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2016 Women's Volleyball Roster

7 Tessie Powers

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Aptos, Calif.
  • Highschool Archbishop Mitty

Biography

2016: Played in 18 matches and 37 sets as a freshman...made career debut Sept. 3 at Montana, notching one dig...four assists and four digs Sept. 9 at Nevada...six digs in Gonzaga's first-ever win at Pepperdine Oct. 6...first double-digit assist match Nov. 5 versus Pepperdine in Spokane...first career double-double and career highs Nov. 10 at BYU with 34 assists and 13 digs...posted second double-double of the season Nov. 17 against Pacific with 19 assists, 12 digs...10 more assists in home finale Nov. 19 against Saint Mary's.

Archbishop Mitty High School: Four-year player at Archbishop Mitty, including three years on varsity…helped lead the Monarchs to Division II California state title three years on varsity…named 2015 Prep Volleyball All-American Honorable Mention…Second team All-WCAL in 2014 and 2015…Player’s Award winner as a senior…1,518 assists and 492 digs in three years on varsity…honor roll student as a sophomore, junior, and senior.

Club Experience: Played for Red Rock Volleyball Club and City Beach Volleyball Club…helped lead Red Rock to 10th place at Junior Nationals in Open Division in 2015…took third at Junior Nationals in 2013 and earned All-Tournament Team honors…led City Beach 17u’s to third in AAU tournament in Florida.

Personal: Parents are Ellie and Mark…has seven siblings: Mary, Mark, Maggie, Anne, Jack, Clare, and Peter…father played basketball at the University of San Diego and four siblings have also played collegiate sports, including volleyball players Anne (Providence College) and Clare (Saint Mary’s, Penn State)…majoring in business and wants to own manage her own business one day…chose Gonzaga because “I wanted to play in the WCC. I wanted to be able to see my family often and Gonzaga plays six California schools, which makes it really nice. I also got a great feeling when I visited. I come from a big Catholic family so the religious part was also very important to me.”…was an Irish dancer for five years.

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