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Julia Sangiacomo

2 Julia Sangiacomo

  • Height:
    6-5
  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Sonoma, Calif.
  • High School:
    Justin-Siena High School
  • Position:
    Outside Hitter
m 32
k/s 4.20
h % .292
a/s 0.16
b/s 0.63
sa/s 0.27
d/s 2.08

WCC All-Academic First Team (2020)

WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll Gold Honors (3.75-4.0 cumulative GPA) (2020)

AS A JUNIOR (2021) 

  • Played in all 27 matches, starting in 12 of them, and played in 100 out of 102 sets
  • Season stats: 374 kills averaging 3.74 kills per set, 31 service aces, 38 blocks, and 221 digs
  • Season-high 25 kills and season-high 18 digs vs Auburn (Sept 12) 
  • Had 23 matches with more than 10 kills and 11 with 15 or more
  • Had eight matches with 10 or more digs
  • Finished the season with 7 double-doubles 
  • Season high .500 hitting percentage vs Gonzaga (Nov 11) leading the team to a 3-0 win
  • 11 Game streak with over 10 kills per match to end the season

 

AS A SOPHOMORE (2020)*

  • Started all 18 matches and played in 64 of 65 sets
  • AVCA Pacific North All-Region
  • First Team All-WCC
  • Led Santa Clara in kills/set (4.19, 2nd WCC, 39th NCAA), total kills (268, 5th WCC, 81st NCAA), points/set (4.75, 2nd WCC, 37th NCAA) and total points (304, 5th WCC, 77th NCAA)
  • Additional season stats: .215 hitting percentage, 143 digs (2nd SCU), 2.23 digs/set (2nd SCU) 28 total blocks (2 solo, 26 assists), 0.57 blocks/set, 21 aces (2nd SCU), 0.33 aces/set (2nd SCU)
  • Helped SCU lead the WCC in aces/set (1.75, 24th NCAA) and total aces (114, 33rd NCAA)
  • 10-plus kills 16 times, 20-plus kills two times, 10-plus digs five times, multiple aces six times, team-high four double-doubles alongside Michelle Shaffer
  • Recorded 10-plus kills in 13 straight matches to start the season
  • Career-high 27 kills and a season-high 17 digs vs. Portland (March 8)
  • Season-high .375 hitting percentage (15 K/3 E/31 TA) in a sweep win vs. Portland (March 9)
  • Season-high 4.0 total blocks twice - in a sweep win vs. Pacific (Feb. 24) and vs. Portland (March 8)
  • WCC All-Academic First Team
  • WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll Gold Honors (3.75-4.0 cumulative GPA)
  • AVCA Team Academic Award

* = Season played in Spring 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic, does not count toward NCAA eligibility

USA Volleyball Women's Collegiate National Team – Anaheim Invite (March 2020)

FRESHMAN (2019)

  • Played in all 33 matches and 119 of 124 sets
  • Second Team All-WCC
  • WCC All-Freshman Team
  • AVCA Team Academic Award
  • Led the WCC with 492.5 points (4.14/set, led SCU/2nd WCC)
  • Led SCU and finished second in the WCC with 411 kills (3.45/set, led SCU/4th WCC)
  • Season stats: .213 hitting percentage, 275 digs, 77 total blocks (8 solo, 69 assists), 39 aces (2nd SCU)
  • 10+ kills 24 times, 20+ kills two times, hit .400 or better four times, 10+ digs eight times, multiple aces 11 times, 5+ blocks four times
  • Six double-doubles
  • WCC Player of the Week (Sept. 2, 2019)
  • Indiana Invitational All-Tournament Team
  • Fresno State Invitational All-Tournament Team
  • Hit .391 with 12 kills and seven digs in her Bronco debut, a season-opening sweep of Florida International at the Indiana Invitational (Aug. 30)
  • Recorded at least 11 kills in each of her first six matches as a Bronco to help the team start 6-0 (Aug. 30-Sept. 6)
  • Career-high five aces in a four-set win over Marshall at the Indiana Invitational (Aug. 31)
  • Career-high 22 kills at Denver (Sept. 20)
  • Career-high eight blocks in a four-set win over San Francisco (Oct. 4)
  • Career-high 18 digs in a four-set win at Saint Mary’s (Oct. 24)
  • Career-high .463 hitting percentage with 21 kills in a five-set win at Long Beach State in the first round of the NIVC (Dec. 4)

