2023 Volleyball Roster
Jersey Number 17
Vanessa Pan
- Position:
- Defensive Specialist/Libero
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- San Mateo, Calif.
- High School:
- Notre Dame HS
- Prev School:
- Columbia
 University of Illinois Graduate |
GRADUATE STUDENT - 2023
- Posted six digs, three assists and an ace at Northern Illinois (8/26/23)
- Recorded four digs and an assist against Valparaiso (8/29/23)
- Tallied six digs and four assists against Wichita State (9/1/22)
- Logged three digs and an ace against Illinois State (9/3/23)
- Tallied eight digs, an ace and an assist at UIC (9/5/23)
- Posted four digs, three assists and an ace at Notre Dame (9/7/23)
- Recorded four digs against Oklahoma (9/8/23)
- Logged four digs at Bradley (9/12/23)
- Tallied 12 digs against USC (9/14/23)
- Amassed three aces and three digs against UCF (9/15/23)
- Posted seven digs, a pair of assists and an ace at Indiana (9/20/23)
- Recorded eight digs, a kill and an ace against Michigan State (9/24/23)
- Paced the team with 14 digs against #15 Penn State (9/29/23)
- Tallied eight digs and an ace against Iowa (9/30/23)
- Posted eight digs and an ace at #19 Purdue (10/4/23)
- Recorded four digs against #1 Wisconsin (10/7/23)
- Logged five digs, three assists and an ace at Ohio State (10/13/23)
- Notched four digs against Rutgers (10/15/23)
- Posted 13 digs, four assists and a pair of aces at Maryland (10/22/23)
- Logged nine digs and an ace at Rutgers (10/22/23)
- Posted a season-high 19 digs and added an ace against Indiana (!0/25/23)
- Tallied four digs and an ace against #16 Purdue (10/28/23)
- Registered 10 digs against Northwestern (11/1/23)
- Added a pair of digs and an ace at #2 Wisconsin (11/4/23)
- Logged five digs at Iowa (11/10/23)
- Recorded four digs and an ace at #1 Nebraska (11/12/23)
- Posted six digs, an ace and an assist against Ohio State (11/15/23)
- Tallied three digs and an ace against Michigan (11/18/23)
- Recorded five digs, an ace and an assist at Minnesota (11/24/23)
- Registered five digs and an ace at Northwestern (11/25/23)
Senior – 2022 at Columbia
- Played in all 23 matched and 83 sets
- Led the team with 322 digs and 3.88 digs per set
- First on the team with 440 total receptions
- Paced Columbia with 33 aces on the year
- Logged 21 digs against Cornell (10/22/22)
- Posted a season best 25 digs against Lafayette (9/9/22)
- Tallied eight service aces against Lafayette (9/9/22)
- Totaled nine assists against Binghamton (9/3/22)
- Earned a kill against Cornell (9/24/22)
Junior - 2021 at Columbia
- Played in all 24 of Columbia's matches
- Led the Ivy League in total service aces (35)
- Finished third in the Ivy League in services aces per set with 0.41
- Was fifth in the league in digs per set, finishing with 3.98
- Led Columbia in total digs (338) and digs per set
- Had 17 matches with at least 10 digs
- Opened season with five straight matches (9/3-11/21) with at least 14 digs
- Posted 25 digs and a season-high four service aces in Columbia's win over St. Francis Brooklyn (9/10/21)
- Had 17 digs in Columbia's win over Iona (9/11/21)
- Posted a season-high 31 digs, while adding three service aces, four assists and one kill in Columbia's Ivy League opening win over Cornell (9/25/21)
- In final eight matches, had at least 12 digs
- Dug 24 balls at Cornell (10/23/21)
- Finished the season with 19 digs at Penn (11/13/21).
Sophomore - 2020 at Columbia
- Season canceled (COVID-19)
Freshman - 2019 at Columbia
- Saw action in all 24 matches, starting six
- Finished second on the team with 18 service aces, averaging 0.20 aces per set
- Added 104 total digs, while averaging 1.17 digs per set
- Recorded a career-high two kills and added five digs in win against Canisius (9/7/19)
- Collected a career-high 12 digs against Fordham (9/19/19)
- Had a three-match stretch, from Sept. 19 (Fordham) to Sept. 21 (LIU) with 11 service aces
- Smashed a career-high five service aces against San Jose State (9/20/19)
- Had an Ivy League match high seven digs against Dartmouth (10/12/19)
- Tallied two service aces and five digs against Princeton (11/2/19)
High School
- Three-time letterwinner in volleyball and one-time letterwinner in basketball at Notre Dame High School in Belmont, California
- A key cog of three championship squads, winning the West Bay Athletic League Championship in 2016, following that up with back-to-back Central Coast Section Division 4 Championships (2017-18)
- Named Second-Team WBAL All-League in 2018
- Spent time competing in gymnastics, winning the 2011 USA Gymnastics Norcal Level 4 State Championship in beam and bars events and the 2013 USA Gymnastics Norcal Level 5 State Championship in vault and floor events
- A 2019 National Merit Scholarship Finalist and a member of the California Scholarship Federation.
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