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2024 Women's Volleyball Roster

Mark Natale

16 Jody Smith

  • Position Middle Blocker
  • Height 6-2
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Redondo Beach, Calif.
  • Highschool Redondo Union HS

Biography

2024
- Played in 51 sets over 16 matches, earning 10 starts… Totaled 84 kills on 222 attacks, 2 assists, and 6 service aces for 109 points… Defensively, contributed 14 digs and 26 blocks (fourth-most on the team)… Had her best performance against San Francisco with 13 kills, 17.5 points, and 2 aces… Her five solo blocks against Oregon State (10/19/24) tied for the seventh-most in a single game in program history.

2023
- Established career-highs with 25 matches played and 23 matches started this season… Played a career-high 87 sets this year… Led the team in blocks with 69, and block assists with 58… Set career-highs in kills (139) and kills-per-set average (1.60)... Set career-highs in assists, with four, and aces, with 14, this year… Had a career-high 15 kills and 17.5 points against Saint Mary’s… Had a career-high nine blocks against Portland.

2022
- Saw action in one match.

Fall 2021
- Saw action in 28 sets…recorded 12.0 blocks, 11 kills, one assist and one dig.

Spring 2021
- Did not see any action.

Prior to Gonzaga
- Graduated in 2020 from Redondo Union High School in Redondo Beach, Calif…helped the Sea Hawks to a 40-3 overall record and the Southern Section Division I Girls Volleyball title…two-time First Team Daily Breeze All-Area.

Personal
- Chose Gonzaga because “After I took my official visit, I knew Gonzaga was home for me. The people in Spokane and the staff on campus here are so nice and accommodating.”

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2020Freshman

    Middle Blocker
    6'2"
    16
  • 16

    2021Freshman

    Middle Blocker
    6'2"
    16
  • 16

    2021-22Sophomore

    Middle Blocker
    6'2"
    16
  • 16

    2022Junior

    Middle Blocker
    6'2"
    16
  • 16

    2023Senior

    Middle Blocker
    6'2"
    16
  • 16

    2024Graduate Student

    Middle Blocker
    6'2"
    16