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2023 Volleyball Roster

Sophia Rohling 2023 Headshot

20 Sophia Rohling

  • Position
    Opposite
  • Height
    6-3
  • Class
    Senior
  • Highschool
    Neodesha
  • Hometown
    Thayer, Kan.

Biography

2023 Senior
Finished her collegiate career with an outstanding senior season, entrenching herself as the premier opposite in the American Athletic Conference...named First Team All-Conference, the third All-Conference honor of her career and second First Team selection...set new career highs in kills (355), kills per set (2.98), points per set (3.36) and digs per set (0.86)...joined the 1,000 kill club, ending her career with 1,131 terminations...took her game to another level in conference play, leading all AAC opposites in hitting percentage (.302) and kill percentage (44.0%)...had 20 matches with double-digit kills, giving her 56 for her career...delivered a season-best 19 kills in Wichita State's win at Tulane on October 13...fired 18 kills on two occasions (October 20 vs. Tulsa and November 3 vs. North Texas)...recorded her first career double-double in a road win against Rice on November 17, racking up 14 kills and 10 digs...helped WSU advance to the NIVC semifinals with a season-high six blocks in a win over Drake on December 6...named to the AD Honor Roll in both the spring and fall semesters.

2022 Junior
Named Second Team All-Conference, her second career All-Conference selection...played in 27 matches and 98 sets, making 21 starts...missed four matches due to injury, but returned to post six double-digit kill matches over final 11 appearances...finished third on the team with 271 kills, a career best...hit .277, also a personal best...averaged 0.85 blocks per set, recording 83.0 rejections in total...opened the season with 20 kills at Wyoming on August 26...delivered the match-winning kill in the fifth set against Iowa State the following day...also had eight block assists against the Cyclones...set a new career high with three solo blocks against Northern Colorado on Sept. 2...racked up nine total blocks at East Carolina on Nov. 4 (two solo, seven assists)...hit .619 with 13 kills in home finale win vs. Cincinnati, most kills by a Shocker in 2022 without committing an attack error...named to the AD Honor Roll in both the spring and fall semesters....named to AAC All-Academic Team.

2021 Sophomore
Played in 27 matches and 96 sets...finished third on the team with 217 kills on 594 attacks, good for a .199 hitting percentage...reached double-digit kills 11 times, tied for the second-most on the team...fired a season-high 19 kills vs. Houston on Nov. 5, hitting .341...named to the American Weekly Honor Roll on Nov. 8...ended the season with three straight matches of 12 kills...tied career high with six blocks vs. Tulsa on Nov. 10 and at ECU on Nov. 21...finished fourth on the team with 57.0 total blocks...posted a career-best six digs vs. Kent State on Sept. 10...named to the AD Honor Roll in the fall semester...named to AAC All-Academic Team.

2021 Sophomore (Spring Season)*
Voted All-Conference First Team in The American...Played in all 17 matches, including 65 sets...Tallied a team-best 179 kills on 431 attempts with 67 errors for a .260 attacking percentage...Posted a career-high 27 kills on 58 swings vs. Memphis March 4...Hit a career-best .609 with 14 kills on 23 attempts and no errors vs. North Texas Feb. 4...Compiled a career-best seven blocks twice (at Missouri State, Jan. 24, and vs. Memphis, March 5)...Averaged a team-high 2.75 kills per set...Named to The American Weekly Honor Roll Feb. 8. 

*Season played in spring due to COVID-19 pandemic

2019 Freshman
Played in 24 matches and 69 sets...Hit .149 with 109 kills on 336 attempts and 59 errors, going along with seven service aces, 33 digs, one block solo and 37 block assists...Hit a career-high .360 with a career-best 13 kills at Temple Oct. 27...Had a career-high three service aces against SMU Nov. 8...Posted a career-best six block assists at UConn Oct. 25...Averaged 1.58 kills and 0.55 blocks per set...Selected to the AD's honor roll. 

High School
Four-year letterwinner and starter, and two-year team captain for head coach Jodi Stover at Neodesha High School…Named second team all-state as a senior…Was also a four-year first team all-conference honoree…Named team MVP as a sophomore, junior and senior…Compiled 359 kills, 204 assists, 36 block solos and 22 block assists her senior year…In her career, posted 1,116 kills, 698 assists and 251 blocks…First team Kansas Volleyball All-Academic Team honoree in 2016-17 and Kansas Volleyball All-Academic Honorable Mention in 2017-18…Her team was the 2018 Tri-Valley League Co-Champions and the 2015 Substate Champions…Was also a three-year letterwinner in basketball and was named first team all-league and honorable mention all-state as a junior…Was the Kansas Class 3A State High Jump Champion as a junior and set the school high jump record (5 feet, 6 inches) as a junior…Club: Played club volleyball for ShoMe (15s), Heartland (16s), Ravens Elite (18s) and Shockwave Volleyball Academy (16s and 17s)…Qualified for nationals both seasons at Shockwave.

Personal
Daughter of Fred and Deanna Rohling...has one brother, Derrick, and two sisters, Brittany and Belinda...sister, Brittany, played collegiate volleyball at Neosho CC and William Penn University...sister, Belinda, played collegiate volleyball at Neosho CC and Newman University…Mother, Deanna, attended Wichita State from 1993-94…Majoring in Mechanical Engineering.

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Historical Player Information

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    2019Freshman

    Opposite
    6'3"
    20
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    2020Sophomore

    Opposite
    6'3"
    20
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    2021Sophomore

    Opposite
    6'3"
    20
  • 20

    2022Junior

    Opposite
    6'3"
    20
  • 20

    2023Senior

    Opposite
    6'3"
    20