Athletic Honors
2x All-WCC Honorable Mention (2020, 2023)
2020 All-WCC Freshman Team
Joined the Huskies in 2024 as a grad transfer after four seasons at Santa Clara ... pursuing her Masters of Public Health at UW after majoring in Public Health at Santa Clara, with a minor in Spanish ... at SCU, played in 99 career matches and racked up 942 career kills averaging 2.92 kills per set and 3.45 points per set ... also comes to UW with career totals of 448 digs, 116 aces, and 102 blocks ... received the Santa Clara Carroll Williams Award in 2024
2024 | Fifth-Year Senior
Appeared in nine matches and 19 sets in her one season as a Dawg, starting two matches ... made first start of the season at No. 21 USC on 11/3, earning 5 kills, 8 digs, and 2 aces ... saw first extended action in the win over Maryland (10/26) and responded with 9 kills on 19 swings without an error to hit .474 ... had 1 kill on 3 swings in the loss to No. 2 Nebraska (11/9) ... season debut against Pepperdine on 9/20, earning 1 kill and 1 dig
2023 | Fourth Year At Santa Clara
Closed out her time with the Broncos playing in 24 matches and leading the team in kills with 261 … named All-WCC Honorable Mention for the second time and first since her freshman year … averaged 3.11 kills per set which was the seventh highest in the WCC and a career-high … three matches with exactly 20 kills (vs. Cal Baptist Aug. 25, vs. Notre Dame Sep. 2, vs. Bakersfield Sep. 9), and had 15 matches with double-digit kills … ranked second in the WCC with 0.38 aces per set and had 32 total for the season … recorded 108 digs, with a season-high 10 at Gonzaga (Oct. 26) where she had 11 kills for a double-double … a WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention.
2022 | Third Year At Santa Clara
Played in 30 matches and in 84 sets … third on the team with 181 kills, averaging 2.15 per set … her season-high 13 kills at Pacific (Sep. 27) was one of the five double-digit kill games … season-high digs was 12 against Portland (Oct. 13) … tallied 30 total blocks and 25 service aces throughout the season … earned WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention.
2021 | Second Year At Santa Clara
Played in all 27 matches (91 sets) and finished with 275 kills averaging 3.02 kills per set which ranked 11th in the WCC … within the first eight games, posted three double-doubles (vs. SJSU Aug. 27, vs. Portland State Aug. 28, and at Auburn Sep. 12) … set career-high with 23 kills against Pepperdine (Sep. 25) … on defense had 140 digs and recorded 25 total blocks … with 31 total service aces, she averaged 0.34 aces per set … a WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention.
2020 | First Year At Santa Clara
Tulino had an impressive collegiate debut in the shortened spring season … named to the WCC All-Freshman Team and was All-WCC Honorable Mention … playing in all 18 matches, she recorded 225 kills averaging 3.52 kills per set, both the ninth-best in the WCC … at the service line, the freshman led the team and led the conference with 28 service aces, averaging 0.44 aces per set … in 15 of 18 matches had double-digit kills with a season-high 20 against Portland (Mar. 4) … had double-digit digs in three matches (vs. Portland Mar. 9, at SMC Mar. 18, and vs. Pepperdine Apr. 3) which were all double-doubles … recorded her first collegiate start against San Diego (Feb. 16) where she had 15 kills and a career-high five aces.
High School and Personal: Born in San Francisco, Calif. ... parents are Anna and Raphael Tulino ... both parents played collegiate volleyball at Cal State Northridge where they were both All-Americans, and Anna also played at Regis University ... younger sister, Emily, plays volleyball at Seattle Pacific University and the two live together in 2024 ... as a high school senior in 2019 received several honors including PrepVolleyball.com Honorable Mention All-America and CIF All-San Diego Section First Team ... led team to the CIF State Tournament Division I semifinals with a 31-15 record ... was named 2019 La Costa Canyon Female Fall Athlete of the Year ... earned the AP Scholar Award in 2019 ... in 2018 led her team to the CIF State Tournament Division I second round ... as a freshman, helped her team reach the CIF San Diego Section Open Division finals and CIF State Tournament Open Division qualifiers ... had 1,216 career kills in high school ... team captain for two years … National Honor Society from 2018-20 ... played club at WAVE Volleyball Club.