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Graduated from Justin-Siena High School (Napa, California) in 2019
  • Four-year varsity letter winner for the Braves in volleyball; team captain as a junior and senior (2017, 2018)
  • Three-Time Napa County Player of the Year (2016, 2017, 2018)
  • Recorded more than 1,000 career kills
  • 2018 Vine Valley Athletic League Champion
  • 2018 VVAL MVP
  • 2017 First Team All-Marin County Athletic League
  • 2017 MaxPreps California Small Schools Second Team All-State
  • 2016 Second Team All-MCAL
  • 2015 PrepVolleyball Freshman 59

CLUB

  • Played for Absolute Volleyball Club
  • 2017 USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championships All-Tournament Team

GET TO KNOW JULIA:

  • Fourth-generation Bronco (parents, grandparents, great-grandparents attended Santa Clara)
  • Finished high school with a 4.5 GPA
Recent Games
Nov 10 at Gonzaga W, 3-2
Nov 12 at Portland W, 3-2
Nov 18 San Francisco W, 3-0
Nov 22 at Saint Mary's W, 3-1
Dec 2 at Portland State W, 3-1
Dec 3 vs. Pacific L, 3-1
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 32 18
Sets 113 63
Kills 475 253
Kills per set 4.20 4.02
Errors 144 78
Total Attacks 1132 636
Hitting Percentage .292 .275
Assists 18 8
Assists per set 0.16 0.13
Service Aces 30 18
Service Errors 51 29
Service Aces per set 0.27 0.29
Receptions 362 225
Reception Errors 29 20
Digs 235 133
Digs per set 2.08 2.11
Block Solo 13 10
Block Assist 58 32
Block Total 71 42
Blocks per set 0.63 0.67
Block Errors 1 1
Ball Handling Errors 2 1
Points 547.0 297.0
Points per set 4.8 4.7
Matches started 32 18
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 26 vs. Chattanooga W, 3-0 1 3 15 4 32 .344 0 0 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 15.0
Aug 27 vs. Troy L, 3-2 1 5 17 2 35 .429 1 0 1 9 1 9 0 3 0 3 0 18.5
Aug 27 at Georgia L, 3-0 1 3 12 3 25 .360 1 0 4 13 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
Sep 2 vs. Wyoming W, 3-1 1 4 26 7 48 .396 2 2 2 6 0 7 0 1 0 1 0 28.5
Sep 3 vs. Idaho W, 3-0 1 2 6 3 12 .250 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 1 0 2 0 7.5
Sep 4 at Grand Canyon L, 3-0 1 3 5 2 18 .167 0 1 1 12 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 7.0
Sep 9 Oklahoma L, 3-0 1 3 20 6 39 .359 1 0 2 7 0 10 0 1 0 1 0 20.5
Sep 10 Fresno State L, 3-0 1 3 15 5 26 .385 2 0 1 10 1 8 0 1 0 1 0 15.5
Sep 11 Tulane L, 3-2 1 5 27 5 57 .386 1 1 1 9 2 12 0 3 0 3 0 29.5
Sep 16 vs. Cal Poly L, 3-0 1 3 11 6 28 .179 1 3 1 13 0 7 0 4 0 4 0 16.0
Sep 16 vs. Tarleton St. W, 3-1 1 4 20 4 48 .333 1 2 0 8 0 7 0 5 0 5 0 24.5
Sep 17 at Northern Colorado L, 3-1 1 4 18 9 42 .214 0 2 2 11 0 8 0 2 0 2 0 21.0
Sep 23 at San Francisco W, 3-0 1 3 13 4 34 .265 0 5 1 3 0 5 4 0 0 4 0 22.0
Sep 27 at Pacific W, 3-1 1 4 17 3 39 .359 0 0 1 12 2 12 1 2 0 3 0 19.0
Sep 29 Loyola Marymount L, 3-0 1 3 14 12 32 .063 2 0 0 15 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 14.0
Oct 1 Pepperdine L, 3-1 1 4 15 4 32 .344 1 0 3 17 0 9 0 1 1 1 0 15.5
Oct 6 at BYU L, 3-0 1 3 10 2 30 .267 0 0 2 9 2 4 0 4 0 4 0 12.0
