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Julia Sangiacomo

2 Julia Sangiacomo

  • Height:
    6-5
  • Year:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Sonoma, Calif.
  • High School:
    Justin-Siena High School
  • Position:
    Outside Hitter
m 27
k/s 3.74
h % .231
a/s 0.11
b/s 0.38
sa/s 0.31
d/s 2.21

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

PERSONAL

  • Fourth-generation Bronco (parents, grandparents, great-grandparents attended Santa Clara)
  • Finished high school with a 4.5 GPA
Recent Games
Nov 5 at San Francisco W, 3-1
Nov 11 Gonzaga W, 3-0
Nov 13 Portland
Nov 18 at Loyola Marymount W, 3-1
Nov 20 at Pepperdine L, 3-0
Nov 23 at Pacific W, 3-1
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 27 17
Sets 100 65
Kills 374 238
Kills per set 3.74 3.66
Errors 137 88
Total Attacks 1025 646
Total Attacks per set 10.25 9.94
Hitting Percentage .231 .232
Assists 11 8
Assists per set 0.11 0.12
Service Aces 31 15
Service Errors 58 29
Service Aces per set 0.31 0.23
Receptions 342 202
Reception Errors 21 11
Digs 221 145
Digs per set 2.21 2.23
Block Solo 5 5
Block Assist 33 24
Block Total 38 29
Blocks per set 0.38 0.45
Block Errors 4 2
Ball Handling Errors 2 2
Points 426.5 270.0
Points per set 4.3 4.2
Matches started 12 12
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 27 vs. San José State L, 3-1 - 3 14 4 39 .256 0 1 2 10 1 8 0 0 1 0 0 15.0
Aug 27 at No. 14 Oregon L, 3-0 - 2 5 5 20 .000 0 1 3 15 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Aug 28 vs. Portland State L, 3-1 - 4 19 6 51 .255 1 1 1 20 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 20.0
Sep 3 vs. Nevada W, 3-0 - 3 11 0 21 .524 0 2 4 9 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 13.5
Sep 4 at UC Davis L, 3-1 - 4 12 4 41 .195 1 0 4 23 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
Sep 10 vs. South Carolina W, 3-1 - 4 20 6 47 .298 1 4 3 9 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 24.0
Sep 11 vs. Clemson W, 3-1 - 4 8 5 31 .097 0 5 3 9 0 11 0 1 0 1 0 13.5
Sep 12 at Auburn L, 3-2 - 5 25 10 62 .242 0 2 5 5 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 27.0
Sep 16 at Boise State L, 3-0 - 3 11 4 40 .175 0 0 3 27 5 6 0 1 1 1 0 11.5
Sep 17 vs. Oregon State W, 3-0 - 3 11 5 27 .222 0 0 1 13 0 7 0 5 0 5 0 13.5
Sep 23 Loyola Marymount L, 3-1 1 4 16 5 35 .314 0 2 1 27 3 9 1 1 0 2 0 19.5
Sep 25 Pepperdine L, 3-2 1 5 12 8 43 .093 0 0 2 17 0 10 0 2 0 2 1 13.0
Sep 28 at Saint Mary's L, 3-2 1 5 16 10 43 .140 0 2 1 26 2 8 0 1 0 1 0 18.5
Sep 30 BYU L, 3-0 1 3 7 5 23 .087 1 1 2 22 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Oct 2 San Diego L, 3-1 1 4 18 7 52 .212 0 2 3 10 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 20.5
Oct 9 San Francisco W, 3-0 1 3 9 4 25 .200 0 0 1 5 0 2 0 3 1 3 0 10.5
Oct 14 at Portland W, 3-2 - 5 13 5 43 .186 0 2 2 8 0 11 0 1 0 1 1 15.5
Oct 16 at Gonzaga W, 3-0 - 3 10 5 29 .172 0 1 0 6 0 11 1 1 0 2 0 12.5
Oct 21 Pacific W, 3-1 1 4 17 2 42 .357 1 0 3 4 0 15 0 1 1 1 0 17.5
Oct 23 Saint Mary's L, 3-2 1 5 16 6 50 .200 2 3 2 8 2 7 0 1 0 1 0 19.5
Oct 28 at San Diego L, 3-0 - 3 14 6 37 .216 0 0 1 8 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 14.0
Oct 30 at BYU L, 3-0 - 3 15 5 42 .238 1 0 1 9 1 6 0 1 0 1 0 15.5
Nov 5 at San Francisco W, 3-1 1 4 18 3 54 .278 0 0 1 16 0 14 2 0 0 2 0 20.0
