2021 Beach Volleyball Roster
Biography
Honors: MVC All-Tournament Team (2020-21)...MVC Defensive Player of the Week (1/26/21)...Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Fall 2020).
Freshman (2020-21) - Indoor
• MSU’s libero during the spring season, leading the Bears with 410 digs and a 4.56 per set average
• First freshman in school history to be named MVC Defensive Player of the Week, doing so on Jan. 26
• Tied a school record with 46 digs against Loyola in the MVC Tournament (4/1); total was an NCAA single-match high for the season, the most for any freshman nationally since 2016, an MVC Tournament record and the second-highest total in MVC history
• MVC All-Tournament selection
• Set an MSU freshman record with 31 digs at Illinois State (3/15), which stood until she broke it 17 days later
• Had 28 and 26 digs in the two Southern Illinois matches (1/30 and 2/2), becoming the first freshman on record at MSU with back-to-back matches with 25-plus digs
• Scooped at least 10 digs in 18 matches, exceeding 20 digs on 10 occasions
• Recorded a double-double with 25 digs and 11 assists at Indiana State (3/27)
• Totaled 85 assists, 16 aces and three kills on the season
Background
• Played multiple positions during a stellar high school career, posting in excess of 1,000 kills, 2,000 digs and 2,000 assists with 155 blocks and 213 aces
• Hit .303 over the course of four seasons
• Central Oklahoma Athletic Conference Player of the Year as a senior with 401 kills, 575 digs, 45 blocks and 65 aces
• Class 6A all-state pick her senior year along with making the PrepVolleyball Senior Aces list
• First-team all-conference pick as a junior and sophomore, finishing third at state both seasons, and was the PrepVolleyball Oklahoma Player of the Year as a junior along with earning All-America honors from the same outlet
• USA Volleyball All-American her sophomore year
• Placed ninth as the USA Beach Nationals her junior season
Personal
• Born September 30, 2001 in Edmond, Okla.
• Daughter of Kevin and Lisa Polcovich
• Mother played volleyball at Florida and was her high school coach
• Father played professional baseball for 12 seasons and reached the major leagues for two seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates in the late 1990s
• Brother, Kaden, played baseball at Oklahoma State and is currently playing professionally in the Seattle Mariners organization
• Majoring in nutrition and dietetics