2023 Volleyball Roster
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Jersey Number 16
Deja Bickers
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- West Hills, Calif.
Honors: MVC All-Tournament Team (2023)...Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023)...MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award (2023-24)...MVC Academic Honor Roll (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
Redshirt Junior/Career Summary
• Led Missouri State with 2.87 kills per set her final season, posting 293 total in 102 sets over the course of 28 matches
• Hit .357 with 25 kills in two MVC Tournament matches to earn all-tourney honors
• Posted 110 digs, 38 blocks and 11 aces in 2023
• In two seasons with the Bears, played in 190 sets and 55 matches with 494 kills, 13 aces, 203 digs and 55 blocks
Redshirt Sophomore (2022)
• Played in 88 sets and 27 matches for the Bears, starting seven times
• Third on the team with 2.28 kills per set, tallying 201 total kills, 93 digs and 17 blocks
• Averaged 3.39 kills per set over her last 10 outings, recording nine double-figure matches in that stretch
• Had 17 kills against Central Arkansas (8/27), her lone match in double figures before Oct. 17, and added 17 digs for the double-double
• Totaled a season-best 19 kills at Bradley (10/29)
• Tallied 17 kills in the season finale against Southern Illinois (11/16)
• Hit .480 with 13 kills against Indiana State (11/5), and hit .556 with 11 kills at SIU (10/17)
Background
• Spent three semesters at UC Riverside before transferring to Missouri State for the Spring 2022 term
• Played in 27 matches and 80 sets for the Highlanders in 2021, finishing the year with 180 kills on .139 hitting, 60 digs and 11 blocks
• Tallied season highs for kills (15), points (17) and blocks (3) against Cal State Bakersfield on Oct. 9
• Scooped a season-best 10 digs Oct. 16 versus CSUN
• Totaled 20 kills in two matches against Big West champion Hawai’i
• UC Riverside did not play volleyball in the 2020-21 academic year, her first season on campus
• Four-year starter for the Viewpoint School Patriots in Calabasas, Calif.
• Four-time all-conference selection, earning first-team honors her final two seasons and second-team accolades as a freshman and sophomore
• Helped the Patriots advance to the state tournament her final two years
• All-region selection and offensive MVP her senior year
Personal
• Born April 2, 2002 in California
• Daughter of Dorin and Denise Bickers
• Majoring in speech-language pathology
Redshirt Junior/Career Summary
• Led Missouri State with 2.87 kills per set her final season, posting 293 total in 102 sets over the course of 28 matches
• Hit .357 with 25 kills in two MVC Tournament matches to earn all-tourney honors
• Posted 110 digs, 38 blocks and 11 aces in 2023
• In two seasons with the Bears, played in 190 sets and 55 matches with 494 kills, 13 aces, 203 digs and 55 blocks
Redshirt Sophomore (2022)
• Played in 88 sets and 27 matches for the Bears, starting seven times
• Third on the team with 2.28 kills per set, tallying 201 total kills, 93 digs and 17 blocks
• Averaged 3.39 kills per set over her last 10 outings, recording nine double-figure matches in that stretch
• Had 17 kills against Central Arkansas (8/27), her lone match in double figures before Oct. 17, and added 17 digs for the double-double
• Totaled a season-best 19 kills at Bradley (10/29)
• Tallied 17 kills in the season finale against Southern Illinois (11/16)
• Hit .480 with 13 kills against Indiana State (11/5), and hit .556 with 11 kills at SIU (10/17)
Background
• Spent three semesters at UC Riverside before transferring to Missouri State for the Spring 2022 term
• Played in 27 matches and 80 sets for the Highlanders in 2021, finishing the year with 180 kills on .139 hitting, 60 digs and 11 blocks
• Tallied season highs for kills (15), points (17) and blocks (3) against Cal State Bakersfield on Oct. 9
• Scooped a season-best 10 digs Oct. 16 versus CSUN
• Totaled 20 kills in two matches against Big West champion Hawai’i
• UC Riverside did not play volleyball in the 2020-21 academic year, her first season on campus
• Four-year starter for the Viewpoint School Patriots in Calabasas, Calif.
• Four-time all-conference selection, earning first-team honors her final two seasons and second-team accolades as a freshman and sophomore
• Helped the Patriots advance to the state tournament her final two years
• All-region selection and offensive MVP her senior year
Personal
• Born April 2, 2002 in California
• Daughter of Dorin and Denise Bickers
• Majoring in speech-language pathology
Baseball Postgame vs. Liberty (5/24/26)
Sunday, May 24
Baseball Postgame vs. DBU (5/22/26)
Saturday, May 23
Baseball Postgame at Kennesaw State (5/21/26)
Friday, May 22
Baseball Postgame at Kennesaw State (5/16/26)
Saturday, May 16