Nov 11 Gonzaga W, 3-0 1 3 13 1 24 .500 1 1 2 4 0 6 0 2 0 2 0 15.0
Nov 13 Portland   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 18 at Loyola Marymount W, 3-1 - 4 19 4 33 .455 2 0 1 14 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 20.0
Nov 20 at Pepperdine L, 3-0 1 3 12 7 36 .139 0 0 3 10 0 7 0 3 0 3 0 13.5
Nov 23 at Pacific W, 3-1 1 4 13 5 35 .229 0 1 3 8 0 13 0 6 0 6 0 17.0
  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 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
Conference 17 65 238 3.66 88 646 .232 8 0.12 15 0.23 202 11 145 2.23 5 24 29 0.45 270.0 4.2
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Home 8 31 108 3.48 38 294 .238 5 0.16 9 0.29 97 6 63 2.03 1 11 12 0.39 123.5 4.0
Away 13 48 183 3.81 73 515 .214 4 0.08 9 0.19 175 12 112 2.33 4 15 19 0.40 203.5 4.2
Neutral 6 21 83 3.95 26 216 .264 2 0.10 13 0.62 70 3 46 2.19 0 7 7 0.33 99.5 4.7
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Wins 12 44 162 3.68 45 411 .285 5 0.11 16 0.36 105 1 107 2.43 4 21 25 0.57 192.5 4.4
Losses 15 56 212 3.79 92 614 .195 6 0.11 15 0.27 237 20 114 2.04 1 12 13 0.23 234.0 4.2
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August 3 9 38 4.22 15 110 .209 1 0.11 3 0.33 45 3 19 2.11 0 0 0 0.00 41.0 4.6
September 11 43 149 3.47 62 413 .211 3 0.07 18 0.42 187 13 89 2.07 1 13 14 0.33 174.5 4.1
October 8 30 112 3.73 40 320 .225 4 0.13 8 0.27 58 4 68 2.27 1 9 10 0.33 125.5 4.2
November 5 18 75 4.17 20 182 .302 3 0.17 2 0.11 52 1 45 2.50 3 11 14 0.78 85.5 4.8
Julia Sangiacomo action photo 1
  • Santa Clara vs. San Jose St.
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  • Santa Clara vs. San Jose St.
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  • Santa Clara vs. San Jose St.
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  • Santa Clara vs. Portland St.
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  • Santa Clara vs. Portland St.
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  • Santa Clara vs. Portland St.
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  • Loyola Marymount vs. Santa Clara
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  • Loyola Marymount vs. Santa Clara
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  • Loyola Marymount vs. Santa Clara
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  • Pepperdine vs. Santa Clara
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  • Pepperdine vs. Santa Clara
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  • Brigham Young vs. Santa Clara
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  • San Diego vs. Santa Clara
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  • San Diego vs. Santa Clara
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  • Pacific vs. Santa Clara
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  • Pacific vs. Santa Clara
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  • Pacific vs. Santa Clara
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  • Gonzaga vs. Santa Clara
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  • Gonzaga vs. Santa Clara
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  • Gonzaga vs. Santa Clara
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  • Gonzaga vs. Santa Clara
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  • Gonzaga vs. Santa Clara