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2023 Volleyball Roster

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8 Yooni Park

  • Position DS/L
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • High School Cupertino
  • Hometown Cupertino, Calif.
  • School CC
  • Major Psychology

Biography

2023 (Senior): Played in 22 matches and 51 sets … Recorded a season-high of 22 digs and 8 assists against Virginia on 9/2/2023 … Scored 2 points and had 2 aces against Yale on 11/10/2023 … Registered 11 digs against Brown on 11/11/2023 … Finished the season with 89 digs, 16 assists, 7 aces, and 9.0 points.

2022 (Junior): Played in 18 matches and 43 sets … Had a season-high five digs, three aces and three points against Lafayette on 9/9/22 … Finished the season with 26 digs, eight aces and seven points.

2021 (Sophomore): Played in 15 out of 24 matches, starting three ... Finished with 27 digs, 0.77 digs per set, 14 assists, 0.40 assists per set, six points and 0.17 points per set ... Posted season highs in digs twice with seven in both matchups against Penn (Oct. 8/Nov. 13) ... Had season highs in assists with four at Cornell (Oct. 23) and at Princeton (Nov. 12).

2020 (First-Year): Season canceled (COVID-19).

High School: Four-year letterwinner in volleyball at Cupertino High School in Cupertino, California ... Played setter and libero freshman/sophomore year and moved to outside hitter for junior/senior years ... Owns two school records, digs (1,125) and assists (1,263) ... Finished senior year with 202 digs, 230 assists and 245 kills ... Had a career high 47 digs in a 2016 match ... Four-time First Team All-League ... High School Freshman Athlete of the Year (2016) ... Outstanding Freshman of the League (2016) ... Outstanding Sophomore of the League (2017) ... League MVP (2018) ... Three-time League Champions-CCS Qualification (2017-19) ... Spent time with the Red Rock Volleyball Club ... National Honor Society Honor Roll (2018-19) ... Scholar Athlete Award (2017-19).

Personal: Born, Yoonkyoung Park, on Jan. 18, 2002 in Seoul, South Korea ... Daughter of Jung ae Back ... Has one sibling, Kelly (21) ... Spent first few years living in America in Houston, Texas ... Grew up with dreams to become a Olympic Athlete ... Has visited 49 out of 50 states ... Received recruiting attention from fellow Ivy League program Dartmouth, along with UC Santa Barbara; UC Irvine and Swarthmore ... Went with Columbia because "I have always wanted to come to the East Coast for college, specifically New York City, and when I came for an official visit I absolutely fell in love" ... Plans on enrolling in Columbia College ... Intended major is Psychology.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2020First Year

    Defensive Specialist/Libero
    5'7"
    3
  • 2

    2021Sophomore

    Defensive Specialist/Libero
    5'7"
    2
  • 8

    2022Junior

    Defensive Specialist/Libero
    5'7"
    8
  • 8

    2023Senior

    Defensive Specialist/Libero
    5'7"
    8