2022-23 Beach Volleyball Roster
Roster
Sinclair, Mary

Jersey Number 24
Mary Sinclair
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Ventura, Calif.
- High School:
- Ventura
- Prev School:
- Pepperdine
Bio
Joined the Beach Dawgs after three seasons at Pepperdine, including two years starting for the ranked Waves team.
2022-23 (As A Senior)
A big contributor to UW’s top-20 season in her one year as a Dawg, going 18-17 in dual matches along with a 14-5 fall record … in dual play, went 14-7 with Teagan DeFalco all at the No. 4 spot, was 1-7 with Paloma Bowman (0-6 at No. 3 and 1-1 at No. 4), was 0-1 with Maeve Griffin at No. 4, and was 3-2 with Hannah Yerex, all at the No. 5 position.
Partnered With DeFalco: First big win as a duo came over No. 4 UCLA’s Van Winkle/Greene-Agnew, a 21-19, 21-17 win in the close 2-3 Husky loss … went 5-0 at the Husky Invitational with wins over Portland, Oregon and Boise State … a huge 35-33, 16-21, 15-12 win over 20th-ranked Pepperdine’s No. 4 duo of Campbell/Perex in a 3-2 win … closed out the year with a huge final win, beating No. 3 USC’s duo of Showalter/Rasnick-Pope, 21-23, 21-14, 15-13 … had close three set losses against the likes of No. 5 LSU, No. 9 Cal, and No. 5 LMU … in the fall played one match together, a 23-21, 21-14 win over Arizona’s Kost/Shannon at West Coast Pairs.
Partnered With Bowman: Had a three-set win over Oregon’s Schroedger/George at the No. 4 spot on Mar. 5 … had three losses in third sets against Top-20 ranked squads … went 11-3 during the fall, making the Alki Pairs tourney silver division final, and getting four wins at the Arizona Fall Classic.
Partnered With Sinclair: Dropped a 21-18, 21-18 match to Oregon’s Schroeder/George on Mar. 10.
Partnered With Yerex: A dominant win over O’Neal/Miller of Texas, getting a 21-1 first set win then a 21-9 second set … also had wins over Nebraska and Spring Hill five pairs … a close 13-21, 21-15, 15-8 loss to No. 11 California’s No. 5 of Buchner/Martin … had a win in the fall at West Coast Pairs over Grand Canyon’s Broadway/Edler, 23-21, 21-9.
2022 (As A Junior At Pepperdine)
A dual record of 12-11 for the Waves as the team went 22-12 overall and finished the season ranked 17th nationally … was 6-4 at the No. 3 spot, 6-6 at the No. 4 position, and 0-1 at No. 5 … a 5-2 record with Juju Quintero and a 7-9 mark with Kate Clermont … finished the season in the No. 4 spot as Pepperdine advanced to the WCC finals … a huge win with Claremont over Florida State’s Johnson/Long, 16-21, 21-19, 15-13, in a 3-2 victory over the 4th-ranked Seminoles … won a key 21-18, 21-12 match at No. 3 with Clermont in a 3-2 Waves win over No. 14 Long Beach State.
2021 (As A Sophomore At Pepperdine)
Played in all 31 matches for the Waves in her sophomore campaign, seeing action in the No. 3, 4 and 5 positions … went 13-18 overall, including a 5-1 record in the No. 3 position, a 7-17 record in the No. 4 position and a 1-0 record in the No. 5 position … posted a 4-4 record alongside partner Gracie Pedersen and a 5-1 output with Sutton Mactavish … opened the season with a three-set win over eventual national champion USC’s Joy Dennis and Delaynie Maple, coming back from 19-21 first set loss to win the next two 21-18 and 17-15 alongside Jordan Benoit.
2020 (At Pepperdine; Season Shortened By Covid-19)
Played in three duals for the Waves as a freshman in the No. 5 position, going 0-3 … also won two matches in the exhibition slot alongside Michaela Kasper … season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
High School and Personal: Born in Ventura, Calif. … daughter of Susan and Bruce Sinclair … has two siblings Annie and Charlie … cousin Ben Hallock played on the Olympic Water Polo Team … lettered four seasons as an indoor volleyball setter, outside hitter and opposite … named MVP for Ventura HS Varsity and the Royale Tournament in her junior season … named All-Tournament at the SLO Tournament and was a Channel League first team honoree as well as a team captain her junior campaign … earned All-Tournament for the Tournament of Champions and won CIF for Channel League in 2016 … in her freshman season, named Rookie of the Season and was one of the only freshmen to start on varsity … Graduated Magna Cum Laude and was on the honor roll all four years of high school … played for Valley Girls Beach Volleyball Club from 015-19, LAVA in 2016, Blue Crush in 2015 and Channel Islands in 2013-14 … won the Pacific Northwest Tournament with LAVA in 2016 and helped Valley Girls win BVCA in 2017 … played for USA A2 2016.
