2022 Women's Volleyball Roster
Biography
"A Volleyball Duo For The Ages" - USD Athletics
"Besties Lukes and Benbow have Toreros on a roll" - The San Diego Union-Tribune
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Finished her San Diego volleyball tenure as the program's all-time career digs leader (1,591)
- 2022 WCC Libero of the Year
- 2022 VolleyballMag.com All-American Honorable Mention
- 2022 All-WCC Second Team
- 2022 WCC All-Academic First Team
- 2022 All-WCC Preseason Team
- 2021 All-WCC First Team
- 2019 All-WCC Honorable Mention
- WCC Defensive Player of the Week (October 24)
- Three-time WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention (2019, 2020-2021, 2021)
REDSHIRT SENIOR (2022)
- Named the WCC Libero of the Year and a VolleyballMag.com All-American Honorable Mention after finishing her five-year USD tenure with a San Diego-record 1,581 career digs
- Was the first Torero to ever be named the WCC Libero of the Year, also earned All-WCC Second Team and WCC All-Academic First Team honors
- Led USD with a career-best 426 digs alongside 99 assists, 24 service aces, and one kill across all 33 of her team's matches
- Averaged a team-high 3.64 digs per set in 117 sets
- Set forth a season-high 21 digs in San Diego's season-opening win over No. 6 Pitt on August 26
- Earned her first-ever WCC Defensive Player of the Week honor on October 24 after leading USD with 14 digs in the Toreros' sweep of rival No. 17 BYU
- Totaled 68 digs and averaged 3.40 digs per set across five NCAA Tournament matches, including a combined 33 in the first two rounds at the Jenny Craig Pavilion, and 11 in the NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship Semifinal against No. 1 Texas
SENIOR (2021)
- Selected to the All-WCC First Team
- Was a WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention
- Started all 28 of the Toreros’ matches at libero, appearing in 103 sets
- Led the team with 433 digs and a USD-best 4.20 digs per set
- Ranked second in the West Coast Conference in total digs and digs per set
- Set a new career high with 31 digs at Saint Mary’s on November 18
- Recorded 20 or more digs on six occasions, 15 digs or more in 13 matches and tallied double-digit digs in 23 of the 28 matches she appeared in
- Notched nine digs in USD’s first-round NCAA Tournament match against Rice
JUNIOR (2020-21)
- WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention
- Appeared in 12 matches as the starting libero, appearing in 45 sets
- Second on the team with 179 digs and team-high 3.98 digs per set
- Recorded a career-high 25 digs in 3-2 victory at Gonzaga (Feb. 20)
- Tallied double-digit digs in 10-of-12 match appearances
- Finished with a career-high three aces against No. 16 BYU (March 17)
- Collected 21 digs and six assists against San Francisco (Feb. 25)
- All-WCC Preseason Team selection
SOPHOMORE (2019)
- All-WCC Honorable Mention
- WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention
- Started all 31 matches at libero, appearing in 111 of 112 sets
- Led the team with 397 digs and 3.58 per set
- Finished with 84 assists and 14 aces
- Tallied a career-high 24 digs in 3-2 victory over No. 10 BYU (Nov. 15)
- Collected 18 digs against No. 13 Hawaii (Aug. 30) and No. 20 USC (Sept. 19) and 22 at No. 10 BYU (Oct. 18)
- Registered 21 digs in NCAA Opening Round victory over No. 23 Washington State (Dec. 6)
- Recorded first double-double with 18 digs and 10 assists in 3-2 upset of No. 20 USC (Sept. 19)
FRESHMAN (2018)
- Appeared in 26 matches
- Had 156 Digs with 1.81 digs per set average
- Had eight services aces
HIGH SCHOOL
- Led her team to three consecutive Texas 6A State Championships (2015-2017)
- Team Captain during junior and senior season
- In her senior season, named PrepVolleyball Defensive Dandies First Team, TGCA All-State, AVCA Under Armour All-American, Honorable Mention and was a PrepVolleyball Nominee for National Junior Player of the Year
- In her junior season, she was named a USA Today First Team All-American, the PrepVolleyball All-American Watchlist, and was an Honorable Mention for Volleyball Magazine, All-American
- In her sophomore season, she was named Dallas Morning News Newcomer of the Year, Lonestarvolleyball’s Newcomer of the Year for the state of Texas, and a Prepvolleyball’s “Soph 79”
CLUB
- Contributed to third-place finish in the Tour of Texas for the Drive Nation 18 Red Team
- Voted “Best Defensive Player” on Skyline 17 Royal Team, which finished second in the Open Division at the Pacific Northwest Qualifier
- Named “Dream Team Libero” by PrepVolleyball after Big South Qualifier (2015)
PERSONAL
- Born October 14, 1999 to Wink and Melanie Benbow in Frisco, Texas
- Her older sister McKenna and twin sister Blair also play volleyball
- Won the state championship with both of her sisters on Hebron High School’s Volleyball Team in 2015. Won two more state titles with her twin sister Blair in 2016 and 2017
- Named Academic All-District team (2015) and Academic District 5-6A Team (2016 and 2017)
- Volunteered in a program called “The Big Event” all four years of High School, which helps the elderly in her community
- Plans to pursue a career as a psychologist
- Enjoys spending time with her family, friends, and dogs
- Loves to shop and watch Netflix
- Her dad, Wink Benbow, and uncle, Mark Benbow, played football at Texas A&M
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2019Sophomore
Libero
5'3"
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2020-21Junior
Libero
5'3"
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2022Redshirt Senior
Libero
5'3"
