Sofia Beard

1 Sofia Beard

Height:

5-9
Year:

So.
Hometown:

Charlottesville, Va.
High School:

Western Albemarle HS
Position:

Outside Hitter

m

19
k/s

2.41
h %

.088
a/s

0.08
b/s

0.18
sa/s

0.06
d/s

0.88

Bio

Career Accolades

2024 (Sophomore)

Appeared in 19 matches ... Ranked second on the team with 118 kills, averaging 2.41 per set, on an .088 hitting percentage ... Added four assists and three aces while collecting 43 digs and nine blocks defensively ... Set career highs of 25 kills and seven digs in the five-set victory over Emory & Henry on Nov. 8 ... Elevated for three stops including two solo stops against Mars Hill on Oct. 26

2023 (Freshman)

Played in five matches as a freshman ... Recorded four kills and contributed five digs ... Blasted a season-high three kills while adding two digs in a 3-1 victory at UVA Wise on Nov. 10

High School

Four-year varsity letterman for volleyball ... Led Western Albemarle to the 2022 Region 4D title, the first in school history ... Jefferson District and Central Virginia Player of the Year as a senior while pacing the Warriors with 256 kills ... Second Team All-State in 2022 ... Two-time First Team All-Region and First Team All-Jefferson District selection (2021, 2022) ... First Team All-Central Virginia in 2021 ... Second Team All-Jefferson District and Second Team All-Central Virginia as a sophomore ... Finished sixth in program history for kills

Personal

Daughter of Matt and Leah Beard ... Has two uncles who played collegiate sports, one played soccer for Longwood and the other played lacrosse at Shippensburg ... Her cousin played women's soccer at Richmond

Player Profile

Recent Games
Nov 2	at Limestone	L, 3-0
Nov 6	Coker	L, 3-0
Nov 8	at Emory & Henry	W, 3-2
Nov 9	Lenoir-Rhyne	L, 3-1
Nov 12	Newberry	L, 3-2
Nov 15	Virginia-Wise	L, 3-0

	Overall	Conf
Matches	19	15
Sets	49	40
Kills	118	104
Kills per set	2.41	2.60
Errors	80	76
Total Attacks	431	391
Total Attacks per set	8.80	9.78
Hitting Percentage	.088	.072
Assists	4	4
Assists per set	0.08	0.10
Service Aces	3	1
Service Errors	5	4
Service Aces per set	0.06	0.03
Receptions	162	121
Reception Errors	18	15
Digs	43	32
Digs per set	0.88	0.80
Block Solo	2	2
Block Assist	7	7
Block Total	9	9
Blocks per set	0.18	0.23
Block Errors	4	4
Ball Handling Errors	0	0
Points	126.5	110.5
Points per set	2.6	2.8
Matches started	6	5

