LOS ANGELES – Redshirt senior middle blocker Anna Dodson on the UCLA women’s volleyball team was named to the Preseason All-Pac-12 Team for the first time in her career, it was announced Monday morning.
In 2022, Dodson was selected to the All-Pac-12 Team and AVCA Pacific South All-Region Honorable Mention after leading UCLA with a .330 hitting percentage on her 259 kills. Dodson achieved double-digit kills in 13 matches and ranked second on the team with 2.54 kills per set in her 27 starts and 102 sets played. She is UCLA’s second-highest returning point scorer (259) behind outside hitter Iman Ndiaye.
Defensively, Dodson has led the Bruins in blocks in each of the last two seasons with 109 in her Fall 2021 campaign and 77 in 2022. The last Bruin to lead the team in blocks in three consecutive years was Zoë Nightingale who paced UCLA across the 2012-14 seasons. The Fort Collins, Colo. native enters her fourth season in Westwood averaging 0.90 blocks per set.
This past offseason, Dodson was selected to the USA Volleyball 2023 Collegiate National Team (CNT). From June 18-24, Dodson trained alongside the Women’s National Team Olympic Champions as they prepared for the Volleyball Nations League.
Dodson and the Bruins begin the 2023 season under new head coach Alfee Reft this week at LSU on Friday, Aug. 25 at 4:30 p.m. (PT) and Saturday, Aug. 26 at 3 p.m. (PT). Both matches can be viewed on the SEC Network.
2023 Preseason All-Pac-12 Team
Caitie Baird, Stanford
Mimi Colyer, Oregon
Anna Dodson, UCLA
Skylar Fields, USC
Sami Francis, Stanford
Iman Isanovic, Washington State
Magda Jehlarova, Washington State
Kendall Kipp, Stanford
Marta Levinska, Arizona State
Kami Miner, Stanford
Elena Oglivie, Stanford
Hannah Pukis, Oregon
Elia Rubin, Stanford
Pia Timmer, Washington State
Mia Tuaniga, USC
*15-member preseason team due to a tie
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