2023 Women's Volleyball Roster

11 Amber Stivrins

  • Position Outside Hitter
  • Height 6-2
  • Class Graduate Student
  • High School Chaparral High School
  • Hometown Scottsdale, AZ
  • Major Leadership Studies

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
  • All-WCC First Team (2023)
  • WCC Offensive Player of the Week honors (September 11, 2023)
  • Led the SEC with 47 aces in 2021, which ranked 25th nationally
  • 212 kills in 2020-2021 season were the most on Georgia roster
  • Earned 2019 ACC All-Freshman Team honors at Louisville as she helped the Cardinals to the NCAA Elite Eight
GRADUATE STUDENT (2023) 
  • Fourth in the WCC in kills per set, fifth in points per set and 10th in aces per set
  • Appeared in 26 matches and 90 sets
  • Led the team with 297 kills, 341.5 points, a 3.30 kills per set clip, 30 service aces 
  • Was sixth on the team in hitting percentage (.222) 
  • Notched her 1,000th career kill in a three-set sweep at Gonzaga (09/28) 
  • Recorded 17 matches with double-digit kills, including a season-high 25 at Southern California (09/10)
  • Registered five double-doubles – all kills and digs – that included two 17-dig performances at Southern California (09/10) and at Pacific (11/04)
  • Also totaled 10 assists, 159 digs and 27 total blocks 
  • Had 20 games with at least 10.0 points, including finishing the season with five straight double-digit points
PREVIOUS SCHOOLS (2019-2022)
  • Spent her freshman year (2019) at Louisville before transferring to Georgia, where she played from 2020-2022
SENIOR (2022)
  • Played 74 sets in 20 matches for Georgia, making five starts, but missed most of the preseason
  • Recorded five double-digit kill matches with a season-best 19 kills against Alabama (10/22)
  • Concluded the season with 168 kills, 24 aces, 57 digs, and 17 blocks
  • Had a season-best three aces at Missouri (10/29) and nearly had a double-double against Alabama (10/22), finishing with seven digs
JUNIOR (2021)
  • Appeared in 112 sets and started all 29 of the Bulldogs' matches
  • Finished the season with 312 total kills, averaging 2.79 kills per set, and hit .228 on the season
  • Recorded 47 aces and averaged 0.42 aces per set
  • Concluded the regular season with an SEC-best 47 aces and finished second in the league with 0.42 aces/per set
  • 47 aces ranked 25th nationally in the regular season, finished the regular season 19th in the SEC with 2.79 kills per set
  • Recorded 109 total digs and took a team-high 874 swings, notched double-digit kills 17 times and once topped 20 kills
  • Earned Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team honors in Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Season-best 23 kills came at UCF (9/11), tied a career-best five aces twice on the season: at NC State (9/16) and at Texas A&M (10/8)
  • Had five three-ace matches, strung together eight matches of double-digit kills, recorded a career-best five blocks at Texas A&M (10/8), ended the season with 17 kills against LSU (11/27)
SOPHOMORE (2020-2021) 
  • Appeared in 60 sets in 16 matches, making 14 starts
  • Led Georgia with 212 kills and 3.53 kills per set in her first season in a Bulldog uniform
  • Recorded 11 double-digit kill performances, including four 20-kill matches
  • Picked up a new career-best 26 kills in second match of the season against South Carolina (10/18) while hitting .564
  • Took a team-high 699 attempts, recorded 10 aces and 103 digs
  • Earned a pair of double-doubles at Tennessee (10/29) and at Florida (11/21)
  • Finished the season with 21 blocks and averaged 3.93 points per set
FRESHMAN (2019)
  • Named a member of the ACC All-Freshman Team
  • Registered 169 total kills and ranked fourth on the team with 2.11 kills per set, registering a .243 hitting clip
  • Appeared in 80 sets across 24 matches with seven starts
  • In ACC play, Stivrins’ kills average went up over 13 matches to 2.55 per set, hitting .259 against conference opponents
  • Helped the Cardinals to a third-place ACC finish with a 12-6 record and as they concluded the season 22-10 overall and with a final ranking of No. 14 in the AVCA Coaches Poll 
  • Picked up 13 kills with four blocks and eight digs in a five-set second round NCAA Tournament win over No. 15 Western Kentucky
  • Notched eight kills in a five-set upset of Texas in Austin in the Sweet 16, punching Louisville’s ticket to the Elite 8
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
  • Played for the Arizona Storm Club and attended Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Arizona
  • Played on her school's varsity team as a freshman and earned MVP honors for her 15s Club GJNC in both the Colorado and Salt Lake Triple Crown
  • Her club team was the Southern California Qualifier winner in Open and won the MLK tourney in Arizona
  • Was a two-time All-City team member and served as co-captain for her high school team the final three years of her career alongside team MVP honors in both her sophomore and senior years
  • Amassed 1,495 kills (.243) and 1,008 digs in her high school career
PERSONAL 
  • Born to Claire and Alex Stivrins
  • Father, Alex, played basketball at Creighton and Colorado followed by time in the NBA, including a stint with the Atlanta Hawks in 1993
  • Her sister Lauren was a two-time AVCA All-America middle blocker at Nebraska
  • Her brother Lucas played basketball at Nevada
  • Majored in Risk Management and Insurance at Georgia and is pursuing a graduate degree in Leadership Studies at USD

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