2023 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Zelasia Edwards
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Floyd E. Kellam HS
- Hometown:
- Virginia Beach, Va.
2023 (SENIOR): Appeared in 25 matches, playing in 87 sets … Ranked fifth on the team with 140 kills (1.61 per set) … Led the team with 38 service aces (0.44 per set) … Ranked fourth on the team with 217 digs (2.49 per set) … Recorded 29 total blocks (0.33 per set; five solo blocks and 24 block assists) … Added 18 assists on the season … Recorded a career-high 15 kills and 16.5 points versus Queens on 8/25/23 … Dug up a season-high 17 balls versus Charleston Southern on 10/28/23 … Tied a career-high with four service aces on four occasions: versus North Florida on 9/16/23; versus Presbyterian on 10/27/23; versus Gardner-Webb on 11/3/23; and versus Winthrop on 11/4/23 … Recorded one double-double on the season … Registered double-figure kills in three matches … Recorded double-digit digs in 11 matches … Recorded four-plus total blocks in one match … Ended the season with 10 or more kills and 10 or more digs in her final match of the season.
2022 (JUNIOR): Appeared in 21 matches, playing in 55 sets … Recorded 77 kills (1.40 per set) on the season … Added 80 digs, 23 total blocks, nine service aces, and two assists on the season … Recorded a season-high nine kills and 10.5 points versus Georgia State on 9/9/22 … Dug up a career-high 18 balls versus Gardner-Webb on 9/29/22 … Tallied a career-high six total blocks, all assists, versus Gardner-Webb on 9/29/22 … Recorded double-figure digs in one match … Recorded four-plus total blocks in one match.
2021 (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in six matches, playing in 12 sets … Recorded 14 kills (1.17 per set) on the season … Added 11 digs, two total blocks, and an assist … Recorded a season-high five kills on two occasions: versus Florida International on 9/4/21 and South Carolina State on 9/28/21 … Recorded a season-high 5.5 points behind five kills and a block assist versus Florida International on 9/4/21.
2020-21 (FRESHMAN): (Conference-Only Schedule; Season moved to spring 2021) … Appeared in six matches, playing in 12 sets … Recorded 10 kills (0.83 per set) on the season … Added 28 digs, four total blocks, two service aces, and an assist … Recorded a season-high seven kills and 8.5 points versus Gardner-Webb on 2/19/21 … Added a season-high 14 digs versus Gardner-Webb on 2/19/21 … Recorded double-digit digs in two matches … Made her USC Upstate debut versus Campbell on 2/6/21.
PRIOR TO USC UPSTATE: Attended Floyd E. Kellam High School (Virginia Beach, Va.) … Helped the Knights to the 2019 Virginia High School League Class 6 State Championship as a senior … Named First Team All-State, First Team All-Region, and First Team All-Tidewater as a senior in 2019 … Accumulated 274 kills, a .305 hitting efficiency, 273 digs, 49 service aces, and 19 total blocks as a senior in 2019 … Competed for East Coast Volleyball Club, Coastal VA Volleyball Club, and Beach Elite Volleyball at the club level.
