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UC San Diego

2023 Women's Volleyball Roster

1 Dana Branavets

  • Position Libero
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown San Diego, Calif.
  • High School Del Norte HS
  • Last College Boise State
  • Major Human Developmental Sciences
  • College Muir

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
At Boise State: Academic All-Mountain West (2022)…Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2023)
 
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2023
Appeared in 19 matches, making four starts…Averaged 1.88 digs per set…Recorded 192 service receptions with a .932 reception percentage…Made her Triton debut against Fresno State (Aug. 25)…Recorded a season-best 13 digs at Gonzaga (Sept. 2)…Tallied three aces against Air Force (Sept. 1).

AT PREVIOUS SCHOOL (2022)
Attended Boise State as a freshman in 2022…Primarily played outside hitter for the Broncos…Academic All-Mountain West...MW Scholar-Athlete (3.5 or better cumulative GPA)…Saw action in all 29 contests and recorded 15 starts...25 service aces (4th team), .961 serve-receive percentage (1st team) on 308 receptions, 156 digs (5th team)…one match with double-figure kills, five contests with double-digit digs...Collegiate debut as a starter in the season-opening win over Saint Mary's (Aug. 26) tallying two kills and 11 digs...recorded career-highs for kills with 11 and points with 13.5 in win over North Texas (Sept. 16)...career-high 12 digs came in win at Idaho State (Sept. 5). 

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2022 graduate of Del Norte High School...Palomar League MVP as a junior...three-time all-league honoree...team captain as senior...four-time Scholar-Athlete Award...four-year starter on the Nighthawks' varsity team...helped team to two conference titles and one second-place finish...DNHS advanced to the CIF section final three times and semifinal once...as a senior averaged 3.1 kills per set, 0.8 blocks and 2.5 digs.
 
CLUB
Played club ball for the COAST Volleyball Club of San Diego...competed for seven years for the club under coach Said Souikane...spring 2022 her team won two PVL tournaments going a combined 14-0 (7-0 at each)...team earned two berths to the 2022 Junior Olympics in April by taking second at the Salt Lake City Qualifier and third at the SoCal Qualifier.
 
PERSONAL
Born on March 24 in Minsk, Belarus...immigrated to the United States when she was 10…Has one younger sister, Emily…Her grandfather was a boxer for the USSR National Team…Majoring in human developmental sciences at Muir College…Plans to pursue a career in pediatrics…Loves anything related to health and wellness and in her spare time she enjoys researching and trying new things to improve her overall well-being…Roots for any USA national team, unless it’s U.S. men’s volleyball vs. France men’s volleyball and then she roots for France…Favorite athlete is Earvin N’Gapeth…Favorite movie is Clueless…Listens to the Arctic Monkeys…Favorite food is sushi…Speaks fluent Russian.

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