CAREER RECORD
2022-23 (As A Senior)
A big contributor to UW’s top-20 season in her one year as a Dawg, going 18-17 in dual matches along with a 14-5 fall record … in dual play, went 14-7 with Teagan DeFalco all at the No. 4 spot, was 1-7 with Paloma Bowman (0-6 at No. 3 and 1-1 at No. 4), was 0-1 with Maeve Griffin at No. 4, and was 3-2 with Hannah Yerex, all at the No. 5 position.
Partnered With DeFalco: First big win as a duo came over No. 4 UCLA’s Van Winkle/Greene-Agnew, a 21-19, 21-17 win in the close 2-3 Husky loss … went 5-0 at the Husky Invitational with wins over Portland, Oregon and Boise State … a huge 35-33, 16-21, 15-12 win over 20th-ranked Pepperdine’s No. 4 duo of Campbell/Perex in a 3-2 win … closed out the year with a huge final win, beating No. 3 USC’s duo of Showalter/Rasnick-Pope, 21-23, 21-14, 15-13 … had close three set losses against the likes of No. 5 LSU, No. 9 Cal, and No. 5 LMU … in the fall played one match together, a 23-21, 21-14 win over Arizona’s Kost/Shannon at West Coast Pairs.
Partnered With Bowman: Had a three-set win over Oregon’s Schroedger/George at the No. 4 spot on Mar. 5 … had three losses in third sets against Top-20 ranked squads … went 11-3 during the fall, making the Alki Pairs tourney silver division final, and getting four wins at the Arizona Fall Classic.
Partnered With Sinclair: Dropped a 21-18, 21-18 match to Oregon’s Schroeder/George on Mar. 10.
Partnered With Yerex: A dominant win over O’Neal/Miller of Texas, getting a 21-1 first set win then a 21-9 second set … also had wins over Nebraska and Spring Hill five pairs … a close 13-21, 21-15, 15-8 loss to No. 11 California’s No. 5 of Buchner/Martin … had a win in the fall at West Coast Pairs over Grand Canyon’s Broadway/Edler, 23-21, 21-9.
2022 (As A Junior At Pepperdine)
A dual record of 12-11 for the Waves as the team went 22-12 overall and finished the season ranked 17th nationally … was 6-4 at the No. 3 spot, 6-6 at the No. 4 position, and 0-1 at No. 5 … a 5-2 record with Juju Quintero and a 7-9 mark with Kate Clermont … finished the season in the No. 4 spot as Pepperdine advanced to the WCC finals … a huge win with Claremont over Florida State’s Johnson/Long, 16-21, 21-19, 15-13, in a 3-2 victory over the 4th-ranked Seminoles … won a key 21-18, 21-12 match at No. 3 with Clermont in a 3-2 Waves win over No. 14 Long Beach State.
2021 (As A Sophomore At Pepperdine)
Played in all 31 matches for the Waves in her sophomore campaign, seeing action in the No. 3, 4 and 5 positions … went 13-18 overall, including a 5-1 record in the No. 3 position, a 7-17 record in the No. 4 position and a 1-0 record in the No. 5 position … posted a 4-4 record alongside partner Gracie Pedersen and a 5-1 output with Sutton Mactavish … opened the season with a three-set win over eventual national champion USC’s Joy Dennis and Delaynie Maple, coming back from 19-21 first set loss to win the next two 21-18 and 17-15 alongside Jordan Benoit.
2020 (At Pepperdine; Season Shortened By Covid-19)
Played in three duals for the Waves as a freshman in the No. 5 position, going 0-3 … also won two matches in the exhibition slot alongside Michaela Kasper … season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
High School and Personal: Born in Ventura, Calif. … daughter of Susan and Bruce Sinclair … has two siblings Annie and Charlie … cousin Ben Hallock played on the Olympic Water Polo Team … lettered four seasons as an indoor volleyball setter, outside hitter and opposite … named MVP for Ventura HS Varsity and the Royale Tournament in her junior season … named All-Tournament at the SLO Tournament and was a Channel League first team honoree as well as a team captain her junior campaign … earned All-Tournament for the Tournament of Champions and won CIF for Channel League in 2016 … in her freshman season, named Rookie of the Season and was one of the only freshmen to start on varsity … Graduated Magna Cum Laude and was on the honor roll all four years of high school … played for Valley Girls Beach Volleyball Club from 015-19, LAVA in 2016, Blue Crush in 2015 and Channel Islands in 2013-14 … won the Pacific Northwest Tournament with LAVA in 2016 and helped Valley Girls win BVCA in 2017 … played for USA A2 2016.
CAREER RECORD
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