Oct 8 at San Diego L, 3-0 1 2 4 3 19 .053 0 0 3 6 3 4 0 2 0 2 0 5.0
Oct 13 Portland W, 3-2 1 5 17 6 57 .193 1 1 2 1 1 7 0 4 0 4 0 20.0
Oct 15 Gonzaga W, 3-0 1 3 20 3 33 .515 1 3 2 1 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 23.5
Oct 20 Pacific L, 3-1 1 4 21 4 47 .362 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 22.0
Oct 22 Saint Mary's L, 3-0 1 3 14 4 38 .263 1 2 2 4 1 11 0 4 0 4 0 18.0
Oct 27 at Pepperdine L, 3-0 1 3 11 3 33 .242 0 0 1 7 1 7 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Oct 29 at Loyola Marymount L, 3-0 1 3 8 4 22 .182 0 0 1 16 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 9.0
Nov 3 San Diego L, 3-0 1 3 12 5 36 .194 0 1 1 25 1 2 0 3 0 3 0 14.5
Nov 5 BYU L, 3-0 1 3 7 4 28 .107 0 0 1 17 1 6 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Nov 10 at Gonzaga W, 3-2 1 5 23 5 44 .409 1 0 2 22 1 18 1 0 0 1 0 24.0
Nov 12 at Portland W, 3-2 1 5 17 6 45 .244 0 3 1 35 1 10 3 2 0 5 0 24.0
Nov 18 San Francisco W, 3-0 1 3 7 2 25 .200 0 0 1 9 2 6 0 2 0 2 0 8.0
Nov 22 at Saint Mary's W, 3-1 1 4 23 4 42 .452 1 3 2 26 1 9 0 3 0 3 0 27.5
Dec 2 at Portland State W, 3-1 1 4 17 5 49 .245 0 1 4 21 2 12 1 3 0 4 0 20.5
Dec 3 vs. Pacific L, 3-1 1 4 13 5 37 .216 0 0 2 13 3 5 0 1 0 1 1 13.5
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2019-20 33 119 411 3.45 154 1209 .213 13 0.11 39 0.33 654 40 275 2.31 8 69 77 0.65 492.5 4.1
2020-21 18 64 268 4.19 108 744 .215 13 0.20 21 0.33 362 15 143 2.23 2 26 28 0.44 304.0 4.8
2021-22 27 100 374 3.74 137 1025 .231 11 0.11 31 0.31 342 21 221 2.21 5 33 38 0.38 426.5 4.3
2022-23 32 113 475 4.20 144 1132 .292 18 0.16 30 0.27 362 29 235 2.08 13 58 71 0.63 547.0 4.8
Total 110 396 1528 3.86 543 4110 .240 55 0.14 121 0.31 1720 105 874 2.21 28 186 214 0.54 1770.0 4.5
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Total 32 113 475 4.20 144 1132 .292 18 0.16 30 0.27 362 29 235 2.08 13 58 71 0.63 547.0 4.8
Conference 18 63 253 4.02 78 636 .275 8 0.13 18 0.29 225 20 133 2.11 10 32 42 0.67 297.0 4.7
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Home 12 42 189 4.50 60 450 .287 10 0.24 8 0.19 115 11 87 2.07 0 23 23 0.55 208.5 5.0
Away 13 46 178 3.87 53 442 .283 3 0.07 15 0.33 193 14 104 2.26 12 20 32 0.70 215.0 4.7
Neutral 7 25 108 4.32 31 240 .321 5 0.20 7 0.28 54 4 44 1.76 1 15 16 0.64 123.5 4.9
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Wins 13 49 221 4.51 56 508 .325 7 0.14 20 0.41 149 10 110 2.24 11 24 35 0.71 264.0 5.4
Losses 19 64 254 3.97 88 624 .266 11 0.17 10 0.16 213 19 125 1.95 2 34 36 0.56 283.0 4.4
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August 3 11 44 4.00 9 92 .380 2 0.18 0 0.00 26 1 16 1.45 0 4 4 0.36 46.0 4.2
September 12 41 192 4.68 66 423 .298 10 0.24 16 0.39 107 7 89 2.17 7 20 27 0.66 225.0 5.5
October 9 30 120 4.00 33 311 .280 4 0.13 6 0.20 61 9 62 2.07 1 19 20 0.67 136.5 4.5
November 6 23 89 3.87 26 220 .286 2 0.09 7 0.30 134 7 51 2.22 4 11 15 0.65 105.5 4.6
December 2 8 30 3.75 10 86 .233 0 0.00 1 0.13 34 5 17 2.13 1 4 5 0.63 34.0 4.3