Date	Opponent	Score	ms	s	k	e	ta	pct	a	sa	se	r	re	digs	bs	ba	be	tot	bhe	pts
Sep 6	vs. Barton	W, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 6	vs. Mount Olive	L, 3-2	1	2	2	1	7	.143	0	0	0	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0
Sep 7	at Shaw	L, 3-0	-	2	4	0	8	.500	0	0	0	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.0
Sep 13	vs. Southwest Baptist	L, 3-2	-	3	2	1	8	.125	0	0	0	13	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	2.0
Sep 13	vs. Ouachita Baptist	L, 3-0	-	2	6	2	17	.235	0	2	1	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8.0
Sep 14	vs. Ark.-Monticello	L, 3-1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 17	at (RV) Wingate	L, 3-0	-	1	0	1	3	-.333	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Sep 20	Anderson (S.C.)	L, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 24	at Newberry	L, 3-0	-	2	6	1	14	.357	0	1	2	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	7.0
Oct 1	at Carson-Newman	L, 3-0	1	1	1	3	13	-.154	0	0	0	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.0
Oct 4	at Coker	W, 3-2	-	2	1	1	4	.000	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0
Oct 5	at Augusta		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 11	Lincoln Memorial	L, 3-1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 12	Charleston (W.V.)	W, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 15	(RV) Wingate	L, 3-0	-	2	3	1	11	.182	0	0	2	11	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.0
Oct 18	Johnson C. Smith		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 22	at Anderson (S.C.)	L, 3-0	-	1	5	3	12	.167	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	5.5
Oct 25	at Mars Hill	L, 3-1	-	3	1	5	16	-.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0
Oct 26	Mars Hill	L, 3-0	-	3	9	5	32	.125	0	0	0	8	2	2	2	1	2	3	0	11.5
Oct 29	Tusculum	L, 3-2	1	5	12	10	59	.034	2	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	12.0
Nov 1	at (RV) Lenoir-Rhyne	L, 3-0	-	2	5	6	21	-.048	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.0
Nov 2	at Limestone	L, 3-0	-	2	8	7	29	.034	0	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	8.0
Nov 6	Coker	L, 3-0	-	2	4	7	21	-.143	0	0	0	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.0
Nov 8	at Emory & Henry	W, 3-2	1	5	25	6	69	.275	0	0	0	3	0	7	0	3	0	3	0	26.5
Nov 9	Lenoir-Rhyne	L, 3-1	1	4	7	9	32	-.063	1	0	0	19	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	7.5
Nov 12	Newberry	L, 3-2	1	5	17	11	55	.109	1	0	0	20	1	3	0	1	1	1	0	17.5
Nov 15	Virginia-Wise	L, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	m	s	k	k/s	e	ta	pct	a	a/s	sa	sa/s	r	re	digs	d/s	bs	ba	tot	b/s	pts	pts/s
2023-24	5	5	4	0.80	4	17	.000	0	0.00	0	0.00	7	1	5	1.00	0	0	0	0.00	4.0	0.8
2024-25	19	49	118	2.41	80	431	.088	4	0.08	3	0.06	162	18	43	0.88	2	7	9	0.18	126.5	2.6
2025-26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	24	54	122	2.26	84	448	.085	4	0.07	3	0.06	169	19	48	0.89	2	7	9	0.17	130.5	2.4

		m	s	k	k/s	e	ta	pct	a	a/s	sa	sa/s	r	re	digs	d/s	bs	ba	tot	b/s	pts	pts/s
Event	Total	19	49	118	2.41	80	431	.088	4	0.08	3	0.06	162	18	43	0.88	2	7	9	0.18	126.5	2.6
	Conference	15	40	104	2.60	76	391	.072	4	0.10	1	0.03	121	15	32	0.80	2	7	9	0.23	110.5	2.8
	Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location	Home	6	21	52	2.48	43	210	.043	4	0.19	0	0.00	72	13	16	0.76	2	3	5	0.24	55.5	2.6
	Away	10	21	56	2.67	33	189	.122	0	0.00	1	0.05	60	2	18	0.86	0	4	4	0.19	59.0	2.8
	Neutral	3	7	10	1.43	4	32	.188	0	0.00	2	0.29	30	3	9	1.29	0	0	0	0.00	12.0	1.7
Result	Wins	2	7	26	3.71	7	73	.260	0	0.00	0	0.00	7	0	7	1.00	0	3	3	0.43	27.5	3.9
Result	Losses	17	42	92	2.19	73	358	.053	4	0.10	3	0.07	155	18	36	0.86	2	4	6	0.14	99.0	2.4
Month	September	6	12	20	1.67	6	57	.246	0	0.00	3	0.25	60	4	16	1.33	0	0	0	0.00	23.0	1.9
	October	7	17	32	1.88	28	147	.027	2	0.12	0	0.00	40	7	11	0.65	2	2	4	0.24	35.0	2.1
	November	6	20	66	3.30	46	227	.088	2	0.10	0	0.00	62	7	16	0.80	0	5	5	0.25	68.5	3.4