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Notes: Returning starter on the right-side…Consistent attacker and blocker on the front line…Member of Chi Omega sorority…Studied abroad in Argentina last spring…First name is Josephine but goes by “Yo-sha”…Grandmother, Maria Martina “Ria” van Velsen, competed in swimming for the Netherlands at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics, won two medals at the 1962 European Aquatics Championships, and was a former world-record holder in the 100-meter backstroke and the 4x100 meter medley relay.
 
2014: Appeared in all 30 matches…Ranked second on the team in kills at 2.08 per set…Also ranked second on the squad with 61 total blocks…Tied career-high with 17 kills against St. Vincent…Recorded 14 kills and three blocks against Misericordia…Totaled seven blocks against Stevenson…Put down 13 kills at York…Named to the Hampton Inn Crusader Classic All-Tournament Team.
 
2013: Named All-Centennial Conference Honorable Mention…Appeared in all 30 matches…Finished third on the team with 186 kills and 67 blocks…Averaged 1.72 kills per set…Also contributed 23 aces…Posted a career-high 17 kills against Rutgers-Camden…Tallied a dozen digs in season debut against Penn State Altoona…Put down 13 kills against both Elizabethtown and Muhlenberg…Totaled eight blocks in second meeting with Elizabethtown.

2012: Appeared in 24 matches as a front-row player…Totaled 61 kills, 31 digs, and 22 blocks…Averaged 1.13 kills per set…Posted 10 kills in 13 attempts without an error against Virginia Intermont…Tallied seven kills against Hollins…Logged six kills and a season-high tying four digs against McDaniel.

High School: Competed in volleyball, swimming, and water polo at Staples High School…Named All-Area Girls Volleyball Most Valuable Player after leading the Wreckers to an 18-4 record in 2011…Earned all-state accolades on the volleyball court and was an all-conference selection all four years.

Majors: Organization and Management Studies and Spanish-Latin America Studies.