CSC Academic All District Team (2023)
WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll Silver Honors (2022-23)
WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll Bronze Honors (2021-22)
3x WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention (2021, 2022, 2023)
Athletic Honors
2x All-WCC Honorable Mention (2020, 2023)
2020 All-WCC Freshman Team
Joined the Huskies in 2024 as a grad transfer after four seasons at Santa Clara ... pursuing her Masters of Public Health at UW after majoring in Public Health at Santa Clara, with a minor in Spanish ... at SCU, played in 99 career matches and racked up 942 career kills averaging 2.92 kills per set and 3.45 points per set ... also comes to UW with career totals of 448 digs, 116 aces, and 102 blocks ... received the Santa Clara Carroll Williams Award in 2024
2024 | Fifth-Year Senior
Appeared in nine matches and 19 sets in her one season as a Dawg, starting two matches ... made first start of the season at No. 21 USC on 11/3, earning 5 kills, 8 digs, and 2 aces ... saw first extended action in the win over Maryland (10/26) and responded with 9 kills on 19 swings without an error to hit .474 ... had 1 kill on 3 swings in the loss to No. 2 Nebraska (11/9) ... season debut against Pepperdine on 9/20, earning 1 kill and 1 dig
2023 | Fourth Year At Santa Clara
Closed out her time with the Broncos playing in 24 matches and leading the team in kills with 261 … named All-WCC Honorable Mention for the second time and first since her freshman year … averaged 3.11 kills per set which was the seventh highest in the WCC and a career-high … three matches with exactly 20 kills (vs. Cal Baptist Aug. 25, vs. Notre Dame Sep. 2, vs. Bakersfield Sep. 9), and had 15 matches with double-digit kills … ranked second in the WCC with 0.38 aces per set and had 32 total for the season … recorded 108 digs, with a season-high 10 at Gonzaga (Oct. 26) where she had 11 kills for a double-double … a WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention.
2022 | Third Year At Santa Clara
Played in 30 matches and in 84 sets … third on the team with 181 kills, averaging 2.15 per set … her season-high 13 kills at Pacific (Sep. 27) was one of the five double-digit kill games … season-high digs was 12 against Portland (Oct. 13) … tallied 30 total blocks and 25 service aces throughout the season … earned WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention.
2021 | Second Year At Santa Clara
Played in all 27 matches (91 sets) and finished with 275 kills averaging 3.02 kills per set which ranked 11th in the WCC … within the first eight games, posted three double-doubles (vs. SJSU Aug. 27, vs. Portland State Aug. 28, and at Auburn Sep. 12) … set career-high with 23 kills against Pepperdine (Sep. 25) … on defense had 140 digs and recorded 25 total blocks … with 31 total service aces, she averaged 0.34 aces per set … a WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention.
2020 | First Year At Santa Clara
Tulino had an impressive collegiate debut in the shortened spring season … named to the WCC All-Freshman Team and was All-WCC Honorable Mention … playing in all 18 matches, she recorded 225 kills averaging 3.52 kills per set, both the ninth-best in the WCC … at the service line, the freshman led the team and led the conference with 28 service aces, averaging 0.44 aces per set … in 15 of 18 matches had double-digit kills with a season-high 20 against Portland (Mar. 4) … had double-digit digs in three matches (vs. Portland Mar. 9, at SMC Mar. 18, and vs. Pepperdine Apr. 3) which were all double-doubles … recorded her first collegiate start against San Diego (Feb. 16) where she had 15 kills and a career-high five aces.
High School and Personal: Born in San Francisco, Calif. ... parents are Anna and Raphael Tulino ... both parents played collegiate volleyball at Cal State Northridge where they were both All-Americans, and Anna also played at Regis University ... younger sister, Emily, plays volleyball at Seattle Pacific University and the two live together in 2024 ... as a high school senior in 2019 received several honors including PrepVolleyball.com Honorable Mention All-America and CIF All-San Diego Section First Team ... led team to the CIF State Tournament Division I semifinals with a 31-15 record ... was named 2019 La Costa Canyon Female Fall Athlete of the Year ... earned the AP Scholar Award in 2019 ... in 2018 led her team to the CIF State Tournament Division I second round ... as a freshman, helped her team reach the CIF San Diego Section Open Division finals and CIF State Tournament Open Division qualifiers ... had 1,216 career kills in high school ... team captain for two years … National Honor Society from 2018-20 ... played club at WAVE Volleyball Club.
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