2025 Volleyball Roster
Jersey Number 1
Auburn Tomkinson
- Position:
- Opposite
- Height:
- 6-5
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Carlsbad, Calif.
- High School:
- Carlsbad HS
- Prev School:
- Texas
Redshirt Sophomore - 2025
- Made 17 starts and 28 appearances in her first season with the Illini
- Ranked third on the team in kills (232), kills/set (2.27), blocks (68.0), blocks/set (0.67), and points/set (2.71) while finishing fourth in points (276.5)
- Recorded her first collegiate appearance in Illinois’ season opener against South Dakota State (8/29/25)
- Registered 10 kills, six digs, two blocks, and two aces while earning her first career start against South Dakota State (8/29/25)
- Tallied eight kills, four digs, four blocks, and an ace while starting against Vanderbilt (8/31/25)
- Posted 14 kills along with two aces and two blocks at Notre Dame (9/5/25)
- Totaled five kills, six digs, three blocks, an ace, and her first career assist at #3 Louisville (9/7/25)
- Recorded her third double-digit kills effort of the season with 10 kills on a .350 clip against Miami (9/13/25)
- Collected 11 kills on a .444 clip in her Huff Hall debut against Iowa State (9/20/25)
- Finished her Big Ten debut with nine kills, three blocks, and two digs while hitting .389 against Oregon (9/26/25)
- Amassed 11 kills and five blocks in the Illini’s road win at #10 Purdue (9/28/25)
- Logged seven kills and three blocks at #7 Wisconsin (10/2/25)
- Registered eight kills and five blocks vs. Michigan State (10/5/25)
- Finished with 17 kills and a career-high six blocks on the road against Maryland (10/10/25)
- Tallied six kills, three digs, and two blocks in a road sweep over Northwestern (10/19/25)
- Logged eight kills, one assist, and five digs against #11 Purdue (10/24/25)
- Totaled 12 kills and four total blocks at home versus Iowa (11/2/25)
- Collected 14 kills, five digs, and two blocks against #25 Penn State (11/9/25)
- Recorded nine kills, one dig, and one block in the win over Washington (11/14/25)
- Finished with a career-high 18 kills, two digs, and four blocks at UCLA (11/20/25)
Sophomore - 2024 // at Texas
- Did not compete
Freshman - 2023 // at Texas
- Won the national championship with Texas
- Took a redshirt season
HIGH SCHOOL
- Three-year starter for head coach Rylee Arispe at Carlsbad High School
- 2022 AVCA High School All-Region
- 2022 AVCA Third Team All-American
- Named to the 2022 AVCA Best & Brightest first team
- Participated in the USA Volleyball NTDP Training Series (2021-22)
- 2022 AVCA All-American watch list
- 2022 Prep Volelyball GJNC All-Tournament Honorable Mention
- 2022 Big South Qualifier All-Tournament Team and Las Vegas Red Rock Rave Qualifier All-Tournament Team
- First team All-Coastal League 2021
- Second team All-CIF-SDS 2021
- Also competed in the high jump for the track and field team
PERSONAL
- Daughter of Kristin and Andy Tomkinson
- Has one brother, Parker
- Majoring in advertising
- Mother played volleyball at William & Mary (1995-96), UCSB (1997) and Cal Lutheran (1998) and professionally for TI-Volley Australia (2000-01)
- Father played volleyball at UCSB (1996-2000) and professionally for Volleyball Team Tirol (2000-01).
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